Mother's Day Gifts Kids Can Make

July 14, 2015
Lucy Schaeffer
Moms love nothing more than a handmade present on Mother's Day. Help the kids make mom feel special with a creative gift from the heart!
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A Little Gift For Grandma

Credit: Lucy Schaeffer

Here’s a sweet Mother’s Day present you and the kids can make for the grammies: Pick up round wooden boxes from a craft store. Paint the top and let dry. Paint nautical-knot buttons or drawer pulls and let dry. Attach buttons with glue; to attach a drawer pull, drill a small hole through the top of the box and secure with the nut. So easy you can make a set!

Tip: Want to DIY the knots? Google “monkey fist knot” to learn how, and simply glue one in place on top of the box.

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Loved-Filled Flowers

Credit: Tara Donne

Heart-shaped petals make these blooms full of love for mom!

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Recycled Flower Craft

Credit: Heather Weston

Make Mom these cool flowers from magazine pages that will never wilt!

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Doily Lace Votives

Credit: Lucy Schaeffer

Paper doilies make plain votive candle holders perfectly feminine for Mom!

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Heart Cookie Box

Credit: Peter Ardito

This decorated cookie box is even sweeter than the sweets you can put inside. Kids can create designs using contact-paper cutouts and paint.

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Baby Photo Blocks

Credit: Alexandra Grablewski

Think outside the frame and help the kids make this cool photo craft for mom.

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Mother's Day Paperweights

Credit: Lucy Schaeffer

Use fabric scraps to cover a stone from the backyard. Mom will love to display it on her desk as a paperweight.

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Heart-Stitched Card

Credit: Tara Donne

Mom will cherish this lovely handmade greeting card this Mother's Day!

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X and O Placemats

Credit: Peter Ardito

Kids will love serving Mom breakfast on hand-crafted placemats.

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Painted Pasta Pendant

Credit: Heather Weston

Penne and rigatoni are the best pasta shape to make a beaded necklace for mom. Bowties and wagon wheels make a lovely pendant charm.

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Paper Flowers

Credit: Paula Hible

Kids will love making these paper flowers for Mom and Grandma!

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Coaster Craft

Credit: Lucy Schaeffer

Make these modern coasters from adhesive-backed felt for Mom to use for her morning coffee.

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Free Printable Mother's Day Cards

Make Mommy happy (and keep the kids busy coloring) with one of our four free cards: a girl with flowers, a boy with a big heart, a best mommy award, and for reading moms, an 'I Love Mom' bookmark.

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Jewelry for Mom

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String buttons, felt, and paper flowers onto yarn and chenille stems to make sweet necklaces and rings for mom.

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Beautiful Bouquet

Credit: Peter Ardito

Kids will love using bubble wrap to print their own wrapping paper! It's perfect for a flower bouquet or to wrap a gift box.

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Clay Catch-All

Credit: Lucy Schaeffer

Make pinch pots with air dry clay and stamps to make a little bowl for Mom's jewelry

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Coupon Flower Bouquet

Credit: Paula Hible

Write love notes and coupons on each petal for mom to pull off and redeem.

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Fruity Flower Bouquets

Credit: Paula Hible

What mother wouldn't love a flower bouquet that she could eat? Use cookie cutters to cut flower shapes in pineapple and melon slices.

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Hearts and Crafts Wrapping Paper

Credit: Paula Hible

Turn plain tissue paper into a work of art by decorating it with two thumbprints joined together to form a heart.

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