Here are some awesome 10 easy mother’s day crafts ideas that are bound to show just how much you love your mum. As Mother’s Day approaches, there’s no doubt many of us are scrambling around for the perfect gift. But what’s a better way to say “I love you” than a DIY gift? While buying a gift surely will make your Mother happy, but personally making a gift shows just how much effort you put in.  

List of 10 easy mothers’ day crafts:

Spice things up

Who doesn’t love a little spice on their special day? Kids can make their mother some fragrant, hot pepper oil to put a splash into their meals.

Instructions

• Cut open some peppers straight down the middle 
• Pop them into a small jar and fill it to the top with olive oil
• Let the peppers soak for a few days 
• TIP: make sure the peppers are fully covered in oil to prevent them from getting mouldy 

If you’re ready to get cooking, head over to this website for the recipe. A beautiful mess has awesome HD pictures that give just make this idea look so aesthetic and amazing. What will you cook with your pepper oil?

CHALLENGE: cook your mother a meal using your homemade pepper oil. If you need help with what to make, here are 16 meals you can add some spice to.

Bath bombs away

Add a little fizz to the special day with a DIY bath bomb. This awesome craft idea is perfect for kids looking for a little fun while preparing their Mother’s Day gift. All the ingredients to the perfect fizz are available at home or with a quick trip to the supermarket.

TIP: you can replace the vegetable-based food colouring with regular food colouring if you want

For a fool-proof bath bomb recipe head over to Hello glow. This recipe uses coconut oil instead giving the bath bombs a luxury vibe and an even better scent! What colour will you make your bath bomb?

 Scrubbing sweetly

What’s better than a sweet, relaxing, sugar scrub after a long day? This Mother’s day, make your own sugar scrub for your mother to use during a relaxing soak. If you’re ready to get sugary use this short and simple recipe and scrub away! 

Instructions

• Grab a cup of white sugar and pop it into a suitable glass jar
• Now measure a cup of coconut oil and add it to the jar
• Put a few drops (around 5) of mums favourite essential oil into the mix
• Now put a few drops of food colouring in
• Use a spoon and mix up everything! 

Patch uses a lavender essential oil, what scent will your sugar scrub be?

Colourful crayon candle

If you’ve got some left over crayons laying around, this craft is the one for you! This craft requires heat to melt the wax, so it’s best to be done with another adult (just Moms if you want it to be a surprise). This activity will also require some patience if you want to make a beautiful layered candle. This is because before the next layer can be put in, you have to wait for the first one to dry and harden to prevent the colours from mixing.

TIP: you can mix in a few drops of essential oil for a scented candle!

The pinning mama provides step-by-step instructions with images which makes it super simple to follow. What colours will you mix and match?

Instructions: 

• Grab out the crayon colours you want to use and a tall glass jar
• You’ll also need a candle wick and a pencil
• Separate out the crayon colours and melt each in a pot 
• Grab your wick and wrap it around a pencil to keep it stable, then dangle the end into the jar
• TIP: try to keep the wick as centred as possible
• Carefully pour the first layer of wax into the jar
• Wait for the layer to dry 
• Melt the next crayon colour you want and pour it into the jar
• Repeat until you have a beautiful, rainbow candle! 

Tea cup cards

This Mother’s Day give your mother a cup of tea and add a little touch of creativity to your Mother’s Day card with this cool craft idea. All you need is some paint, an empty egg carton and a teabag.

Instructions: 

• Cut out one section of the egg carton
• Grab your pain and colour it with your mums favourite colour
• Stick it onto the front of the card
• Pop a tea bag into the ‘cup’ 

For myself, I like some refreshing peppermint tea. What flavour tea bag will you choose to put in your cup?

Forever cactus

Rock your mums world with this nifty Mother’s Day DIY gift idea. We all know that cactuses make for a great gift since they hardly require watering, but what if you could gift a cactus that doesn’t require watering at all? This craft idea uses paint and rocks to create your own cactus that needs nothing but attention, making it the perfect gift for busy mums.

Instructions: 

• Grab an empty pot, paint and rocks of different sizes
• Grat the ‘cactus shaped’ rocks and paint away
• While you wait for the paint to dry, pot the smaller rocks into the pot
• Once the cactus rocks have dried, put them into the pot

If you’re ready to rock, but just need some pointers on how to make this rocky cactus, head over to Hometalk for some instructions. This site has a simple layout and labelled images making it super easy to follow and understand.

Chocolate bouquet 

Give your mum some tasty flowers for Mother’s Day. This DIY idea requires some hands-on craft and a quick trip to the stores to buy her favourite chocolate. For this craft, kids will make a ‘flower’ bouquet filled with chocolate. If you’re ready to get crafty, head over to this site for step-by-step instructions with images to guide you through. Tikkido also has a beautiful preview of what the craft will look like. What flavour chocolate will you use?
TIP: you can vary the shape of your flowers and chocolate flavour to your mother’s preferences. If your mum doesn’t like chocolate, you can substitute it with another tasty treat.

Egg carton flowers

This Mother’s Day, give mum some flowers that will never wilt. This craft requires empty egg cartons, some paint and creativity. We love the fact that this craft uses recyclable egg cartons. Going green for a special day makes things even better! 

Instruction:

• Cut out the egg cartons into their ‘cups’
• Cut each side in half to make the ‘petals’ 
• Carefully round curve the sides by cutting off the corners 
• Now paint your ‘flowers’ and set them out to dry
• Once they’re dry you can glue them onto the front of your card! 

If you’re ready to make some everlasting flowers, head over to Easy peasy and fun for the ‘how-to’. This site has step-by-step instructions with more images than words makes it super easy to follow.
TIP: you can layer different colours for a more unique flower!

Perfect perfume

Indulge your sense of smell and give mum a homemade ‘perfume’ this Mother’s Day. This awesome idea lets kids make their own perfume from essential oils and decorate it with beautiful botanics.

Instructions:

• You’ll need some spray bottles and distilled (very clean) water 
• Cut some herbs and flower and pop them into the spray bottle
• Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil into the bottle
• Now fill your spray bottle with water
• Seal it up and gift it to mum! 

If you’re ready to get scented head over to Hello Wonderful for the step-by-step instructions. This site has lovely and bright instructions and gives a nice summary of the ‘how-to’ at the bottom.

Plant markers

Give mum a way to personalise her house plants with a DIY clay plant marker. This craft is a little trickier and requires a quick trip to the craft store, but is a great way to show your mum how much she means to you. 

Instructions:

• Get some oven bake polymer clay
• Flatten them out and cut off the tops to make a rectangle with a pointy top
• Use some letter stamps to write some lovely words
• Mix acrylic paint with some water to get a nice texture
• Decorate away!
• Once you’re done pop them into the oven 
• Don’t forget to let them cool before touching it 

When you’re ready to get crafty, head over to Homemade Ginger for the instructions. What we love about this are the motivational words they put on the markers. How will you decorate your plant markers?

We hope you’ve gotten crafty with these 10 easy Mother’s Day crafts ideas and showed your mother just how much she means to you. If you have any cool ideas of your own, don’t forget to share them with us. Let us know which one out of the 10 easy mothers’ day crafts was your favourite in the comments section down below.

If you or your mum are ever feeling a little chilly lately, check out this nifty DIY hand warmer. It’s a fun way to keep your hands warm and snuggle up to each other while sipping on some hot chocolate.