Hibernation: Crafty Mother’s Day gift ideas for kids
We’ve found the most creative – and yummiest – presents that kids can make mum this Mother’s Day. So come on, kids, get your craft and your cook on and make mum smile!
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It’s Mother’s Day so we’ve found the best – and craftiest – gifts for kids to surprise their mum on her special day.
SCRABBLE MESSAGE
You will need:
Scrabble tiles
colourful card
glue
picture frame
Activity
Think of 5 or more words that best describe your mum.
Use the Scrabble tiles to write the word ‘mum’ or ‘mother’.
Now create your other words in a crossword design around the word mum or mother. Make sure some of the words cross over.
Once you are happy with the design, you can glue it on to your colourful card. You can add other love hearts or drawings if you choose.
Place the card and tiles inside a picture frame.
ROCK ART
You will need:
Flat shaped rock
paints and brushes
art smock
old newspaper
Activity
Paint a message of love or a picture of your mum on to a flat rock as a special gift.
Or maybe you could create your whole family in rock art with your Mum as the centrepiece!
HEART COOKIES
These heart-shaped shortbread cookies are light, buttery and topped with royal icing. They are perfect to make for gifts and you can also use lollipop sticks to make cookie pops with this recipe.
Ingredients
1 1/2 caster sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 egg (large)
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Icing glaze
2 1/4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
2 tbs. glucose syrup
2 tbs. milk
food colouring
Method
1 Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.
2 Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix to combine.
3 Divide dough in half and gather into balls. Flatten them to disks and cover in cling film. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
4 Preheat oven to 190°C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and set aside.
5 On a floured work surface, roll dough to 1/2 cm thickness and cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
6 Place on the tray and bake for 13 minutes or until pale golden.
7 Transfer cookies to racks to cool.
8 Mix cookie glaze ingredients together and colour to you liking. Cover cookies with the glaze.
LEGO CARD
You will need:
Lego blocks
Colourful card and white paper
Glue
Thin black texta
Activity
Make Mum’s face light up with this delightful Mother’s Day card made from Lego.
Use different sized Lego blocks to show different members of your family — or just Mum and you or Mum and all her kids.
Glue the Lego sticks onto a colourful piece of card.
Now cut out some eyes from white paper and draw the eyeballs. Stick these on the Lego blocks. You can use ready-made stick-on eyes if you have some.
Then use a black texta to draw the arms and the balloon strings. You can draw love hearts or balloons, or use love heart stickers if you have them.
Finally, write a message to Mum on the front and inside the card.
TREE OF HEARTS
Thumb print art is a fun way to make family mementos. Make your own thumb print hearts tree using the free tree template from Kidspot and your child’s fingerprints to make the hearts.
What you need:
1 x free tree template from http://static.kidspot.com.au/cm_assets/79524/tree-template-pdf-20160118154116.pdf
1 x A2 sheet of paper
black marker pen
red paint
thumbs and fingers
Activity
Print out the tree template. Place it under a sheet of A2 layout paper and trace over the tree shape. You can add more branches if you like, or even make some of the branches longer … the template is just a guide to make it easier.
Now put a blob of red paint onto a paper plate or an ice cream container lid and then swirl it out with a paintbrush to make it not so ‘blobby’ and thick.
Children should dip their thumbs into the red paint and use two thumb prints to form hearts all over the tree.
I LOVE MUM BECAUSE …
This is a reflective piece of writing about all the things you love about your mum.
Start by brainstorming out loud or writing reasons down of all the reasons why you love your mum. Include all the things she does for you but also all the qualities you love about her and all the things she does to make you feel loved and special.
Your writing could start with “I love my mum because …” and you could start each sentence with that phrase.
Or you may like to put it in a poem, or write it as a thankyou letter. The format is up to you. The purpose behind your writing though is to let mum know you love and appreciate her for all that she does and all that you love about her.
This writing will be a great keepsake for her for years to come and something she will treasure always.
Compose your writing, edit and proofread and get another adult (not mum) to check over it. Then publish it on nice paper with your best handwriting and a lovely picture of you and mum.
10 OTHER THINGS TO REALLY MAKE MUM’S DAY
1. Give her a morning hug and a big ‘I love you’
2. Make her breakfast in bed
3. Sing her a song
4. Clean your room
5. Write her a poem
6. Make her an afternoon cup of tea or coffee
7. Go on a family walk
8. Play a board game together
9. Set the table and clear away after dinner
10. Give her a goodnight hug and tell her you love her.
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