Mother's Day Craft and Activities

Mother’s Day is a great way for kids to show their appreciation to their moms by creating a special card or gift!

Check out Kid President’s Mother’s Day message here:

Here are a few projects we made this Mother’s Day. I couldn’t decide which I liked better, so we made both!

If you’re looking for an easy craft, try these out. 

What you’ll need:

Tiles (4x4) from hardware store, acrylic paint, con-tac paper cut in the shape of a heart (peeled off after), sharpie marker, felt pads/circles (to prevent scratching on bottom of time) and spray sealer for a glossy finish when you are done.

   

The students also wrote their own My Mom Book for their Mom. The responses and insight on their moms cracked me up.  If you’d like to make your own book, you can check it out here.

We also made this incredible Agamograph by Art with Jenny K.  It's two images that change depending on how you look at it.  It's a great concept and they came out amazing!  

Feel free to share your own Mother's Day Craft or activities you did with your kids.  Here are some other creative ideas from other teachers...

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Fawn Wessel made these adorable magnets with 2x2 canvas pieces and mod podged them afterwards and added a magnet piece on back!

Melissa Dyer painted canvases and mod podged photos of the kids with heart hands on the front. Then they wrote letters telling mom what we loved best about her!

Ms. Axtell's partner teacher made this template. The kids draw a picture of them & their mom (color book style) Then they made stationary and the kids painted each pic differently.

Mother's Day Activities

Mother’s Day is around the corner!  If you’re looking for some easy to create, but meaningful activities for the children to give their moms, check out my Activities for Mother’s Day.  It includes 3 choices of acrostic poems for children to write about their mom, a no-prep coupon book, and a reader where children fill in the blanks about their moms.  The answers are priceless!

This was one of my favorites!!

We added a picture of Mom for a craftivity (it's up to you!). The outline of the face is included as well.  I love how they came out!

Below is how the kids created the hair and person:

 We use this method throughout the year and the kids become experts at it.

To make it easier, copy the face on tan copy paper or trace it on construction paper. Children used the white paper to cut out circles for eyes and cut the top two corners off of the rectangle to create the shoulders.  Many of the kids cut a V into the rectangle to create a v-neck shirt.

 Decorate the face. 

For the hair, draw an outline around the face (larger than the face) and cut it out.

Trace the face outline on the brown paper.

 If they want, they can draw bangs and cut it out as shown below.

 Flip it over and glue.

The kids loved creating the face and making their own hairdos!

We wrapped it all up and it was ready for Mother's Day!

Here are some more ideas for Mother’s Day:
Create a bookmark with a meaningful poem (not shown).

Have children design a flower and color/paint it. Then, create a cute card and on the inside they write all the reason why their mom is the best.

Create Stationery 

Divide a paper into fourths and have the  children draw pictures for their mom. Then, copy the paper, cut it on the paper cutter, and create a paper holder to hold the personalized stationery.

This activity below was one of my favorites (this is not my pic) but we used baby food jars or another small glass jar. It's a bit more prep but pretty easy and uses cut up tissue paper and Modge Podge

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I hope you all enjoy your Mother's Day!