10+ Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts

It’s my first Mother’s Day! My little one is only 11 months old and can’t exactly go to the store and pick something out for Mom, but my husband and I can definitely help her with a homemade craft or printable to make the day special. I am beyond excited to be sharing a few Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts ideas with you to make with your babe, or to hint around to your spouse or grandparents for help. LOL.

Here are 10 quick ideas for Mother’s Day gifts, plus some extra info about each idea below. The FREE printables download links are listed with each printable project.

1. Single Potted Flower Craft
2. Handprint/ Footprint Art
3. Finger or Dot Paint Card
4. Best Mom Coupons
5. No Sew, Foam “Oh My Heart”
6. Mod Podge Canvas Picture Frame
7. Pipe Cleaner and Puff Bouquet
8. Paper Doily Flower Coasters Craft
9. Mommy & Me Coloring Book
10. Happy Mother’s Day Puzzle

PLUS more awesome Mother’s Day crafts and gifts ideas below:

Kids Crafts

Handprint/ Footprint Art

1. paint child’s hand with non-toxic paint
2. press freshly painted hand onto cardstock, construction paper, canvas, etc.
3. cut out for a craft or frame as art

Pipe Cleaner and Puff Bouquet

1. lay out pipe cleaner
2. glue puffs along it
3. once dry, twist and wrap around the end of another pipe cleaner
4. continue process until you have several flowers
5. use another pipe cleaner to tie around the stems

No Sew, Foam “Oh My Heart”

1. cut two hearts the same size out of a 11 X 18 red foam sheet
2. hot glue (or strong holding glue) around the edge of one heart leaving about a 3″ gap without glue
3. place the other heart on top, press, and hold together until dry
4. place fluff, plastic bags, or even paper inside the hole left unglued to fill the heart
5. hot glue the gap closed
6. cut out two different sized heart shapes out of felt (or foam) for eyes and glue them on the face for eyes
7. use a paint or regular marker to draw the little “oh my” mouth

Printables

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If you’re in the market for some easy grip crayons and dot paint markers for little hands, check out these ones I bought for my daughter:

Finger or Dot Paint Card

Best Mom Coupons

Mommy & Me Coloring Book

Happy Mother’s Day Puzzle

Crafts

Paper Doily Flower Coasters

1. clear glue a small paper doily onto a scrap piece of cardboard of cardstock
   • paint cardboard first if you want it to be a color
2. cut around doily leaving a little edge of exposed card

Single Potted Flower

1. take an empty can (mine was a baby formula can)
2. Mod Podge around the side
3. press a paper doily to the can as you go around with the Mod Podge (I used 3 medium size doilies overlapping each other
4. apply Mod Podge over the placed doilies
5. allow to dry outside
6. add one faux flower to a Styrofoam ball and insert into can
7. fill up the can with paper (recycle)
8. cover the top of the filling with moss from Dollar Tree
9. wrap the bottom of the can with twine
10. add a twine bow

Mod Podge Canvas Picture Frame

1. paint a 5 X 7 canvas (or larger)
2. once dry, Mod Podge over the art
3. place a 4 X 6 photo in the center while still wet
4. Mod Podge over the photo
5. let dry outside

Don’t forget to check out my other kids’ activity projects linked below or on my #craftymom page.

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