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The year continues to fly by as always. In the quest to help you dominate your finances, it is time to start planning for the next holiday: Mother’s Day. Get your budget-friendly gifts ready with these easy Mother’s Day gifts kids can make.

Collage of Mother's Day gift photos with text overlay: Easy Mother's Day Gifts Kids Can Make

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Admittedly, as far as holidays go, I love Mother’s Day when it comes to the budget. Let’s face it. We are easy. A tiny fistful of dandelions from the backyard warms our hearts.

That makes this the easiest holiday to budget for. Now, I’m not suggesting you hand mom a bundle of weeds as a gift, but you can still give a heartfelt gift without breaking the bank. These easy Mother’s day gifts prove that.

DIY Seed Bombs (My Big Fat Happy Life)

Instead of picking flowers, let mom plant some with these easy seed bombs. The best part is that you can personalize the seeds to flowers that grow well in your region.

Monogram Fabric Pots (Curly Crafty Mom)

If you want to give mom flowers for Mother’s Day, try dressing them up with these gorgeous flower pots.

Dollar Store Flower Coasters (Crafty Lumberjacks)

Can you believe that something so gorgeous can be so easy and inexpensive to make? Find out how to make these beautiful coasters from dollar store finds.

Flower Thumbprint Planter (5 Minutes for Mom)

No fabric? Fear not. This easy flower planter is equally as beautiful and personalized with the kids’ thumbprints.

Hand Painted Ladybug Planter (Suzer Space)

Need an even easier flower pot? It doesn’t get any better than this ladybug planter.

Easy Unique Kid Crafted Mother’s Day Cards (DIY Adulation)

Don’t forget the card when giving your gifts this year. These are made from items your already have at home and are way better than anything on the store shelves.

Mother’s Day Ideas: Make a Handprint Pillow (The Country Chic Cottage)

Why not give the gift of flowers that never die. This adorable pillow is the perfect Mother’s Day keepsake.

Mother’s Day Tin Can Photo Vase (Dazzle While Frazzled)

Go the upcycled route with this adorable vase. Add mom’s favorite photos and match it to her decor with the decorative trim color and style.

Hand Print Tray for Mother’s Day (Resin Crafts Blog)

Give mom a place to serve those delicious homemade cookies with this adorable, personalized tray. Kids will love making it and mom/grandma will love showing it off.

Watercolor Geode Magnet DIY (Crafty Lumberjacks)

Yet another classy but ridiculously easy gift idea right here. You’d never guess that these are made with paint and marbles. Find out how easy they are for yourself at the tutorial.

Which of these easy Mother’s Day crafts is your favorite? Maybe shoot a link to it to hubs to cement that gift hint. Personally, any one of these adorable crafts would be the perfect surprise for me.

Now it’s time to get partying at this week’s Merry Monday link party. Share your latest creations and tips with us. Then hop around to see what everyone else is creating.

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Collage of Mother's Day gift photos with text overlay: Easy Mother's Day Gifts Kids Can Make

When you are paying off debt the little things make it harder to stay on track than the big things. Little things like a card for mom on Mother’s Day. She deserves a little something, right? This year, save money and make something special for mom with these easy kid crafted Mother’s Day cards.

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Kids sitting at a table and paint stamped card with text overlay: Easy + Unique Kid Created Mother's Day Card

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This is such a super fun way to have some quality craft time with the kids and make something moms will love to get! Part of what I love about projects like this is how excited my kids get when their grandmothers open these handmade creations. They can’t wait to tell them all about it and these are the memories that they will carry with them long after they have their own kids. Besides, it’s fun to play with paint (even if it gets messy).

Pile of crafts supplies

Materials

Acrylic Paint
Paint Brush
1 Styrofoam Veggie Container per 2 kids
Cards and Envelopes (if you don’t have pre-made cards, you can make your own by folding cardstock or construction paper in half)
Box Cutter or Xacto knife
Mechanical Pencils (1 for each kid)

Piece of styrofoam with center cut out

Step 1

First, cut out the flat part of the Styrofoam veggie container.

Tip:

Use a cutting board or cutting mat to keep from messing up your table or counter.

2 Rectangular Pieces of Green Foam

Step 2

Next, cut the flat piece of styrofoam in half so that it is roughly the size of the front of your cards.

Tip:

Don’t worry too much about rough edges. They will not affect the end result.

Green foam rectangle with a mechanical pencil

Step 3

Then give one piece of foam and one mechanical pencil to each child and let them go nuts designing whatever they want.

Tips:

For my 2 year old, I took the lead out of the pencil because she kept clicking the lead out and you want to use a blunt edge on the foam.
My oldest tried to write his name on the foam but since he’s 6, he doesn’t get the whole you have to write it backwards on a stamp concept. The prints turn out very artistic either way so don’t stress if this happens to you.

Blue paint on foam stamp

Step 4

After they have finished their designs, apply paint to the foam design. You can do this with a foam brush or you can let the kids do it with their fingers. It simply depends on how big of a mess you want to clean up.

Blue paint stamped red card

Blue paint stamped gray card

Step 5

Next, stamp the painted design onto the front of the card. Do this for as many cards as you need (adding paint as needed). Then rinse off the foam with hot water. The best part is that you can save it and reuse it as many times as you want.

Step 6

You can write a message on the inside of the card, or if your child is writing have him personalize it with his own message.

You can stay on a budget and give mom something special too. These easy kid crafted Mother’s Day cards will mean so much more to everyone involved than anything you’ll find on a store shelf!

You can make as many cards as you need and mom or grandma can frame the unique artwork to hang on the wall. Kids will be proud to be a part of the opening and excited to see it every time they visit.

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More Ideas You’ll Love:

DIY Dragonfly Fingerprint Succulent Planters
Kid Made Mother’s Day Storybooks
DIY Mini Mug Candle
Mother’s Day Vanity Jars – My Pinterventures

We are back with the Movie Monday Challenge! This month I’m going full nerd with this DIY Harry Potter Golden Egg!

Guess what! It is made with simple materials that come together to create a gorgeous piece of covert nerd decor for your home. Even better, it is a fun way to inject your nerd style into your Easter decor.

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Materials

Plastic Easter Egg
Air Dry Clay
Gold Enamel Paint
Paint Brush
Black Acrylic Paint
Ultra Fine Point Marker
Paper Towel

Step 1

Start with a clean plastic egg. The color doesn’t matter because you will be covering it.

Step 2

Next, pull out a piece of air dry clay and roll into a ball as pictured.

Step 3

Then flatten your ball of clay and use it to cover your egg. It helps to roll the egg in your hands to evenly spread the clay. Be sure to pinch the seams and flatten them.

Step 4

Start carving your design with your ultra fine point marker. Carve lines down from a center point on the top of your egg.

Step 5

Next, carve the building in the picture above starting with the outline then moving onto the smaller details.

Tip:

Carefully rub off any pills that form from your carving.

Step 6

Continue carving the design as you see in the photo above. Again, start with the larger outlines and then move on to the smaller details.

Step 7

Lastly, add the design on the left of the first building you carved. Use the photo above for reference.

Step 8

Repeat carving steps 4 through 7 on the opposite side of your egg.

Step 9

Finally, carve cross hatched lines along the long vertical carved lines.

Step 10

Now pull out a small piece of clay and roll it slightly oblong.

Step 11

Split your small piece of clay in half.

Step 12

Next, roll out each half of clay into a rope and flatten. Use the picture above for reference.

Step 13

Place the flattened pieces criss-crossed on the top of your egg as pictured.

Step 14

Add a line down the center of each fourth of your criss-crossed clay pieces.

Step 15

Then add cross hatches as pictured above.

Step 16

Pull out a small piece of clay and roll it into a ball.

Step 17

Flatten the ball and attach it to the top of your egg.

Step 18

Finish off your egg with a tiny, flattened clay ball.

Step 19

Allow the clay to dry completely before moving on. Follow the directions on your packaging. For example, the Crayola clay that I used calls for 2-3 days dry time depending on thickness.

Tip:

Don’t worry too much if you get cracks like your see above. They will be covered with paint or you can wet them slightly to try and fix them.

Step 20

After your clay has dried completely, cover it in gold enamel paint. Let it dry completely.

Step 21 (Optional)

Touch up any areas with gold paint as needed. Mine did not so I skipped this step.

Step 22

Now cover one half of your egg with black acrylic paint. This is easiest if you put a dollop on your finger and spread it over the egg. Pay special attention to the carved areas.

Step 23

Immediately use a paper towel to wipe off the excess black acrylic paint.

Step 24

Repeat steps 22 and 23 on the remaining part of your egg.

Step 25

Allow your paint to dry to completely and you’re good to go!

This DIY Harry Potter Golden Egg is the most fun egg project I have ever made. It is the perfect new covert nerd decor for your home. Originally I was going to use it as Easter decor but I love it so much it is going to be out year-long.

Now it’s time to check out the other awesome projects my friends made for this month’s Movie Monday Challenge! See all of the creativity at work below.

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On the last (or fourth) Monday of each month, a group of bloggers participate in a #MovieMondayChallenge, hosted by C’mon Get Crafty! We decide on a topic, genre, or specific movie to use for inspiration and everyone gets free reign to create something wonderful!

This month’s challenge was. . . . KIDS! Everyone was allowed to choose their own favorite film so long as it was inspired by the challenge word.

Now let’s see what everyone else was inspired to create for this month’s #MovieMondayChallenge!! If you’d like to join our Facebook group, you can request an invite here.

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