Updated for 2024
Mother’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate the special women in our lives. Families are diverse, and if a child doesn’t have a mother in his life, there is most likely another special woman who deserves some special recognition. Here is a list of crafts that children can create for the women who nurture, support, encourage, and love them.
We’ve updated and added 25 more crafts to the list, so check it out and get those kids busy making something sweet for Mother’s Day!
Fun Crafts Kids Can Make for Mother’s Day
DIY Pencil Holders
From Platein28
What could be cuter than this pencil holder for the mom who loves to collect pens and other craft supplies? And kids can make it with recycled tin cans and whatever color of yarn scraps are already on hand.
Related: Celebrate Mother’s Day in Los Angeles
Cow-Themed Tissue Paper Vase
From Platein28
Here’s another low-cost craft kids can make for their moms for Mother’s Day. It only takes a few supplies and a little time to complete.
Mother’s Day Flowers Family Movement Game
From Move Play Go
If your kids want to do something a bit different this year for the Mother’s Day holiday, check out this idea. It’s a great way to have fun together, be active, and let kids make crafts!
Make: A DIY Watercolor Flower Garden Card
From Barley & Birch
Here’s a neat Mother’s Day card idea to let kids sneak a tiny pack of flower seeds inside — or a tea bag, or some other small treat!
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Make: 3 Fresh, Simple Paper Heart Crafts for Kids
From Barley & Birch
These little hearts are an easy way for kids to show their mothers a little love on their special day this year. Best yet, they take very little in the way of supplies. You might even have most, if not all, of them on hand already.
Handprint Flower Bouquet
From The Best Ideas for Kids
This fun craft is an adorable way to capture your kid’s little handprints for Mother’s Day. They can use lots of different colors of paper for a pretty bouquet of “flowers”.
Footprint Butterfly Poem – Printable Mother’s Day Card
From Messy Little Monster
Help your child paint their footprints for Mother’s Day.Depending on the age of your child, it may be easier to paint them, cut them out, and glue them down on a new sheet of paper. Make sure the footprints are backward, meaning the right foot before the left. Between the two feet, will be a space where a child can paint, draw, or use construction paper as the butterfly’s body. That space makes a great place for the child’s name and the year.
Related: Handmade Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Bubble Wrap Painting Picture Frame
From Messy Little Monster
For a fun but slightly messy craft, children can make mom this sweet card this year. It can also be used as a picture frame and painted in whatever colors mom likes.
Mother’s Day Cactus Craft [Free Template]
From Simple Everyday Mom
It doesn’t take much to make this adorable Mother’s Day craft. With a few basic art supplies and the free template, your kids can make this little cactus in no time!
Sunflower Mother’s Day Craft For Kids [Free Template]
From Simple Everyday Mom
We think this happy little sunflower will make both children and their mothers smile! And it’s a great way for kids to add a treasured photo to a card.
DIY Mother’s Day Sharpie Mug
From Everyday Shortcuts
Mom’s favorite coffee or tea will be even tastier when it’s served in this cut mug on Mother’s Day. For only a few dollars children can complete this craft using colored Sharpies and Dollar Store supplies. Plus, the mug is dishwasher-safe!
How to Make Aromatherapy Shower Melts
From Plant Based with Amy
Most moms love bath salts, scrubs, bath bombs, and all of the other things that make them feel pampered and special. Since these shower melts fall into that category we’re sure they’ll be a big hit for Mother’s Day this year.
DIY Flower Picture Frame for Kids (Easy Mother’s Day Gift Idea!)
From The Craft at Home Family
Here’s a lovely way for kids to give their moms flowers that won’t ever die. Plus, they can add a picture of themselves that their moms are sure to cherish for years to come.
Thumbprint Flower Candle Holder
From The Craft at Home Family
When your kids need a fast, easy homemade gift for Mother’s Day, this candle holder is a winner. It would make a great gift for other occasions too!
Colorful Paper Flower Wreath Craft
From Ottawa Mommy Club
Moms can hang this pretty flower wreath on their door, in a window, or wherever their hearts desire. Along with the template only basic supplies are needed.
Homemade DIY Vanilla Rose Sugar Scrub Recipe
From Schisandra & Bergamot
Help the kids to give their mom something to pamper herself with this Mother’s Day. This sugar scrub is fast to make and only takes a few ingredients. Put it in a pretty jar, tie it with a ribbon, and you’ve got a great gift!
Lavender Chamomile Facial Cleansing Grains Recipe
From Schisandra & Bergamot
If your kids like to DIY this is a wonderful gift they can make for mom this year. But don’t forget to include the usage instructions!
Mom Deserves a Medal! Easy Paper Plate Kids’ Craft for Mother’s Day
From Moms Who Save
Show me a mother who doesn’t deserve to be recognized with a medal for all that she does. This craft is perfect for smaller kids who want to show their mom a little love on Mother’s Day.
TP Tube Stamped Clutch – Great Gift For Mom Or Teen
From Reuse Grow Enjoy
What a fun way for mom to remember this Mother’s Day every single time she uses this bag. You can find the supplies on Amazon or at most craft stores. If you can’t find a clutch for your child to stamp you can substitute a tote bag, and it doesn’t have to be burlap.
Simple Upcycled Map Coasters Gift Idea
From The Boondocks Blog
This is a useful gift that can be given for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, or many other occasions. It could also probably be done with other types of paper if you don’t have maps available for your kids to use.
Colorful and Cheerful Flower Painted Rocks
from Sustain My Craft Habit
Kids can give moms the gift of flowers without having to spend a fortune when they make these pretty flower-painted rocks. Moms can add them to their gardens, flower beds, or potted plants.
How to make a Stepping Stone
From Needlepointers
Another wonderful garden gift that’s fun for kids to make is this stepping stone. They can use marbles, pretty rocks, shells, or other objects to make the stepping stones.
“Love You” Key Ring Tutorial
From Needlepointers
Let moms know how much they’re cherished with these “Love You” key rings. There’s a free printable to make this craft easier.
Easy and Inexpensive DIY Preschool Mother’s Day Cards
From Leap of Faith Crafting
This Mother’s Day card is a fun way for young children to honor their moms for the holiday. If you don’t have stamps and stamp pads your kids can use markers, crayons, or paint to create the outline and stickers to dress it up!
Hand print flower tote bag
From Creative Ramblings Blog
Children will have a blast making the flowers on this canvas tote bag for Mother’s Day this year. Pick out mom’s favorite paint colors, put down a drop cloth, and get to work!
Easy Paper Heart Card Mother’s Day Craft for Teens
From The Parent Spot
Even older kids like to make things for Mother’s Day. This adorable card is a fun way for them to express their appreciation for all that their moms do.
DIY Mother’s Day Heart Flower Pop-Up Card [Free Template]
From Mombrite
A pop-up card is sure to impress mom for the holiday. Kids can use the free template plus a few other supplies to make this card in no time.
Egg Carton Tea Cup Cards for Mother’s Day
From In the Playroom
For the mom who likes to drink tea, this card is sure to be a hit! Include a bag of her favorite tea and add it to a package of cute cookies for a complete gift that’s sure to please.
More Mother’s Day Craft Ideas
Decorative Flower Pot
Even if the special woman in your child’s life doesn’t have a green thumb, she can still use this flower pot. Flower pots can be used for much more than flowers — including pens and pencils, cooking utensils, remote controls, and more. Let your child get creative with painting the pot. And if you desire, fill the pot with a green plant, cactus, small blooming flower, or herbs.
Candle Holder
If you’ve got baby food jars on hand you can clean and recycle them for this project. If not, inexpensive jars, containers, or vases can usually be found at your local craft store or dollar store. Let kids use tissue paper and Mod Podge from your local craft store to decoupage the jars. Once the jars are dry, insert a candle — either a tea light, votive, or pillar depending on the size of your container.
Outside Artistic Declaration
Give the kids some sidewalk chalk, and let them get to work creating a declaration of love for the special woman in their lives. While their chalk creation won’t last for too long, it’ll provide the recipient with some “free time,” which is always a favorite Mother’s Day gift. Just be sure to photograph the chalk creation so you can frame it to keep as a memento.
Message in a Bottle
Head to the craft store and purchase some colored sand and small bottles — glass for older kids, plastic for younger artists. Fill the jar part-way with the sand, and then put a special note inside the jar. Notes can be either typed or hand-written but should be a heartfelt declaration of love. Use the remaining sand to fill the rest of the jar.
Another Handprint Flower
This project can be done on construction paper and then framed or put onto an apron or canvas bag. Use painted handprints to serve as the flower’s petals. Paint a green stem, and if you’d like you can create a green leaf with the date.
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Wendy Kennar is a mother, writer, and former teacher who has lived her entire life in the same Los Angeles zip code. You can read more from Wendy at her websiteWendyKennar.comwhere she writes about books, boys, and bodies (living with an invisible disability).
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