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April 18, 2016

Handprint Flower Pot Craft

handprint flower pot mother's day craft

Spring is in the air!  And I know because pollen has covered everything in our yard.  I cannot say I love how the pollen makes me feel but I do love seeing all the trees and flowers start to bloom. I just love flowers.  Real, as well as the ones crafted with the kids--like this handprint flower pot craft! Mother's Day is coming up soon here for us so I wanted to make a flower craft with the kids. Something we could have fun doing … [Read more...]

April 13, 2015

Turtle Themed Mother’s Day Card

Turtle theme Mother's Day card kids can make: I Turtley love you, mom!

This Turtle themed Mother's Day card may just be the cutest thing ever! Kids can make homemade Mother's Day (or cards for a special Grandmother, Aunt, friend, teacher...) with a "turtley cute" turtle theme using cupcake liners and just a few craft items.   Turtle-themed homemade Mother's Day card     Start with two different sized green cupcake liners.  These can be found in the baking section of craft … [Read more...]

April 28, 2014

Homemade Tissue Paper Vase Craft

Homemade Mother's Day gifts are my favorite to give and receive! This year we made these cool tissue paper vases to give to the kids' grandmothers. They are easy enough for younger kids to make, but fancy enough that big kids will enjoy making them too--which makes them perfect for siblings to make together. DIY Vase Craft Supplies tissue paper glue water empty jar (we used pickle jars) paintbrush Pour glue into a bowl … [Read more...]

May 10, 2012

Mother’s Day Card and a Money Flower

We have been busy making gifts and cards around here with both Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day falling at the same time.  Originally we were making a handprint banner for the kids' grandmother's, but it got way too large and I could not figure out what I wanted to do with it.  To simplify things the kids traced their hands on scrapbook paper and we made them into flowers on these cards.  Much cuter and easier! We had a gift we made for … [Read more...]

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