This post shows you 38 Fun Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids
Mother’s Day is one of the most cherished occasions of the year. It’s a day to celebrate the love, care, and sacrifices mothers make for their children. And what better way to show appreciation than through a thoughtful, handmade gift?
If you’re looking for something special to create with your kids this year, you’ve come to the right place. Mother’s Day crafts for kids are the perfect way to bring creativity into the celebration while making memories that will last a lifetime.
Let’s imagine this: a little handprint on a piece of paper, a painted flower pot or even a card scribbled with “I love you, Mommy.” These aren’t just crafts,they’re priceless treasures that capture the essence of childhood and the bond between mother and child.
A few years ago, my youngest daughter handed me a small clay heart with her initials and I still keep it by my desk today. It’s a beautiful reminder of her love and thoughtfulness and it’s moments like these that make Mother’s Day unforgettable.
Now, let’s look at 38 fun and easy Mother’s Day crafts for kids. Even if you’re crafting with toddlers, elementary-aged kids or even teens, there’s something for every little artist here.
38 Fun Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids
1. Handprint Flower Card
A handprint flower card is one of the sweetest ways to express love. You can turn your child’s handprint into a beautiful flower by adding petals, a stem and leaves.
It’s simple yet meaningful perfect for toddlers who can’t yet write, but still want to give something unique to their mom.
- Materials Needed: Construction paper, paint, markers, scissors
- Instructions: Dip your child’s hand in paint and press it on a piece of cardstock to create the petals. Add a green stem with a marker and a sweet note inside the card.
2. DIY Mother’s Day Coasters
Help kids create personalized coasters that mom can use every day. These coasters can be decorated with favorite quotes, family photos, or even a simple “Happy Mother’s Day” message.
- Materials Needed: Plain ceramic coasters, paint, brushes, stencils, photos
- Instructions: Let your kids paint or glue photos onto the coasters, adding special designs or messages. Once dry, seal them with a clear coating for durability.
3. Painted Flower Pots
A small, painted flower pot can make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift. Let kids paint the pot in vibrant colors and decorate it with fun patterns or even their mom’s favorite colors.
- Materials Needed: Clay flower pots, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, markers, stickers
- Instructions: Have the kids paint the pots with their chosen colors. Once dry, they can add a personal message or design. Add a small plant or flower inside for a beautiful, lasting gift.
4. Customizable Bracelets
Crafting jewelry can be a fun and stylish Mother’s Day gift for kids. Help them make beaded bracelets with their mom’s favorite colors or meaningful charms.
- Materials Needed: Beads, string, clasps, charms
- Instructions: Guide your child as they string beads in a pattern. You can also add personalized charms with initials or small symbols that hold significance.
5. Mommy and Me Handprint T-shirts
A matching set of handprint t-shirts for both mom and child is a touching keepsake. Each shirt can showcase the child’s handprint and a personalized design.
- Materials Needed: Plain t-shirts, fabric paint, paintbrushes
- Instructions: Dip the child’s hand in fabric paint and press it on the shirt. Add a cute message like “Best Mom Ever” to complete the design.
6. Personalized Picture Frame
A picture frame decorated with colorful gems, sequins, or buttons makes a lovely Mother’s Day gift. Add a family photo or a picture of the child with their mom for a personal touch.
- Materials Needed: Plain wooden frame, paint, decorations (gems, sequins, etc.)
- Instructions: Let your child decorate the frame with the materials. Once dry, place a special photo of the mom and child in the frame.
7. Handmade Coupons for Mom
Kids can create their own coupons offering services like a day of no chores, extra hugs, or a movie night. These thoughtful, fun coupons will brighten any mom’s day.
- Materials Needed: Construction paper, markers, stickers
- Instructions: Have your child write or draw their coupon offers on small pieces of paper. You can personalize them with designs like hearts or flowers.
8. Beaded Flower Necklace
A beaded flower necklace adds a little sparkle and style to the celebration. The child can craft the necklace and add colorful beads to create a beautiful piece that their mom will adore.
- Materials Needed: Beads, string, clasps, small flower-shaped beads
- Instructions: Let your child create a pattern with the beads and string them onto the necklace. Add the flower-shaped beads to finish it off.
9. Memory Jar
A memory jar is a wonderful way for kids to express their love for mom. Each day, they can write something they appreciate about her and add it to the jar. On Mother’s Day, she can read them all
- Materials Needed: Jar, small pieces of paper, pens
- Instructions: Have your child write a note on each piece of paper, describing a memory or reason they love their mom. Place the notes in the jar, and give them to her with a big hug.
10. Painted Rock Magnets
Turn ordinary rocks into artistic masterpieces with paint! Kids can create fun designs, animals, or words and then attach magnets to the back, making them perfect for holding notes or photos on the fridge.
- Materials Needed: Smooth rocks, paint, magnets, glue
- Instructions: Let your child paint their rocks with beautiful designs. Once dry, glue magnets to the back of each rock.
11. Mother’s Day Cupcakes
Although not strictly a craft, kids can decorate cupcakes as a fun, edible gift for mom. These sweet treats will surely make her day extra special.
- Materials Needed: Cupcake mix, frosting, sprinkles, candy decorations
- Instructions: Bake the cupcakes with your child, then let them decorate with frosting and toppings. Present the cupcakes with a loving note.
12. Footprint Flower Bouquet
A footprint flower bouquet is a touching way to capture the child’s growing feet. Using colorful paint, kids can create flowers by stamping their feet on a piece of paper.
- Materials Needed: Paper, paint, markers
- Instructions: Paint your child’s feet with different colors and stamp them on a sheet of paper. Turn the footprints into flowers by adding stems and leaves.
13. Decorated Candle Holders
Kids can decorate candle holders with designs that will brighten any room. These personalized items will serve as a constant reminder of their love.
- Materials Needed: Glass jars or holders, paint, decorative materials
- Instructions: Let your child decorate the candle holders with their favorite colors and designs. Place a small candle inside for a special touch.
14. Mother’s Day Scrapbook
A scrapbook full of memories is the ultimate gift for a sentimental mom. Kids can cut out pictures and write little notes, documenting special moments.
- Materials Needed: Scrapbook, photos, stickers, markers
- Instructions: Let your child design the scrapbook by adding photos and writing notes on each page. They can add stickers, drawings, and other decorations.
15. Love You to the Moon and Back Wall Art
Let kids create a sweet, simple wall art piece by using handprints, stars and the words “Love you to the Moon and Back.” This wall art will brighten up any home.
- Materials Needed: Canvas or paper, paint, markers
- Instructions: Have your child create a handprint for the moon and add stars around it. Write “Love you to the Moon and Back” as the finishing touch.
16. Painted Glass Jar Flower Vase
Kids can turn a simple glass jar into a beautiful vase for mom by painting it with vibrant colors and patterns. Afterward, they can place fresh flowers in the jar, making it an adorable centerpiece for the table.
- Materials Needed: Glass jar, acrylic paints, paintbrushes, flowers
- Instructions: Have your child paint the jar with fun designs like stripes, dots, or even flowers. Once dry, fill the jar with fresh flowers from the garden or store, and present it as a sweet Mother’s Day gift.
17. Fingerprint Heart Art
Fingerprint heart art is a sentimental way to create something meaningful. Using just a few supplies, kids can create a heart design that’s made entirely out of their fingerprints, making it personal and unique.
- Materials Needed: Ink pads or paint, paper
- Instructions: Dip your child’s fingers into an ink pad or paint and have them press their fingerprints onto a piece of paper to form a heart shape. You can add their name and a special message inside the heart to complete the artwork.
18. Homemade Lip Balm
Kids can make a thoughtful, homemade lip balm that’s both practical and sentimental. They can decorate the containers and even create their own custom flavors by mixing natural ingredients.
- Materials Needed: Beeswax, coconut oil, essential oils, small containers
- Instructions: Melt the beeswax and coconut oil together, then add a few drops of essential oil for fragrance. Pour the mixture into small containers and allow it to cool. Decorate the containers with stickers, ribbon, or hand drawn labels.
19. Mom’s Favorite Recipe Book
A homemade recipe book is a thoughtful and useful gift that kids can put together. They can handwrite or type out their favorite recipes, decorate the pages with illustrations, and compile them into a book. This gift is perfect for the mom who loves cooking or baking.
- Materials Needed: Notebook, markers, stickers, printed recipes
- Instructions: Have the kids write down their favorite recipes or ones that hold special memories. Decorate the pages with pictures, drawings, and notes about why the recipes are meaningful. Bind them into a book or use a three ring binder for a DIY touch.
20. Pom-Pom Bouquet
Pom-poms are fun to make and they can be turned into a beautiful bouquet for mom. Kids can create different colored pom-poms and arrange them into a floral bouquet that will never wilt.
- Materials Needed: Yarn, scissors, glue, floral wire or straws
- Instructions: Help your child wrap yarn around their fingers to create pom-poms, then trim them to create a fluffy ball. Attach them to floral wire or straws to create stems. Arrange the pom-poms into a bouquet and wrap them in tissue paper or a decorative ribbon.
21. Salt Dough Handprint Ornament
Salt dough ornaments are a great way to preserve memories. A handprint ornament made from salt dough will allow moms to keep their child’s handprint as a lasting keepsake that they can cherish forever.
- Materials Needed: Flour, salt, water, cookie cutters, ribbon, paint
- Instructions: Mix the salt dough and roll it out to about 1/4 inch thickness. Have your child press their handprint into the dough, then cut out the shape using cookie cutters. After baking, paint the ornament and tie a ribbon through the hole.
22. Fingerprint Jewelry Dish
A fingerprint jewelry dish is a practical yet personal Mother’s Day craft. Kids can create their own fingerprint art by pressing their fingers into clay to form a design that holds special meaning.
- Materials Needed: Air-dry clay, rolling pin, small bowl, marker
- Instructions: Roll out the clay and use a small bowl to shape the dish. Have the child press their fingerprint into the center, creating a unique design. Once dry, paint the dish to add a decorative touch.
23. Paper Plate Flower Crown
A fun craft for younger children, a paper plate flower crown allows them to get creative with colors, textures, and designs while making something they can wear proudly.
- Materials Needed: Paper plate, markers, colored paper, glue, scissors
- Instructions: Cut out the center of the paper plate to form a crown. Let your child decorate the crown with colorful paper flowers, adding details with markers. Once decorated, glue it together to fit their head.
24. Personalized Garden Markers
If mom loves gardening, kids can create their own personalized garden markers to help her keep track of her plants. These can be made from wooden sticks, painted and labeled with the names of different plants.
- Materials Needed: Wooden craft sticks, paint, markers
- Instructions: Let your child paint the wooden sticks and then use markers to label them with plant names. These markers can be stuck in the garden or flower pots to identify different plants.
25. Baked Clay Heart Magnets
These heart magnets are both fun to make and useful for moms who love to hang up pictures, notes, or reminders on the fridge. Kids can create the hearts from clay, paint them, and add magnets for a functional gift.
- Materials Needed: Air-dry clay, paint, magnets, glue
- Instructions: Roll the clay into small hearts and bake them according to the instructions. Once they’ve cooled, kids can paint them and glue a magnet to the back, making them ready to decorate the fridge.
26. Mosaic Picture Frame
A mosaic picture frame is a simple yet creative project that kids will love. They can use small pieces of colored paper, beads, or buttons to create a beautiful design that holds a cherished photo of mom.
- Materials Needed: Wooden or cardboard picture frame, small beads or buttons, glue
- Instructions: Help the kids glue beads or buttons onto the frame in a pattern they like. Once finished, insert a favorite photo and give it to mom as a memorable gift.
27. Custom Painted Rock Garden Markers
Similar to the painted rock magnets, these custom-painted rock garden markers are a lovely addition to mom’s garden. Kids can paint simple designs on rocks and write plant names or messages on them.
- Materials Needed: Smooth rocks, paint, permanent markers
- Instructions: Paint the rocks with bright colors and write the names of plants on them. Use these as fun garden markers that mom can place around her plants.
28. Homemade Bath Salts
Kids can create homemade bath salts as a soothing gift for mom. They can mix salts with their favorite essential oils, add dried flowers and decorate the jar with personalized labels.
- Materials Needed: Epsom salt, essential oils, dried flowers, glass jars
- Instructions: Mix the Epsom salt with a few drops of essential oil. Add dried flowers for decoration, then package it in a small jar. Personalize the label with a heartfelt message.
29. Pressed Flower Bookmark
Pressed flower bookmarks are a perfect Mother’s Day craft for kids who love to read. The flowers add a beautiful touch to any book, and it’s a way to preserve nature in a meaningful way.
- Materials Needed: Fresh flowers, wax paper, iron, ribbon
- Instructions: Press flowers between sheets of wax paper using an iron. Once pressed, cut the wax paper into a bookmark shape and add a decorative ribbon for a finishing touch.
30. Fabric Painted Tote Bag
Kids can design a personalized tote bag for mom, using fabric paint to create unique designs, handprints, or messages. It’s not only practical but also adds a personal touch to her everyday items.
- Materials Needed: Plain canvas tote bag, fabric paint, paintbrushes
- Instructions: Let your child paint the tote bag with their favorite designs, such as hearts, flowers, or handprints. Once dry, it’s ready to be used for shopping, trips, or as a fun accessory.
31. Personalized Mug
A personalized mug made by kids is not only a thoughtful gift but also something mom can use every day. The child can use paint or markers to decorate the mug with special designs, such as hearts, flowers or even a drawing of her favorite pet.
- Materials Needed: Plain ceramic mug, ceramic markers or paint, paintbrushes
- Instructions: Let your child use ceramic markers or paint to decorate the mug with their own designs or drawings. After decorating, bake the mug as per the manufacturer’s instructions to set the paint. It’s a fun craft that will brighten her mornings.
32. Miniature Garden in a Jar
Kids can create a tiny, low maintenance garden for mom using a glass jar. This project will not only be a creative expression of love but also a beautiful addition to mom’s home.
- Materials Needed: Glass jar, soil, small plants or succulents, small decorative stones, pebbles
- Instructions: Fill the bottom of the jar with small pebbles for drainage. Add soil and plant a small succulent or tiny plant. Kids can decorate the outside of the jar with paint or twine, creating a lovely and lasting gift.
33. Custom Wooden Spoon Art
Wooden spoons can be transformed into personalized kitchen tools with a bit of creativity. Kids can paint or decorate wooden spoons with messages or designs that celebrate mom’s love of cooking.
- Materials Needed: Wooden spoons, paint, markers, stickers, ribbon
- Instructions: Allow the kids to paint or decorate the wooden spoons. They can personalize each spoon with a fun design, like hearts or flowers, or add a loving message like “Best Chef” or “Mom’s Favorite Cook.”
34. Paper Towel Roll Butterfly Craft
This craft is simple and fun for younger children. Using a paper towel roll, kids can make colorful butterflies to decorate the home or give to mom. It’s a great way to celebrate spring and add some color to Mother’s Day.
- Materials Needed: Paper towel rolls, construction paper, glue, markers
- Instructions: Cut the paper towel roll into smaller pieces. Have your child color and decorate the pieces with construction paper, turning them into butterfly wings. Attach them with glue to create the butterfly’s body, and add a fun face and antennae.
35. DIY Soap Bars
Making soap bars can be an exciting and unique craft. Kids can create scented soap bars with different colors and designs, which would make a perfect spa day gift for mom.
- Materials Needed: Glycerin soap base, essential oils, soap molds, food coloring
- Instructions: Melt the glycerin soap base, then add essential oils and food coloring for a personalized touch. Pour the mixture into soap molds and let it set. Once cooled, remove the soap and wrap it in decorative paper or ribbon.
36. Handmade Mother’s Day Necklace
Help kids create a simple, heartfelt necklace for mom using colorful beads and charms. This fun project is a great way for kids to express their love in a wearable form.
- Materials Needed: Beads, string, clasps, charms
- Instructions: Let your child design their own necklace using different beads and charms that represent special moments with mom. Add a personalized charm or initial to make the necklace even more meaningful.
37. Watercolor Art Cards
Watercolor art is a fun and easy way to create beautiful designs. Kids can use watercolor paints to create abstract art or pictures of flowers, hearts or even messages to mom.
- Materials Needed: Watercolor paints, watercolor paper, brushes
- Instructions: Let your child paint a simple design or picture using watercolors. They can experiment with blending colors and adding shapes like hearts, flowers, or anything else that will make the card special for mom.
38. DIY Lip Gloss
Homemade lip gloss is a sweet gift that mom can use all year round. Kids can create their own lip glosses using natural ingredients, and then decorate the containers for a personal touch.
- Materials Needed: Coconut oil, shea butter, beeswax, small containers, food coloring (optional)
- Instructions: Melt the coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax together. Add a drop of food coloring if desired. Once melted, pour the mixture into small containers and let it harden. Decorate the jars with ribbons, stickers, or custom labels.
As you can see, the possibilities for Mother’s Day crafts for kids are endless. From creative handprint cards to personalized necklaces, the ideas above are fun, engaging and heartfelt, providing an excellent way for children to express their love for their mothers.
If they’re young or older, kids will enjoy getting involved in these DIY projects and the moms who receive them will treasure them for years to come.
Crafting together strengthens the bond between mother and child and creates lasting memories that are far more precious than store bought gifts.
This Mother’s Day, get crafty and celebrate the most important woman in your child’s life with a handmade gift that shows love, effort and creativity.
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