Cute, Easy Gifts You Can Make with Your Students for Mother’s Day

Homemade gifts are a great idea, as they not only encourage creativity, but they also add a lovely personal touch, which mums just adore.

To celebrate Mother’s Day, we thought we’d share a few awesome craft ideas, which you could do with your students…

Please note that adult supervision may be needed at some stages of these crafts.

Pom Pom Heart CardHints and Tips

What you’ll need:

  • A5 bank card already folded or A4 card (any colour)
  • Craft pipe cleaners (any colour)
  • Small pom poms
  • PVA glue
  • Any other decorations, e.g., glitter, paint sequins, feathers, etc.

 

Method

  1. First, take two of the pipe cleaners and twist one end of each together.
  2. Take one twisted end and gently fold it back on itself bringing it towards the bottom end, to create the heart shape.
  3. Then, take your A5 or A4 card and fold it in half. Using the PVA glue, gently stick the heart into place on the front of the card and leave it to dry.
  4. Then it’s time to decorate! Fill the centre of the heart with some soft fluffy pom poms and add anything else that takes your students’ fancy.
  5. Once done, a message can be written inside or even on the front.

 

It would make a wonderful card!

Source: https://blog.hobbycraft.co.uk/four-easy-mothers-day-cards-for-kids/

Jar of Bath SaltsHints and Tips

What you’ll need:

  • Plain bath salts
  • Essential oil
  • Food colouring powder or paste
  • Glass jar
  • Decorative fabric
  • Ribbon
  • Bowl
  • Wooden spoon

 

Method

  1. First, you’ll need to put some of the plain bath salts into a bowl.
  2. Add in a tiny amount of essential oil (about 2 drops for every cup of salts) and a small amount of food colouring. Stir well with a wooden spoon until all of the salts absorb the colour. Repeat with as many different colours as you like.
  3. Then, carefully pour the salts into a clean jar, layering the colours to get a colourful pattern.
  4. Cut a square of fabric to fit over the lid of the jar and tie in place with some pretty ribbon.

 

Then you’re all done – super easy!

Source: https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/bath-salts

Yummy Decorative BiscuitsHints and Tips

What you’ll need:

  • Plain biscuits, e.g., Digestives, Malted Milk, etc.
  • Glacé icing (method below!)
  • Butter knives for spreading the icing
  • Plate
  • Decorations, e.g., sprinkles, Smarties, gummy sweets, icing pens, etc.

 

Let’s Begin with How You Can Make the Glacé Icing

What you’ll need:

  • 225g icing sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp boiling water – adult supervision!
  • Food colouring (optional)
  • A few drops of vanilla flavouring (optional)
  • Bowl
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve

 

Method

  1. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add a few drops of flavouring, if you like.
  2. Using a wooden spoon, gradually stir in enough water until the mixture is the consistency of thick cream. Beat until white and smooth, and thick enough to coat the back of the spoon.
  3. Lastly, mix in some colouring if you like (maybe pink, as the biscuits are for Mother’s Day).

 

Method for the Decorative Biscuits

  1. Take the butter knife and spread the biscuits with a thin layer of icing.
  2. Then that’s about it! Get ready to decorate the biscuits (whilst the icing is still wet of course).
  3. Once the biscuits are decorated, put them aside on a large tray until the icing has set.

 

Super easy to make and we’re sure mums will love them!

Source: http://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/articles/cooking-tips/fun-ways-for-the-kids-to-decorate-biscuits

We hope you enjoyed our Mother’s Day craft ideas and found them inspirational. If you have any other ideas, then please do share them with us on Twitter @EducationCity – it would be great to hear from you!