Breakfast in Bed for Mommy … on a very special plate!

My little ones are so excited about the simple plates that they made for Mother's Day this year.  I bought ceramic salad plates at the Christmas Tree Shop for $1 and the kids drew pictures of their Mom on the plates with permanent markers. I followed Heidi from HeidiSongs' idea of drawing a circle for the head and somewhat followed her directions for a guided drawing of Mom.  I then put the plates in a cold oven and turned the heat up to 350 degrees. After about 40 minutes, I turned off the oven and let the plates cool in the oven.  Some of the colors did change a little (several got lighter, and a few got darker).  Although the design seems to be permanent I did write "Hand Wash Only" on the bottom of each plate. We will be making muffins later this week and then send them home with the plate, a napkin and a tea bag so that the kids can present their Moms with breakfast in bed.

There are lots of other Mother's Day Ideas here and here and here.

Moms Are Like Buttons...

Moms Are Like Buttons

They Hold Everything Together.

I saw the quote about buttons on Pinterest and decided to do a very simple button inspired Mother's Day Gift.  I cut out hearts from fun foam.  The kids glued on buttons and chose a pin or magnet for the back of the heart.  Inside the card they drew a picture of Mommy and wrote "I Love You!" and their name.  I also included the adorable survey about Mom that I found at The Crafting Chicks. I might laminate the surveys; their answers are so sweet.
Last year I posted several other cute and simple Mother's Day ideas here.
There are lots of other cute Mother's Day ideas at The Happy Teacher's Linky Party.

I Love My Mom

I Love My Mom

By SFNS Pre-K 5 Class

I love my Mom

She takes care of boo-boos

She hugs me

She takes me on bike rides

She gives me a good night kiss

She takes me to the doctor

She is pretty

She tells me the weather

She taught me how to pump

She gives me special treats

She reads to me

She makes me things

She gives me hugs & kisses

She runs while I ride my bike

She cooks dinner

       She tried to teach me to ride my bike

She takes me out to lunch

She plays games with me

She teaches me to read

She plays with me

I love my Mom and she loves me!

            

I love my Mom and miss her very much!

                   
Happy Mother's Day to my fellow teachers!

Simple and Cute Mother's Day Gift

Finger Print Vase and hand heart

Love Bug Frame (instructions below)

Directions for making this plate are here.

          We made the cutest Mother's Day Gifts this week.  They are jars that Mom could use as a vase or for pens and pencils on her desk.  And best of all - they were really simple too!

           First I collected 20 smallish jars and soaked off the labels. (We collect this type of stuff all year so I just had to go to the closet to get them :) I worked with one child at a time and had them dip their finger in acrylic paint and then make little finger print flowers.  I don't have a picture of this because I was busy holding the jar and wiping off fingers between each color.  It only took a couple of minutes for each child to finish the painting.

vases drying

We also made each mom a flower pen to put in the jar.

wrapping a pen with green flower tape 

Finally, we made our cards.  I saw these cute handprint hearts on Pinterest. (They were from a Bulgarian site, Krokotak ... how cool is that?!) I traced each child's handprint with the child's thumb and pointer finger touching the folded edge of a piece of paper.  I then cut the hands out and glued them on to a card.  The children wrote MOM or "I love you" in the heart formed by their fingers.  VERY cute (and I love all things handprint because I know how tiny these hands will look in such a short time).

Handprint Card

UPDATE:  This is the adorable Mother's Day Gift the 3year old class made.  They are in the middle of a ladybug unit.  The kids each made cute little ladybug costumes that they are going to wear when their families come in and they go for a walk to free the ladybugs they have been studying.   The kids each made a ladybug out of model magic and pipe cleaners.  The teacher took a picture of each child in their lady bug hat and put these cute frames together.  Mommies always love gifts that include a photo :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Love Bug Frame

ANOTHER IDEA:

Mother's Day Card with Gift Attached.  Kids make card look like Mommy (with yarn hair and face details) and then add a flower to hair that is actually tissue paper wrapped around a bead bracelet the children made for Mommy.



Yet Another Idea: Diamond Pin (actually "dime on pin")
The kindergarten class I volunteer at is making these with this poem.

I just added a new post with a new Mother's Day gift idea.

There are several Mother's Day Linky Parties with lots of fun ideas. Check out these Blogs:
Kinder-craze
Wolfelicious
Lil' Country Kindergarten
Cool 2 Craft