Mother's Day Crafts and Activities for Kids

Free Mother's Day Crafts - Mother's Day Window Cling Patterns

How to Make Window Clings:

1. Print out the patterns you would like to use to make the window clings.

2. Cut a piece of clear vinyl a little bigger than the pattern.

3. Tape the clear vinyl over the pattern you are going to use.

4. Use the black leading to outline the entire picture starting from the inside of the picture working out. Turn the pattern around as you work so you don't mess up the wet leading with your hands.

5. Let the leading dry for a least an hour.

6. Fill in the image using the transparent paint. Don't make it too thick and make sure you don't leave any spaces.

7. You can add designs to the images by dropping different colors of paint onto the surface paint. Use a toothpick to make swirls and lines by touching the tip of the toothpick in the middle of the dot and moving outwards through the background color.The "Mom" window cling on the right was made using this technique.

8. Let the image dry over night and then carefully peel it off the vinyl.

I used the DecoArt Liquid Rainbow Window Cling Set from AllCraftSupplies.com to make these clings.

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Mother's Day Cupcake

What you will need: Paper, crayons, glue, sequins and other decorative items.

What to do:

1. Print out a picture of a cup cake and write on the bottom of the page, "Mom, you're like icing on a cake. You make my life sweeter." A pattern for this craft is available to members on The Resource Room.

2. Color the picture and then glue sequins and glitter all over the top of the cupcake to decorate it.

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Mother's Day Card Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock, high resolution printer paper, flowers, waxed paper, heavy books, paper glue, and Elmer's glue.

What to do:

1. About a week or more before you are going to do this project collect a bunch of flowers, buds, stems, and leaves and press them between pages of a book. To do this place a piece of waxed paper on a page in the book and then set the flowers and leaves on the waxed paper. Place another piece of waxed paper over the flowers and close the book on top.

2. Place some more heavy books on top of the first book and leave them for at least a week.

4. Print out the flower and poem card (Printing Problems?) and cut it out. Glue it to the middle of a piece of card stock with paper glue (Elmer's Rubber Cement). The poem reads:

Our thanks, O God, for our mothers,
Help them to follow thee.
And give them glad and trusting hearts.
May they find strength in thee.
By Joanna McKinney

3. Carefully pulled the waxed paper off the pressed flowers and arrange them around the flower picture.

4. Once you have your design all laid out and are happy with it glue the flowers on using Elmer's white glue.

Note - The poem can also be song to the tune of Amazing Grace.

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Mother's Day Necklaces or Bracelets

Here are some very inexpensive gifts you can make for your mom from recycled materials.

Paper Bead Necklaces and Bracelets - Make these colorful beads by rolling up magazine or gift wrap paper and string them together to make a necklace or bracelet. Your mom will love these unique beads!

See the Recycled Crafts Page for step-by-step directions on how to make these beautiful paper beads.

Button Necklaces and Bracelets - You can also make bracelets and necklaces for your mom with pretty buttons. If you don't have buttons around the house, you can buy old clothes that have pretty buttons from second-hand stores or garage sales. Cut the buttons off and string or sew them onto elastic.

See the Crafts for Teens Page for directions to make button bracelets and necklaces for your mom.

Mother's Day Poem on Doily Craft for Kids

What you will need: Ten inch doilies, printer paper, large piece of construction paper, and markers.

What to do:

1. Draw a circle 6 1/4" in diameter.

2. Decorate the circle with flowers or other designs and then write a poem or message to you mother. The pattern pictured and poem is available to members only.

Mother
When I see all the things you do
I can tell your love for me is true.
I thank God he gave me you.
I love you through and through.
By Carolyn Warvel

3. Glue the circle onto the paper doily and then glue the doily onto a pretty piece of construction paper.

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Mother's Day Poem and Stationery

What you will need: Printer paper and colored pencils or markers.

What to do:

1. Draw a pretty design on three sides of your paper leaving room for a poem or letter to your mother. A pattern for this stationery is available to members of Danielle's Place.

2. Color your pattern with colored pencils or markers.

3. Write a letter or poem to your mother.

 

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Thank You Mother's Day Card

Children color the pictures and glue on objects: a Band-Aid, an eraser, tissue, a penny, and seeds. (This card is available to members only.)

"A Wiggle and A Jiggle" Mother's Day Card

The little bear on this card wiggles and jiggles back and forth.

What you will need: Card stock, crayons, scissors, and tape.

What to do:

1. Print out the bear patterns, cut them out and color them. Cut out the curly cue looking thing on the solid lines to make a snake. (Printing Problems?)

2. Print out the card patterns and cut them apart. Tape the bears to the center of the card. Tape the outside end of the snake to the card and the inside end to the back of the bear. This will allow the bear to wiggle back and forth when the card is picked up. (Printing Problems?)

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Check Book Holder Craft

These make a great gifts for moms, dads, and grandparents. Print out the designs and color them, or draw your own pictures and place in the plastic check book covers.

What you will need: Plastic check book covers from Oriental Trading Company (Follow the link and type in 90077 in the search box at the top of the page.), card stock if you are printing out the designs below, highlighter markers, colored pencils, or regular markers. I like to use highlighter markers because they are transparent and if you accidentally go out of the lines it doesn't show.

Pattern 1 - Geometric Design - (Large file or small file) (Printing Problems?)

Pattern 2 - (Design Pictured Above) - (Large file or small file) (Printing Problems?)

 

Pattern 3 - Western Design - (Large file or small file) (Printing Problems?)

Pattern 4 - Heart Design - (Large file or small file) (Printing Problems?)

 

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I Love You a Bunch! Mother's Day Card Craft

What you will need: Card stock, purple dotters, or inkpad, or purple paint, and a marker

What to do:

1. Print out the grape leaf pattern * and cut apart.

Half page patterns (Large or small pattern)(Printing Problems?)
Full page pattern (Large or small pattern) (Printing Problems?)

Use dotters (You can use the kind they use for Bingo to mark the Bingo cards or you can buy them at Learning is Fun or other craft store.) to make the round grapes. If you don't have dotters, you can use your fingers and dip them in paint or an inkpad. You could also use a carrot that has the top cut off to dip in the paint or a round sponge to make the grape shapes.

2. Draw little faces on each grape to finish.

*If you want to make this a card, just cover up one side of the pattern and print only one grape leaf pattern. Fold the card in half and have the children write on the inside of the card.

Comments about this craft: I used the lesson "In Celebration of Mothers Day" in my Wednesday night class. We made the "bunch of grapes" card and the children loved it. When I couldn't find bingo blotters, I was worried about the mess of using an ink pad, but it worked out really great. We are fortunate enough to have our class adjoin the kitchen at our church. We made a sink full of warm soapy water and let the children use the ink in groups of three. As soon as they were done, they were ushered to the sink, and the ink came right off (even though the inkpad was marked "permanent"). When they weren't stamping, the other children were busy coloring their leaves and writing a note to Mom on the back of their cards. This was definitely a "keeper" craft for us. Thanks.

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Greatest Mom in the World Mother's Day Card Craft

This card says, "Mom, I'm glad you're my mom. If you weren't my mom, I wouldn't be your kid, and I wouldn't be able to give you this!" Mom opens the card to find a blue ribbon that says, "World's Greatest Mom!"

What you will need: Card stock, crayon or markers, scissors, tape, blue ribbon (optional)

What to do:

1. Print out the card pattern onto card stock: girl pattern or boy pattern. Color the pictures and fold the card in half. (Printing Problems?)

2. Print out the ribbon patterns, cut them apart and color. To make it extra special, you can cut the blue ribbon hanging from the bottom and replace with a real blue ribbon.

Ribbon Pattern that says, "World's Greatest Mom!" - (Large file of small file)
Ribbon Pattern that says, "World's Greatest ______" - (Large file or small file) (Printing Problems?)

Just wanted to say thank you for this craft. It went so well in Sunday School today. The 2-3 yrs olds loved it. (The kids are now 3-4 yrs but will be with me till Sept.). I printed out the card, had made a photo of them a few weeks ago, made slits inside the card so that their photo would stay in it. They colored the outside picture of the boy-girl & we wrote Happy Mother's Day on the front. Fixed their photo in side the card.

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“Whisking You a Happy Mother’s Day” Craft

What you will need: One wire whisk for each child (two for a dollar at the Dollar Store), Hershey Hugs and Kisses candy, ribbon, hole punch, and card stock.

What to do: Have the children fill the center of the whisk with Hershey's (move the wires and pop them inside). Make a card that says, "Whisking you a Happy Mother's Day that's filled with Hugs and Kisses. Love, (child's name).  Tie the card on with ribbon.  This ideas was sent in by Nance in Reno

“I Wuf You!” Mother’s Day Card Craft

What you will need: Card stock, crayons or markers, scissors, and extra paper (optional)

What to do:

1. Print out the pattern onto card stock. (Printing Problems?)

2. Color and fold the card in half.

3. Decorate the front of the cover with paw prints (see below) or anything you would like.

4. You may also want to cut just below the dogs muzzle, write a note on a piece of paper, fold it up, and stick it in the dogs mouth.

To make paw print rubber stamp:

1. Print out the paw print pattern and use it to cut a paw print from fun foam. (Printing Problems?)
2. Glue the fun foam shapes onto a small wooden block and let dry.
3. Use as you would any rubber stamp. They work great and are very cheap.

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Decorated Soap Craft for Mom

This craft is very easy to make, although pins can be dangerous for small children. Children as young as four will enjoy this craft, but make sure they are well supervised. 

What you will need: Soap (square soap works best), felt, lace, or other pretty material, Rick Rack, lace, ribbon, buttons, sequins, small silk flowers, beads, etc. (Anything you can find that will look pretty on the soap.) You will also need short straight pins with big round heads and some with small flat heads, and glue.

What to do:

1. Cut the felt, lace, or material to fit the soap. 

2. Wrap the material around the soap and secure it to the soap on the back with some straight pins with the flat heads so that the pins don’t stick out.  You can cover the to sides of the soap if you would like or just leave open.

3. Turn the soap over and decorate the tops and sides with the flowers, ribbon, sequins, etc. using the straight pins with the rounded heads.

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Votive Candle Holder Craft for Mom

What you will need: Various colors of tissue paper, white glue and water (plus small plastic lid to hold the glue), paint brush (1/2" wide), wide mouth short canning jar (baby food jar might also work), votive candle

What to do:

1. Mix glue and water together in a 1 to 1 proportion.

2. Tear tissue paper (or punch out shapes using decorative punches such as flowers and hearts).;

3. With the paintbrush, spread a little glue on the upside-down jar, and place a piece of tissue paper on top. Continue pasting tissue paper on the jar until it is covered.

4. When it is covered, the child can glue the punched out designs in a border or design (upside-down so when it is finished, it will be right-side up) paint a thin coat of glue on top of all the paper. Let dry.

5. Be sure the paper is not taller than the top of the jar and do not fold over the rim to the inside of the jar (fire hazard). When it is dry, add a votive candle. When the candle is lit, the jar will look like stained glass. Remind the children that candles are only for adults. They should never try to light them or play with them. Thank you, Nance, for sending in this idea.

Spoonful of Love Craft for Mother’s Day

What you will need: Wooden or plastic spoons, paint, Hershey Kisses, netting material, cellophane or colored plastic wrap, silk flowers, ribbon, and card stock.

What to do:

1. Print out the pattern onto colored card stock.  Cut out the hearts and punch a hole in the upper left side of the hearts.

2. Paint the wooden spoons or use plastic spoons.

3. Place two or three kisses on the cup of the spoon and place the spoon cup in the middle of a square of  of material or plastic wrap.  Bring the material up and over the spoon and tie it with a ribbon or lace.  Make sure you attach the heart card to the lace or ribbon before you tie it.  Add some silk flowers.

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Potholder Craft for Mother’s Day

This potholder was made for less than fifty cents. If you buy material and sew your own they are very inexpensive.

What you will need: White pot holders or material to make potholders, and permanent markers or Opaque Paint Markers.

What to do: 

1. Decide on a design for the potholder.  You may want to draw the picture first on a piece of paper and then copy it onto the potholder.

2. Use permanent markers to draw the picture onto the potholder or write a letter to your Mom.  Make sure to put the date on the back.

You can buy white pot holders from Oriental Trading Company. (Just type in pot holders in the search box to find them.

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Flower Ribbon Pin Craft

What you will need: Ribbon (about 1 1/2” wide), florist wire, green Chenille Stems, pin back or magnet, and buttons, pompoms or fun foam.

What to do:

1. Using the florist wire, punch a hole in the ribbon on one side.  Continue weaving the wire in and out down one side of the ribbon bunching up the ribbon as you go.  When you have enough ribbon on the wire to form a flower, cut the ribbon and bring the two ends of the ribbon together. Wind the ends of the wire around each other and cut off any excess.
2. Glue a button, pompom or fun foam shape to the center of the flower.
3. Wind a green Chenille Stem to form a stem and leaves and glue the stem to the back of the flower.
4. To finish, glue a pin back or magnet to the back of the flower.

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Recipe card File Box for Mother’s Day Craft

What you will need: Poster board, ruler, scissors, pen, paint or markers, hot melt glue, ribbon or anything you want to decorate the box, clear spray paint.

What to do:

1. Print out the patterns for the file box, and the file box top.  The file box lid is not up to scale so you will have to measure it out with a ruler.  The file box lid is up to scale so you can just cut out the pattern and trace it on to the poster board.

2. Cut the pattern on the solid lines.  Score the poster board by pressing down hard with a pen while drawing the lines that need to be folded.  This will make it easy for you to fold the box.

3. Fold on all the lines before you start gluing the box together.  All the folds are folded in to the center of the box. The flaps on the outside of the pattern fold over and into the box to make the sides sturdier or double thickness.  Glue the box together.

4. Paint the box or use markers to decorate.  You may want to use a coating of clear spray paint when you are finished to protect your painted finish.

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Pipe Cleaner Flower Pin Craft

What you will need:  Two pipe cleaners, (chenille stems) one green for the stem and other any color you prefer, glue, and a pin back

To Make:

1. To make the stem and leaves make a loop at one end of the pipe cleaner and attach it by winding the end of the pipe cleaner around the pipe cleaner about 3 inches from the end.
2. Make another loop about the same size and wind it around the stem at the same place you did the first one. The rest of the pipe cleaner forms the stem.
3. Now attach the end of the second pipe cleaner to the top of the flower stem by winding the ends around each other.
4. Bend the second pipe cleaner around in a circle about 1 1/2" wide starting at the end attached to the stem. Make  another loop by bringing the free end of the pipe cleaner up behind the first loop and making a second loop. Make another loop the same way. To finish bend the end in towards the center of the flower.
5. Glue a pin back onto the green stem of the flower.

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Refrigerator Photo Magnets Craft

This craft is not really for young children but they will enjoy playing with them on the refrigerator.

What you will need:

1. Old photographs or copies of your favorite photos.

2. Magnetic sheets (the ones with the sticky back is best)

3. Spray glue or any kind of glue that will work.

What to do:

1. Cut out around the edges of the people you want to use.

2. Turn over and spray tacky glue on the back. Or if you have the self-adhesive type sheet, just place the pictures on the sheets. Then cut out around the pictures again.

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Twenty-six Bible Lessons
for home school, each
based on a different
animal.

Sample Lessons
from
The Resource Room

Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson

Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson

Consider the Ants