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Dad--send
mom off on a shopping spree, then gather your kids together for the
afternoon and whip up one of these great Mother's Day gifts. (While
you're at it, why not make gifts for the grandmas, too?)
Oven
mitts with an artistic flair
Have
the kids turn those plain oven mitts into whimsical works of art with
permanent markers. Purchase several new oven mitts in solid
colors--light colors work best. An orange beak and webbed feet
transform a yellow mitt into a silly looking duck; brown stripes and
whiskers turn an white mitt into a kitten. Or kids can draw any
other design their heart desires.
For
complete directions on this project, check out the Family.com
website. Their nifty CraftFinder tool will help you locate project
instructions.
Family.com Craft Finder
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Checks
Although
this is a quick and easy gift to make, it will definitely be appreciated
by mom! These "checks" are to be cashed by mom when she
needs or wants help with some tasks around the house. Have your
children decide what tasks they can handle. Examples could
include:
"one
time of taking out the garbage without asking"
"one
time of cleaning my bedroom without an argument"
"one
hour of quiet time"
"one
dog wash"
"one
free dinner made by us."
Then
design the checks on your computer and print them out. Have the
kids color them and fill in the appropriate information. Staple
the checks together. If you have an unused check cover around the house,
you could place the checks inside there and present them to mom.
If not, use colored construction paper to make a cover for the
checks.
To
assist you, we've designed some checks and uploaded them to the
website. You can print them out and use them if you don't feel
comfortable designing your own. To see the templates, click here:
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Check Templates
One-of-a-kind
footstool
After
a hard day of chasing the kids around, mom probably wishes she could
just sit back and put up her feet! Give her an excuse to do so
with her own customized footstool.
Buy
a plain wood footstool; prime it then paint it a solid color a few days
in advance. Then have the kids sign it and draw designs on it using
paint pens or regular paint and stencils. You might even consider
decoupaging a photo of the family on the stool. Seal it with a finishing
varnish after the paint has dried. Tie a big red bow around it and
present it to mom on her special day--along with an invitation to sit
back and put up her feet, of course!
Handmade
soap 
Homemade
soap is a quick and simple craft project that kids can easily make,
especially if you use soap powder. Color it in mom's favorite
shades with food coloring; the soap can also be molded into balls,
rectangles, hearts or other shapes. Or you can use molds to
form it into fancier shapes like roses, angels, stars and even Asian
symbols!
You
can purchase molds like the one pictured above from joann.com
For
directions on making soap, click on this link. (It will take you out of
our site, so please hit the "back" button on your browser to
return.)
Simple
Soap Recipe for Kids
A
bouquet of cookie flowers 
This
cute project can easily be made with
a
roll of refrigerated cookie dough. Or, if you aren't handy in the
kitchen, check with your local bakery: they may be willing to make
the undecorated cookies for you. (Ask them to put a wooden skewer in
each cookie while it is still warm.) The kids can help decorate
the cookies with sprinkles, decorator icing, etc.
For
complete directions click on this link:
Flower
pot Cookie Flowers
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