scottiedog Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi There Looking for inspiration. What do your children make tor Mother's day? Thanks Scottiedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 In the past we have made bracelets, necklaces and bonnets, and have made flowers, which we wrapped in hand stamped paper.........sometimes we make little boxes of heart shaped shortbread ( one year we found loads of heart shaped baubles in Ikea, so we used those as the gift tags for the boxes too, very pretty; the children drew a picture on them for their mums) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I have an idea to decorate a plain white tile this year and put felt backing on the underside so that it becomes an individualised coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 We've done salt dough handprints, painted mini canvases, planted flowers, decorated plant pots with gems etc, made flowers and used paper plates to do pictures of their mums on. This year I have bought a load of sturdy small carboard boxes in different shapes from hobbycraft and they are going to decorate them and I'll print off a little verse about there being a kiss and a cuddle inside (if i can find it again!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 This is a very special gift That you can never see The reason it's so special it's just to you from me You never can unwrap it Please leave the ribbon tied Just hold this box close to your heart It's filled with love inside Whenever you are lonely Or even feeling blue You only have to hold this gift To know I think of you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 We were thinking of letting the children decorate a plant pot and then plant a little plant in it. Has anyone done this before and can you tell us which pots/plants were best to use. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 We were thinking of letting the children decorate a plant pot and then plant a little plant in it. Has anyone done this before and can you tell us which pots/plants were best to use. Thanks he he ...just dont do what a friend of mine did...she was given a pot for all the children in the shape of a clown.....you had to plant a plant in the gap at the top of his trousers(IYKWIM!) unfortunately they chose cacti which turned out to be a rather unfortunate shape my friend felt she was unable to send them home in the end :( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Excellent Thank you Cait KLC106 we did plant pots, we've done 2 lots, one lot we covered the pots in plaster of paris (or soemthing like that) made really thickly and let it set a bit then the children pushed in buttons, glass beads etc and sprinkled with a bit of glitter and once dry painted with pva glue. We've also done ceramic pots which the children used marker pens to decorate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 we also did plant pots a couple of years ago, we filled them with real pansies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiedog Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thank you all for your wonderful ideas. I want to do them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanne Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thank you all for your wonderful ideas. I want to do them all! One for Mothers' day, one for Fathers' Day, one for Grandparents' Day?! I'm planning to make our own paper & stick on a photo of the child then put ribbon at the top, so mums can hang them up. Also want to visit the local church on the following Monday & have the vicar talk to the children about Mothers' day, but I haven't contacted them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 baker ross is the place I used to go for that inspiration, seldom bought from them but it gave ideas for us to work on which was often all we wanted. They do have some wooden boxes at a reasonable cost or some card ones for children to decorate and attach Caits rhyme. we had the children catch a kiss and put it inside for mum before tying it up with them. I will say that I have seen a very proud mum displaying her shopping bag at a till, that her son had decorated for Mothers day.. Baker Ross do sell all the bits for this but there are other companies that sell the bags and paint at reasonable costs...Clever baggers or someone handy with a sewing machine would be even better.. Mothers day was probably the one we used to spend a little more on than other events... We usually had a child or often 2 being raised by dads only so had to be aware and plan accordingly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 There are some previous conversations about Mothers day in the Topics and Activities ideas > Celebrations forum.....find it here Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo A Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Our favourite are glass candle jars. decorate them with double sided sticky tape and different coloured glitters. they look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 One for Mothers' day, one for Fathers' Day, one for Grandparents' Day?! I'm planning to make our own paper & stick on a photo of the child then put ribbon at the top, so mums can hang them up. Also want to visit the local church on the following Monday & have the vicar talk to the children about Mothers' day, but I haven't contacted them yet. which is the reason for mothering Sunday - when people were encouraged to go back to their mother church - you prbably knew that already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 this year we have colllaborated all ideas and have come up with a bookmark with photo and drawing of child that inserts inside a card but with photo showing through surrounded by a flower - if you get what i mean lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanne Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 which is the reason for mothering Sunday - when people were encouraged to go back to their mother church - you prbably knew that already Thank you, lashes, I did know but I'm sure there's plenty of people who don't know the origins of it and I hadn't said that was why I want to take the children to church Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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