The tales I hear of the difficulties grandparents sometimes have in choosing children’s gifts are both amusing and concerning. It isn’t easy picking something that is not just another toy or that fits into the family lifestyle. We want the gifts to please, both the grandchild and the parents, and last a lot longer than the birthday day or the holiday week. Since many grandparents live at a distance from their grandchildren, we also want the gift to remind them of us. Often!
Reading Dapper Dan the Snowman
Storybook Quilts was founded in part to provide the perfect children’s gift from grandma or grandpa. The idea is that the child will associate the everyday Storybook Quilt experience with the grandparent. By personalizing to include family names and other details in the story, it becomes an adventure that is both shared and personal. Including the name of the grandchild and the grandparent on one personalized square (see example below) in the quilt adds another memory cue. We even offer the option of recording your reading of the story so that your grandchild can listen to your voice via an iPod or other device.
A Storybook Quilt, then, is a gift that both builds and evokes memories of close times between grandparent and grandchild. It truly is a gift that keeps on giving — even for a lifetime. Personalized square on Dapper Dan the Snowman quilt
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