Mom is the closest person in everyone's life. Therefore, a birthday, and Mother's Day, and March 8 are an excellent occasion to please your beloved mother with surprises. Best of all, love will be expressed by the most necessary words and worthy deeds, and a gift will be a great pleasant addition, especially if it is made by yourself. It is in such a gift that all soul and love is invested, even if it turned out not to be the most elegant and presentable. Let's take a look at 11 DIY gift ideas for mom.
Goodies
The most pleasant, and maybe even a simple gift is to cook an interesting dish with your own hands. And it doesn’t matter what it will be - a pie, a cupcake or meat in French. The simplest, but no less tasty option is charlotte.
Ingredients can be found in every housewife's refrigerator:
- sugar (1 cup);
- eggs (4 pieces);
- flour(1 cup);
- apples (1 kg);
- a pinch of s alt;
- half a teaspoon of soda.
Preparation takes no more than half an hour:
- Beat the egg whites with half a cup of sugar.
- Beat the remaining sugar with the yolk.
- Mix the resulting ingredients with flour, s alt and soda.
- Prepare the mold, oil it.
- Put the apples on a baking sheet, pour the resulting mass.
- Send to an oven preheated to 180 ˚C and bake for half an hour.
If desired, you can decorate the cake with bright sprinkles, coconut flakes or fresh berries. Mother's Day is a great occasion to make such a gift with your own hands.
Homemade postcard or wall newspaper
And do not be surprised, even the simplest and seemingly banal gift can be a real surprise. When the budget is limited, making a paper gift for mom with your own hands is the best solution. What if you turn on the fantasy to the maximum? For example, you can decorate a postcard with flowers made in the quilling style. Usually this word scares beginners, but the technique seems complicated only at first glance, if you look at it, it becomes clear that even a small child can handle such colors.
What do you need for this? Double-sided colored paper, toothpicks, scissors, glue.
If you strictly follow the instructions, then an incredibly beautiful postcard for mom is provided.
So let's get started:
- Prepare 0.5 cm wide green paper cut into strips. Wrap one of the strips around the toothpick and hold for a few seconds to make the paper swirl. Then the twisted strip should be removed, glue one end of the strip to the other.
- You need to make original leaves from the resulting swirling circle from the strip. To do this, holding the circle on one side, it should be gently squeezed on the other. Prepare at least five leaflets.
- After the leaves are prepared, you can do the flowers. Prepare strips of colored paper 3.5 centimeters wide. The resulting blanks should be folded four times and cut into thin strips of paper, in no case reaching the edge, leaving about 0.5 centimeters. Cut the paper only on one side to get a kind of fringe.
- Prepare orange or yellow paper for the core of the flower. Cut strips 0.5 cm wide. One of them should be tightly twisted and secured with glue. Next, the lower end of the fringe should be glued around the core.
- After the end of the fringed strip is secured with glue, you need to spread the petals outward using a toothpick. And voila! The flower is ready. They can be made as many as you need for a postcard, in different sizes and colors.
- To create a postcard, you can use ordinary thick cardboard, on which you need to glue flowers and write the most pleasant words.
If the choice fell on a wall newspaper, then there are no restrictions, use your imagination to the fullest. itthere can be drawings, photographs, applications, which are accompanied by a lot of wishes and pleasant words.
Prediction Jar
Do you think what kind of gift you can make your mom with your own hands? The most pleasant and easy gift to make is a jar of predictions. To do this, you will need an ordinary jar of any shape and size, paper and a wide variety of items for decoration: ribbons, applications, stickers and whatever your heart desires. A4 sheets should be divided into many small pieces of paper and write some kind of prediction on each of them. For example: "Today you have good news." Every day, your mother will be able to get only one piece of paper out of the jar, and what will be written on it will certainly come true. Such a simple gift will cheer you up all year round.
Homemade vase
Making a birthday gift for mom with your own hands is not an easy task. However, even a child can realize such an option as a vase from a jar.
And for this you need an ordinary liter glass jar, paint, photograph. Let's get started:
- First of all, cut a rectangle out of cardboard according to the size of the selected photo. Using double-sided tape, stick the resulting piece of cardboard to the central part of the can.
- Next, paint the jar with the chosen color. Preferably in several layers, so that the color is more saturated.
- After the paint dries, you can safely remove the cardboard - in its place there will be a transparent window where you will need to paste the photo of your choice from the insidetape.
Beautiful handmade gift for mom. Such a vase will be an excellent memory and an interesting piece of decor.
DIY bath bombs
Do you want to give your mom a rest and complete relaxation? It's time to turn to homemade bath bombs, which you can easily make yourself. Sea s alt, essential oils and other useful components of the bombs have a beneficial effect on the skin, and the seething effect that is achieved due to soda will create a real Jacuzzi from the bathroom. What you need for this:
- 10 tablespoons of baking soda;
- 5 tbsp. spoons of citric acid;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of sea s alt;
- any essential oil that has a pleasant aroma and beneficial properties - approximately 20 drops.
- 1 teaspoon olive oil;
- dried herbs such as lavender, sage, mint.
- bomb shape;
- gloves;
- glass container.
Start by mixing citric acid, soda, dye and sea s alt. Without fail until a homogeneous mass. Then add essential and olive oils, as well as dried herbs. If everything was done correctly, you should get a homogeneous mixture that sculpts well. If suddenly the mass turned out to be crumbly, add a little water.
From the resulting mixture you need to make "snowballs" and tamp them into the prepared form. These can be old egg containers, children's toys, etc.
The balls should dryat least 20 minutes. Bombs removed from molds should not crumble. So useful and cute bath bombs are ready. You can make them in different colors and make your mom happy on March 8.
Good Mood Pouch
Another do-it-yourself gift idea for mom is a bag of good mood. One of the most original and simple gifts that are easy to create with your own hands. What needs to be done?
- To do this, you will need a ready-made bag or you can sew it yourself.
- Choose Mom's favorite candies.
- Print wishes and cut them out. Sizes should be small, no bigger than candy.
- Wishes should be glued with double-sided tape to sweets or use a stapler for this.
- Put the received candies-wishes into a bag of good mood.
An original DIY gift for mom is ready! Great mood for mom is provided. Minimum cost - maximum pleasant experience.
Sweet flowers
Peonies with a secret inside in the form of a candy are a great example of crafts that will be a great DIY gift for mom. It takes no more than 30 minutes to create such a gift, and if you get the hang of it, things will go twice as fast. If you make a peony large, then it can even be presented as an independent gift, and if you make several of these flowers, you get a real bouquet that from afar cannot even be distinguished from real peonies. What does it take to create the perfect candy bouquet?
- Corrugated paper, preferably pink and green.
- Sharp scissors.
- Glue.
- Two types of wire: thick and thin.
- Pliers.
- The most delicious candy.
When all the components are prepared, you can begin to bring the idea to life. Sequence:
- First you need to take a thick wire and make a loop at the end. In this loop, you will need to wrap the tail from the wrapper and fix the design with a teip tape.
- Cut 2 strips of different sizes from corrugated paper. One should be a few centimeters wider than the candy, and the second should be several times wider than the previous one.
- From strips of corrugated paper you need to cut petals that look like a real peony.
- Corrugated paper petals should be stretched with your fingers so that they take on a convex shape.
- The next step is to glue the resulting petals to the base of the wire on top of each other, without pressing them to the candy, so that the peony turns out to be lush, like a real one.
- Each row should be fixed with wire using pliers, the more petals, the more magnificent our peony will be.
- After the petals are fixed, you need to glue the leaves cut out of green paper under them.
- Also, with green corrugated paper, you need to wrap the leg of the flower from the bottom up. And voila - the candy peony is ready.
Such a handmade paper gift for mom will look impressive, and the sweets that will be stored inside the peonies will always cheer you up.
Video clip
In the world of modern technology, a great gift for mom with your own hands is a video. To create it, you can use photos of your mother, starting from childhood and ending with the current birthday. You can invite all guests to take a photo and immediately end the video with a group photo. The final editing of the video will take at most 5 minutes. The second option is a show of family photos. Such a gift will be remembered for a long time by both guests and beloved mother. It can be a great reason to take more photos together, so that after a few years to replenish the record with many new photos.
Homemade jewelry box
Such a gift will be not only a useful thing in the house, but also a wonderful piece of furniture. The box can be used to store the necessary small things or jewelry. Crafts - a gift for mom with their own hands, which will not leave anyone indifferent.
To create a box you will need:
- thick cardboard;
- toothpicks;
- dense threads for knitting;
- beads and ribbons - optional.
The set of so-called ingredients is extremely simple and does not require large financial costs, but the effect is what you need.
Get Started:
- First you need to cut out the desired shape from cardboard. It can be anything, the most popular option is a heart. The size of the box depends on the size of the cardboard used.
- The next step is to insert toothpicks into the cut out cardboard. They should beclosely spaced, no more than one centimeter apart.
- Half of the job is done, the base of the box is ready. Next, take the threads of the selected color and weave yarn through toothpicks.
- You can braid the box with threads alone, or you can make several layers of beads by inserting them on toothpicks and then continue braiding the box with threads.
Photo frame
A great gift for mom on March 8 with your own hands - a photo frame. On the one hand, such a gift may seem too banal, on the other hand, on the contrary, it is a hand-made gift that carries a memory in the form of a favorite photograph. What could be better? And most importantly, you can decorate the frame in absolutely any style using different materials - buttons, shells, beads, flowers, coffee beans and the like.
To create a frame, the easiest way is to use a suitable wooden base or make it yourself from thick cardboard.
Making a gift for Mother's Day with your own hands is easier than it seems, and it will evoke even more emotions than a purchased present. The main thing is to choose the best photo for the frame.
Handmade print candle
Such a handmade birthday gift for mom will be a great addition to the interior and decorate any holiday.
To create an original candle you will need:
- big white candles;
- baking paper;
- paint;
- hair dryer.
Only 10 minutes of time - and the original gift for mom is ready.
- Draw a pattern on the baking paper. Remember that it will be mirrored on the candle. The pattern can be anything, find a print on the Internet that your mom will like.
- Attach the patterned paper to the candle and fix it in one position.
- In order for the image to remain on the candle, it should be treated with hot air, for this you need a hair dryer.
The candle as a gift to mom is ready!
How to prepare a gift for mom? What nuances should be taken into account and what criteria should be based on?
List a few:
- First of all, take into account interests and hobbies. Do not choose the first option that comes across, consider the desires and dreams of your mother.
- To get off every year with banal and standard presents is at least ugly and certainly demonstrates a bright indifference to the holiday. Don't forget to please mom even with little things.
- Don't forget the bouquet. Mom's favorite flowers for any occasion will be a win-win option.
- Before you prepare a gift for your mother with your own hands, remember the little things: your favorite color, a melody that she will like. The more such trifles will be in a gift, the more touching and pleasant it will be for mom to receive it. After all, such things are a manifestation of real care.
- A postcard is more of a necessity than a banality, especially if it's handmade.
- Packaging plays an important role. Andit is not at all necessary to spend money on it, a flight of fancy. Colored paper or old wallpaper and voila - the packaging is ready.
- Don't forget about the festive mood, because you can give a gift in different ways. It is important to choose the right moment and create a solemn mood.
- Don't know how to find the right words? It is often difficult for those closest to you to say words of love, so you can learn a poem or prepare a speech in advance. Such a congratulation will give mom a lot of positive.
- What could be better than a pre-holiday cleaning? This will help mom relax in her day and go to celebrate with full strength.
- Such a surprise as a call on the radio will be a pleasant and unexpected addition to the main gift and will perfectly cheer up both mom and guests.
