Mother’s Day is coming, and I thought I would post some crafts for kids to do for their grandmas or their moms. These are pretty easy to do, and depending on the ability of your child depends on how much a child can do. Even babies can help shake the scrub or the bath salts. I guess this would be a great time to promote my new blog Faemom Crafts. And it has pictures! (What? I just learned, and I got to entice you guys some how.) Enjoy!
Facial/Body Scrub
(This is a very easy and very simple scrub. The boys like to shake things up. They also helped pouring in the ingredients. This is an excellent scrub to use or to give as a gift.)
Things you need:
Equal parts of
- Sugar
- Salt
- Dry oatmeal
And a container to put it in
Mix the sugar, salt, and oatmeal in a bowl. Put the scrub into a nice jar.
To use the scrub: Just wet skin, rub the scrub on, and rinse.
Bath Salts
(This is another easy gift to make. The boys love shaking and smooshing until all the salt is colored. You can use Epson salts or regular salt for this.)
Things you need:
- Salt (as much as you want to make the salts)
- Food dye
- Essence or oils (editable oils work as well as the oil for making soaps and candles)
- Zip lock bag
- A jar
Have the child pour in the salt into the bag. Help the child drop some food coloring into the salt as well as the oil. Securely close the bag. Have the child shake and smoosh the bag until all the salt is colored. Pour into a nice jar.
Coffee Filter Carnations
(My mom is quite fond of carnations, so I had the boys make a few. This is easy. Evan perferred to make white carnations, so all his hard work on staining them was for nothing. Of course, the flowers still looked pretty and made it a no mess project.)
Things you need:
- Coffee filters
- Markers
- A bowl of water
- Paint brush
- Smock
- Green pipe cleaners
Have the child color the filters with markers. Have the child paint the filters with water. Let the filters dry. When the filters are dry, take three and fold them in thirds. Put the filters together, fluffing them and arranging them to look like a carnation. Twist a pipe cleaner around the bottom, leaving a good length for the stem.
Picture Frame
(I wanted to have the boys paint a picture frame like they did for their Daddy, and I thought about making the whole frame. The boys loved painting and decorating their frames. I’m still trying to get them to add stickers, but no go yet.)
Things you need:
- Popsicles sticks
- Glue
- Smock
- Paint
- Paint brush
- Optional: glitter pens, glitter, stickers, buttons, anything you want to decorate with
If you have wide popsicle sticks, use two for each side of the frame. If you have thin popsicle sticks, use three for each side. Create a square with the popsicle sticks, overlapping two sides. Glue the sticks together at the overlapping of the sticks. Allow the glue to dry. Have the child paint the frame. When the frame is day, have the child decorate the frame more if s/he would like.
Bookmarks
(Both my mom and mother-in-law are huge readers, so I thought this was a wonderfully easy project to do. The boys love decorating with stickers, but you can use anything else you would like.)
Things you need:
- Cardstock
- Scissors
- Stickers, crayons, markers, paint, stamps, anything you want
- Clear contact paper
- Optional: hole punch, ribbon
Cut the cardstock to a size you like for a bookmarker. I cut mine about 6 by 2. Have the child decorate the bookmark. Cover the bookmark with contact paper. If you would like, punch a hole at the top of the bookmark and tie a length of ribbon through it.
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