Homemade mothers day gifts?
I was once in second grade, as the students in the class are. I know one thing kids those age like to do, and that’s arts and crafts. Have all of the students bring in a few pieces of colored paper (It does not matter what color) and a container of play-dough (it doesn’t matter what color that is either). They also need to bring a few tooth-picks. Once they all have the supplies, have the students make a heart with their play-dough (it needs to be fairly large, but just large enough so they can write about eleven or more letters on it with the tooth pick). This is the part where they need the tooth pick. Have the students carve a message into the play-dough heart with a tooth pick, maybe some thing like “I love you, Mom”, or “Happy Mother’s Day”. Then have them fold their piece of paper and cut out a heart. Have them write their names on the back of it. Have the students carefully pick up the play-dough heart and put it on top of their paper heart. Then they can decorate their paper he
You can’t go wrong with some homemade cakes or biscuits. I do little cupcakes, they are really cute and the decorating can be fun for young children. You could get some card and make a little box to put them in. Cupcakes: Ingredients 2 large eggs, cracked open 1 tsp vanilla essence 125g/4oz caster sugar 125g/4oz soft margarine 125g/4oz self-raising flour To decorate (optional) tubes of writing icing marshmallows, white and coloured food colouring, for icing coloured sweets Method 1. Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat them together until the mixture is smooth and slightly lighter in colour. 2. Line a bun tin or cupcake tin with paper cake cases and half-fill each case with the cake mixture. 3. Cook the cakes for 18-20 minutes. You can tell they are done when they have risen up, are golden in colour, and spring back into shape when lightly pressed. 4. The cupcakes can be decorated using a basic icing, plus marshmallows, writing icing, food colour
I suggest checking out the homemade mother’s card gallery on Splitcoaststampers. You can find a wide range of examples, but the easiest appear to just involve different colors of construction paper, a selection of stamps, and you can probably find some sweet & simple poems or sayings, and write them on the board for the students to copy. I also suggest cutting up different colored construction paper into random shapes, and then asking the students to make a collage with the different colors on the cards that says “I LOVE MOM”.
A great idea is to put together a “Breakfast In a Box” for her and ship it out. Find an inexpensive breakfast tray or better yet an unfinished one at your local crafts store and decorate it with paint, image transfers, and decopauge. Include your tray in your gift box along with a pretty saucer and tea cup, muffins, napkin, dried flowers, music, dried fruit, tea bags, etc., and of course a lovely little note or card to top it all off! Tell her to open it mothers day morning. Use raffia to accent your treats and use your creativity to make this one extra special!
I love something made by my children, even my grown children, and I love flowers to put on my porch – this is the perfect weekend. So here is the perfect idea: paint a flower pot (or can, or bucket, or windowbox, or planter of any kind) tie a pretty ribbon (from the fabric department) around it, fill it with flowers from the garden shop at any Walmart or grocery store, and voila, the perfect gift! http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-cra…
