Printable Mother's Day Bouquet

Today's mama shares a free Mother's day bouquet printable template for kids to cut out, assemble and color. 

Get the template here:
http://todaysmama.com/2012/04/build-a-bouquet-printable-for-mothers-day/

Flower Photo Frame

Ceres childcares takes flower cut outs and pastes a photo in the middle, adds a paper stem and places in a mini vase for a cute Mother's Day craft idea.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cereschildcare.com/mothersday.html

Kaboose has a very similar project using two different scrapbooking papers to make the flower cut outs and a pipe cleaner for the stem.

http://crafts.slides.kaboose.com/281-mother-s-day-crafts/5 

Free church forms has a version as well.

http://www.freechurchforms.com/mothers_day_crafts.html 

Free kids crafts makes them into magnets.

http://www.freekidscrafts.com/daffodil-photo-magnet/

Flower Picture Frame

The examiner shares instructions for making a flower picture frame using construction paper, a photo and pressed flowers.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/homemade-flower-picture-frame-craft-for-mother-s-day

I Love You Jar

She knows has a beautiful idea for Mother's day.Take a clear jar and add scraps of paper with reasons why the kids love mom.  They suggest adding 101 but any number a mom will love.  Tie with a pretty bow and add an I love you tag.  Older kids can write the notes themselves.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/808787/5-mother-s-day-crafts-for-kids

Child Silhouette Cut Outs

Activity village turns photos into silhouettes for a sweet Mother's Day gift. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/silhouettes.htm

Family fun makes a colorful version with scrapbooking paper.

Get the instructions here:

http://spoonful.com/crafts/paper-portraits

The Mother's Day Hand Book

Yahoo voices has a cute take on the child interview.  Trace your child's hand and cut out several pages to make a hand book.  On each page record a different response from your children's answers to questions about themselves or their mom.  Older kids can do the cutting and writing.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-best-mothers-day-crafts-preschoolers-2894945.html?cat=25
 

Spoonful of Love

Pre-k pages has a very simple and pretty gift for Mother's Day.  Take a plastic spoon, add a couple of Hershey's Kisses, wrap in tulle and tie with a pretty ribbon with a heart shaped tag attached. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.pre-kpages.com/mothers/

Handprint Flowering Trees

Come together kids has a unique way to turn the kids' hand prints into a flowering tree using construction paper and fabric cut flowers.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2011/04/handprint-trees-wrapped-canvas.html

Happy hooligans shares a hand cutout of scrap paper using green tissue paper for the leaves and red buttons for apples.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/handtissuebutton-apple-trees/

Sweet happy life also uses buttons for flowers but uses several hand prints instead of a cut out.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sweethappylife.com/2013/activities/preschool-activities/indoor-preschool-activities/preschool-button-tree-art-project/

Handprint Vase

Christina's adventures has a cute and functional idea for Mother's Day painting a mason jar and turning it into a vase personalized by your child's hand print. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://christinasadventures.com/2011/05/kids-craft-mothers-day-mason-jar-vase.html

Handprint Flower Pot

Busy bee kids crafts shows how to turn hand print cutouts into a flower pot and adds a tissue paper flower. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Growing-Flower.html

ACPL kids has a two dimensional pot that doubles as a card.  The hand serves as the stems for the flowers.

Get the instructions here:
http://acplkids.blogspot.jp/2009/05/mothers-day-flower-pot.html 

A little delightful provides a pot printable and glues tissue paper flowers  on to the hand plant.

Get the template here:
http://www.alittledelightful.com/2012/04/printable-mothers-day-flower-pot.html 

Living on 1 income uses actual flower pots and adds handprints to their outside using a different color for each child.

Get the instructions here:
 http://livingon1income.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-craft-corner_26.html 

We made that makes flowers out of the handprints.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/handprint-flower-pot/

Fabric Pots

Christine chitnis tells how to cover pots in fabric using mod podge. You could also make it easier for kids by cutting the fabric into smaller shapes and making a collage so that they won't have to worry about the fabric buckling.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.christinechitnis.com/2010/01/pretty-pots.html

DIY Kites

Rhythm of the home has a fun tutorial for how to make a kite that will really fly, using a grocery bag, sticks, string and markers.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://rhythmofthehome.com/archives/autumn-2010/homemade-kite/

Mums gather uses tissue paper and plastic straws for her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://mumsgather.blogspot.com/2011/12/kids-craft-how-to-make-your-own-mini.html

 

Paper Plants

Hill city bride has instructions for how to combine paper and seeds to create plantable paper. The trick is to blend wet paper and flower or plant seeds. She suggests using cookie cutters to mold the paper into different shapes.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.hillcitybride.com/2010/11/diy-from-pulp-art-plantable-paper/

Alpha mom adds flower petals.

Get the instructions here:
http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/plantable-paper-for-earth-day/

Three Dimensional Paper Dolls

Mr. printables has cone shaped paper dolls.  They're already dressed but the three dimension really makes them great to play with.

Get the template here:
http://www.mrprintables.com/paper-dolls-cone-girls.html

Check Box Scavenger Hunt

Today's mama created a check box scavenger hunt that's pretty open ended so it's great for little kids requesting items such as "something with a tail."

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the template here:
http://todaysmama.com/2012/06/printable-outdoor-scavenger-hunt-card/

Painted Leaf Prints

Kleas shows how to take a leaf, add splotches of paint, press down to on plain white paper and lift for a beautiful rainbow colored leaf print.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kleas.typepad.com/kleas/2010/10/leaf-printing.html

 

Jill dubien does the same project but uses a single color of paint and several different leaves.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/10/leaf-prints.html 

New city art uses white paint and then once dry has the kids color them in with autumnal colored pencils.

Get the instructions here:

http://newcityarts.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-grade-autumn-leaves.html 

Pink and green mama draws the leaves onto stryofoam trays with pencils making sure to cut into the trays.

Get the instructions here:

http://pinkandgreenmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-leaf-printmaking-with-styrofoam.html

That artist woman uses plaster and burlap to make them into pretty coasters.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2011/10/plaster-leaf-prints.html

Creative jewish mom uses ink to make a stenciled version.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2010/03/printing-with-leaves-a-celebration-of-spring.html

Playdoh Layers of the Earth

Jill dubien has a very cute idea for earth day using red, orange, yellow, black, blue and green playdoh creating mini Earths accounting for all of the layers.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/04/playdoh-planet-earth-and-some-babbling.html