Personalized Photo Gifts are one of my favorite gift ideas to give to my family members, especially to my children’s grandma and great grandparents. They love getting a gift that I have put together with pictures of my children, just for them. There are several options for photo gifts. This article will detail five of the best personalized photo gifts to give to grandparents.
Personalized Photo Gifts for Grandparents #1: Calendar
A calendar is one of my favorite personalized gifts to give to any family member but especially to my children’s grandparents and great grandparents. Photo calendars are personalized with pictures of your children, 12 of them! One for each month, you simply upload the pictures you want to the website. You can buy photo calendars from places like Shutterfly or Vistaprint. I’ve ordered calendars from both and Shutterfly’s quality is a little better then Vistaprint’s but Vistaprint’s are usually cheaper. A 12 month calendar at Shutterfly is $19.99 and any additional 12 month calendar is $9.99. Photo Calendars at Vistaprint ranges from free to $15.99. Vistaprint often offers items for free so you can try their product. I’ve gotten two calendars that way but you do have to pay for shipping and for photo upload. Shipping is around $5 dollars and photo uploads are $2.50 to $5.00, depending on when they have a half price special. When their calendars are not free, they are $7.99 (half price) or $15.99. You need to sign up for their newsletter and check their site often to get good deals.
Personalized Photo Gifts for Grandparents #2: Photo book
A photo book is similar to a photo album but it’s a little more special then that. Special moments from your child’s life can be captured in book form and then given to grandparents as a special gift that they can flip through at any time. You can buy hardcover photo books at Shutterfly for $29.99 (8×8 Storybook, 20 pages). You’re able to upload the pictures you want, have one or several pictures on one page and pick each page color and theme, plus you can add captions. Additional pages are one dollar per page. Kodak sells paperback pocket size photo books, starting at $9.99. They are 5X5 and have 14 pages (you can add more at an additional cost).
Personalized Photo Gifts for Grandparents #3: Mug
Image the joy that will spread over the grandparents faces as they enjoy having their morning cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate in a mug with their grandchild on it. Photo mugs are a great gift to give because they are a practical gift idea that could be used on a daily or weekly basis. Photoworks sells photo mugs, starting at $14.95. Shutterfly has a photo mug special where you can get a custom photo mug and a $10 dollar Starbucks gift card for $24.99. You can add your picture, a border and even a caption.
Personalized Photo Gifts for Grandparents #4: Keychain
Overstock sells a digital keychain for $19.99 (price subject to change). A digital keychain would be like having a photo album on you at all times, except it wouldn’t weigh that much and the grandparents in your life could use it as their main keychain. The digital keychain stores and shows up to 60 pictures in color. The keychain comes with a rechargeable battery and has 3 hours of viewing time when it’s on until it needs to be recharged again.
Personalized Photo Gifts for Grandparents #5: Clothing
A clothing item with a picture of their grandkids is another great gift idea that grandparents could enjoy having as a gift. Shutterfly sells photo t-shirts, totes and even aprons. Imagine how much the grandparents would enjoy cooking a meal or bbq’ing while wearing an apron with their grandchild on it. T-shirts start at $14.99 and aprons are $19.99.
