Personalised Gifts for Grandparents: Ideas for Nan & Grandad

Grandparents are easy to buy for if you remember one thing: they want the grandkids, not more stuff. So the best personalised gifts for grandparents put the grandchildren front and centre - their names, their photos, their birthstones. Here are our best personalised gift ideas for nan, grandma, grandad and grandpa, for Christmas, birthdays or just because.

Photo gifts for grandparents

Photo gifts are the easiest win with grandparents, because they would put a photo of the grandkids on every wall if they could. The family definition plaque pairs a family photo with your family name and a personal message. The acrylic definition plaque lets you choose the word and write the definition yourself - "Nanny" or "Grandad" with a definition the grandkids came up with is a lovely touch - and it comes with or without a light-up base.

The full photo frame turns one favourite picture into a light-up acrylic display, and the song frame puts a photo next to a song that means something to them. For more ideas, see our photo gifts guide.

Personalised gifts for nan and grandma

The family birthstone necklace has an engraved circle pendant with up to three birthstones - one for each grandchild works well. The triple circle name necklace engraves a name on each of three interlocking rings, so it suits a nan with three grandkids.

If she would rather wear something cosy, the heart on my sleeve sweatshirt stitches small hearts with names along the sleeve, and the overlapping names hoodie embroiders a set of names in an overlapping design - perfect for all the grandchildren's names.

Personalised gifts for grandad and grandpa

Grandads usually like something useful or something they can show off. The embroidered picture outline sweatshirt stitches the outline of a photo of the grandkids onto a sweatshirt, so it is personal without being in-your-face, and there is a hoodie version too. The car number plate keychain is a small, practical gift he will use every day.

For the grandad who keeps everything on the mantelpiece, a definition plaque with "Grandad" and a definition written by the grandchildren is hard to beat.

Gifts from the grandchildren

Gifts that come from the grandkids always go down best. A teddy is a sweet one from a toddler - the personalised photo teddy prints a photo straight onto the bear, so nan and grandad get a cuddly keepsake with the little one's face on. Older kids can help write the message on a definition plaque or pick the song for a song frame. Need help with the wording? Try our 50 personalised gift message ideas.

Personalised Christmas gifts for grandparents

At Christmas, a photo gift from the year just gone is the one they will show everyone on Boxing Day. If there is a new grandchild this year, the first Christmas as a family plaque is a decoration they can bring out every December. For more festive ideas, see our personalised Christmas gift guide, or our birthday gift ideas if it is their birthday coming up.

Gifts for grandparents FAQs

What is a good personalised gift for grandparents?

Anything with the grandchildren on it. A photo plaque, a necklace with a birthstone for each grandchild or a sweatshirt with the grandkids' names are all gifts grandparents keep.

What can grandkids give their grandparents?

A personalised photo teddy is a sweet gift from a young child. Older children can choose the words on a definition plaque or the song on a song frame, so the gift is properly from them.

How many names can go on the family birthstone necklace?

The pendant takes names, dates or words up to 25 characters, plus up to three birthstones.

How fast is delivery?

Order before 2pm Monday to Friday for free next-day delivery. Everything is made to order, so order early at busy times like Christmas.

Every gift is personalised and hand-finished in the UK. Order before 2pm Monday to Friday for free next-day delivery.