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mother’s day
Make your Mother’s Day gift with your own two hands
BY RONDA ADDY
Has the budget crunch hit your piggybank?
Th is year, why not save money
and make Mom a Mother’s Day gift
she will cherish for years to come?
Don’t have any ideas? Here are a few to
choose from.
#1 Mom Medallion
• Newspaper
• Pen
• Juice can lid
• Scissors
• 5-inch white doily
• White craft glue
• Yogurt container
• Paintbrush
• Photo of yourself
• Red marker
• 1/4-inch wide red satin ribbon
• Glue gun
• Red glitter
1. Cover work surface with newspaper.
2. Using the pen and juice lid, cut
out the center of the doily. 3. Pour a
small amount of glue into the yogurt
container. Take the paintbrush and
spread the glue evenly on top of the
juice can lid. 4. Press the doily into the
center of the lid. Let dry. 5. Trace the
lid around the part of the photo you
want to have on the opposite side of
the medallion and cut it out. 6. Spread
more glue on the bottom of the juice
can lid, press the photo into place and
let dry. 7. Using the red marker, write #
1 Mom on the doily side of the medallion.
8. Cut a piece of ribbon that will
fit around Mom’s neck and knot it at
the end. 9. Use the glue gun to apply a
drop of glue to the back of the juice can
lid above the edge of the photo. Press
the knot of the ribbon into the hot
glue and hold in place until secure. 10.
Squeeze a thin line of glue around the
edge of the doily and completely cover
it with red glitter. Let dry and shake off
the excess.
Bookmark
• Light-colored cardstock
• Scissors
• Scrap paper
• Nontoxic red stamp pad
• Colored markers
• Hole punch
• Ribbon
1. Cut two 8-inch rectangles from
cardstock. 2. Practice pressing your
thumb on the stamp pad and creating
two overlapping prints in the form of a
V on scrap paper. 3. When ready, make
the same berry mark on the cardstock
and let dry. 4. Use the colored markers
to draw stems and seeds on the berry,
create a border and write a message to
Mom. 5. Punch a hole in the bookmark
and tie a ribbon through it.
Door Hanger
• Purple foam door hanger
• Foam hearts in Mom’s favorite color
• Tacky glue
• Scissors
• Teal and black craft foam
• Paint marker
1. Arrange the foam hearts into the
shape of a flower and glue into place
on the door hanger. 2. Cut out a small
circle of black foam and glue it into the
center of the flower. 3. Cut out leaves
from the teal foam and glue them to the
flower. 4. Let the hanger dry. 5. Write
“Time Out for Mom” or “Mom’s Quiet
Time” on the hanger.
Heart Broach
• 1 c. flour
• 1 c. warm water
• 1/4 c. salt
• 2 t. cream of tartar
• 1 t. Oil
• Food coloring of your choice
• Pin clasp
1. Combine flour, water, salt, cream
of tartar, oil and food coloring, and
stir until smooth over medium heat. 2.
Remove dough from pan, knead until
smooth and let cool. 3. Shape moist
dough into a heart. 4. Press clasp onto
back of heart and let dry. 5. Decorate
heart as desired.
Potholder
• White potholder
• Permanent markers
1. Select a design and trace it onto
a potholder. 2. Color the design with
markers. 3. Personalize the potholder
with a special message to Mom.
These are just a few inexpensive
crafts you can make that will be special
to Mom. You might want to have some
tissues handy since moms are known to
get weepy when presented with homemade
gifts.
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