I bet if you poll a bunch of mothers, a lot of them will tell you they just want something homemade for Mother’s Day. I mean, don’t get me wrong, something homemade would be nice. Right next to sleeping in, coffee and donuts in bed, not cooking a single meal, and hey if a pedicure was thrown in I wouldn’t hate it.

The problem this year is not only can we not get a pedicure, we also don’t have elementary school teachers or preschool teachers helping our kids make our gifts. So it’s all up to us. Have fun making your own gifts ladies.

To make your lives a little easier, I’ve got some easy gifts you can have the kids make you. Or their grandmas. Or heck, the neighbor might even like one. There are no limits here.

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We started with paint handprints in various colors, and added a few footprints as well. Then we taped each one onto a paper straw (you could use cardstock if you don’t have them on hand), and taped leaf cutouts to the straws. For the single flower we just tied a little “Happy Mother’s Day” note to the stem.

For the potted flowers, I cut out a “pot” freehand, and then lined it with a Sharpie. Tape a few of the flower stems onto the back of the pot and voila.

For the bouquet, I taped a set of the same color flowers together first, and then wrapped them in brown wrap. I made a pull tab because we were mailing this to someone special, and it had to fit in the package.

Overall, I’m clearly killing it in the Mother’s Day gifts category. I’ll be sure to act surprised when I open my cute flower bouquets. Who even needs a pedicure?

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