Missy and Barry Buchanan sent a life-sized cardboard cutout of themselves to their grandchildren ahead of Thanksgiving. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Buchanan) A grandma and grandpa in Texas know that traveling to visit their family for Thanksgiving would have been risky due to the coronavirus pandemic.So instead, Missy and Barry Buchanan, of Rockwall, created life-sized cardboard cut-outs of themselves and sent them to their grandchildren in Texas and California ahead of the holidays."Welcome to the 'cardboard' family!" Missy wrote on Facebook.