Personalized Custom Papa Bear Shirt with Grandkid Photo

The papa bear shirt is a personalized custom photo tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie that cuts your picture out in black and white and frames it with PAPA on top and BEAR along the bottom, both in antique gold.

Made for the grandpa who gets climbed like a jungle gym.

Upload Papa’s photo

Why a cutout photo?

There’s no box around the picture, so the gold letters wrap right around Papa and the grandkid. In the sample, a gray-bearded grandpa grins while a curly-haired toddler sits on his shoulders and holds onto his head.

Shoulder rides, piggybacks and lap photos all cut out cleanly, as long as both faces are visible.

Waist-up is the sweet spot. Kids should be in everyday clothes; swimsuit and bath pictures aren’t printed.

Personalize Papa’s shirt

Choose his tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie, then the size.
Pick a shirt color. Gold pops on darker shades.
Upload one photo of Papa with the grandkid. Your picture replaces the sample.
Type any notes. Example: the photo with the blue ball cap, not the sunglasses one.

Why Papa should wear the shoulder-ride photo

Grandpa gifts tend to be tools he already owns two of
He never asks for anything, so his birthday gets a card and cake
Photos of him with the grandkids stay on everyone else’s phone

Grandpas rarely ask to be in the pictures, but they like wearing the ones they’re in.

His photo with the little one is cut out with no box and wrapped by PAPA and BEAR in antique gold, so a shoulder ride or a lap nap becomes the center of the shirt.

PAPA and BEAR are fixed on this design.

Which grandpas suit a papa bear shirt?

It’s usually Grandma or one of the grown kids, ordering on behalf of the toddlers who treat Papa like a jungle gym. He’s the grandpa who never says no to a shoulder ride, even after a long day in the yard.

Papa, from the grandkids

On Father’s Day the little ones hand it over, and since they’re the ones in the picture, it’s clearly from them.

A brand-new grandpa

When the first grandbaby arrives, a photo of him holding the baby makes his new title official.

Papa turning 70

Bring it to the 70th birthday dinner so the grandkids can point at his shirt when the toasts start.

Dad, if the kids call him Papa

If your own kids call him Papa, this works as a dad gift too without changing a word.

Grandma, shopping for him

She knows he’ll wear it out on the porch with his morning coffee, because the grandkids are on it.

Start his papa bear tee

Fabric and fit for grandpa

For porch mornings and ball games, the Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie (S to 2XL) has a lined hood and front pouch, and the 1566 crewneck sweatshirt runs S to 3XL; both are 80/20 cotton-poly fleece.

Warm days call for the Comfort Colors 1717 tee, a 6.1 oz garment-dyed shirt in 100% ring-spun cotton, S to 4XL. Relaxed and unisex, with one or two sizes up for oversized fleece. The size guide has inches for each.

Papa can also pick the Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve, sized S to 3XL. The grandkids can wear the same print in the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie (2T to 5/6T) or the Comfort Colors 9018 youth tee (XS to XL).

We print it using DTF or DTG depending on the garment and ship from the USA. It’s made in 1 to 3 business days and travels 3 to 5 business days by USPS with tracking. Find more on our shipping page.

Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

Give Papa this one

Papa bear FAQ

Can two grandkids be in the photo?

Yes, if they’re close to Papa. The cutout works best with two or three people tightly grouped.

Can it say GRANDPA BEAR?

No. This design always reads PAPA BEAR; the photo is what you personalize.

Which photos can’t you print?

No celebrities, rappers or public figures, and no logos, brand names, team marks or characters, which includes a big team logo on his cap. Family photos only. A Papa order with that content is canceled and refunded down to the cent.

See more grandparent shirts or Father’s Day shirts.