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MOTHERS DAY THEME

CRAFTS:

Mother’s Day Cards
Have various colours of construction paper sheets on hand so your kids can choose from an interesting variety. Fold the paper in half. On the inside, make up a lovely saying to the female of their choice. You will have to write this for younger children, but let them sign their own names. Older children can do this themselves. Here is an example of the wording you might choose: “To my favourite in all the world.” Love, (the child’s name) As an alternative, on the inside of the card some kids might want to trace their hand, then colour it.

Mother’s Day Tulips
This pot of everlasting tulips is a nice gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day. Your kids can make it easily with a few simple materials: cardboard tubes from toilet rolls, egg carton cups of different colours, green and yellow pipe cleaners, coloured tissue paper, sharp pencils, scissors and glue. It saves time if you separate the egg cups from the cartons beforehand and pre-cut tissue paper squares to the right size.
To make the tulip pot, the kids simply choose the colour of tissue they like and glue it around a toilet paper tube. As the glue dries, they should begin making three or four tulips by cutting around the edges of the egg cups to make petal shapes. To finish off, they punch a hole through the bottom of each egg cup with a sharp pencil, push in a pipe cleaner stem, and bend over the pipe cleaner in the cup to make a “knot” to hold it in place. Finally, let them arrange their tulips in the pot. If you have some paper grass left over from Easter crafts, your kids can stuff some of that around the tulips to keep the arrangement in place before taking home their gift to deliver with a big kiss.

GAMES & ACTIVITIES:

My Mommy Says
This game is a variation of the old favourite, “Simon Says”. One person leads the action and the others follow only when the leader starts the action with the words, “My Mommy Says.” Let kids take turns being leaders. Those who make mistakes should remain in the game — this isn’t a contest. It’s for FUN.
 

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