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Mother's Day
Make your bed before
mom gets up
Make Mom her favorite breakfast and take it to her in bed
Be kind to your siblings
Take the dog for a walk
Create a card for your Mom
Tell your Mom you love her
Gift ideas for Mom!
Big Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookie
Items needed: ½
c. margarine or butter, ½ c. sugar, ¼ c. brown sugar, 1 egg,
¾ tsp. vanilla, 1 ½ c. all-purpose flour, ¼ tsp. baking
soda, ¼ tsp. salt, ½ c. chocolate chips
Directions: Mix all together and then create a heart shape out of the cookie
dough on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-20 min. Let
cookie cool some on cookie sheet before taking the cookie of the sheet.
*With melted chocolate, write a message for your Mom or her name. Do this
by putting chocolate chips in a plastic bag (the bag needs to be straight
on the bottom- usually an off-brand that doesn’t zip-lock). Microwave
for 30 seconds and then squish the chocolate. Once the chips are melted cut
a small corner in the bag. The bag is now a decorating bag.
Chocolate flavored lip gloss
Mix all together 3 Tbs.
of cocoa butter, 5 chocolate chips, the contents of 1 capsule Vitamin E oil
(poke capsule with a pin and squeeze out the oil)
Melt ingredients over low heat; stir until thoroughly blended.
Place mixture in a small container and chill until firm.
Pencil Container
• Craft foam shapes (hearts, butterflies, teddy bears)
• Tacky glue (for gluing foam)
• Rubber bands
• Hole punch (to punch pencil sized holes in lid)
• Any color of paint markers
• Pencils (get fun colors or designs)
• Empty and washed out Play-Dough Container
Instructions:
1. Glue foam shapes with tacky glue on the sides and lid of the play-dough
container. *Don’t glue the shapes on the sides right at the top edge
because the lid won’t fit.
2. Stretch the rubber band around the Play-Dough container to hold the foam
shapes on until dry.
3. Hole punch 3-5 holes in the lid.
4. Leave the container overnight to dry.
5. Take the rubber band off the next day and push pencils through the hole
punches in the lid.
Forest Scene
• Small jar with
lid
• Miniature nature items: trees, flowers, and/or animals
• Child size rolling pin
• Tacky glue or hot glue
• Play dough
Recipe for making play dough:
• 1 c. Flour
• 2 tsp. Cream of tartar
• 1/4 c. Salt
• 1 c. warm Water
• 1 tsp. vegetable oil
• Food Coloring (brown for soil, green for grass, none or white for
snow)
Instructions:
1. Make play dough - Stir all ingredients together, adding food coloring last.
Stir over med. heat until mixed together and is smooth. Place dough in airtight
container when cooled.
2. To make the Forest Scene- Flatten out play dough with rolling pin. Use
the mouth of the small jar as a cookie cutter (if you use the lid, the piece
will be too big). Glue the play dough into the lid and let dry for about 10
seconds. Place nature items into the dough. Leave lids with forest scene on
a cookie sheet to dry over night.
3. When the play dough is dry, screw on the lid carefully.
Bath Salts
•
1 cup Epson Salts
• Food Coloring (your choice of color)
• Essential Oil
• Glass bottle/jar or another cute container
• Plastic Bag that seals
Directions
1. Pour 1 c. of Epson salts in plastic bag, add 2 drops of oil and enough
food coloring drops to reach the color you want.
2. Mix together.
3. Pour into cute container. (Empty old-fashion soda bottles work well-use
a funnel when pouring)
Hand/Foot Stamp Pillowcase
•
Solid color pillowcase (any color will work)
• Fabric paint of contrasting color (This is needed so the paint will
still show after washing)
• Trays or Disposable Cups
• Paintbrushes
• Cardboard cut so that it will fit inside the pillowcase
• Covered work surface
• Hands and Feet (with socks)
Instructions
1. Place the cardboard inside your pillowcase. (This prevents the paint from
going through to the other side.)
2. Lay pillowcase on the covered surface.
3. Paint Feet first, then hands.
4. Press your hands and feet on the pillowcase.
5. Using a paint brush, write your name and the date on the pillowcase.
6. Let dry overnight and then throw in the wash.
7. Washing the pillowcase will soften the paint so it is more comfortable
to sleep on.
Pet Stone
•
Stone(s)
• Paint – different colors
• Wiggly Eyes and felt
• Scissors
• Craft Glue
Instructions
1.Wash the stone(s) and dry them.
2. Cut out of the felt a heart (small in size)
3. Glue the heart on the bottom with the pointed part not showing (feet) and
wiggly eyes on the stone(s).
4. Paint the face, hair, ears, or whatever you want to paint in order to finish
the Pet Stone.
5. Leave alone until dry (usually overnight).
Miniature Photo Frames
•
Concentrated juice can lid(s) (they need to be metal)
• Magnetic tape cut into strips
• Glue (Glue sticks work best)
• Photos of family
• Oil paint if you want to paint the frame
Directions:
1. Wash the metal lid(s).
2. Place lid on photo where you want to cut around.
3. Trace around lid and then cut.
3. Glue the picture on the lid.
4. Stick about 3-4 magnetic strips on the back of the lid.
5. If you want the frame to be another color, paint, with oil paints, the
lid before gluing the photo on the lid.
6. Give to your Mom for Mother’s Day! She’ll love them!
Apple Designed Kitchen Wear
•
Apple
• Knife to slice apple
• Washcloth(s) and/or Dishtowel(s) (they need to be a solid color)
• Fabric Paint (this paint will stay even when item is washed)
• Tray or another item that holds paint
• Newspaper covered surface
Instructions
1. Slice Apple in half, either lengthwise (apple shape) or widthwise (circle
with star shape).
2. Place paint in tray.
3. Lay Washcloth(s) or Dishtowel(s) out on covered surface.
4. Take sliced apples and coat the apple face with paint.
5. Press apples on Washcloth(s) or Dishtowel(s).
