When I transferred my Grandma Ideas from my previous Internet provider to my current one, I lost some of the content.  Not their fault.  Totally all mine. At that time, I tried to re-post all of the content I had previously put up.

However, I recently went through an old e-mail from one of my favorite college roommates.  She wrote about what she has done for her granddaughters.  I’ve looked back through my old postings and in my skimming, I can’t see one with this idea.  If I have posted it before and you remember it, sigh.  That’s just the way it goes.  I’m just hoping that my new readers since then will enjoy this.

Grandma Dani wrote:  “I moved to a new home that has a large walk-in closet upstairs that we don’t use.  I told my granddaughters that I have a secret garden at my house.  Inside the closet, I have a dresser with dress-ups, dolls, and toys that they love.  I also painted a big tree on the wall and hung Christmas lights that my husband connected to the light switch so they go on with the light.  I put magnetic boards on one of the walls with magnets and pictures of all the little cousins.

“When the girls come to visit, they run upstairs to see “their place” before doing anything else.  They spend a lot of time there playing when they are staying here.  When they tell mom they miss Grandma, they mention their garden.  Sometimes I tell them that a birthday present or special surprise is waiting in their secret place and they always get excited.  One day Savannah called long distance and  was crying and said she was having a terrible day.  I told her I would go into the secret garden and think about her and send her some love.  (She’s only 4, the idea helped her!)  Having their own space at our home has been a great connection! ”

Thanks for sharing, Dani!!

I loved Dani’s idea of painting a tree on the wall and then having the Christmas lights.  I’m thinking of making a ‘Harry Potter’ room in the space under our stairs.  Having Christmas lights there would be great fun.

Dani’s comment about having a magnetic board with magnets and pictures of the cousins got me thinking.  Wouldn’t it be great to have paper dolls with the faces of the cousins?  With some help from the following pages, I’m sure all of you creative grandmothers will be able to make them.

Design Your Own Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls of Stars, Royalty, Famous Americans, etc.

Printable Paper Dolls

‘Period’ Paper Dolls

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