Grandchildren handprint poems can be used in creating gifts from grandchildren to their grandparents for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents Day, birthdays, anniversaries, or any day grandchildren want to make their grandparents feel special. Â Even if this has been given as a grandparent gift before, it’s always fun to to compare grandchildren’s handprints as the years pass.
Grandchildren Handprint Poems as Gifts
Grandchildren can add one of the following handprint poems to their handprints, with the help of an adult if needed, onto unique gifts, such as sweat shirts, T-shirts, tote bags, aprons, pillow cases, notecards, ceramic plates, coffee mugs, framed art work, etc. with colored permanent markers, acrylic paints, or fabric paints depending on the item used. Everything you need is available at your local craft store.
DIY Grandparent Handprint Gift Ideas:
- How to Paint a terracotta Flower Pot: (see Bouquet in a Pot for terracotta pot painting instructions)
How to Paint a Handprint Flower Gift as shown:
On card stock, paint a flower pot and stem with leaves, then lay the grandchild’s hand in paint (wiping off excess paint) and place it carefully on the paper at the top of the stem. The hand will be the flower. Add a poem such as handprint poem #9, date it, laminate it, frame it with decorative paper, and attach it to magnetic strips for hanging on the grandparents’ refrigerator. It will last for many years to come!
(Don’t forget Mother on Mother’s Day or her birthday! Serve Mom a special breakfast on a personalized handprint wooden tray from Gifts For You Now: Â Personalized Handprint Gift. And, if Grandma lives with you, serve her in style too!)
10 Grandchildren Handprint Poems
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #1
I miss you when we’re not together
I’m growing up so fast
See how big I’ve gotten
Since you saw me last?
As I grow, I’ll change a lot,
The years will fly right by.
You’ll wonder how I grew so quick
When and where and why?
So look upon this handprint (these handprints)
That’s hanging on your wall.
And memories will come back of me,
When I was very small.
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #2
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
I’ll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.
So here’s a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
~Author Unkown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #3
Children have a certain way
of growing bigger every day,
But these little hands
and this special smile
will stay in our
hearts a long, long while.
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #4
I made this perfect gift to share with you today,
It is one of a kind, and very unique, yet it changes everyday.
It can hold on tight and wave good-bye, it can even say hello,
It is a part of me that will grow to be, like Daddy’s when I am old.
I give to you my Hanprint ~ it is baked forever in clay,
It’s my way of saying “I love you”, on your special day!
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #5
This is the hand
You used to hold
When I was only
__ years old.
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #6
You always
clean the fingerprints
I leave upon the wall.
I seem to make a mess of things
Because I am so small.
The years will pass so quickly
I’ll soon be grown like you
And all my little fingerprints
Will surely fade from view.
So here’s a special handprint
A memory that’s true.
So you’ll recall the very day
I made this just for you!
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #7
My dirty little fingerprints
I’ve left on every wall,
And on the drawers and table tops,
I’ve really marked them all.
But here is one that won’t rub off,
I’m giving it to you,
Because I’m thankful for a (mother/father/grandma/etc) just like you!
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #8
Children have a certain way
of growing bigger every day,
But these little hands
and this special smile
will stay in our
hearts a long, long while.
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #9
This is my hand.
My hand will do
A 1000 loving things with you
And you will remember
When I am tall…
That once my hand
Was just this small.
~Author Unknown~
Grandchildren Handprint Poems #10
Tiny handprints grow so fast
Their awkward groping soon will clasp
A ball, a book a sweetheart’s hand
A diploma, briefcase, a wedding band
Tiny handprints grow so strong
It doesn’t take them very long
To snap a shirt, to paint, to draw
To work hard, to drive a car
Tiny handprints grow to be
A person that is quite unique
A wonderful mix of so many things
With his own feelings, thought and dreams
Tiny handprints grow to rely
On his parents to bring him up just right
His parents pray that when he’s grown
He’ll say their job has been well done
Tiny handprints are ours to love
The sweetest gift from God above
A miracle that never is surpassed
How sad they grow up way to fast.
~Author Unknown~
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how sweet
Sheila, please do use the poem for a Mother’s Day card.
poem 5 is soooo cute, thank you. I would love to use it in a mothers day card
I’m so glad you were able to find poems for your twins’ Nana. Choosing different poems for the cards is a good way to support their individuality, too. Happy Birthday from one Nana to another!
I just wanted to thank you for the poems. I used two of them for a birthday card. I have 3 year old twin boys. I put their handprints on paper. On the back I used a different poem for each on the card for their nana. It will be a huge hit with her. Thanks so much!! :0)
These poems brought tears to my eyes remembering my own children when they were small…boy do I miss those days.
Maggie