What mothers day/fathers day pressie have you received that your son/daughter made?

[chody47]

Hi all,

I am a teacher and looking for some inspiration!

I'm trying to think of a fairly inexpensive thing I can get my class to make to take home to their Mum/female figure in their life for Mothers Day. I'm hopeless at coming up with ideas and haven't yet found anything on the internet that inspires me, so I was wondering, what have your received that your child has made that you really liked?

[nothing2lose]

Calendar featuring artwork and/or photos
A round Plaster cast of DD's footprint, painted gold with a ribbon threaded through a hole in the top for hanging. I love this one.
Tea towel with artwork printed on it
Plates with artwork printed on it (plates are sort of melamine)
Silver/gold sprayed macaroni picture frame.

Mind you, my DD could give me a stick with tin foils wrapped around it for a present at anytime and I would love it!

Eta - when I was a kid we did tin cans lined on the outside with colored icy pole sticks

[chody47]

Just looked up the macaroni picture frame. It looks good! Thanks for the idea!

[nothing2lose]

Just though of another one... One year I got a laminated bookmark with a drawing of me on one side and a list of all the wonderful things about me on the other side

[HotI]

DD and i made DH a placemat (although it is not used as one). DDs handprints with a funky poem on some paper and then laminated it. I reckon it looked ace

[chody47]

Oooh, I'm going to have lots of ideas for years to come

[HotI]

if you have a little time you could grow plants from seeds or seedlings for gifts.

[Floweryfields]

What grade do you teach?

I made scented bath oil with my schoolies one year, bath salts another year - where you colour them and make a striped effect in a glass jar.
Other suggestions:
Fridge magnets - teapot, handbag, etc with a nice verse on it
Plaster of paris handprints
Necklaces/bracelets
Little decorated plant pots - you could put in soil and flower seed to grow too
Scented drawer thing - a fabric bag holding lavender or similiar- which would be some sewing

[chody47]

Great ideas everyone!

ausgirl - I teach a year 3-7 special education class. Art/craft-wise I guess I'm looking for activities you could do with a junior primary class.

[feeb]

Nice poem with handprints on it and then laminated with a magnet on the back.
Painted foam cup with a hand made flower (icy pole stick with a flower cut out and painted and a pic of DS1 on it) I loved this pity DS1 destroyed it a few months ago I was so angry and upset.
Plaster hand print.

You could do a canvas with hand a foot prints

[Liviam]

The best card I have even gotten was each end of the card was DD handprint cut out and she painted them and then they were joined together with a strip of paper accordian folded with "I love you this much" printed on it. It was just gorgeous!!

[Astrid]

I like ones done with photos. DD1 made a nice one, it was a cardboard photo frame with a heat cut out for the photo, she then decorated it. It had magnets on the back so it could go on the fridge.

[Floweryfields]

The best card I have even gotten was each end of the card was DD handprint cut out and she painted them and then they were joined together with a strip of paper accordian folded with "I love you this much" printed on it. It was just gorgeous!!

Oh YES I forgot that one, one of my staff did that one year. It had handprints, ribbon and a love heart in the middle with I love you this much on it. Very sweet!

[Beach Mama]

I use a laminated bookmark she gave me which also had some coloured string on it with some beads that she threaded on!! It's gorgeous and I use it all the time!! It has a cute poem on it, a drawing on the other side!

[LuluHB]

I got a card last year from DD1 (kindy) that she had had to draw a picture of her choice on, and then the teacher wrote what she said were her favourite things to do with me. I loved it. She also decorated a little terracotta plant pot and they planted seedlings in them. This year on Valentine's Day (could be adapted to MD) I got a keychain thing from DD2 that was different coloured beads that she had threaded, with the key ring bit on one end and a love heart on the other end.

For Father's Day they did painted handprints on a tile, and a card along similar lines of the Mother's Day one.

Only kindy level, but I think older kids could just do a more detailed job IYKWIM.

[Beach Mama]

Ohhh Lulu you just reminded me that last year Iz did this painting at kinder of me and it said - "My mummy loves running" and another said "My mummy loves making stuff"..... Not kidding they were hanging up around the kinder room and another one for another mum said "My mummy likes to sit on the couch to watch tv and eat pizza" OMG mortified much - was so glad I was sewing and running a lot leading up to mothers day last year Sorry to go OT chody - back to regular viewing!!!

[feeb]

Ohhh Lulu you just reminded me that last year Iz did this painting at kinder of me and it said - "My mummy loves running" and another said "My mummy loves making stuff"..... Not kidding they were hanging up around the kinder room and another one for another mum said "My mummy likes to sit on the couch to watch tv and eat pizza" OMG mortified much - was so glad I was sewing and running a lot leading up to mothers day last year Sorry to go OT chody - back to regular viewing!!!

Haha oops thats funny!!!

[Tegam]

We got (for homework) a write a recipe. Then we got a cookbook for mothers day with all the recipes in it. Then a wooden spoon dd had written her name and mine and a love heart between with jewels hanging off it! Too cute.