It’s time to help children prepare for Mother’s Day!
Perhaps there’s no better way to do so than creating a novel craft gift for moms. If you search the web, you’ll find a litany of Mother’s Day craft ideas, of various difficulties and complexity, suitable for different ages. Just for fun, let’s preview a few of them here in this brief blog post.
Try These 16 Fun Mother’s Day Gift Creations
So, we’ve found well over a dozen fantastic gift craft ideas you may have already seen, or would like to explore for the first time.
- Painted Mugs
- Handprint Flowers
- Acrylic-Painted Picture Frames
- Mother’s Day Cards
- Smile Blossoms (child’s picture inside a paper blossom)
- Handprint Painted Aprons
- Papier Mâché Bowls
- Rainbow Heart Sun Catchers (made from colorful tissue paper)
- Coffee Filter Flowers
- Memory Boxes
- Family Flower Pictures
- Decorative Mason Jar Vases
- Footprint Hearts (made from salt dough)
- Painted Canvases
- Sandy Handprints (child’s hand shape molded with sand, wrapped in plastic bag material)
- Heart-Shaped Necklaces (many wonderful variations of this theme)
Then, there are several others, but let’s check out a few of these in more detail.
- Painted Mugs – These always make such beautiful and practical gifts. You can take an ordinary, white or beige coffee mug, and gloss it up with an array of paints, ribbons, gems, and other decorations. You could, for example, apply the gemstones to read “2024” along the side, giving mom an opportunity to remember when she received the gift even after several years have passed. If you don’t want to use coffee mugs, the mason jar idea works just as well, and you can coat it with glitter and numerous other fancy elements.
- Acrylic-Painted Picture Frames – This one only requires a simple picture frame. Even young toddlers (with supervision) can use acrylic paint, markers, and paintbrushes to decorate the outer frame as much as they like. Once they’ve done so, allow some time for it to dry. Next, they can select a good family photo to insert into the frame and give it to mom on Mother’s Day.
- Mother’s Day Cards – Here’s a suitable idea for almost any age. Use plain white cards and envelopes for the child to write in crayon, paint, or whatever instrument they’re most comfortable using (depending on age). It also leaves plenty of opportunity to decorate creatively, just like with the coffee mugs, mason jars, any other examples. Children should have no difficulty adding their loving touch to Mother’s Day cards with other materials such as glitter, garnish, gems, and beyond.
Mother’s Day is on The Way!
As usual, we welcome you to visit and explore ABC Windsor Child Development Center for dedicated childcare service. If you have questions or would like to schedule a tour of one of our sites, then contact us anytime by calling 970-352-2222.
Mother’s Day will arrive soon (Sunday, May 14th), so don’t wait too much longer to encourage children to make something sweet for mom. Fortunately, there is no shortage of fun and easy ways for little ones to accomplish this joyfully.
