Quick and Easy Mother’s Day Gifts
Originally, I was just going to have the kids make a drawing or two, maybe a card for their grandmas for Mother’s Day, but then I came up with this idea. Picture frame magnets. Now, I’m sure I’m not the only one to have done this, so there’s probably other instructions out there (that perhaps look a bit better too lol), but these were made using materials I already had, and made in a way to make them easy enough for children to make. However, I went ahead and did the cutting and gluing to leave more time for “embellishing”.
Items needed:
Glue (Good old Elmer’s will work)
Card stock paper in color of choice
Flat magnets (like the kind businesses hand out for free)
“Embellishments” (stickers, stamps, markers, glitter…you name it!)
1. Cut out two strips of card stock paper 1 inch wide and 7.5 inches tall
2. Cut two strips of matching card stock paper 1 inch wide and 5 inches tall
3. Cut magnets into 1 inch(approx) squares, I was able to get 6 out of one magnet
4. Glue the strips of paper together, making sure the lengths line up with each other (it helps to have a picture handy to gauge where to place the strips)
5. Glue a magnet piece in each corner on the back of the frame
6. When the glue is dry, decorate any way you want! Make sure to cover up the corner seams =)
Here is an “action” shot of the mostly finished product (as my daughter is not home from school yet to decorate it!).
No, we don’t normally have Pokemon hanging on our fridge =)
Mother’s Day Mug Cozy
For Mother’s Day this year, my husband and I are putting together gift baskets for our moms. I came across this pattern in Etsy and thought it would be a great addition. I plan on picking up a couple of fun mugs and filling it with a little gift bag full of a chai tea mix. It was a really great project, very easy and fast, and best of all, easier than it looks! The base was a bit tricky, as I have never done a circular increase like that while knitting. Fortunately I got the hang of it quickly and it looks really good…even if there is a small gap in the center =) The original pattern instructs you to make an i-cord as a button loop, but I decided to crochet a two thinner loops making two button closures instead of one.
