I am really excited to have Rebecca here today! Her creative skills are amazing and don’t even get me started on her photography talent…incredible.
She’s sharing a beautiful and thoughtful Mother’s Day Craft to celebrate mom!
Hi everyone! My name’s Rebecca and I’m so excited to be here with ya’ll at U Create today!
I have a little blog called Simple as That where I enjoy sharing my love of photography and crafting. If you have a chance sometime, I’d love for you to pop in and say hi!
Today I’m going to share a simple Mother’s Day project that you can do with the kids. It uses a simple list of supplies and not only involves crafting together, but also getting to know mom or Grandma a little bit better and what could be more fun than that!?
Keep reading to find out how to create an
ALL ABOUT MOM BUNTING
As the name of this bunting suggests, it’s all about mom and once put together it will tell a story about who mom {or Grandma} is and what things they love, don’t love and other significant details about who they are.
We created this bunting for my mom {my kids Grandma} but I think it would be just as fun to sit down together and create this banner about YOU as a great get to know you activity and to tell your kids some things about yourself that they might not have known before.
To start this project you’ll first need to gather a few supplies. Some string to hang your bunting, scraps of paper, photos, paper doilies, adhesive, a stapler, a hole punch, stickers and miscellaneous ephemera that tell about mom. I emailed my mom with a few simple questions to gather some more info about her to create our bunting.
Some things you could include in your bunting:
1. Mom’s favorite color.
2. Her favorite flower.
3. A wrapper from a favourite treat.
4. Printed clipart illustrating a favorite hobby.
5. Scan and print the book jacket from a favourite book.
6. A handwritten note to mom.
7. Photos of mom.
8. Mom’s initials.
Get creative with the things you use, this project isn’t meant to be matchy-matchy, it’s just a fun way to celebrate mom and all the things that make her special and unique.
Once you’ve gathered all your supplies and some info about mom its time to start putting your bunting together. You can create some simple shapes {flags, rectangles} to attach smaller ephemera to and then attach them to your string. Fold some doilies over and staple to your string. My kids enjoyed gluing things, looking at the photos we’d gathered and then stringing the pieces together.
Once you have everything strung, hang it somewhere for everyone to see and that’s it. I told you it was simple, but it’s also a really meaningful craft to do with the kids as Mother’s Day approaches.
For more get to know you questions for mom check out my
and for more children’s craft ideas like these….
…be sure to visit me at Simple as That.
Rebecca what a beautiful, priceless way to celebrate mom! Thank you!