I Love You Because Mothers Day Craft Flowers
Need a special Mother’s Day Craft idea? These I Love You Because Mothers Day Craft Flowers is an Easy Mother’s Day Craft for kids to show how much they love their mom! You can also make one for Grandma!
This post was originally published April 10, 2013, but has been renovated with updated techniques, and updated tools to help make the project easier.
I recently polled a collection of moms what they really want for Mothers Days. One of the most common answers was a gift made by their kids.
This ranged anywhere from simple handprints, written letters or more elaborate photo crafts. It didn’t matter, as long as it was made by their kids for their mom, it was the perfect Mothers Day gift.
So I have the perfect Mothers Day Craft Flowers for you to help your kids with. Or have Daddy help the kids. A special “I Love You Because…” Mothers Day Craft. A great Mothers Day Gift for yourself or even for Grandma!
I love You Because Mothers Day Craft Flowers Tutorial
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Here is the best part about the I Love You Because Mothers Day Craft flowers, it is easy! No Joke! I like simple crafts that the kids can help with and we can get done quickly.
The stem will take a little time as it will need to be spray painted and allowed time to dry. But the parent does this part anyway. So plan ahead, paint it and allow to dry the day before.
Then once you begin the I Love You Because flowers, you can just work straight through.
It doesn’t take a lot of expensive supplies either. Most items I found at Walmart or Amazon. Others I already had at home because I have a craft room full of common supplies. But to get started you will need:
For the base:
- Flower vase of choice
- green floral foam block to fit in a flower vase
- Decorative glass Pebbles to embellish the top of the vase
- Ribbon to tie around the vase
For the Flowers:
- A packet of Foam Sheets. Multiple colors recommended.
- Elmers painters, in colors of choice
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks (photo shows Elmer’s spray glue. I originally used that, but it didn’t last well with the flower, so I had to go back through and re-glue everything with hot glue.)
- Green Spray paint
- Square Dowels
- Pencil
- 11″ Daisy Felt Base – This is stiff. Not a flimsy Felt fabric cut out. You will need one for each child that will be participating.
- 1 scrap sheet of Green Felt fabric
To begin we start with the flower. You will be using the foam sheets to cover up the Daisy felt base. It is exactly what it says it is. A base. Find a lid to a jar around your house that fits the center of the Daisy felt base.
You will use this for the template to draw a circle on a foam sheet. This will be the center of the flower. I did mine in Yellow. Trace the circle and then cut it out.
Next use the Daisy felt base as a template and trace around the petals onto other colors of the foam sheets. These will be the petals.
Once you have one petal cut out, you can then use it as a pattern to cut the rest out. I managed to get two petals per foam sheet.
This is also a great place to have the kids help. Have them help cut out the petals and center after you trace the patterns onto the foam sheets.
Once everything is cut out, then simply add hot glue to the Daisy felt base.
Glue one petal at a time. Drizzle hot glue on the petal and then place on the foam sheet petal on top. Then proceed to the next.
We alternated colors for each petal. Each kid picked their own color scheme and designed the pattern. I think they did a great job.
Next, you will glue on the center. Drizzle hot glue into the center of the flower and place the yellow foam sheet into place.
Once the glue cools down, then you begin adding text.
In the center add the theme: “Mom, I Love You Because…” If you wanted you could also add a small photo of each child into the center and write the text around the photo.
Then have each child sit down and write a list of 8 different reasons why they love Mom. Or why they love Grandma. Depending on who they are making the craft for.
If the child is old enough and can write clearly, have them write each reason onto a petal. One reason per petal.
If not, have an adult transfer the list to the petals. This is where you will be using Elmer’s Painters.
While you wait for Elmer’s Painters to dry, you can move onto the stem. As mentioned before, you should take the day before to spray paint the square dowels. This will allow them to dry in time for doing the craft.
Otherwise, you will need to take a timeout, spray paint the dowels and wait a day to finish the I Love You Because Mothers Day craft flowers. But with the dowels painted and dry we can proceed forward.
Take the dowel and lay it onto the felt scrap cloth. Measure the length you want to cover the dowel. Mark it. Then cut double that length.
Drizzle hot glue across one end of the dowel. Lay the felt fabric strip across it and press lightly.
Turn the dowel over. Add more hot glue on the dowel. Fold the felt over and press lightly into the hot glue. Allow to cool for a moment.
Add hot glue to one side of the felt of the wooden dowel. Lay the hot glue end onto the back side of the daisy felt flower.
Be sure to check and make sure the flower is right side up and at the angle you want before you attach the stem.
Allow the hot glue to cool and then you are finished with the actual flower! How exciting! All you have left to do is arrange the flowers into the flower vase and you are done!
I found a short square clear vase and a floral foam block that fit well into the vase. I inserted the foam block. Then I arranged the I Love You Because Mothers Day Craft Flowers into the foam block.
Once I had the flowers where I wanted them and at the angle I wanted them, I merely stuck the flowers into the foam block to hold them in place.
Then add the glass pebbles often found in floral departments. Scatter them on top. Finish off with a ribbon bow around the vase. And that is all! Super easy.
Now you have the perfect Mothers Day Gift for the woman of the house or the Grandmother!
And a special one made with the kid’s help! And special messages letting Mom or Grandma know just how loved they truly are! And why!
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That is such a sweet craft! I would love to receive that as a Mother’s Day gift. Handmade gifts are always the best.
i love this craft project. Very cute and sweet 🙂
I love how easy this is! I think I may have the kids make this for grandma.
Hi Amber,
I have always loved homemade flower crafts. When I was a little girl I made tiny paper rose petals for my mom that she kept in her kitchen for about fifteen years (until my kids were born and she replaced my stuff for theirs).
Another note for those who don’t want to mess with spray paint – they have dowels at craft stores that are already green. I’m not sure they are cost effective, but they do offer some that are already painted for florist.
I haven’t a clue what we are doing for Mother’s Day. I try to stay out of their plans. The only thing I do is: I go ahead and purchase a variety of Mother’s Day cards when they go on sale the year before…. this way, when everyone forgets until Saturday night – they have something to save themselves. lol
Thank you for the great tutorial. Maybe if I leave this up on my screen for the day someone will find it 😛
~ Victoria, DenSchool
lol, I love your thinking! I’d even go do far as to leave it on the screen and then ask the husband, “hey can you look at something on my computer?” lol. so he is sure to find it. 🙂
Oh, if only I had cool craft stores with already colored Wooden dowels! That would be awesome!!!
This is one of the neatest ideas I’ve seen in a long time! The time investment to make that is totally worth it!
So awesome! Can I link to this from my http://homeschoolingmommybot.blogspot.com blog?
Yes Kerrie, you can add a link to this tutorial on your site. 🙂
What a cute idea! I might actually make these with my toddler for her grandmothers!
Mother’s Day feels so far away I haven’t even thought about it until right now…we never really do anything. So in a way I would rather not put much thought into it.
That said, this craft is so darn cute!! Could be customized for Grandparent’s day as well! 🙂
This seems easy enough! THanks for sharing.
What a sweet craft! I would have totally done this with my kids when they were younger. I agree, this would be great for Grandparent’s Day.
I love this. What a great mother’s day gift.
What an awesome and thoughtful idea!
This is so cute. My 5 year old would love this! THanks for sharing.
This is a wonderful project! I’d love to receive one of these myself! This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday linky party just opened – would love for you to share your project there!
Thanks for the great craft idea, this will be perfect for Mother’s Day!
Adorable, sweet and easy!
This is so great! I would have loved to receive this from one of my kids when they were younger! So cute!
These are such cute Mother’s Day crafts. Even though my kids are older I think they would love to do these! Thanks for sharing such a creative idea.
Oh my goodness – this craft is so adorable! I might have to get the kids to create one when we go camping this weekend. 🙂
I love the creativities in this project – so colorful!
These are adorable and perfect for Mother’s Day.
This is too cute! And honestly, these kind of gifts were always my favorite when the kids were small. Always saved them.
The perfect mother’s day craft. It works for any group of children, anywhere! And they all can find someone to say something good about!
That’s a really cute idea! And I have to say, I love how you watermark your pics!
Thanks! I have seen so much of my friend’s work stolen, their watermarks cropped out and then published on other websites without credit lately. So I thought I would try to be creative, so if one would try to crop out the watermark it would ruin the photo. 🙂
That is super cute, love this!
I think that is the cutest craft idea I have seen so far this season!
Dawn
Oh thank you Dawn!
No problem. 🙂
This looks like so much fun and not a crazy amount of work. I would love to try this with my kids and nieces and nephews. I probably already have half of the supplies.
ah, what a sweet post and great project. Yes, I agree, I want something made by my kids!
These are so cute! I agree that simple crafts that involve children are the best, and how doesn’t love a homemade gift?!
What a adorable craft idea! Thanks for sharing!
How fun, this looks like a great craft!! I know any mom would love this!!
I miss making mother day crafts, think I am going to make her something this year 🙂
That is a great Mother’s day gift idea. My mother love gardening, therefore I think she would love this. Thanks for teaching this craft gift.
Katherine
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This is so stinkin’ cute!
So super cute and fun for the kiddos to make!
That is just simply adorable! What a super fun idea, I just love it! I don’t know how you come up with all these awesome ideas, but I am so glad you share them with us (in my case.. not so creative types)!
What a sweet idea (and easy – even my husband could manage this with this kids!)
these turned out to be beautiful flowers. i can’t wait to try them.
This is a super idea for teachers!
Those came out so good. I would love to sit down and have my boys make some for their Nana. She would LOVE them!!
That’s so cute! Little girls especially would have a ball doing this craft!
We have everything in the house but the vase. This would surely be a great idea for the little one here to make for both of his grandmas!
That’s what I didn’t put on my wish list for mothers day something the kids can make.
Very cute!Giving a craft as a Mother’s Day gift is so sweet!
This is such a cute craft! I love personalized gifts like this.
This looks like a super fun craft to make with the kids. Thanks!
I am having my kids do this for my mom! This is adorable.
That’s a really sweet and simple craft for mothers day; I love it.
I really love to receive handmade crafts like this over store bought gifts. My daughter makes me a picture and we frame it for the wall. My younger daughter makes me coupon books. I love this flower craft and will have to make a small suggestion to her to make one this year.
I love your craft idea. That would be fun to get from my grandchildren. We planned a special trip with my grandsons on Mothers day.
I think this is the cutest DIY craft for Mother’s Day!! Hopefully my kids make something for me like this!
Crafts like these are great for doing with the kids. I personally enjoy receiving personalized handmade gifts like these from my boys.
That is so cute and I have the materials to make it. I know I should not have to help with my own gift but my husband does not do crafts so I have to help my youngest with them.
What a fun craft to do with the kiddos. For Mother’s Day, I usually want flowers and a Coach Purse, but this year I am asking for camping gear.
This is adorable. I really like this a lot! I will have to do this with my boys
What a lovely craft, I should give this a try.
This is a great craft idea and one that is so affordable. I think my 85 year old mother would love something like this. Probably would bring back a lot of memories from all of her kid’s school crafts brought home over the years.
So cute! And you are right – I would love something handmade for Mother’s Day -something to keep and treasure when those little hands are much bigger!
Very sweet and simple to make with the kids! I think I will go get the supplies today 🙂
What a fun craft! My kids would enjoy making this, maybe we’ll do it for Grandma
What a cute crafty idea for Mother’s Day! Very sweet 🙂
This is such a cute idea. I Love handmade mother’s day stuff.
This looks like such a fun project for the little ones. I would love these on Mother’s Day.
I love this idea! What a great way to make a mom feel loved and special!
I really like this craft! I got something that is similar to this but in a picture frame form. These flowers are awesome!
What a fun thing to do with the kids. My son made me flowers in school but this would be great for a craft project together.
I was about to give up finding my mom a gift, and then I saw your post! Thank you!
Can you tell me where to find the 11″ daisy felt base? Cant find online and they don’t have at Michaels. Thank you!
I got it in Walmart in the kids craft section. I just saw more in my local Walmart last week. They might be seasonal, but they were in stock last week. Make sure to look in the kids craft section near the regular felt sheets.
Instead of dowels, we are going to try using green straws with green pipe cleaners inside for added strength. Since the pipe cleaners are longer than the straws, we can make a loop with the excess and glue the flower to that. As a cost saving measure and to recycle, for the vase we are gluing empty thread spools to juice can lids then spray painting then, They’ll only hold one flower each but one’s better than none!
I love it! It was so quick and easy!