Mother's Day

 

 For Mother's Day this year, I decided we could craft our own vases for all the special "mothers" in our lives. I am passionate about celebrating not just our mothers, but those who God has placed in our lives to serve as mothers at different times. We all know that it takes a village, and I choose to celebrate that village on this day, because I couldn't survive without it!

These were very easy to make and the preschoolers did the project fairly independently.

I purchased these pots for $1 each and let my big kid pick out the spray paint which ended up being around $2. The next time I do this craft I will purchase two cans so that I can also paint the inside of the pots.

 

I also had a couple pickle jars laying around and thought that those would be nice to try as well. They actually ended up being my favorite. I did use Goo Gone to get the sticky labels off the jars and then washed them well with dish soap so the paint would stick.

After the paint dried, I  helped each child add his or her handprint. For our family, I put one boys' hand on one side and the other boys' on the opposite.

 

I found these cute flower stakes in the craft section and let them color it however they wanted and glue on their picture. These were really easy special gifts for all the "moms" we are blessed to have  in our lives.

Mommy's Mother's Day craft

I am always doing projects with my boys, but this one was a mommy project. I love to give semi-homemade gifts. Gifts that don't require a ton of effort, but have a personal touch. We have a couple people in our lives that, though they aren't technically "mothers" to us, feel more like it sometimes than our family. I like to do something special for them for Mother's Day, just so they know how much they mean to us. This project was for those people. It honestly cost me less than $6, about an hour including drying time and turned out great!

I bought a can of Krylon spray paint. Whatever you buy, just make sure it says ok for glass. I had a couple extra jars laying around the house so I wanted to use those, but I wanted something special for Carter's Sunday School teacher, so I found a pretty round vase for $2.97 at Walmart. I used Goo Gone to get the price sticker off and then cleaned the vase well with dish soap.

 

 

Then I spray painted the jars. Literally. It was that easy.

 

Then I added the flower I purchased (and one from last year's garden). Aaaaand, this is how they turned out.

 Not bad if I do say so myself!

Happy Mother's Day!