Give mom (or grandma) a meaningful gift this year with one of these handmade mother’s day gifts from kids. Perfect kids crafts for Mother’s Day!
Check out these Mother’s Day Crafts that kids can make and gift for mom or grandma.
A note from Aimee: This blog post first appeared on The Crazy Craft Lady in May 2017. It has since been updated to bring you the best, most current creative content.
Whether you are a crafty dad looking for to make the perfect Mother’s Day gift this year, or a daughter looking to give “grandma” a meaningful present on Mother’s Day, I’ve gathered some of the absolute best ideas and craft tutorials!
Most of these crafts can be made by kids of all ages, but I’ve also gathered my favorite handmade gifts that teens and adults can make.
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DIY Mother’s Day Gift Ideas that Kids Can Help Make
Homemade Mother's Day Gifts from Kids
Give mom (or grandma) a meaningful gift this year with one of these handmade mother’s day gifts from kids. Perfect kids crafts for Mother’s Day!
DIY Hand Print Kids Kitchen Aprons
Make a personalized kids apron with your “kitchen helpers”. They will love customizing their own aprons with hand prints and paint!
Easy Kids Craft Paper Flower Bouquet in a Mason Jar Vase
Looking for a fun kids craft that will tug at your heartstrings but not at your wallet? This paper flower bouquet is a fun project you can do together that anyone would love to receive!
Kid-Made Free Printable Mother's Day Book
Grab some cardstock and help your little one make a custom keepsake book filled with everything they love about mom. Be sure to click the button below to go directly to the original source and snag the free printable template.
Keepsake Handprint Oven Mitt
Here's a gift for the mom who loves to bake. Make this custom hand print oven mitt. Be sure to gift it with the free printable poem as well. I love how the white paint of the handprint looks like a flour handprint that a little baker might leave behind!
Turn Childrens Art Into Tea Towels
It's an age-old problem for parents of artistic parents: what on earth do you do with all of that artwork? Here's one great idea! Follow this tutorial to turn one of your child's masterpieces into a totally custom tea towel to proudly display.
Decoupaged Flower Pots: Transform Grocery Plants
Give an inexpensive grocery store or Trader Joe's plant a colorful new home. Kids will love peeling apart and Mod-Podging napking to terracotta pots.
DIY Mother's Day Bottle Cap Keychain
This craft looks a bit intimidating at first, but it's actually really straight-forward. You only need a few supplies to make this unique DIY key chain. And kids can decorate the inside with any artwork they like.
Watercolor Bookmark
This Mother's Day craft is so easy even toddlers and younger kids can help make it. They just need a gorwn-up to help with the cutting and hole punching.
Fingerprint Charms- For a Keychain of DIY Necklace
This is another fantastic craft for the little ones to help make. All you need is a bit of clay and paint in mom's favorite colors to make this special keepsake craft.
If you like these watercolor bookmarks and want to try a similar technique on fabric, be sure to check out these watercolor fabric bookmarks.
Heart Thumbprint Platter
This sweet gift would be perfect for a grandma. She will have a beautiful and practical platter to use on special occasions that reminds her of her grandchildren.
DIY Coasters for Kids
Learn how to make kids artwork gifts with these wooden coasters! These kids art coasters are REALLY easy to make and are so cute.
Shrinky Dink Flower Handprint Keychain
Grab a sheet of Shrinky Dinks paper and get ready to make the absolute cutest DIY keychain you've ever see!. Turn handprints into little flowers, complete with a heart in the center. Feel free to use paint in any color you think mom will like.
Hand-Shaped Ring Dish Bowl
Have a grown up help your little one trace their hand onto air dry clay. This keepsake dish is sure to be cherished for years to come.
Kid-Made Mother's Day Card with Flowers from Cupcake Liners
If you're looking for a last-minute Mother's Day craft idea, you're in luck. Several of these cards can be whipped up in a jiffy and even preschoolers will be able to make and personalize them all on their own.
EASY Egg Carton Flowers on Canvas
Make this DIY wall decor that mom can proudly display at her desk, on a bookshelf, or a side table. Recycle an old egg carton for a creative upcycle craft filled with color and charm.
How To Make Coffee Filter Flowers
Check out this creative kids craft with en educational twist. This STEAM (Science + Art) spring craft would make a fabulous bouquet to gift mom on her special day.
Popsicle Stick Flower Pots
Now this is an upcycle project the kids can definitely help with. Wrap a tin can with with popsicle sticks and natural jute twine. Then fill the tin can with a little potted flower from the garden center, and voila! A cute little potted flower that mom will love.
Pressed Flowers In a Frame
Have you ever tried pressing flowers in the microwave? This tutorial gives you the step-by-step instructions, and the results are stunning. I know my kids would enjoy picking flowers to press and display.
A Bouquet of Felt Flowers with Button Centers
Grab a pile of colorful felt and buttons, and let the kids run wild. This craft may need a little grown-up involvement when deciding on flower shapes. Consider drawing the flowers on felt, and letting the kids cut them out and assemble.
Tissue Paper & Egg Carton Tulips (Kids Craft)
Look in the recycle bin for egg cartons and plastic water bottles, because you're going to need both for this upcycled Mother's Day craft. Use egg cartons and tissue paper to make brightly-colored flowers in a plastic bottle vase.
Fingerprint Art Glass Magnets Craft
Turn kids' fingerprints into unique and colorful creatures with this whimsical craft. Turn clear glass gems and your kids colorful art into fridge magnets that mom will adore.
Mason Jar Yarn Flowers
This is a great craft idea for even the youngest of crafters. This easy cardboard craft comes together with just yarn and your imagination. Have a grown up help cut flower shapes out of cardboard, and then let the kids wrap them in colorful yarn.
How to Make Footprint Stepping Stones
Make a new stepping stone every year. It's a perfect project to line a garden pathway and show off your kids little feet.
Popsicle Stick Flower Bookmarks
Paint a few popsicle sticks green, and get crafting with colorful paper. These fun flower bookmarks are the perfect gift for the mom who loves to read.
Related: How to make personalized tea towels using your child’s artwork and fabric markers. Give a meaningful, handmade gift to grandma this year.
If your older kids are comfortable using a glue gun, this DIY button picture frame is a great gift idea:
Hi,
What great ideas. I really love the hand print oven mitt and childrens art tea towel, my two will really get a kick out of making those for mum!
Many thanks for the post,
Mayy