How to make a gift for Mother's Day with your own hands?

Gifts to close people require special attention, because the more individual and original the surprise, the more pleasant the recipient. But if friends can be presented with something humorous or provocative, a sister or brother is something personal and comic, then it is a completely different story with parents. Parents are waiting for a surprise from their child most of all, because it is he who can cheer them with his souvenir, and surprise, and even make him cry.

In this case, the main thing is that mom will be delighted with any trinket, and if it is made with her own hands, then the joy can be indescribable. And no matter how old you are, you can make an article for your mother at any age, because we always remain children for our parents.

The budget version of the gift to please a loved one, usually lies in the original idea, sincerity and sincerity of the souvenir. Therefore, something made by hand will be a great decision for Mother's Day. The main thing is not to be lazy and give a surprise all the love and warmth that you feel for a person.

There are a lot of ideas and ways to implement them when it comes to crafts, but we must not forget that we are talking about mom on this wonderful holiday - because of this, we can single out the main options.

• Multicolored hyacinths. Spring flower that will make mom smile and admire, because the bouquet comes out very bright and attractive.
• Soft tulips or else - "plush tulips". A bouquet that is suitable for both Mother's Day and International Women's Day.
• Cactus made of stone. If you do everything measuredly and clearly, then the guests at first will not be able to distinguish it from the present.
• Candy bouquet. A surprise that will delight lovers of both flowers and sweets. In this case, after eating candy wrappers, you can leave and keep a nice bouquet.

• Flower heart. It can be both from fresh flowers, and from paper, made also with their own hands.
• Paper hearts. Pretty classic option for a gift to mom. You can give just made hearts, or you can put them on a stick and make a bouquet of hearts of different colors.
• Candy heart. A sweet gift that can be made very beautiful and bright, if you use candy with candy wrappers in different colors.

• You can portray mom with a bouquet in hand or in a place close to the heart and come up with a pleasant inscription, for example: "Beloved mother", "Cozy corner" or "The most valuable thing that is."
• Draw a bouquet, which will certainly be able to stay with parents in the bedroom for a long time
• Picture of leaves. Delicate gift that will decorate the wall in the kitchen or in the room.

• Hands with hearts and flowers. Original postcard that will make mom smile.
• Postcard in the technique of quilling. Such postcards can be bought, but self-made cards look much nicer and more individual. And for the presented such a card is more valuable.
• Postcard in the technique of scrapbooking. The opportunity to capture the warmest moments of life with the help of photos and flowers to convey mother love and warmth.

• Heart of paper. Mom will be able to use such a gift as a bookmark in a book and constantly remember you.
• Flowers for mom. It’s nice and pleasant to make a bouquet for your mom that will never fade.
• Composition of swans and lily pads or flower bed.

• Candle with a photo. It will help you to capture yourself and your family and to brighten dark evenings in a cozy atmosphere, accompanied by the light of a candle.
• "Photo through time." Make a photo of the whole family from the child to the grandmother, so that everyone who is depicted in the photo, kept the frame with the previous photo. Ideally, on the same background and then give the birthday girl each of the photos taken in the frame.
• Individual plate. Apply the pattern on a plate with acrylic paints. Either by stencil, or by hand, if you have drawing skills.
• Family photo album. Decorate with decorative ribbons, inscriptions, drawings, make it individual for mom and on the first page write a warm wish to your loved one.
• Box with congratulations exclusively for mom. It can be with notes of who your mother was for you at different periods of life, as well as other crafts for the holiday. The decoration of the box itself is preferably in warm colors with flowers that mom loves.
• Applique of leaves or seeds, which depict a flower. A great option for a child to please his mom is to make a drawing of plasticine with an appliqué. This can be a bouquet of leaves or a flower from seeds.

And most importantly, any of these gifts can be presented in a beautiful and original packaging, also made with your own hands.

Thus, the surprise will be even more presentable and solemn, which will surely please the presented.

For convenience, you can consider a few examples of making souvenirs for mom with your own hands. In addition, you can use the previously described ideas and combine them with ready-made examples.

What is required:

• bright fabric to create a bud;
• green fabric to create the stem;
• wire for stem stiffness with leaves;
• a filler for a bud and a stem (cotton wool, a synthetic winterizer, fabric);
• small embroidery skills.

Next, follow the steps in sequence.

1. Sew a stalk of green fabric according to a pattern with a small margin in size. Unscrew the workpiece so that the seams are not visible.
2. Stuff the stem with filler.
3. Thread the wire through the stem and cut off the excess.
4. Sew a bud of bright delicate fabric and twist.
5. Stuff the bud filler.
6. Sew a bud to the stalk and remove excess seams.

The result is a soft and beautiful flower that can be presented in a basket or made from a fabric package.

What is required:

• flower pot or other vessel for cactus;
• earth, sand, or other filler that looks like earth;
• flat stones of different shapes and sizes;
• white gouache, proofreader or white marker;
• tassel.

Sequencing.

1. Choose flat stones that look like cactus and wash them.
2. Paint the pebbles in green.
3. Put on the resulting elements of the cactus with white color patterns to make it look like a real flower.
4. Pour the soil into the pot and insert into the resulting pebbles, placing them close to each other. Then a little more sprinkle with soil over it.

It turned out a cactus, about which it is impossible to prick, but to drop it on the leg is a dangerous serious injury. Therefore, it is better not to put this surprise on the shelves so that it does not fall on anyone.

What you need:

• polystyrene or packaging board;
• scissors;
• glue;
• red corrugated paper;
• red and white braid;
• candies.

Sequencing.

1. Cut the heart out of foam or packaging board.
2. Apply red corrugated paper on top of the blank.
3. Glue the heart red, and on top - white braid. Glue the candy to the heart.

It turned out a delicious and bright gift that can decorate the table and please the mother.

What you need:

• white sheet A4 or A3 (depending on the size of the card);
• 2 sheets of colored A4 or A3 paper (red and purple);
• PVA glue;
• scissors.

Sequencing.

1. Fold the white sheet in half.
2. We connect 4 fingers of the hand, and with the big one we gout, we lead around the hand.
3. Cut out the resulting element, the combined palms are obtained.
4. We carry out three previous points with violet paper. We make a half blank for half a centimeter.
5. Glue both elements together.
6. Cut out a heart that is suitable in size to put in the "hands".
7. We fold the heart in accordion and glue it to the palms.
8. Then you can decorate the heart with flowers, and a picture, and write warm words on your palms.

You can make several levels, i.e., on top of the base layer and the second one to glue even more colored papers of large sizes. Then get a brighter, larger and more dense postcard.

What you need:

• candle;
• the photo;
• glue;
• match box;
• scissors.

Sequencing.

1. Cut a photo suitable for the size of the candle.
2. Glue the photo on the candle. We bring together with a beautiful jar with matches.

It’s easy to come up with an original gift idea, the main thing is to understand that your mom will definitely like it. You can combine the ideas described and make a composition of several interesting crafts, you can use an example as a basis, and then come up with something of your own.

Master-class on making volume postcards, see below.