Coming up with a good Mother’s Day (or Father’s Day or Christmas…) gift can be daunting. What do you get for grown ups that already have everything they need? I’m convinced homemade Mother’s Day gifts are the way to go. Back to the glory days of childhood when a finger painted picture stole your mom’s heart. I love things my kids make and I don’t believe I will ever grow tired of that…not even when they are age 16, 41 or 60!
This month for the Junk Revision Challenge (that I adore taking part in) our inspiration is mom or dad. I hope this little project can be a launch pad for you to create a homemade Father’s Day or Mother’s Day gift…at any age! You’ll be able to visit more ideas below.
I’ve shown you the pile of wooden fence pickets my friend shared with me. A pile of possibilities actually!!! Well there were other kinds of wood in the pile…like a 4X4 wood post (in the back of the pile). It was cracked and not really useful as a fence post or any other intended large scale purpose. So I cut it into square blocks and made these sweet little gifts.
You see, the friend that gave me the wood has six little ones. Five girls and one boy. I wanted them to each have a memento from the pile because it was wood they were leaving behind as they moved from their old house to a new one.
Each of my children picked a few colors and we all sat and painted blocks. I wish I would have taken pictures, but I was actually enjoying the moment with my crew. They had fun painting and thinking about which color the boy would like and if the girls would be happy with the color choices. Would the white be boring? What if two girls wanted the same one? It was a funny conversation.
We used Fusion Mineral paint and Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in a variety of colors…for lots of options. 🙂
Next, my daughter helped pick fabric pieces to match some small clothespin clips (complete with bows) I got from the Michael’s dollar bins.
I cut a heart out of the small swatches of fabric and used fabric glue to attach just the top portion of the heart to the top of the block. The clothespins were attached to the side with E6000 glue.
I free hand painted Psalm 119:11, hidden under each heart.
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What a sweet, sweet gift! I love that you thought about the kiddos and gave them a memento from their previous house! A gift the kids AND the mom will love!!!
I think it would be good for anyone!
Always love a craft that the family can do together and a gift any mom would love to receive.
It’s fun now that the kids are getting old enough to actually sit and do stuff with me. I love that.
How you saw these sweet little photo/ verse holders from that pile of wood? They are adorable and make a cute gift for Mother’s Day and more.
The would be good for anyone…so cheap even if you buy a new post!
What an adorable idea… such a cleaver and sweet idea for a Mother’s day gift!
thanks Tammy!
Kim, this is such a clever and useful gift! I love this! How thoughtful of your kids for think about what colors the other kiddos would like. Also very cool that the wood came from their old home. I really like the Psalm 119:11 written under the heart.
thank you – My kids had a great time, it was a sweet moment
I love this project, Kim!! I can think of so many places in my home that I’d want to use it. I also think that it would make a great bible school craft and I’m going to make sure that some of my friends see this to get your great idea!
Thanks Paula – it would be great for bible school. It’s an easy craft to make personal! thank you for sharing
These are adorable. Love the verse behind the heart and the bright colors and prints. Super repurpose and you are also blessed to have friends who give you great stashes of junk! ;o)
I am a blessed girl! Thanks Lucy
What sweet gifts these made, and a great way to use the salvaged wood!
Thanks Angie!
These are so sweet. How clever of you to use old fence pieces to create these thoughtful gifts.
Julie @ Love My Simple Home
The kids that got them were even sweeter!
These are so sweet. What a thoughtful gift!
Thanks, we enjoyed making them
just wanted to share………..I helped (?) my grandchildren, ages 9 & 11 make a scripture block for their Mom for Mother’s Day. They loved doing it as much as she loved receiving it. thank you for sharing your creation.
brenda
they will also be making one for Father’s Day………possibly adding their photo instead of a bow. 😉
I love that they made this project! There are a ton of variations you could add to it to make it your own! Thanks for letting me know it was a success!
I loveeee it
🙂