Mother's Day Gifts

[BumbleBee]

With Mother's Day coming up I thought we could help each other out and post what we're doing for Mother's Day.

Last year I did framed footprints & hand picked flowers

This year I have no idea yet.

My dck's are 5 months, just turned 1, 2 yo, & 2.5 yo.

[Josiegirl]

We planted flower seeds. We are painting ceramic pots with handprints and sponge painting butterflies or hearts, then will spray with sealant. I also did a questionnaire with the dcks who could answer some simple questions about their mom.
I might also have them bake muffins and print out the poem that was in a different post about If You Give A Mom A Muffin.

We did pots last year too but oh well.

[Scout]

I think I am going to do the old salt dough handprint but, put it inside the shape of a heart since the hand is so hard to cut out! I made the for Christmas one year but, they didn't turn out too great so I never did anything with them.

[Maria2013]

I'll have the kids paint a couple of flowers each, then I'll cut out the centers, and replace them with pictures of their face...I did it once and we loved it!

[Christina72684]

We did cookies in a jar so that the kids could help their moms make them at home and do something together. We also did thumb print flowers with a poem. Not sure what we're doing this year. The kids 2 and under are the hardest to figure out what to do since they can't do a lot.

[Shell]

I am thinking of getting some pre planted herbs and transporting them into larger pots that the kids can paint. I figure they can keep them on the windowsill to smell nice, but they are useful for cooking. I have done frames and mugs etc for years. I always spend too much, and only a few parents actually care.

[CraftyMom]

I have many ideas. Last year I did a handprint with a poem a questionnaire about mom which was adorable! But this year my dcks are too little for the questionnaire

I was also thinking of doing If you give a mom a muffin with a muffin mix or maybe bake muffins with the kids

[CraftyMom]

I also like these:

Egg carton flowers

Silhouette in black on colored paper

You are my sunshine

[NoMoreJuice!]

I also like these:

Egg carton flowers

Silhouette in black on colored paper

You are my sunshine

I love that silhouette! How do you do that?

[CraftyMom]

The silhouette is a favorite of mine, easy but a little time consuming.

You just take a picture of the child's head and shoulders, standing sideways and looking slightly up (I give them a spot to look at).

Then print the picture whatever size you want (I've done a 4x6 size to put in a 5x7 frame for dck's but for my own kids I made them bigger in an 8x10 frame).

Cut out the child's head and shoulders

Then trace onto black cardstock or designed paper if you like.

Glue the silhouette on a piece of cardstock and frame!

I like to write the child's name and date along the bottom

[Oss_cc]

We planted flower seeds. We are painting ceramic pots with handprints and sponge painting butterflies or hearts, then will spray with sealant. I also did a questionnaire with the dcks who could answer some simple questions about their mom.
I might also have them bake muffins and print out the poem that was in a different post about If You Give A Mom A Muffin.

We did pots last year too but oh well.

We're doing the same thing with the handprint ceramic pots, only we planted sugar peas

[CraftyMom]

The silhouette is a favorite of mine, easy but a little time consuming.

You just take a picture of the child's head and shoulders, standing sideways and looking slightly up (I give them a spot to look at).

Then print the picture whatever size you want (I've done a 4x6 size to put in a 5x7 frame for dck's but for my own kids I made them bigger in an 8x10 frame).

Cut out the child's head and shoulders

Then trace onto black cardstock or designed paper if you like.

Glue the silhouette on a piece of cardstock and frame!

I like to write the child's name and date along the bottom

http://www.thesitsgirls.com/diy/do-it-yourself-make-your-own-silhouettes/

I found this too, where you paint the back of the picture black instead of tracing on cardstock. This is a good option to involve the kids more, since this project doesn't involve them too much .

This pic shows what they look like in black. I have a set of 8x10's of my kids, I LOVE them!

[rebekki78]

The painted pot idea. The kids REALLY enjoy watching something grow that they planted. I have mainly 3-4 year olds so it will be perfect.

There are SO many cool ideas on Pinterest, it is so hard to pick just one!

[Josiegirl]

Oooh I love the sunshine one too!

[KDC]

I' did flower pots with handprints & a poem, with petunia's in them. This year we will be making colorful pasta necklaces and paper flower's. I've done so many handprints/footprints & I just did the photo shoot for Easter, but could easily work for Mom, using white paper with a M O M, kid holding it up and making a photo collage. I bought the colorful frames from IKEA, so they were stylish, and cheap =)

Good luck!