The 36 Best Gifts for Grandparents

For the grandparents who love music and have a sense of humor: A set of funky socks that pay tribute to one of the most iconic bands of all time, from the Swedish sock brand.

Plants bring everyone joy. Taking care of them and keeping them alive? Well...This self-watering planter is handcrafted from aluminum, and is ideal for cascading plants. Each set comes with a plant pot and saucer and waters itself.

You cannot do better than the Spice House, which has been providing the absolute best in spices to home chefs and Michelin-starred auteurs since 1957. This 24 piece kit includes every single herb a cook needs, from French thyme to cracked rosemary to rubbed sage to whole Turkish bay leaves, so when it's time for family dinner on Sundays, the 'rents are totally prepared.

Every three months, your grandparents will get a gorgeous, handmade floral and herb wreath. So that means every three months, they'll remember how much they love you. And these wreaths are just works of art: The spring one is made up of a dried twig base with myrtle branches, moss, statice, and artemisia, for example.

These decadent chocolates are almost, almost too beautiful to eat. Note that we said almost. The set is is loaded with ganaches and pralines. And it's from famed pastry chef Kriss Harvey and brought to life by a second-generation chocolatier based in Beverly Hills.

Every piece is designed and made in Los Angeles, at the Graf Lantz factory, and the attention to detail is pretty staggering. This home office set is for the grandparents who love to Zoom with their grandkids, but would appreciate a more colorful, welcoming environment in which to do so. The set includes a four-pack of coasters to protect tabletop surfaces, tissue box cover for when grandpa gets emotional, and a trivet that doubles as a mousepad. Everything is made from merino wool felt.

Upload their favorite photos, choose your frame and moulding, hit submit, and you've got the kind of gift they will treasure forever.

Brighten their day, every month, like clockwork. UrbanStems curates bouquets and plants for every taste — with an emphasis on taste: the bouquet designs are unique, vibrant, and artful. Plus, the brand works with Rainforest Alliance-certified farms, so you can feel good about your fragrant orders. There are three types of subscription plans, Classic, Seasonal, and Luxe, ranging from $55 to $100 per delivery, and one-off flower deliveries, which also include dried flower arrangements, range from $35 to $190. Two-day and same-day shipping range in price from $8 to $10.

Instead of chemicals and fillers, this brand uses ingredients that actually work and help with regenerate the skin. And given that everyone now washes their hands 24/7, elevate the process with this luxe set. It includes a gently cleansing and delicately fragranced hand wash and a wonderfully, deeply moisturizing hand cream. All packaged beautifully.

This vase-like cup charges and sanitizes a cellphone in just 20 minutes. If your parents never answer their phones because they're dead, set this up for them in a high traffic area, like a side table or nightstand, and they might just become more reliable. It works on any qi-enabled smart phone, which includes the iPhone 8 and any newer models, any Samsung Galaxy including and past the 5, any Google Nexus 4 and newer, and many Nokia Lumias.

What a thing of beauty. It's a candle that, when it's done burning, transforms into a planter after the included grow kit is added. Which means the grandparents will always think of you when they look at the pretty plant.

It's hard to go wrong with a cozy throw blanket. This oversized version, made from Belgian linen, works in all seasons, and looks good wherever it's thrown.

Upgrade their evening drink with this decanter, which makes a bottle of liquor look like a piece of decor, and makes pouring a glass feel like a damn luxury.

Legacy box makes it easy to trade in old home videos stuck on old forms of technology for more current versions. They mail you a box, you fill it with all of your VHS tapes, audio cassettes, rolls of film or old photos, you send it back to them, and they return the photos, audio, or film back in the format of your choice, either a set of DVDs, flash drive, or a downloadable file. It saves a ton of headaches and starts at just $27 for two items.

Give them a coffee table book they'll actually look through. Artifact Uprising makes gorgeous, customizable hardcover photo books that are both sentimental and nice enough to double as decor.

Winc curates and stocks a collection of more than 100 wines, and delivers right to Grandma and Grandpa's door. It lets shoppers browse by type and sweetness, and suggests specific bottles based on a short palate quiz, and how users rate bottles they've had before. A one-month subscription costs $60, but you can purchase a gift card for any amount.

Masterclass allows members to take cooking classes with Wolfgang Puck and writing classes taught by David Sedaris and Shonda Rhimes, learn about conservation from Dr. Jane Goodall and take tennis lessons from Serena Williams, all from home. A one-year membership includes access to the entire library of 90 plus classes, most of which include 20 10-minute lessons and a workbook that can be accessed anytime.

If you're shopping for a home cook, you can't go wrong with a French oven from a legacy brand like Staub. It moves seamlessly from the stovetop to the oven and looks great on the table too.