Gift ideas · Gift for grandparents
A fingerprint heart gift for grandparents from real ink prints
Grandparents often say they have everything they need. A fingerprint heart is small, personal, and made by the family: two real ink fingerprints joined into one heart, with names and a date if you want them.
Our Imprint works from phone photos of the actual prints, processed in your browser. It does not invent or redraw fingerprints.
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Ideas for grandparents
- A grandchild and a grandparent: one print each, made together on a visit.
- Two grandchildren: a heart from the kids, framed for the grandparents’ wall.
- A grandparent couple: their own two prints, for an anniversary or a milestone birthday.
- Families far apart: each person inks and photographs a print at home and sends the photo to whoever assembles it.
How to make it, step by step
- Press each fingertip lightly on an ink pad, then press it down firmly onto plain white paper and lift straight up — do not roll. One clean print beats three smudged ones.
- Photograph each print with your phone in even daylight, straight on, with no shadow from your hand or phone.
- Open the creator on ourimprint.ca and add both photos. They are processed in your browser and are not uploaded.
- Add names, a date, and a short message, or leave them off for an artwork-only version.
- Check the free preview. When you are happy, choose Essential or Signature and download the PNG and printing guide.
Tips for older hands
Fingerprint ridges can be fainter with age. Use a fresh ink pad, press lightly, and try a few fingers; the thumb or index finger often gives the clearest print. Photograph in daylight, straight on. The preview is free, so check it before you buy.
Essential is CA$19 / US$15: one composition with personalized and artwork-only versions in every print size. Signature is CA$29 / US$23: three compositions (Classic, Split, and Intertwined), all in the colours you choose. Both are a digital download (high-resolution PNG and printing guide); you can also order a printed and framed copy shipped to your door. The preview is free.
Keeping it a surprise? Give a gift certificate
Gift it now, they make it later. Choose Essential or Signature, tick “This is a gift” before checkout, and print the certificate that appears after payment. It carries a redeem code valid for 12 months. The recipient goes to ourimprint.ca/recover, enters the code, and adds their own two ink prints. Same price, nothing extra to buy.
Hoping to gift a print? A print is made from the recipient’s own two fingerprints, so it can’t be made ahead of time. Give a gift certificate instead: the recipient adds their own prints and creates their artwork — that is what the certificate covers — and from that finished artwork they can order a matte or framed print. The print is a separate order.
Need help with the prints? See how to make clear ink fingerprints.
Questions
What if a grandparent’s print is faint?
Try another finger, a lighter press, and a darker ink. Check the free preview before you buy; if the preview is unclear, the download will be too.
Is a physical print shipped?
No. You receive a high-resolution PNG and a printing guide to print at home or at a print shop.
Are the fingerprint photos uploaded?
No. Photos, names, date, and message are processed in your browser. Checkout does not upload your fingerprint photos.
Can you print and frame it for me?
Want it printed for you? You can order a matte print (5×7 CA$29, 8×10 CA$39, 12×16 CA$49) or a framed print in black or oak (8×10 CA$79, 12×16 CA$109), shipped free to Canada and the US in about 1–2 weeks; international shipping to the UK, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand is a flat CA$15 (import VAT or duties may apply). Printed by our print partner, Printful, and it includes the Signature digital files. A print cannot be sent as a gift certificate; order it with your own two prints and ship it to the recipient. If the print should be made from the recipient’s own prints, give a gift certificate instead: they create the artwork first, then can order a print of it.