Mother's Day Crafts for Kids

Karen Perkins
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Dads--share this article with your kids to surprise Mom on Mother's Day!  The best Mother's Day present is handmade and heartfelt, and that's really all that matters.  Mom wants to hear how much all of her little angels love her and appreciate all her hard work.  

Start the kids off with some simple arts & crafts supplies--colored paper, scissors, tissue paper, stickers, markers, glue--and have them make cards for Mom.  Then, make crafty gifts for Mom, like a handmade book about her, or handprint artwork.  Or, how about the gift that keeps on giving: a coupon book promising custom-made gifts like back massages, doing extra chores, or cooking Mom dinner?  Mom will be cashing in all year long.

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Making Handprint Art Mother's Day Crafts for Toddlers

A classic Mother's Day gift, this crafty present will mean more to mom with each passing year. Help your kids create their own handprint art and encourage them to decorate the frame you house it in. Read More

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Mother's Day Homemade Gifts: ABC Book of Mom

Get out the supplies because this handmade book is something Mom will keep forever. You'll need colored paper for the cover and markers to write inside. Kids can label each page of the book with a letter of the alphabet and use that as a guide to writing down reasons they appreciate and love Mom. Encourage the kids to add in drawings, paintings, photos, and stickers to illustrate each activity or moment represented throughout the book. Have them model the book's structure on a real book, with a cover, title page, copyright, dedication, and table of contents! Read More

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Mother's Day Craft for Kids: Bouquet of Handprints

This is an adorable keepsake craft item for young children to make with a little help from Dad or an older sibling. You'll need to trace their hands on colored paper, cut them out, and have each child write a message to Mom on their hand: what they love best about her. Then glue each handprint onto a green straw or dowel "stem" and stick the bouquet in florist foam in a small flowerpot. Make it extra special and have the kids decorate the pot with paint or permanent markers. Read More

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Homemade Mother's Day Cards

Making cards for Mother's Day is the perfect craft. Kids enjoy creating them, and no other gift is as special as a homemade card from a son or daughter. There is no limit to how the cards look from drawing pictures to gluing paper flowers to writing I love you. Even the youngest crafters can contrib... Read More

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Mother's Day Crafts: Coupon Books from the Kids

Mother's Day is a time to give mom a break. What better way to show your appreciation for her hard work then with this coupon book' Read More

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