Second list for Mother's Day gift Ideas

Second list in Top 100 mother day gift ideas :-

We have made vases. Depending on the kind of vase I can get for a reasonable price they may paint them or glue tissue paper squares on them.
I then put fresh flowers in them. I also have made pots. We paint them and plant flower seeds in them. T-shirts are also nice. Handprints - footprints. Last year for father's day we made footprints and wrote "My son/daughter walks all over me."

You can get canvas tote bags at oriental trading for a reasonable price. Again paint them with handprints/footprints. A cookbook with recipes collected from all the daycare parents and some of the cooking projects you have done in class or favorite recipes the children enjoy.
IF you plan ahead a scrapbook with their child's pictures would be nice (I make these but give them out when I'm done with one not for any special
occassion).

Tina C.

What I usually do is paint the children's hands and feet and they lay them on paper. I then find an appropriate poem to attach to the paper and then
laminate. I make sure that I date the project, also being a mom, I enjoy seeing such projects to see how my child has grown.
Michelle Pre-K Ohio

The cookbook suggestion we have done a couple of times over the years, but in addition to a "real" recipe I always added the child's rendition of how his mom makes his favorite dish...they turn out hilarious most of the time..always a big hit.. We also one year did a planter out of one of the child's old shoes..just dipped in polyurethane and let drip dry hung over a fence outside and had the child plant a daisy or some such in it afterwards..mom's loved it..I also did a photo book one year out of the story "if you give a mom a muffin" (I think that was it..something similar)..took pics of the kids doing
each activity on a different page, and tucked it into a basket with muffins the kids had made..BIG hit..

Terri ... Diva Mom

Paint Angel Art Impressions

1.Right Hand, Left Hand and 1 Foot
2.Heal and thumbs face top of page
3.Palms face in on both sides of foot
4.Heal is head
5.Hands are wings
6.Lite color paints work best
7.Print or have the child place a message of love,hope or prayer on the back and laminate it when dry.

Laure Heisler

We make bath salts. I get epsom salt and a scented oil - usually vanilla. I let the oil soak in the salt overnight. The kids and I add red food coloring
only 1-2 drops to make it pink. It will tend the bathwater but not to much.
:) The kids place a scoop full in a square of fabric and then tie it together. They give it with a handmade card. The kid-tied bathsalts look really bad but mom knows the kid wrapped them and not me and this means more to them.

Tracy Harper Shelton ~ SureStart
Mannheim Elementary School


This year I had the children help me start marigold seeds in an egg carton. When they are mature we will transfer them to a clear plastic cup. I'm hoping I can get the children to make yellow thumbprints on the cups and have them decorate them to look like bees. I thought it would neat for the children to watch the plants grow and be able to see the roots too.
We've also done the tea cup with a bag of tea.One year I had the children decorate a female cookie cutout with food colored egg whites and then baked them to add to the tea cup so the mom could have tea and cookies on mother's day. The mom's seem to really enjoy those.

Cheryl

Last year we made soap for mother's day gift. I just bought a soap kit at hobby lobby and followed the directions. Some of my kids poured the liquid
mixture into mold cups and other pours the soap over bath scrubbies. The kids loved making the craft.Another year we too made flower pots. I bought clay pots and small square pieces of different colored tiles at hobby lobby. Then we just simply glued the tile pieces onto the flower pot. finally we planted some flowers in the pot. Very easy and fun.

Heather


We make Mother's Day Cards.. on the front we paint each child's handprint with closed fingers and make a tulip from it....

You'll Need:
Coffee Filters-2 for each flower
Green pipe cleaners
Markers
Construction paper
Start by decorating the filters with markers.
Dots, Squiggles, stripes....

Place one filter on top of the another. Pinch the filters together at the middle, wrap a pipe cleaner around and twist, leaving enough for a stem.
Do this for each flower.
Fold a sheet of construction paper in thirds.
Cut out the vase with the sides of the vase remaining on the folds. Tape the flower stems to center vase shape. Fold in the vase on the left to cover the stems and make a pouch by gluing the edges.
Write your message on the remaining vase shape and close your card.
You can write a note, poem or message on
the front as well, but write before you attach the flowers.
Give it to mom and watch her smile!
This is pasted on the inside:
I miss you when we're not together
I'm growing up so fast
See how big I've gotten
Since you saw me last?
As I grow, I'll change a lot,
The years will fly right by.
You'll wonder how I grew so quick
When and where and why?
So save this card in a safe place,
And take it out each year.
The memories will come back of me,
When I was small and dear.
On my door I take each child's picture with their moms. Gluing the picture on construction paper with "My Mom's The Greatest" on the bottom of the
paper.

Sherry C. :)

I found some 10 cent can huggies. I am going to let the children decorate
them.
Patty, Illinois

For Mother's Day we:

~ Take a black/white picture of our children dressed as grown-ups, i.e., girls in big hats, pearls and a boa, and the boys in a old style men's hat and oversize dress shirt, tie and jacket. We then print a wallet size copy on our printer, cut out the outline and let the children glue them onto a large
round tag with metal edging (office supply store). We then fill in the blank space with extra fine irridescent glitter. Punch a hole and thread very thin satin ribbon to hang around mom's neck.
~ We paint a 5" flower pot with fingerprints and make bugs and flowers for a wonderful spring scene. Seal with acrylic sealer. Write Happy Mother's Day and allow the child to sign with pain pens. Fill pot with plaster of paris and quickly, before plaster sets, add the pen tops for ink pens. Then wrap the pens themselves with florist's tape and hot glue a silk flower to the top. Children add the pens to the tops. Looks like a pretty silk flower arrangement, but is very functional. We buy the big package of Office Max pens, but have had businesses donate them, as well.

~ We make a placemat with the child's hand painted as a beautiful flower and have the children draw the stem, leaves and grass at the bottom. We
then type, mat and add a poem about handprints. There are several versions out there. Choose your favorite. We have the child write Happy Mother's Day and sign his/her name.

~ We make a paper doll of mom with doll hair and wallpaper book clothes.
We add faux pearl necklaces and jewel rings and earrings. We attach these to a questionnaire about each child's mom with questions about age, height, weight, favorite/least favorite thing we do with mom/ mom makes us do, etc.

~ And of course, we sing for our moms. Our favorite is "Little Red Box."
We use the Ellison die cut of a chinese takeout box (in red of course) and put our mom's necklace inside with some tissue. After they sing, they present the box to mom.

~ We have a great brunch, purchased and served by our teachers in appreciation of all our mom's do in our classrooms.Thanks for reading! Hope these ideas help someone!

Renee in GA

Here are some gift ideas that we have used in the past that can be easily adapted for Mother's Day gifts… for Valentine's day, I photographed each child with their arms outstretched. We painted puzzle pieces and glued them to a wood frame with a note on the frame that said, "I love you this much!". for Christmas, we made a plaster of Paris hand print for each child, painted them gold, attached a tartan ribbon bow to the top and placed the painted finished product on a small easel (purchased from the dollar store). I used a rectangular container for the mould so it fit perfectly on the easel... you could also add a hand print poem (lots to choose from on the Internet...)

for Father's Day last year, we made mini-books with photos of the children with their dads and quotes from the kids when they finished the sentence, "My Daddy is special because....." have the children design a t-shirt, apron, dish towel, etc. with their artwork or hand prints painted on with fabric paint

Karen
Healthy Learning Home Childcare

I am doing the stepping stones this year out of cement and colored stone w/hand prints.

Mary

Make homemade placemats for the dinner table with pictures of your child on it. You can even put their handprints on it or pictures of their favorite
things.Whatever you like.

Idea from Kelli H. of Mesa, Az

One year we saved baby food jars, we then painted them with glue and rolled them in pearlized glitter. We put a narrow ribbon and tied a bow around the neck when dry. Inside we placed bath salts. We wrapped them in white tissue paper and tied a bow around the paper. Presentation means
alot!

Miss Janice

One year I made stepping stones (concrete) with the kids handprints and alphabet magnets to show Initials and Age. Another year I put their hands in fabric paint, put it on fabric, and wrote..."following you in life"
Ott

Mother's day necklaces key tags that can be found at any office supply store such as Office Max ..Staples, Office Depot, even Walmart has them.

Cut the child's picture to fit the tag. Glue the picture to the tag and spread a little of glitter on the picture so it looks shiny and glossy. Add string , yarn or leather cord for necklaces and you have a necklace.

Martha M. Briseno
PPCD Teacher
Kirk Elementary