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/