Grandma Camps are springing up everywhere. They rarely involve a tent or roughing it in the wilderness. Instead, they are simply backyard events organized by grandparents with a theme, various related activities, and memorable homemade meals.

This popularity is connected to families living farther apart and parents looking for ways to keep kids occupied during school breaks, says Georgia Witkin, senior editor of Grandparents.com and a professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Plus, says the grandmother of three, it helps that grandparents today are eager to become involved in the lives of their grandchildren.

There is a wide range of materials either in print or online that can be used for Grandma Camps. Pinterest includes hundreds of examples ranging fro

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