Homemade Mothers Day
Gifts to Make

Looking for homemade Mothers day gifts to make for your Mom or Grandma? We've got a huge range of homemade gift ideas on this page to help you make it such a special day for her, including last minute printable gifts, bath and body pampering gifts, jewelry, flowers and more!

What sort of homemade Mothers day gifts would you like to make?

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Last minute

Bath and Body Pamper Gifts

Keepsakes and Photo Gifts

Home Gifts

Journals and Books

Homemade Flowers

Food Gifts

Kitchen Gifts

Jewelry

Cards and Sayings

Last Minute Mother's Day Gift Ideas

For those of you running a bit behind schedule this Mother's day, why not print your Mom off some of these Mothers Day coupons.

These cute coupons can be redeemed for "Breakfast in Bed", "Night off Cooking" or other things your mom will love. Download and print the coupons, and I'll show you how to bind them into a sweet matchbook-style booklet. There are also blank coupons in case you'd like to write your own.

Bath and Body Pamper Gifts for Mom

Who doesn't enjoy (need!) a bit of time and space to relax, and one of the nicest gifts you can give your Mom is some time for herself to relax and rejuvinate. Here is a selection from our Bath and Body recipes that we think she'll enjoy.

Making bath salts is especially easy and inexpensive, so perfect if you're a bit tight on time or budget, and I'm sure she'll really enjoy a relaxing soak in the tub! Add lavender essential oil and dried lavender petals to the epsom bath salt recipe for a beautifully fragrant, relaxing bath. Or use rose-petals and rose oil for a lovely feminine fragrance. There is plenty of advice on additional essential oil combinations included in this tutorial.

• Bath Salts
• Bath Bombs
• Body Scrub

Using a homemade body scrub to exfoliate feels wonderful, and leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth. Make some for your Mom this Mother's day using ingredients you'll find in your kitchen. I cover how to make sugar scrubs, salt scrubs, oatmeal scrubs, coffee scrubs, and more.

Homemade Photo and Keepsake Gift Ideas

We all lead such busy lives these days it can be hard to keep a track of how quickly our family grows up. Make your Mom a keepsake box and fill it with photos of your family now and memories of times gone by for her to treasure.

• Keepsake Box
• Keepsake Box
• Keepsakes Box
• Photo Pin Cushion
• New Mom Shadow Box
• Mason Jar Frame

And for those of you who can do needlework, I think this embroidered child's drawing is such a unique and adorable keepsake to give any Mom or Grandmother.

It takes a bit more planning than other homemade mothers day gifts but is well worth the effort!

And for an unusual and creative personalised gift idea you could make your Mom a mini-me doll.

The miniatures you can create are endless! From gardening, beach, craft-themed or more... just think about your Mom's hobbies and interest and tailor the mini-me doll to her. This tutorial includes some cute poems to accompany your dolls too!

Gifts for the Home

Take a peek at some of our homemade Mothers day gifts for around the home, including a very popular tutorial about how to make coasters that are beautiful, durable and fully waterproof!

• Make Tile Coasters
• Peg Magnets
• Lavender Heart
• Vintage Banner
• Candle Jar
• Key Holder

And for Mom's who likes to be organised, here are three different styles of memo-boards that can help her around the home.

• Corkboard Set
• Frame Memo board
• Fabric Memo board

Homemade Journal Gifts for Mom

If your Mom likes to keep a journal or diary, then try one of these homemade book ideas. Learn how to make a japanese-style bound book from scratch, or make a felt journal cover for a notepad.

• Make a Book
• Felt Journal Cover

Homemade Flowers for Mom

If you're looking for a homemade Mothers day gift idea with a twist, then look no further than homemade flowers. Make your mom a bunch of beautiful roses by adapting these money origami rose instructions.

You'll be amazed at how gorgeous and life-like they look! Instead of using money, choose some pretty coloured paper - just cut your paper into note-sized rectangles, and the rest of the instructions are the same.

There are many other ways to make a homemade bouquet for your mom, whether using money or paper flowers you've made yourself. Here are a couple of gifts readers made for their Mom's.

• Money Bouquet
• Flower Pot

Or why not make a fabric flower for your Mom? Here we'll show you two methods using traditional sewing or a faster hot glue gun technique. Make one into a brooch or hairclip for your Mom, or even use to decorate clothing! A really inexpensive and quick to make homemade Mothers day gift idea.

• Fabric Flower Hand Sew
• Fabric Flower Glue Gun

Homemade Food Gifts for Mom

When I think of Mother's day I immediately think of breakfast in bed! A lovely idea if you're still live at home with your Mom, but not so practical otherwise!

Another family classic is afternoon tea, and that is a great excuse to bake some delicious treats for your Mom. Here are a few ideas from the kitchen to help you out.

• Easy Truffles Recipe
• Moist Carrot Cake
• Chocolate Brownies

You'll find the chocolate truffles are smooth, dark, creamy and delicious... and really easy to make. This is a perfect homemade Mothers day gift idea for chocoholic Moms! Plus instructions for how to make your own gift box to present them in.

Does your mom bake cakes or pies? If so, then I bet she'd love a bottle of deliciously fragrant homemade vanilla extract. It smells absolutely divine. All you need to make this homemade mothers day gift is some vanilla beans and vodka. You can even download some printable labels for the bottle.

Homemade Kitchen Gifts for Mom

Is your Mom into cooking? Then these sweet homemade recipe storage ideas shared by our readers could be a great gift idea for her.

• Homemade Recipe Box
• Recipe Holder
• Recipe Binder

Homemade Jewelry Gifts for Mom

Even if you have no jewelry making experience, you can make beautiful bead or pearl earrings and necklace. Perfect for your mom on Mothers Day! These easy designs are made using a simple series of knots, so you don't need pliers, crimps, or any other special equipment.

Make a bead bracelet using memory wire for your Mom. Funky, pretty and really easy to make. Simple step-by-step instructions with photos.

Create a unique homemade Mothers day gift for your Mum with these reader-submitted tutorials.

• Lariat Necklace
• Fabric bead necklace
• Jewelry Hanger

Learn how to make a lariat using any bits and bobs you can get your hands on, including beads and buttons, sequins and more! And even better, no tools required to make this beautiful present

Mother's Day Cards and Sayings

Download one of my newest printable Mothers day cards, where you can choose from five cute bird designs in high quality PDF format. I'm sure you're Mom will love them too!

And here are some more free Printable Mothers Day Cards, with lots of lovely designs to choose from, including flowers, cupcakes and cute birdies.

Looking for some inspiration for what to write in your Mothers day card?

Wish your mom a Happy Mother's Day with one of these Short Mothers Day Poems or
Funny Mother's Day Quotes.

If you want to make a Mother's day Card then here are a few homemade card ideas for you too. Watch this space for more projects soon!

• Origami Dress Card
• Origami Dhalia Card

Here is an alternative cardmaking project & mothers day gift, where you incorporate a piece of jewelry into the card.

What Next?

We hope you found some great homemade Mothers day gift ideas on our pages. We would love to thank the readers who submitted craft ideas into our 2011 Mothers day craft ideas and 2012 Mothers day present ideas contests which we've shared with you throughout this page.

And if you're looking for gift ideas for kids to make, then do check out our Mothers day crafts for kids page.

Happy Gifting!