Best Mother's Day Crafts for Kids Teens, and Adults

Show Mother how much you love her this Mother's day by giving a gift that you made yourself.

Kids will love making the Heart Brooch for mom's jewelry box. They can practice their math as they measure ingredients. The Handprint Magnets let kids paint, and use their imagination as they write their special message.

Teens will enjoy making the Tissue Box Photo frame. What better gift to give mom than a personal picture of yourself in a gaily decorated box?

Adults like to get in on the fun too. The Homemade Spa features all the ingredients to give mom a special day of pampering.

Heart Brooch

Ingredients needed:

1 cup flour

1 cup warm water

¼ cup salt

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon oil

Your favorite flavor food coloring

Mix all ingredients together. Stir constantly over medium heat until smooth. Remove from pan and form into a ball. Knead dough ball until smooth. After thoroughly cooling, place in a plastic bag. Shape dough into a heart to make a brooch. Before dough hardens, stick a straight pin into back of heart. After dough has hardened, paint with your favorite colors.

Handprint Magnets

Supplies needed:

Poster board

Scissors

Magnet with a sticky back

Poster paint and small paint brush

Black Marker

Paint one hand with poster paint and make a handprint on the poster board. Repeat with other hand. Cut out each handprint. Write the possessive form of your name on one hand, and on the other hand write something like "work" or "masterpiece. Put a piece of sticky magnet on each hand. Put handprint magnets on refrigerator for a Mother's Day surprise.

Tissue Box Photo Frame

Supplies Needed:

Small Kleenex box

Colored Glitter

4 mm round beads

Ming Wire

Glue gun

Scissors

Tape

A picture of yourself

Decorative paper

Cut the top off the tissue box and remove the cellophane. Trim photo if necessary, then tape picture underneath the top so it shows through the opening. Cut a piece of decorative paper slightly larger and glue "frame" in the middle of it. Sprinkle on colored glitter. String the beads on ming wire and bend the edges to keep beads from falling off. Apply hot glue around the frame.

Homemade Spa Gift

Supplies needed:

Epsom salt

Rock salt

Glycerine

Lavender, vanilla, & rose essential oils

Long, thin basket

Food coloring

Metal bowl

3 Popsicle sticks

Three small jars with lids

Raffia

Vellum

Black marker

Glue Dots

1. Determine if each jar will hold two cups.

2. Mix together one and a half cups of Epsom salt and a half cut rock salt.

3. Add four drops of glycerin.

4. Add a couple of drops of each essential oil

5. Add two drops of food coloring. Consider having the color match the scent.

6. Mix ingredients with Popsicle sticks until salts are thoroughly colored.

7. Pour mixture into jar and put on lid.

8. Rinse bowl and dry completely.

9. Repeat steps two through nine for the other two scents.

10. Write Mom's name neatly on the jar with black marker.

11. Apply vellum to the outside of the jar with glue dots.

12. Tie a couple of strands of raffia around the jar lid in a bow.

13. Place all three jars in the basket.

Sources:

www.garvick.com/annual/mothers_day/crafts.htm

families-first.com/kids/ross3.htm

www.makingfriends.com/photos/frame_tissuebox.htm

www.celebrating-mothersday.com/crafts/homemade-spa-gift.shtml