Share Your Mother's Day Projects!

[boysx5]

Last year we made muffins for mom

[My3cents]

We have done this, but just on paper for a card, not pots. I just covered the child's foot in paint and stamped it on the paper, right foot on the left and left foot on the right so it comes out looking like butterfly wings. You only need to paint in the body and antennae.

The one that I saw you used thumb prints down the center for the middle part and then only drew in the antennae- Very cute

[Michelle]

I just used acrylic paint and did not seal it.

The tile was ceramic, not sure if it was glazed (I would say no)

Ok we just made these! happyface
Thank you for the great idea!
I bought the tiles for $.67 each and I bought some pretty acrylic paint.
They turned out very nice!!

I have a question... if you were to seal it..what would you use?
I was thinking of some kind of spray ... but what brand is best?

Also where is the cheapest place to get the mini easels?
They are $3.50 at Michaels and I have 14 ..so that can add up.

[KDC]

I did $1 flower pots (Target $1 section), acrylic paint for their handprints, and message in Sharpie marker... was hoping to add a poem on a little steak to stick out of the dirt - still searching for the right one =)

$1 flower pots
$2 potting soil
On hand - Acrylic paint
On hand - Sharpie marker

They came out pretty cute =)

[LaLa1923]

Yep! The play-doh makes a perfect mold....fingerprints and all.

Then you just pour the plaster into the mold and wait for the plaster to dry.

The Play-doh peels off easily.

I'm sorry if this seems obvious, but do you wait for the playdoh mold to dry and then pour in the plaster??

[Blackcat31]

I'm sorry if this seems obvious, but do you wait for the playdoh mold to dry and then pour in the plaster??

No worries...until I actually did it, I didn't get it either.

So no, don't wait for the play-doh to dry, the plaster needs to be dry though.

The plaster will dry much faster than the play-doh.

The play-doh works great because it stays pliable and moist for much longer than plaster.

Here is an easy to follow recipe/directions.

http://lovelaughterandliteracy.blogspot.com/2011/05/plaster-of-paris-handprints.html

[MsLaura529]

I'm loving all of these ideas!! Wish I had some DCKs to make mother's day gifts with, haha.

Just wanted to add about the handprint on the tiles - when my DD and DS were in daycare a few years ago, this was their Christmas gift to us ... a handprint on the tile - handprint was in green, and then their provider used the puffy glitter paint to make a zig zag across the handprint, which looked like a lights, and a yellow start on top, so it looks like a Christmas tree.

[wahmof3]

Ok we just made these! happyface
Thank you for the great idea!
I bought the tiles for $.67 each and I bought some pretty acrylic paint.
They turned out very nice!!

I have a question... if you were to seal it..what would you use?
I was thinking of some kind of spray ... but what brand is best?

Also where is the cheapest place to get the mini easels?
They are $3.50 at Michaels and I have 14 ..so that can add up.

If I remember right I tried to seal it with a spray, but it did something to the paint. It either faded it or smeared it (even after it dried). So that's why we didn't seal it. I could also be thinking of the year we did handprints on a mug and planted a flower in the mug. I would google it and I would do a test run too.

I don't think I paid that much for easels either. I wonder if a hardware store would carry a bracket that could be hot glued to the back to make it stand, like a picture frame?

[spud912]

No worries...until I actually did it, I didn't get it either.

So no, don't wait for the play-doh to dry, the plaster needs to be dry though.

The plaster will dry much faster than the play-doh.

The play-doh works great because it stays pliable and moist for much longer than plaster.

Here is an easy to follow recipe/directions.

http://lovelaughterandliteracy.blogs...andprints.html

Wow, very cool craft!! I pinned it for later!

[spud912]

We did silhouettes of each child. It worked out great because the kids did the majority of the work. They painted the canvas a pearl white color, then I took profile pictures of them, printed it out onto sticker paper, cut out their heads and taped them to the canvas, then they painted the canvas again black and gold (mixed together), I removed the stickers, then we finished off with painting stencil letters in gold. This one is my daughter's:

[Lyss]

We did silhouettes of each child. It worked out great because the kids did the majority of the work. They painted the canvas a pearl white color, then I took profile pictures of them, printed it out onto sticker paper, cut out their heads and taped them to the canvas, then they painted the canvas again black and gold (mixed together), I removed the stickers, then we finished off with painting stencil letters in gold. This one is my daughter's:

I love these! I'm totally doing them for Christmas!

what do you mean switch them? You used both feet for the wings? I think it will be just fine!! :hug:

These are the butterfly footprints on pots I am doing for the 5week old:

(not my picture)

The rest just painted pots, they were $0.97 at Wal-Mart and I already had the acrylic paints. We also started from seeds ($.20 for one pack, $1.98 small soil pack). I've found bright/bold colors work best. The pinks, yellow, and lighter colors soaked in and looked washed out, we did a second coat on those ones

I liked the idea of the flag in the pots with a poem that pp suggested!

[SilverSabre25]

11th hour...gotta figure something out with what I have on hand, . I forgot to go to the store tonight. D'oh!!!

[Laurel]

We did silhouettes of each child. It worked out great because the kids did the majority of the work. They painted the canvas a pearl white color, then I took profile pictures of them, printed it out onto sticker paper, cut out their heads and taped them to the canvas, then they painted the canvas again black and gold (mixed together), I removed the stickers, then we finished off with painting stencil letters in gold. This one is my daughter's:

I love, love, love that! I don't think I could get it together in two days although I do have canvases as I have tried my hand at painting and have some blank ones.

I'll put it on my list for next year though. So cute!

Laurel

[Laurel]

11th hour...gotta figure something out with what I have on hand, . I forgot to go to the store tonight. D'oh!!!

Me too! It's wingin' it day! That's why I'm on this thread to get some last minute emergency ideas. ::::::

Laurel

[Laurel]

We painted 8x10 canvases blue with acrylics, then did 4 handprints in a 'sun' shape, orange at the palm/yellow at the fingertips and I bought fancy lettered stickers and put "You are my sunshine" on each one, Modge Podge sprayed them gloss. They look awe.some. I printed photos of each child signing I love you in sign langage to put on white gift bags that they are going to decorate to 'wrap' them in.

I needed 10 total

$25 canvas
$7 stickers

paint & modge podge spray I already had

That sounds so cute and I'm looking for last minute ideas. I have all the supplies except I have the paint on modge podge.

Is acrylic paint hard to wash off their hands when they are finished? Do you just need soap and water or something more?

Thanks, Laurel