Top 100 Mother's Day gift ideas 2019
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Mother's Day Tea

I forgot to tell you about our Mother's Day cards. This takes advance prep but it well worth it. In March, we have a Dessert with Dad night where the Dad and the child make a card for the mother. The child decorates it and a poem is glued in the card. Dad writes a message to mother and the child signs the card. We keep the cards until the Mother's Day Tea. At the Tea, mother opens her card and is astounded to see that dad signed it too! Many of the dads write some incredibly touching stuff! Things they might not ordinarily say and the mothers are so surprised. They always wonder how we pull it off!

Mother's Day Tea

My partner and I make Minute Maid Berry Punch from frozen concentrate.
Then
we add a bottle of pop to make it a bit fizzy. We made ice cubes ahead of time out of fruit punch too.
We serve carrot cake from Costco.
We turn our desks around to make tables of four. The kids sit on mother's lap.
My teaching partner made small tablecloths out of cheap material but they look great.
Ahead of time the kids make a placemat on which they write about their mother and draw her picture in a frame. We laminate them for keepsakes.
Every
year the kids make a different gift and wrap it, a card and a corsage with a
sucker as the center. Sometimes we make a napkin holder too. We have cheap flower vases and that's in the center of each table.
The mothers arrive and we ask them to remain outside. Once all the mothers are
there, the kids come to the door individually to greet mother, take her to their seat and give her a corsage (which mother pins on). SOme mothers are
so
touched, there are tears! It is touching to watch! The mothers are "allowed"
to open their gifts and admire the cards as they arrive.
When everyone has arrived, we begin the tea. The kids come to the food
table and carry cake to mother and then come back to get their punch.
Kids eat
too. We spend some time before the tea party to discuss expectations regarding serving the food and manners and being patient while everyone
hasa chance to eat etc.

While the kids and mothers are eating, we take photos of mother and child.
They

hold the gift in the picture too.
After the food we either sing a song or read a story we have written etc.

There's usually not much time.
Then it's over. It's about 45 min. in length. It's one of my favourite days!

You could look at Linda Critchell's links about her Mother's Day Tea.
We
corresponded for a year or so and shared many ideas. Some of the ideas

1.. Mother's day magnet--In advance, color some rotini pasta in a variety of floral colors. Break each colored pasta piece in half. For each child, cut a 2 inch circle from white poster board or tagboard. Use a pencil to draw a small center circle. Cover the small inner circle with tacky glue and then sprinkle on some millet bird seed. Allow to dry.
Spread tacky glue over the remainder of the cutout circle and arrange the pasta "petals" around the millet center. Glue on a tagboard stem and leaves, and then add a length of self adhesive magnetic tape to the back of the flower.

2.. Kleenex box photo frame-Paint each side of an unfinished wood tissue box a different color using acrylic paints. Let dry. dab on contrasting polka dots with an unused pencil eraser dipped in paint. Let dry. Color copy four photos. Trim to fit and then glue one to center of each side. Protect with an acrylic spray sealer or decoupage glue.

3.. Hand bouquet--Make a dozen roses! Have each child make 12 red or pint paint handprints on a large sheet of white construction paper. Then each child should dip one finger into green tempera paint and paint a green stem for each "rose". When the paint is dry, glue the bouquet
painting to a sheet of green floral paper. They write a note for mother on a heart shaped cutout and glue it to the bottom of the painting. the pick is really cute and resembles a vase.

mothermy Doll

Materials Needed:
Large White Sock
Poly Fiber Fill or Cotton Balls
Rubber Band
Yarn or Ribbon
Glue
Unwanted Clothing
Markers

Instructions:
Start out with a large, white sock. Fill it up to the cuff with poly- fill or cotton balls.... (EVEN TISSUE PAPER)! Tie a little rubber band around the lowest part, right above the filling. Next, cut the cuff all the way down to the rubber band and fold over the extra sock. You can sew it together with embrodery floss. Cut up and glue on yarn or ribbon as hair on top of the "doll" in all sorts of directions. Cut up unwanted clothes, cloths, towels, etc. and use as
clothing (this can be sewn or glued). Use a marker to draw on the face, and you may use googly eyes for the eyes!

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mother's Special Place Mat

I made one of these for my mother last year of pictures of my son(her only grandbaby:) It is her FAVORITE gift she has ever gotten-qoute
from her!!

Family photos (ask permission first)
or your own drawings
Light weight cardboard or heavy construction paper ( I used a piece of legal size paper and it worked fine)
Glue
Contact paper


You will need to find some photos of mother, the kids, family shots etc.. Or, draw pictures of why you love your mother. Glue photos or pictures onto light cardboard or construction paper in decorative
fashion the size of a placemat.
Cover this collage with clear contact paper to seal the place mat. Be sure to date and sign it.

Candy Gram To mother

A candy Gram is a letter written with candy bars in place of some of the words. Here is a cute one to use for mother's day.

mother-
(Starbust) in the (Milkyway) to proclaim my love for you! We've been through (Mounds) of (Rocky Road)s, each time you have been my (Lifesaver). If I had (100 Grand) I'd take you on a shopping (Spree) to New (York) City on (5th Avenue). Some say you're a (Shock Tart) (Snickers), but I think you're a (Sweet Tart)! Have a (Carefree) day!
(Dove)
(your name here)

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BIG PICTURE CARD

This program makes BIG PIC's of anything! It is a ton of fun to use and people love the results:)

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Baby Food Jar Flower Garden

**Homemade playdough is the best for this because it dries a lot faster than the kind you can buy in stores, plus it's cheaper.

What You Will Need:

Baby-food jar with lid
Small dried or silk flowers
Rolling pin
Craft or hot glue
Homemade (or store bought) playdough

Making the 'garden'
Roll out playdough with a rolling pin. Use the mouth of the jar as a cookie cutter (if you use the lid, you can't close the jar). Hot glue (adults only) the play dough into the lid and wait about 10 seconds. Have the kids stick flowers into the dough. Leave lids on a cookie sheet to dry over night. When the playdough is dry, screw on the lid carefully. You can write a name on the jar with glitter or decorate any way you want.

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Dough Handprints

Last year I made dough handprints of my son. It is real simple. They make wonderful gifts for grandparents, too! (of course I saved them
for me:)

What You Will Need:

2 cups of flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
Food coloring
Ribbon
Gold marker
Wax paper

How To Make It:

Add food coloring to the water.
Mix all ingredients well, kneading until smooth. Dough should be pretty stiff, not soft or runny or it will fill with air bubbles when baking.
Form dough into a ball, of about what you can enclose in your two hands, and form into a round smooth ball. Using a rolling pin with the dough on wax paper, roll out into as round of a circle as you can. Dough will be about 1/2 inch thick. Press your child's hand with fingers splayed into the dough.
Depending on child's age, you will have to help and individually press their fingers. Make sure to press deep enough without going completely to the bottom. (When it bakes it tends to raise the handprint up.)
Put on a cookie sheet.
Use a chop stick or pencil, etc. to make two holes in the top about 1/2 inch apart. This will be used to string the ribbon through. Bake at 200 degrees for about 2-3 hours. Dough should be fairly hard but watch to see that it doesn't burn. When they are done and cooled, use a gold marker pen and write the child's name and date (year). I put the child's name on top and the year on bottom, if there is room. If not, I put name on one side and year on one side. I tie a ribbon at the top to use as a loop to hang.

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Handprint Poem

You can add this poem to the Dough Handprint on a separate card:

Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls

But every day I'm growing --
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away

So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small

Put a date here
Love, put child's name here

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here are just a few more fun ideas for you to make for mother:) Be sure to keep them handy for Dad's Day too:)

1. Ages newborn and up: Handprint paperweights. Supplies: 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, about 1 cup of water, wax paper, rolling pin, cookie/bread board, children's non-toxic paint, paint brush, sparkly art sprinkles.

To make homemade "dough," first mix the flour and salt. Then, add water to the flour mixture gradually, adding just enough water to make a stiff dough. Roll dough out on wax-paper-covered board with rolling pin, making a circular shape about 1/2-inch thick. Help children press their outstretched hands carefully into the dough, going fairly deep but not all the way through.

Place the handprints on a cookie sheet and bake at 200 degrees for about 2 1/2 hours or until dough has hardened. Remove the handprints from the oven and cool completely, preferably overnight.  

Then, help kids paint their handprints with non-toxic, children's art paint, and decorate by shaking sparkly sprinkles onto the wet paint.
Let handprints dry.

This is a great project for all ages, from newborns up to older kids, and, ever since they were pressed in the baby book, mothers never get tired of seeing their kids' handprints.

2. Ages 3 and up: My Favorite Story About mother. Supplies: Paper to write on; construction paper or stiff paper for covers; markers, pencils, crayons, paints.

Have each kid write a one-page story about a special time with mother. Kids who are younger than about 6 can narrate the story for an adult to write. Teen-agers can write short stories or poetry. Have the kids draw a picture or design other art work to go with it. Put the pages together with a cover.

3. Ages 3 and up: Pretty "vases" or votive candleholders. Supplies: Baby jars or other food jars, pretty wrapping tissue paper, white glue, water, paint brush.

First, let kids tear up pretty floral, pastel or other tissue paper into small pieces. Toddlers will especially love this activity! Then, dilute white glue with water. Let kids "paint" glue on baby food or
other jars. Press pieces of tissue paper onto jar, using your fingers and paint brush to smooth all edges with glue. Larger jars can be vases; small baby food jars can hold votive candles. Let the jars dry and add a small votive candle if desired.

4. Ages newborn and up: Little piggy pictures. Supplies: Camera with film, photo frame or matte, art supplies like paints, stickers, crayons or markers.

This will require more effort on your part, but the results can be precious. Have the kids take off of their socks and lie down with their feet next to each other in a row. Take a photo of the row of
feet (from the soles, with toes pointing up). Let the kids decorate a photo frame or matte with stickers or doodles or paint and frame the photo.

5. Ages 3 and up: Chunky necklace or bracelet. Supplies: String or thick thread, large wood or plastic beads, uncooked spaghetti rings or other things with holes.

Help kids string the beads or other items onto the string. Toddlers can do this if you provide items with large holes. Older kids can manipulate smaller objects. Encourage elementary kids to make patterns based on color or style ("red-blue-red-blue" or "heart diamond-square-heart-diamond-square.")

6. All ages: The sounds of mother's angels. Supplies: Cassette recorder, blank cassette tape. Make a cassette recording of the kids singing. Great for mothers to hear on the way to work or when they are traveling.