Share Your Mother's Day Projects!

[Evansmom]

Hi all you smart and crafty ladies!

I'm in need of some ideas for Mother's day presents/crafts for the kids (ages 1 yr to 5 yrs) to make for their moms. Plus I like hearing about what projects y'all are doing. I learn so much from all of you!

So share what you are doing with your kids please! happyface
Post pics if you have any

Thank you

[VTMom]

We will be making Vanilla Brown Sugar Foot scrub. I found the recipe on Pinterest and looks very simple with basic ingredients. The kids can combine the scrub and decorate their mason jars for Mom. I'm looking forward to doing it and receiving it!

[blandino]

A few weeks ago we planted marigold seeds. And I found surprisigly nice primary colored ceramic pots (they are maye 5" high) in the dollar section of Target. So we are going to put white handprints on those pots and plant the marigolds inside.

[jessrlee]

We painted Hugs barels brown. I will pick up the flowers for them this weekend. I also took nice pictures of the kids in family groups that I'm getting printed on 5x7 canvas

[Evansmom]

Wow you guys are really giving nice gifts! I need to step up my game!

[LK5kids]

I have always had the kids make rhubarb jam! I have rhubarb in my yard. The kids can easily cut through the rhubarb with plastic knives. The recipes calls for sugar, strawberry jam, and the rhubarb. I put it in baby food jars and they decorate the jar with flower stickers.

I believe rhubarb leaves are poisonous. The rhubarb is outside the fenced in play yard.

[kelsey's kids]

We are getting white plates from the dollar store and coloring them with sharpies. It is a treasure that will last. If you bake them in the oven the marker will never wash off.

[mbullette]

We are getting white plates from the dollar store and coloring them with sharpies. It is a treasure that will last. If you bake them in the oven the marker will never wash off.

Love this idea! What temp and how long do you bake them?

[Cat Herder]

We are doing the same thing as Blandino, just a different theme. We planted strawberry plants. happyface

The handprint art will be a (you guessed it) strawberry.

[kelsey's kids]

Love this idea! What temp and how long do you bake them?[/QUOTE]

You bake them for 30 min at 350° I havent tried it yet but plan to buy the plates and do one this weekend to make sure it works.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I like the plate idea.

Last year we did the ivory cloud soap (put it in the microwave to make a huge cloud, have kids crumble up, add some water and a little food coloring). They pushed it into silicone heart ice molds and once it dried we popped it out and put 3-4 in a bag for each Mom. They loved them.

[Luna]

I like the plate idea.

Last year we did the ivory cloud soap (put it in the microwave to make a huge cloud, have kids crumble up, add some water and a little food coloring). They pushed it into silicone heart ice molds and once it dried we popped it out and put 3-4 in a bag for each Mom. They loved them.

We did that last year too! This year we're making a key ring using modelling clay and cut out with the same heart mold we used for the soap last year. The kids put their thumbprints on and I used a toothpick to poke a hole and to write the year on the back. We will also make Epsom salt/baking soda/ginger/lavender bath salts. I'm still figuring out what we'll put it in...and the kids will make some cards...haven't worked that out yet either.

[melilley]

I have little light green metal pails that have butterfly cutouts on the top that I'm going to have the children put their fingerprints/hand prints on or just paint-depending on how well the hand prints turn out (all my children are 2.5 and under so sometimes it's hard to get a hand print)! I'm also going to fill them with a real flower and also make a flower with their face in the middle and glue it on stick so it looks like they are a flower growing out of the pail. Thanks for reminding me-I need to get them started!

[Lyss]

I'm following Cat Herder and Blandino on this one, handprint pots I really like the strawberries idea!

I saw this poem/muffin mix gift and thought it was cute (the poem anyway) but it's not on my list of things to make anytime soon http://keepinglifecreative.com/scrap...-mom-a-muffin/

[wahmof3]

2 years ago we did mini-scrap books using brown lunch sacks- awesome

last year I bought tile at lowes (19 cents each) and put handprint on them and used a paint marker to write happy mothers day 2012. so cute

not sure what we will do this year.

I will see if I can find pictures.....