Grandparents Day Gift Guide · Sunday, September 13
The frame, the candle, the mug with the year on it: they have those. What they do not have is a reason to try the new place on the corner. Give a Boulder Gift Card, good at over 75 independent businesses around Boulder. Then go with them.
Not money, and not another object for the shelf. A morning at the diner, a browse through the bookshop, coffee that turns into an hour.
over 75 independent businesses in Boulder. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Boulder businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Boulder businesses accept the Boulder Gift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Boulder where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
939 Cascade Ave, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Food & Dining
633 S Broadway St, Boulder, Colorado, 80305
Food & Dining
1015 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80303
Food & Dining
1225 Alpine Ave, Boulder, Colorado, 80304
Food & Dining
1235 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Food & Dining
2041 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
1128 13th St., Boulder, Colorado, 80305
Retail
1334 Pearl St., Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Retail
1326 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Retail
2870 Bluff St., Boulder, Colorado, 80304
Shopping & Retail
1505 Pearl St. Unit 103, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Retail
1643 Pearl St., Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Museums, galleries, a show around Boulder. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
1237 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Shopping & Retail
1505 Pearl St. Unit 103, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Arts & Culture
1421 Pearl St, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Retail
1300 Block Pearl St Mall, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
653 30th St, Boulder, Colorado, 80303
Beauty & Wellness
1831 Pearl St, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Beauty & Wellness
1313 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Health & Beauty
1320 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Beauty & Wellness
1642 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Beauty & Wellness
3060 Pearl Parkway, Boulder, Colorado, 80301
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Boulder Gift Card is waiting in their inbox that morning.
Pick the amount that feels right.
Say where you two should go.
Delivered by email, or print it to hand over. No shipping, no wrapping.
National Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, which makes it Sunday, September 13 in 2026. It has been a federal observance in the U.S. since 1978.
The Boulder Gift Card is accepted at over 75 independent businesses in Boulder: restaurants, cafés, bakeries, shops, and salons. They pick where and when.
Then this is probably the wrong gift for them, and it is worth saying so plainly. The Boulder Gift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Boulder, so it suits someone who lives in or regularly visits the area. A grandparent who visits now and then can spend it on this trip. Unused balances can incur inactivity fees: a $3.00 fee will be deducted monthly starting on the 1st day after 12 consecutive months without card usage.
Choose an amount, add a note, and send it by email, or print it to hand over in person. Nothing ships.
Yes. Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13.
Often that is exactly who buys it. It works the same way in that direction, as long as the grandchild is close enough to spend it at businesses in Boulder.
E-delivery fees vary by community, and some communities cover them. Whatever applies to your order is shown at checkout before you pay, alongside the card amount and your total.
A Boulder Gift Card they can spend at over 75 independent Boulder businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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