Top 35 Easy Mother’s Day Crafts For Every Age

Unique and special Mother’s Day crafts are the easiest way to honor and celebrate the incredible women who nurture, guide, and inspire us. In this guide, we’ll explore a variety of creative crafts for Mother’s Day suitable for every age group. 

Mother’s Day Infant Crafts

While infants may not yet understand the significance of Mother’s Day, they can still participate in creating memorable gifts with the help of their caregivers. Below is a variety of infant-friendly craft projects that are simple, safe, and sweet that Lifestyles Choices have prepared for you:

• Papier-Mâché Bowls

These papier-mâché bowls, while an admittedly messy craft for a slightly older baby or toddler, are guaranteed to be a hit come gift for Mother’s Day. You can give them by themselves or insert another gift inside. They are unique and just as functional!

• Bouquet of Love

This heart-shaped bouquet of love features finger-painted flower petals in the shape of a heart. After finishing the finger painting, have your little artist practice sketching the stems. Then, cut and paste to make a lovely arrangement.

• Handprint Apron

Using the baby’s hand and footprints, create a garden of love on this sweet handprint apron and together make a special Mother’s Day brunch. For the bee and ladybugs, add a yellow thumb and a few red fingertips. It’s the ideal Mother’s Day crafts for moms who enjoy cooking with their children.

• Rainbow Heart Suncatchers

With these rainbow heart suncatchers, enjoy some sunshine. Let them go to town gluing the pieces in place, or cut the tissue paper or have the baby rip it up. What a cute DIY gift idea to make with your little baby!

• Handmade Mother’s Day Cards

This creative Mother’s Day card idea pairs photographs of the artist in action with handwritten artwork: While your child is creating their card masterpiece, snap pictures of them and adhere them to the card’s front. Give your child finger paints if they aren’t old enough to use a paintbrush or marker. 

• Handprint Memory Box

Allow your child to assist in making this personalized memory box. Feel your mother’s heart melt every time you add a memento to the handprint, and draw a heart around it to draw attention to the shape. Put a small treat inside the box if you’re giving this to someone as an added surprise.

• Flower Family Picture

Cute faces are surrounded by actual flower petals in this photo of the flower family for a touch of nature. The perfect leaves on the stems are created by tiny fingerprints. This craft will make mom smile and is also fantastic for infants who have older siblings.

Mother’s Day Crafts For Toddlers

Engaging young kids in craft activities not only helps in developing their fine motor skills and improving good lifestyle but also gives them a wonderful way to express their love and affection towards their mothers. From using colorful papers and non-toxic paints to assembling simple yet stunning pieces, these crafts are tailored to keep toddlers entertained and involved. 

• Yarn Squiggle Heart

With this heart-shaped yarn craft, your toddler or preschooler can practice painting various colors inside the shapes the yarn creates, which is a great way to help them with fine motor skills. 

• Heart Necklace 

Every child enjoys seeing their mother wear something they helped create. Mom can have a new piece of handmade jewelry to wear on Mother’s Day with this simple DIY heart necklace. 

• Heart Suncatcher

The main components of this sweet and simple Mother’s Day craft for toddlers are a paper plate, tissue paper, and contact adhesive. It will look very lovely hanging in mom’s or grandma’s kitchen window.

• Nature Heart Crafts

This is Mother’s Day crafts for toddlers that are shaped like a heart and inspired by nature. Adhere attractive petals and foliage to cardboard cut into a heart shape, then secure with twine.

• Fingerprint Heart Crafts

Moms are going to adore these heartfelt Mother’s Day craft ideas – it’s permanent and unforgettable. If a toddler or preschooler gave you something like this for Mother’s Day, you would be ecstatic.  Additionally, the way it’s made makes it simple enough even for the youngest toddlers, making it the perfect Mother’s Day craft for two-year-olds.   

• Heart HandPrint Canvas

A heart-shaped Mother’s Day craft for toddlers that draws inspiration from nature. Secure with twine after adhering lovely petals and foliage to cardboard that has been cut into the shape of a heart.

• Turtley Love You Mom Mothers Day Card

What a clever idea it is to add feet and a head to cupcake liners to make them into turtles; toddlers will love it! On Mother’s Day, they will undoubtedly enjoy giving their mother their completed card.

Preschool Craft For Mother’s Day

Get ready to unleash a world of color, creativity, and fun with our engaging collection of Mother’s Day crafts designed specifically for preschoolers. From easy-to-handle materials to kid-friendly instructions, each craft project is crafted to foster creativity, enhance fine motor skills, and encourage expression in young children. 

• Handprint Butterflies

Mother’s Day cards with handprint butterflies are the sweetest! The fact that these are handprint-based will appeal to her. Preschoolers can use paint, stickers, or pom poms to decorate. A lovely poem to insert inside is also included.

• Finger Painted Flowers

If your child enjoys finger painting, this is a great gift idea for mom and a lot of fun. This is a simple way to honor mom this holiday season by bringing out your inner artist. 

• Cupcake Liner Flowers

Are you looking for a simple homemade card that’s perfect for young ones? When it comes to adding simple homemade items to the mix, this is our favorite project idea and the cutest one too. 

• Paper Flowers

Get your Elmers glue and construction paper ready for this simple flower craft for mom. There’s never a better time or method than to create something from the heart, something homemade. For smaller children, this is without a doubt one of our favorite Mother’s Day crafts. 

• Colorful Heart Card

When it comes to simple kid crafts, construction paper is my favorite. For a Mother’s Day present to mom, this heart-shaped card is amazing.

• Tape Resist Art

One of our all-time favorite crafts for kids that works well for any holiday or season is this one. This is a wonderful idea for a gift that would be treasured for many years to come. 

• Butterfly Handprint Art

The idea behind this template is to center your handprint wings around the body of a caterpillar or butterfly. The artwork is the ideal craft for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, or any other special occasion because of the heartfelt quote at its base.

Mother’s Day Paper Crafts For Kindergarten

Dive into the delightful world of Mother’s Day paper crafts perfect for kindergarten students! Our curated guide is packed with creative, easy-to-make craft ideas that help young children express their love and appreciation for their mothers in the most adorable way.

• Handprint flower photo keepsake cards

Peel back the cards to reveal a cute surprise. The child’s fingerprints are used to create the flower on this card in addition to her handprint. What adorable Mother’s Day crafts that they can make.

• Flower Petal Change Bowl

Kids will love using oven-baked clay to create this versatile bowl. To assemble, just stack smaller flowers on top of larger ones, insert a few plastic beads into the bottom, and bake until solid.

• Handprint heart paint sample card

Make this heart-shaped card using paint samples. Using paint samples has the benefit of allowing for process error correction—you can simply wash the sample off and try again.

• Painted Kitchen Utensils

Do you have any vintage wooden cooking utensils lying around? Give the kids food-safe paint and markers to use to create self- or mother-portraits. They’ll look adorable in the kitchen when arranged!

• Party Animal Hats

Since Mother’s Day is a celebration, party hats are a must for everyone, right? Create the cones using craft paper and our party hat template. Next, add feathers for the wings and floral wire for the whiskers. Finally, create felt and paper bunny ears. These hats are definitely one of the most unique and cute Mother’s Day crafts.

• Fabric Covered Paper Weight

Give Mom’s desk a little extra flair by adding a charming personalized paper weight. First, cut the fabric into strips and use glossy Mod Podge to attach the strips to a small rock. Cut out a felt heart and an initial, like “M” for Mom, and glue them to the top of the rock.

• Tissue Paper Flower Bracelet

Kids can simply make their own Mother’s Day bracelets out of tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and beads if they don’t have the money to purchase one. 

Mother’s Day Craft Ideas For Adults

Below is our inspiring collection of Mother’s Day craft ideas designed especially for adults.  These crafts are perfect for expressing heartfelt sentiments and adding a personal touch to your Mother’s Day celebrations.

• Love Tree

First, fill a vase with branches from your backyard to create this lovely heart-shaped paper centerpiece. Next, hang individual paper ornaments made from cardstock and thread from each branch. You can even write sentimental reasons on the hearts for your mother.

• Pressed Flower Bookmarks

A mother who can’t seem to get her nose out of a book will love having her own lovely pressed flower bookmarks. You probably already have the materials for this friendly Mother’s Day crafts at home!

• Best Mom Trophy

For an absolutely adorable craft, use Mom’s favorite spray paint color to coat a small plastic trophy, allow it to dry, and then attach a “best mom” sign with glue. Make sure to add flowers to the trophy as well!

• Painted Terra-cotta Pot

A terracotta pot from the hardware store is elevated and given color by hand-painted flowers. For a gift that Mom will treasure for years to come, fill with a fern or another favorite plant.

• Celery Root Cards

Many mothers adore flowers, and these celery prints evoke the nostalgia of traditional roses. Pick a popular rose color, such as pink or yellow, or just use blue or green to symbolize spring. In any case, Mom will adore her homemade flower card.

• Hanging Mason Jar Bouquet

Present your mother with a lovely bouquet of flowers dangling from the bedroom doorknob to greet her when she opens her door in the morning. What cute Mother’s Day craft ideas!

• Mossy Nest Wreath

Enjoy Mother’s Day by giving her a chic and elegant wreath to display on the front door or over the dining room buffet in the spring and summer. Simply wrap ribbon around a wire wreath form and loop extra around the top to hang. Next, use hot glue to affix the moss, fake quail eggs, and tart tins.

Conclusion

As we’ve explored a wide array of Mother’s Day crafts suitable for every age, it’s clear that the perfect gift doesn’t need to come from a store—it can come straight from the heart, crafted by hands young and old. From toddlers gently placing stickers on a card to adults intricately assembling personalized keepsakes, these crafts allow everyone to express their love in uniquely personal ways.