For each of us, mother is the closest, dearest, dearest person, ready to tirelessly help, love and care. Of course, the best gift for every mother during the holidays will be the one that the child was able to make himself, since these DIY crafts for mom convey all the child’s love and gratitude. Let's look at how you can make beautiful compositions yourself. Perhaps these will be original gifts made from natural raw materials or do-it-yourself crafts from scrap materials. We tried to collect different methods designed for both the youngest craftsmen and older adults.
Applications
Eights with flowers
A symbolic figure eight decorated with flowers will be both a postcard and a gift picture.
Cut out the figure eights in advance. Also cut out flowers and butterflies of different sizes and colors from colored paper.
Gifts for mothers on March 8, preparatory group
Paper wicker basket
To make a basket, you should prepare colored paper, scissors and glue. First of all, you need to cut out strips of different colors, about 30 cm long, 1.5 cm wide and 10 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. You also need to cut out a circle whose diameter is 9 cm.
Glue shorter strips onto a circle, along the diameter, bend and lift up. Then start weaving, thread a long strip horizontally through the vertical in a checkerboard pattern.
Fold the top ends and glue them together.
Cut and glue the handle
Decorate as desired.
Craft in decoupage style from a plate
To make this craft, prepare paper plates, napkins with a pattern, glue, and a brush.
Coat a plate with glue and place a napkin on it.
Cut the napkin in a circle, leaving 1 cm from the edge of the plate. Turn the plate over and coat the edges with glue. Wrap the napkin on the back side and glue it.
Cut out blanks from other napkins. First, you should apply glue to the plate itself, then fix the workpiece and coat it with glue again.
These are the plates you should get as a gift for your mother.
Postcard (quilling technique)
Roll colored paper into a tube and cut into 1 cm pieces
Prepare the base for the card
It is recommended to let the child choose the details and create compositions himself.
Glue the assembled drawing.
Felt brooch
Prepare templates in the form of circles or flowers. You should get several pieces of different sizes. Place the templates on felt and cut them out. To make the brooch look more beautiful, you need to use felt in different colors. Then we assemble the flower by placing the cut-out pieces on top of each other. Sew a button in the middle. We decorate at our discretion. Sew a pin on the back side. That's all, the brooch for mom is ready!
Paper hyacinth
First, prepare a container that will serve as a pot, for example, a plastic bottle. You need to cut off the bottom part and put the crumpled paper there. Cut a sheet of A4 paper in half and roll it into a tube, fix it with glue. Make cuts at the bottom and glue to a wad of paper.
Paint the bottom part with green paint.
Cut the napkin into squares and insert a skewer into the center. Lift the edges and begin gluing the stem.
Cut out leaves from colored paper and glue to the stem.
Fix the hyacinth in the pot and arrange it as you wish.
Application
You can make any application, depending on your imagination. We suggest cutting out a mug and decorating it with leaves and flowers.
Felt crafts
Baskets with felt flowers
Felt is a soft synthetic material that can be used for appliques. Flowers made from felt or colored paper are suitable as decorations. Rhinestones made of colored plastic can now be found on sale; they already come with an adhesive backing, so attaching them to the center of the flowers and to the basket itself will not be difficult.
Working with finger paints
Finger paints are non-toxic and completely safe for children. Even if the baby decides to taste and lick his finger there will be no harm to health.
Postcard painted with finger paints
Children really like to draw simply with their own hands without using brushes. This develops their tactile senses and skills.
Volumetric flowers made of corrugated paper
Tulips made of corrugated paper and disposable spoons
You can make a whole bouquet of such tulips and strengthen them along with the leaves in a small flower pot. Or you can make one tulip in a pot for each mother.
For this craft we need:
- Plastic spoons - at the rate of 4 spoons per flower.
- Red and green corrugated paper - 0.5-1 meter for each flower, 1 meter is enough for green.
- Transparent tape.
Wrap each spoon in red paper.
Wrap the leg of the spoon in green paper and secure with tape.
DIY crafts and gifts made from natural materials
Using natural resources, it is not difficult to create a wide variety of crafts from autumn materials with your own hands. While walking outside with your child, pick up twigs, acorns, pine cones, and fallen bright colorful leaves for creativity. In addition, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and other natural raw materials are often used.
We tried to present wonderful DIY crafts and gifts in the article. For example, a basket of pine cones. It’s quite easy to make: you’ll also need a plastic bucket and hot-melt adhesive to attach the pine cones. It is also easy to form a basket using wire connecting the cones into one ensemble.
Gifts made from ordinary table napkins
In addition to their main purpose, paper napkins are an excellent material for creativity. Soft and flexible, they wrinkle well. And the variety of flowers allows you to make bouquets of roses, mimosas, and daisies.
Bouquet of mimosa from table napkins
Ordinary table napkins are very flexible; they can be used to make voluminous small flowers or small lumps.
Take yellow and green napkins.
DIY crafts for Mother's Day made from fabric
Wonderful bouquets and compositions can be made from fabric flowers. Moreover, you will need a little material, so there is no need to buy cuts - you will probably find small scraps at home. With their help, for example, you can sew voluminous craft bouquets for Mother’s Day with your own hands. For such work, you will additionally need padding polyester filler (cotton wool), a bendable strong wire that will hold the stem.
There are simpler options that are suitable for children of primary school age - do-it-yourself applique crafts made from material using pieces of felt. Thick dishwasher napkins will replace this fabric. Flowers are cut out of them and then glued onto cardboard. The middle is decorated with a button.
Floral arrangements made from double-sided colored paper and other materials
Magic double-layer flowers flowers made of colored paper
These seemingly complex flowers are made very simply. Moreover, when making crafts, you don’t have to glue a lot. It is enough to fasten the necessary parts with a piece of tape.
For work we need:
- Colored double-sided paper, for example white and purple - 2 leaves per flower.
- Green colored double-sided paper - 1 sheet will yield three stems.
- Scotch.
Fold the sheet in half.
Set aside 2 cm from the free edge and draw a light line.
From the fold side, cut a sheet of colored paper into strips to a drawn line no more than 2 mm wide.
First do this from purple paper, then from white.
Move the edges of the workpiece to the right by 3 cm and secure the left edge with tape.
Let's prepare the stem. To do this, divide the paper horizontally into three equal parts. You need to start twisting the stem from the diagonal.
Now let's start twisting the flower.
The lighter part should remain at the top of the flower. The darker part is below.
Secure the white and purple paper to the stem with tape. Spread the petals.
Flowers made from cotton swabs
Cotton swabs are perfect for our children's creativity. The more you show your imagination and involve kids in making gifts for mothers and grandmothers, the more interesting it will be for them.
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This is the kind of beautiful unusual flower you should end up with.
For work we need:
- Cotton swabs on plastic stems - 2-3 large packages.
- Foam balls for the base - 1 ball for each flower.
- A container in which to dilute paints.
- Paints - you can take regular gouache in different compatible colors. For example, pink and light blue. Or yellow and orange.
- Wooden skewers for canapés are the stem.
Each stick must be cut diagonally to create a sharp edge.
We insert each half of a cotton swab into a foam ball.
You should end up with a hedgehog made from cotton swabs like this.
Dilute a small amount of paint with water into a plate or other container. The solution should be bright but not thick.
Dip our hedgehog into the paint and leave the cotton end in the paint for a second.
We paint the wooden stem green with gouache.
How to draw a gift for mom on March 8, ideas with descriptions
Younger children are still not good with a pencil and a brush. The easiest way to draw a gift for mom is to draw with your palms. You can buy special paints for this, but if you don’t have such paints, making them yourself won’t be difficult. To do this, take half a tablespoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 cup of starch, 2 cups of water, food coloring. Boil the mixture over the fire (without dye), stirring. The fire should be small. When you see the first clumps, remove from heat and continue stirring until smooth. After cooling, add dye.
On an A4 sheet of paper, place the child’s palms in such a way that the intended composition is obtained. Make several prints. After this, wash off the paint and continue painting with your finger. If these are flowers, dip your finger in green paint and draw the stems and leaves.
Another option. Draw a stem with a brush, then dip your finger in brown paint and press firmly to the base of the flower. We wait until it dries. Next, dip your finger in white paint and draw a dandelion. This way you can design a postcard.
For older children, use pencils, brushes and paints.
To draw tulips correctly, you can use the following sequence.
Sequence of drawing snowdrops
Let's draw a figure eight. Print out the drawing and let the children color it. Give them the opportunity to use their imagination and draw what they want.
Plasticine products
Plasticine can now be found in different qualities and colors. I really like plasticine, which dries in the air. It does not stick to hands and clothes, and the finished product will become very dense over time. Another advantage of this plasticine is the choice of colors.
Bouquet of plasticine on paper
On a sheet of paper we make a bouquet of thin tubes. We divide the plasticine into equal pieces and roll them into small flagella. We roll these flagella into a spiral - these will be our flowers. Place a ball of green plasticine in the center.
As an option, you can make a beautiful mimosa from plasticine balls.
Children's crafts for Mother's Day from pompoms and cotton pads
Having learned how to make pom-poms, according to the step-by-step instructions in the article, form them into a variety of lush and soft bouquets. At the same time, it is better to choose wool threads for making pom-poms so that they create more voluminous balls. DIY artificial flower crafts are often formed using wire in the form of stems, which are well “disguised” by wrapping with green thread.
Cotton pads are a simple, convenient, affordable material from which you can also make flowers, as shown in the photographs of our catalog. If necessary, they are painted in different colors.
DIY flowers made from colored paper ribbons
These ribbons are sold as a set. But making the blanks yourself is not difficult. You can instruct your parents at home to cut double-sided colored paper into 1 cm thick ribbons. Children lay out flowers twisted into spirals on the paper. The ribbons are attached to the paper using regular glue.
Rolled paper appliques
DIY craft for mom for Mother's Day using napkins
Try making a wide variety of crafts for your mother with your own hands using simple multi-colored napkins. This malleable material makes it possible to make beautiful carnations, roses and other flowers.
Mom will certainly be pleased with an elegant heart card with her child’s hand. To decorate it, you need to cut out a heart blank from cardboard and glue a loop to it. Then, from white and red napkins we roll small balls (they should be fluffy). The child’s palm needs to be traced on cardboard, greased with glue, white lumps tightly (without gaps) glued to it, and the rest of the postcard should be covered with red ones. On the reverse side you can leave congratulations and wishes.
This DIY craft for mom for Mother’s Day will always remind her of what kind of baby her grown-up child once was.
Baskets with flowers
Paper baskets with flowers
As baskets, you can use either colored paper itself or ready-made small flower pots for seedlings. To make the baskets look more aesthetically pleasing, they should be wrapped in corrugated soft paper or colored paper.
Instead of flowers, you can make small trees with flowers using this technology.
Original crafts from bushings
Save the rolls from disposable towels or toilet paper. From them you can make a huge number of useful things for the home and just for beauty.
Mugs, hats and bracelets made from cardboard tubes
These are the mugs for mom. You can't pour tea in them, but you can store various little things.
And what mother would refuse an exclusive bracelet made by her baby?
And in such boxes, mothers can store pens, pencils and even knitting needles with other needlework supplies.
Our children’s crafts will not be as beautiful and neat as in the pictures, but for us, mothers, it will be the most valuable gift. And when children grow up, homemade gifts will keep memories and love.
Mother's Day: DIY crafts for kindergarten
Children's institutions often host various exhibitions and, sometimes, matinees for Mother's Day. Children make various crafts for Mother's Day with their own hands under the guidance of teachers or independently. For example, a bouquet of children’s hands or falling raindrops, each with a photograph of a child, looks very touching.
When decorating a group or hall for a Mother's Day matinee, DIY crafts for kindergarten can be quite large, such as garlands made of multi-colored paper maple leaves. All the kindergarten children made individual elements, and the teachers assembled very beautiful “curtains” from them.
