[Childcare] A collection of craft ideas to make for Mother's Day

Felt carnation

A felt carnation as a charming touch for Mother’s Day gifts♪

Also recommended as a little accent for gift wrapping! Here are some ideas for felt carnations.

Using felt creates a soft, warm vibe—so nice, right? This time, let’s make felt carnations using red and pink felt.

You’ll need one 7 cm square piece of felt, two 6 cm square pieces of felt, a sewing kit, scissors, and a red pen.

By adjusting the felt sizes, you can make larger or smaller versions, so why not give it a try?

Handprint carnation

Why not send a cute handprint carnation for Mother’s Day—something even infants who can’t use scissors or glue can make? Little children’s hands are as adorable as flowers.

Take a print of those sweet little hands and decorate it cutely.

First, press your child’s hand into air-dry clay to make a mold.

Spread the palm open for the imprint, and paint it red so it looks just like a tiny carnation.

Before the clay dries, embed sparkly pieces and colorful beads, and attach a green-painted chopstick as the stem to finish.

Adding a photo or a ribbon is a nice touch, too.

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Spring snack making

[Kindergarten/Preschool] Spring Craft / Easy / How to Make a Strawberry Cake ♡

Here’s a spring snack-making craft activity.

Gather construction paper, paint, tissue paper, pastel crayons, and paper cups to make a delicious-looking strawberry cake.

Paint the paper cup to serve as the cake base.

Tear, crumple, and glue the tissue paper to look like whipped cream.

Finish by attaching strawberries made from construction paper.

If you glue the tissue paper in a way that adds volume, it creates a three-dimensional effect that makes it look like a real cake.

Cutting and pasting also gives kids practice using glue and scissors!

Origami carnations that look real

[Childcare Craft] A Mother’s Day Gift: Origami Carnation | Origami Flower Carnation for Mother’s Day

I want to give them as a bouquet! Here are some ideas for origami carnations that look just like the real thing.

Fresh flowers are lovely, of course, but giving origami flowers is also highly recommended.

The great thing about origami flowers is that they don’t wilt over time, so you can display and enjoy them for a long period.

They also carry the warmth of being handmade with care by a child and can become a special gift filled with gratitude.

You’ll need origami paper, double-sided tape, scissors, and glue.

It’s also a wonderful touch to arrange them into a bouquet using construction paper or wrapping paper!

Origami bouquet

[Flower Origami] Easy bouquet tutorial with voice commentary ☆ Origami Easy bouquet tutorial

It’s lovely to give a bouquet when expressing gratitude, isn’t it? How about making a bouquet with origami? In this activity, you fold paper flowers and attach them to a sheet arranged to look like a bouquet.

Since the flower-folding steps can be a bit complex, you could also change it so that participants simply glue pre-made flowers onto the bouquet.

To make it more fun, prepare a wide range of colors so everyone can choose their favorites—“Which color should I pick?”—and create a bouquet to their own taste.

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Mother’s Day Photo Frame

This photo frame is adorned with carnations, the must-have flowers for Mother’s Day.

The carnations are simple—just crumpled tissue paper—so focus on achieving softness and a three-dimensional look.

Then decorate the center of a paper plate with finely cut design paper, and arrange the carnations while considering color balance to finish.

It’s also recommended to add leaf decorations that highlight the carnations and to cut the photo to fit the person so that the base decorations remain visible.

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