Our 10 Best Gifts for Grandparents | Small Business Holiday Gift Guide 2020

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Be sure to visit our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide posts and our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide posts for even more fabulous gift ideas
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Custom ornament from a child’s drawing

Such a sweet and adorable keepsake: Give them a new one each year. 

Keepsake photo album or custom photo book from the kids

If they’re missing the kids more than ever this year, here’s the perfect excuse to get those favorite shots off your phone and into a keepsake album or a custom photo book from the kids

Custom grandparent mugs with Gourmet holiday tea set

We are obsessed with the incredible teas from Vahdam, and their entire holiday tea gift box selection . Once you’ve tried them, it’s hard to go back to the stuff on the supermarket shelves. The only thing better is if Grandma and Grandpa (or Mimi and Papa) drink theirs in entirely custom mugs handmade by a small business in Bloomsburg, PA. 

Family recipe engraved on a cutting board

Meant to be passed down, just like the recipe. This one is beautifully made in Atlanta.

Professional portrait of a treasured family heirloom

Our friends at Artkive can now photograph and professionally frame your most treasured family heirlooms, from small ephemera to a wedding dress. For a serious splurge, also see their signature package, in which they digitize all your old family photos and turn them into a keepsake album, slideshow, and more.

Luxury winter spruce holiday candle

We adore every scent and every candle from this Harlem-based, Black woman-owned small business. But this one is so perfect for holiday gifting. Especially if you can’t be with your grandparents for the holidays, it helps bring the holidays to them. 

Handknit blanket…by you

You can of course send the kit if you have grandparents who knit, but making it yourself is so special. 

A great read from an indie bookstore

Shop through Indiebound to support a bookstore near them — or one you want to support. Think cookbooks, biographies, history, humor, hobbies…you name it.

Shown here:
This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges, $14.71
The Groucho Letters, by Groucho Marks. $19.98
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Regula Ysewijn, $32.20
Wealth of Pigeons, by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss, $25.76

Family Charades Game

To play over Zoom with the kids. Get one for each of you!

Meals or gift cards from their favorite local restaurant

For Mother’s Day, we shared creative gifts that support local restaurants and they still apply around the holidays. From brunch delivery, to meal kits, to a simple gift card to the grandparents’ favorite local spot, this is a food gift that’s packed with extra love.