How to make a DIY Mother's Day gift?

Gifts to loved ones require special attention, because the more individual and original the surprise, the more pleasant the recipient. But if you can present something to your friends with humor or provocative, to your sister or brother - something personal and comic, then with your parents a completely different story. Parents expect the surprise from their child most of all, because it is he who can cheer them up with his souvenir, and surprise, and even make them cry.

At the same time, the main thing is that mom will be delighted with any trinket, and if she is made with her own hands, then joy can be indescribable. It doesn’t matter how old you are, you can make crafts for your mother at any age, because we always remain children for our parents.

The budget option of a gift to please a loved one usually consists in the original idea, sincerity and sincerity of the souvenir. Therefore, something made by yourself will be a great solution for Mother's Day. The main thing is not to be too lazy and convey with a surprise all the love and warmth that you feel for a person.

There are a huge number of ideas and methods for their implementation when it comes to crafts, but we must not forget that we are talking about mom on this wonderful holiday - because of this, the main options can be distinguished.

• Multi-colored hyacinths. A spring flower that will make mom smile and admire, because the bouquet comes out very bright and attractive.
• Soft tulips or otherwise - “plush tulips”. A bouquet that is suitable for both Mother's Day and International Women's Day.
• Cactus made of stone. If you do everything measuredly and clearly, then the guests at first will not be able to distinguish it from the present.
• Candy bouquet. A surprise that will delight lovers of both flowers and sweets. In this case, after eating candy wrappers, you can leave and keep a nice bouquet.

• Flower heart. It can be both from natural flowers, and from paper, made also by yourself.
• Paper hearts. A pretty classic option for a gift to mom. You can give just made hearts, or you can put them on a wand and make a bouquet of hearts of different colors.
• Candy heart. A sweet gift that can be made very beautiful and bright if you use sweets with candy wrappers of different colors.

• You can portray mom with a bouquet in her hands or in a place close to your heart and come up with a nice inscription, for example: "Beloved mother", "Cozy corner" or "The most valuable thing that is."
• Draw a bouquet, which certainly will be able to stand for a long time at parents in a bedroom.
• The picture of the leaves. A delicate gift that will decorate the wall in the kitchen or in the room.

• Palms with a heart and flowers. An original postcard that will make mom smile.
• Postcard using quilling technique. You can buy such cards, but homemade ones look much nicer and more individual. And for the gifted, such a card is more valuable.
• Greeting card in scrapbooking technique. The opportunity to capture the warmest moments of life with the help of photos and flowers to convey love and warmth to mom.

• Heart made of paper. Mom will be able to use such a gift as a bookmark in the book and constantly remember about you.
• Flowers for mom. To make a bouquet for your mother with your own hands that will never fade is nice and pleasant.
• Composition of swans and water lilies or flower bed.

• Candle with a photo. It will help to capture yourself and relatives and brighten up dark evenings in a cozy atmosphere, accompanied by the light of a candle.
• "Photography through time." Take a photo of the whole family from the child to the grandmother, so that everyone who is pictured in the photo holds a frame with the previous photograph. Ideally, on the same background and then give a birthday to each of the photos taken in a frame.
• Individual plate. To apply drawing on a plate with acrylic paints. Either by stencil or by hand, if you have drawing skills.
• Family photo album. Decorate with decorative ribbons, inscriptions, drawings, make it individual for mom and on the first page write a warm wish to your loved one.
• Box with congratulations exclusively for mom. It may contain notes of who your mother was for you at different periods of her life, as well as other crafts for the holiday. Decoration of the box itself is preferably in warm colors with flowers that mother loves.
• Applique of leaves or seeds that depict a flower. A great option for a child to please his mother is to make a drawing from plasticine with an application. It can be a bouquet of leaves or a flower of seeds.

And most importantly, any of these gifts can be presented in a beautiful and original packaging, also made by yourself.

Thus, the surprise will become even more presentable and solemn, which will surely please the presented one.

For convenience, you can consider several examples of making souvenirs for mom with your own hands. In addition, you can use the ideas previously described and combine with ready-made examples.

What is required:

• bright fabric to create a bud;
• green fabric to create the stem;
• wire for stiffness of the stem with leaves;
• filler for the bud and stem (cotton wool, synthetic winterizer, fabric);
• little embroidery skills.

Next, follow the steps in sequence.

1. Sew the stalk from the green fabric according to the pattern with a small margin in size. Unscrew the workpiece so that no seams are visible.
2. Fill the stem with filler.
3. Pass the wire into the stem and cut off the excess.
4. Sew a bud of bright, delicate fabric and twist.
5. Fill the bud with filler.
6. Sew the bud to the stem and remove the extra seams.

The result is a soft and beautiful flower that can be presented in a basket or made from a package of fabric.

What is required:

• a flower pot or other vessel for a cactus;
• earth, sand, or other aggregate resembling earth;
• flat pebbles of various shapes and sizes;
• white gouache, corrector or white marker;
• tassel.

Sequencing.

1. Select flat stones similar to a cactus and rinse them.
2. Paint the pebbles green.
3. Apply patterns on the resulting cactus elements in white to make them look like a real flower.
4. Pour the soil into the pot and insert into the resulting pebbles, placing them close to each other. Then sprinkle a little more soil on top.

It turned out a cactus that is impossible to prick about, but dropping it on the leg seems to be a dangerous serious injury. Therefore, it is better not to put this surprise on the shelves so that it does not fall on anyone.

What is needed:

• polystyrene or packaging cardboard;
• scissors;
• glue;
• red corrugated paper;
• red and white braid;
• candy.

Sequencing.

1. Cut the heart out of polystyrene foam or packing cardboard.
2. Apply red corrugated paper over the blank.
3. We glue the heart with red, and over it with white tape. Glue candies to the heart.

It turned out a delicious and bright gift that can decorate the table and please mom.

What is needed:

• A4 or A3 white sheet (depending on the size of the postcard);
• 2 sheets of colored paper A4 or A3 (red and purple);
• PVA glue;
• scissors.

Sequencing.

1. Fold the white sheet in half.
2. We connect 4 fingers, and protrude with a large protrude, circle the hand.
3. We cut out the resulting element, we get connected palms.
4. Follow the previous three points with purple paper. We make a large workpiece half a centimeter.
5. We glue both elements.
6. Cut out a heart that is suitable in size to put in the "hands".
7. Fold the heart accordion and glue to the palms.
8. Next, you can decorate the heart with flowers, and a pattern, and write warm words on the palms of your hands.

It is possible to make several levels, i.e., on top of the main layer and the second, stick more colored paper of large sizes. Then you get a brighter, larger and denser postcard.

What is needed:

• candle;
• the photo;
• glue;
• a jar of matches;
• scissors.

Sequencing.

1. Cut out a photo of the size suitable for the candle.
2. Glue the photo on the candle. We present along with a beautiful jar of matches.

It’s easy to come up with an original gift idea, the main thing is to understand what your mom will definitely like. You can combine the ideas described and make a composition of several interesting crafts, you can use some example as a basis, and then come up with something of your own.

Workshop on manufacturing volumetric postcards see below.