“Draw the flower”: This is how a woman gets her grandparents unwittingly to design her tattoo. The result surprises them with an adorable video.

  • Emily Mcneill, 23, from Belfast, asked her grandparents to each draw a flower 
  • After completing the drawing, she went to a tattoo studio and got a custom-made tattoo.
  • It has received over 10 million views and more than 2,000,000 likes. There are 14,000 comments.










This is the heartwarming moment a woman gets her grandparents to unwittingly design her new tattoo and then surprises them with the result.

Emily Mcneill (23) from Belfast, Northern Ireland was an eyebrow technician. She asked her grandfathers to draw flowers for her.

However, they weren’t aware that the sketches were for Emily to get inked on her arm. 

The drawings were taken to the tattoo studio and all of them made into a unique tattoo. 

This is the heartwarming moment a woman gets her grandparents to unwittingly design her new tattoo and then surprises them with the result in Belfast, Northern Ireland

It is the moment when a grandmother designs her tattoo unwittingly for her and surprises her grandparents with the end result.

Eyebrow technician Emily Mcneill, 23, asked her four grandparents to each draw a flower for her to keep

Emily Mcneill was 23, an eyebrow technician. She asked each of her grandfathers to draw a plant for Emily to keep.

In the beginning, her grandparents draw a flower on each sticky note.

The studio is where Emily gets her tattoos.

Then, she shows each group of grandparents the tattoo and explains how it became viral.   

While her grandfather said ‘Bloody hell,’ the first grandmother responded by saying “That’s gorgeous Emily”.

The other grandmother complained about her drawings, saying that she couldn’t draw. All of it is wobbly!

However, they weren’t aware that the sketches were for Emily to get inked on her arm

She went to a tattoo studio with the drawings and got them all put together in a special tattoo

However, they weren’t aware that the sketches were for Emily to get inked on her arm

The video montage initially shows her grandparents drawing a flower each on sticky notes

It cuts to a studio where the body art is designed and then tattooed on Emily

First, the video shows her grandparents making a flower from sticky notes.

Emily stated, “I consider myself very fortunate to still have my four grandparents.”

‘I’ve always kept birthday cards with their writing, with the thought of getting them tattooed, but I wanted to do something with all of them together.

“I requested them to draw a simple flower, without the stem. I told them that it should be as basic as possible because it was necessary for my tattoo.

“I thought the result was perfect. I just love it for what it is.”

She then shows the tattoo to each set of grandparents and explains to them how the video has gone viral

Then, she shows each group of grandparents the tattoo and explains how it became viral.

The first grandmother reacts by saying 'That's lovely Emily', while her grandfather says 'Bloody hell'

Her other grandmother complains about her drawing saying 'I can't even draw. It's all wobbly and everything!'

While her grandfather said ‘Bloody hell,’ the first grandmother responded by saying “That’s gorgeous Emily”.

“My grandparents thought it was amazing. It was a great idea. They all smiled ear-to-ear, and it is what matters most.

TikTik shared the video on 26 November with the title “I got all of mine grandparents to draw my new tattoo, without them even knowing”

The site now boasts more than 10.6 million views, 2.2million liked and 14,000 commented. 

One commenter said: “The fact that you still have your four grandparent made me cry. It’s a wonderful memory that you will cherish for the rest of your life.

One other said, “I started to cry when Grandpa took my pencil.” 

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