Mother’s Day Gifts

This is probably the last post I’ll do for Mother’s Day crafts since we’re getting so close now (Next Sunday!).  I thought I’d just concentrate on gifts this time.  Enjoy!

By the way, what do you think of the new layout?  I’m still working out some of the kinks, so your comments are very much appreciated!

Mom Shrink Art Pins - I love doing things with Shrinky Dinks!  The creator of this craft made the pins pretty elaborate, but you can make it really simple for younger kids.  All you have to do is let them color the basic design, shrink it (which they love to watch!) then glue on the pinback.  This is a really fun craft/gift idea for Mother’s Day!

Cut-Out Coaster - I love these for Mother’s Day!  Basically, you stamp the child’s hand print on a piece of construction paper, let dry, then sandwich it between sheets of contact paper.  The link will take you to a full explanation and a picture.

Sunshine Flower Pot - This is a really simple craft idea where you paint a terra cotta pot with yellow acrylic paint and let dry.  Then you glue buttons around the rim to make a cute flower pot.  I think it would be really cute if you planted a marigold or another kind of inexpensive flower in the pot and gave it to Mom… although the creator of this craft suggests fake flowers instead.

Paper Bouquet - My five year old made a whole bunch of these and put them into a recycled 2 liter bottle that she decorated with stickers… she absolutely loved making them and was very proud of herself.  The one variation that we used here was to put a straw over the end of the pipecleaners to make them stiff.  That made a better flower stem and they stood up better in the bottle.