Flowers to Make Mom for Mother’s Day

It’s nice to get flowers for Mother’s Day, but even better to get kid-made flower crafts that you can keep for years. Check out these easy flower crafts for Mother’s Day that kids can make, or at least help with.

These pretty paper flowers from Made with Happy are made from circular petals, which kids can cut out or you can use a punch if you have one. They use construction paper so you probably already have what you need to make them.

Older kids can make more involved projects like these flower shaped salt dough magnets. This idea from The Best Ideas for Kids can be totally made by kids, or younger kids can decorate them. They can also be made into picture frame magnets, which is always a good choice for moms and grandmas.

Handprint crafts are another classic, like these handprint lilies from One Little Project. You’ve probably seen flowers like these before but they’re always popular because they’re so pretty and easy to make.

Try your hands at origami with these pretty origami tulips from Red Ted Art. The post says this is a good one for beginners and that even preschoolers can make one with help. Use them on a card or make a bouquet.

Another option for tulips is shown in this Mother’s Day card video tutorial from CraftISH Corner. These are cut out by hand from petal shapes as shown in the video.

I love this flower that folds into a heart and unfolds back into a flower. I found a video showing it on Pinterest from Child Fuel but I can’t find their template, so see also the heart shaped flower idea from Easy Peasy and Fun to get a template for this one.

And one more video I also found on Pinterest but was able to track down the original on Instagram from Ballarteskids. She used sticky note squares to make the flower shape, but you could use any paper cut into a square. So fun!

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Mother's Day Crafts Kids Can Make

My daughter is 16 and one of her favorite things to do on school breaks is watch The Great British Bake Off. It’s such a soothing show, as well as being creative and fun, and it’s low stakes enough that it isn’t stressful, which is just the thing you need when you’re on a break from school.

If you don’t have an oven or want to do your own real Bake Off challenges, this baking show inspired drawing challenge from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls is a great alternative. This works best if you have a group of kids to play, but you could also do it along with a child at home.

The post includes a bunch of different “baking” challenges for kids to draw. As an example: “Draw a dozen delicious doughnuts! Be sure to include at least two different flavors of icing. Challenge yourself to think of as many creative toppings as you can.”

Give them a set amount of time (maybe 10-15 minutes) to draw their creations based on the prompt. Then have each child present their creation, explaining what they chose to draw and why (and what the different flavors are if it’s not obvious).

There doesn’t have to be a winner, but kids can vote on their favorites or you can “award” things like most colorful, tallest creation, etc. Sarah suggests if doing this with little kids you can come up with an award for everyone, but there need not be prizes involved.

With older kids you might do a couple of rounds and pick winners so that you can have a “star baker” just like in the show.

This is a game that would be a lot of fun for kids of different ages, and you can do it multiple times with the different prompts.

Get all the details and the challenge cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

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