These easy handprint crafts make sweet Mother’s Day gifts and keepsakes!

Handprint Flower Card

What you need:

• Paint
• Paint brushes and/or sponge
• Card

 

What to do:

• You can do this in two ways: take a damp sponge and put it on a plate, apply a few squirts of paint and massage it into the sponge using a paint brush or your fingers to make sure the paint is worked through as much of the sponge as possible. Press your little one’s hand into the painted sponge one at a time. If you don’t have a sponge, you can paint their hands with a very thin layer of paint.
• Gently press your child’s painted hand on the front of the card and let dry
• Draw or paint a stem coming from the bottom of the handprint to look like a flower
• Add a sweet message

 

Want to make it extra special? Why not make a bouquet!

What you need:

• Pieces of paper
• Paint
• Paint brushes or sponge
• Straws or pop sticks
• Glue or tape
• Scissors
• Card

What to do:

• Paint your child’s hand and press on pieces of paper, as many handprint flowers as you would like!
• Carefully cut out the handprints
• Stick pop stick or straws to the back of the handprints
• Cut out a vase shape our of card or paper
• Stick your flowers to card in an arrangement, stick the vase to the card over the top of the stems and add a sweet message!

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Personalised oven mitts / aprons / tote bags

This is a fun craft little ones will love! Let them get creative and decorate plain colour oven mitts, an apron or a canvas tote bag with some fabric markers/paint or acrylic paint.

 

 

 

 

Fingerprint/Handprint Pots

Using a terracotta pot and acrylic paints, decorate the pots with handprints or get your little one to paint their very own creation! Plant some flowers or herbs for a great gift that can be used for many years.

 

 

 

 

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