Happy (ALMOST) Mother's Day!

Have you been wondering what to make for Mom or Grandma this Mother's Day? This can always get sticky when working with babies and toddler's. However, it is also one of the best & most special times to save up all the memories and package it nicely for Mom & Grandma.

Being a nanny, it is one of my many joys being able to do fun arts & crafts with my little ones. I really enjoy seeing the looks on the parents' faces when you hand them a precious piece of art work their child has completed.

This Mother's Day I really wanted to do something special for my boss from her son, Thomas. Thomas is about to turn twenty-one months old. As we all know, projects at this age can not only get sticky & messy, but it becomes a serious game of, "WAIT! DON'T EAT THE MARKER!!" ;)

My boss loves her garden, plants & flowers. Although, we all tease her because she tends to forget to water the beautiful plants and they end up not making it! So, for this Mother's Day I decided that Thomas and I would give her some potted flowers that will never die. This was the end result....

Adorable! Right?! ;) Needless to say my boss was smitten when Thomas gave her, her beautiful pot of flowers!

Listed below are the simple steps to go about making this unique Mother's Day Project;

*Small side note: ALL materials were bought at the Dollar Tree. This Project cost me $5.34 to make.*

Tools You Will Need:

1. A small flower pot.
2. Colored construction paper.
3. A foam ball. (They sell them in packages)
4. Pipe cleaners. (I used sparkly pink ones)
5. Scissors & a hole punch. (I used a knife)

Steps To Make This Awesome Craft:

1. Trace your Child's hand to make a template.
2. Take template to trace as many hands as you want in your bouquet. 
3. Cut out all hands.
4. You may write messages on the hands like I did above, or you may allow your child to color them. Get creative!
5. Take your hole punch or knife & make a small hole at the bottom of the hand.
6. Stick your pipe cleaner through and fold the pipe cleaner in half. You may want to wrap the two end's around one another to make it look tight & swirly.
7. Take your knife & puncture slits into the foam ball.
8. Stick your pipe cleaner into the small slits and stick the foam ball into your flower pot.
9. Take either a black or brown piece of construction paper and cut it into tiny pieces to serve as the "dirt" in your flower pot. I cut the paper into vertical strips then cut horizontally across the strips to make small pieces.
10. WAAAALAAA! You have the cutest little flower pot that Mom & Grandma have ever seen!

On the actual Flower Pot itself feel free to write a cute message. You can even write the child's age that way you will never forget how old they were when their hand was that little!

Have a great time getting creative with your little one! I know that I did! 

Feel free to comment below with some of your favorite Mother's Day craft ideas! 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!!

-D