6 nice DIY gift ideas for Mother’s Day
The next one, the one that is coming soon, will be my 16th Mother’s Day for me. I do not hide that since I became a mother, I always wait for this day with so much curiosity mixed with infinite tenderness, because… yes, I am one of those mothers who is moved by a package and the phrase: Mom this is for you.
Over the years, in fact, I have collected and put aside all the gifts that my daughter has created for me, starting from the jobs done in kindergarten or with the help of her father, to the letters written in elementary school, up to the gifts made in complete autonomy because she is now a teenager.
Some are still on display, others have ended up in a box, but jealously guarded. Because after all, if you think about it, each of those gifts represents a moment spent together: with my father in the creative phase, with me in the moment of surprise. And that’s what matters.
Sure that in the surroundings there are some dads looking for ideas and creative jobs to propose to children and some mom who is waiting for nothing more than to receive them, here are 6 original DIY gift ideas for Mother’s Day easy to make and that can serve as inspiration. It will be a nice creative moment to be together and to surprise moms.
Picture frame with paper flowers
Here is an easy collage job for Mother’s Day that children will love it: create a nice picture or a greeting card with paper flowers! All you need is a blank sheet, cards and cups for colored cakes. Children will have to compose flowers, with petal stem and corolla simply by cutting and pasting colored paper in order to compose a beautiful bouquet.
Magnet for the fridge
More flowers for mom, but this time the gift is a creative magnet and the flowers are felt. With a wooden stick, one or two magnets and some ribbons you can create nice and colorful magnets that mom can stick wherever she wants, for example on the fridge to fix reminder cards.
Recycled photo frame
It is always nice to propose to children to do crafts for Mother’s Day with recycled materials. For example, with the plastic caps of chocolate jars, you can create very original photo frames to give to your mother. To make them, just crop a photo and paste it on the front of the cap and decorate it as desired. For the Tutorial read here → photo rack with caps
Paper clips for the desk
If mom has a desk of her own, here’s a really nice gift idea: build a nice decorative paperweight. To do this, just choose a smooth stone with no edges to decorate (the dimensions are at will) and fix a 3D flower made with foam rubber around it with cored wire.
Fancy bracelet
These Fancy wooden bracelets are very nice to give to your mother. The job takes some time to prepare, but then when they’re finished they’re really matching, colorful and original! To make them you need wooden sticks to be folded dipped in a glass with water. Only then can they be decorated with washi tape.
Best Mom Rosette Brooch
And finally an easy job to create a gift idea for the really nice mom: the brooch with the cockade! It can be created with colored cardboard and children can have fun cutting, folding, gluing. Important and to choose carefully the words to write on the cockade to name the mother the number 1! It can be created with colored cardboard and children can have fun cutting, folding and gluing.
What do you say, do you like these DIY gift ideas for Mother’s Day? So come on, it’s not long! Good jobs to all!
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.