For a list of activities grandchildren can do with their grandparents, including sample questions for an "interview" of the grandparent about his/her life, using either video camera or cassette recorder, and a "Hand in Hand" arts activity: www.grandparents-day.com.
GRANDPARENTS DAY EVENTS
Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center McDaniel Farm
“Back When I Was a Kid” program
10 a.m.-noon Saturday. Program fees range from $5 to $8 per person and children ages 2 and under are free. (Participants are required to pre-register by the day before and pay online at www.gwinnettEHC.org.) McDaniel Farm, 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth. For more information about this event, please visit www.gwinnettEHC.org.
Chattahoochee Nature Center
1-4 p.m. Sunday. Activities will include games on the meadow (Frisbee, throw ball around, chalk drawings) and story time by "Nana Nature." Free for grandparents. For others, cost ranges from $6 to $10; free for children 2 and under (event free for members). Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. www.chattnaturecenter.org.
Zoo Atlanta
9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sunday. Up to two grandparents are free with purchase of any full-price adult or child general admission ticket. (Adult ticket price for 12 and older is $21.99; child ticket price for children ages 3 to 11 is $16.99.) Mention "Grandparents Day" at Zoo Atlanta Admissions to redeem this discount. Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Ave. S.E., Atlanta. www.zooatlanta.org.
American Girl Atlanta
Noon-2 p.m Sunday. Girls can decorate their handmade card and envelope at a crafts events. Free (for girls ages 8 and up). American Girl Atlanta at North Point Mall in Alpharetta (1202 North Point Circle). www.americangirl.com/stores/location_atl.php
