Homemade Mothers Day Gifts to Make
Looking for homemade Mothers day gifts to make? Check out the easy gift ideas on this page and find the perfect Mothers day gift for your Mom!
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.
How to Make Tile Coasters
Make coasters in your mom's favorite colors and patterns, or make custom photo coasters with family photos. I'll show you the trick of how to make coasters that are beautiful, durable, and fully waterproof. They'll be a homemade mothers day gift that your mom can enjoy for years to come.
Mom likes to display things on the fridge or freezer? Why not make her a set of these clothespin magnets so she can organise in style! Such a versatile homemade mothers day gift, and you can tailor these magnets just for her! They only take a few minutes to make and are an inexpensive gift idea, so perfect for people on a budget!
Lavender Hearts
A great Mother's day gift for your Mum or Gran, and make sure you make one for yourself too! These lavender hearts smell divine and look great hanging up around the house.
How To Make Lavender Bottles
These fragrant little lavender bottles smell wonderful and make beautiful gifts! Lavender is a natural moth repellent, and will keep clothes moth-free and fresh-smelling. There are also instructions for how to make a beautiful lavender wand, a slightly more advanced technique incorporating ribbon weaving - so beautiful!
Bath Salts
Making bath salts for your Mom is easy to do, 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.
How To Make Bath Bombs
Get ready for some bubble-licious bath bomb bliss! Just follow these easy step by step instructions and recipes to make a relaxing homemade Mothers day gift for your Mom. Plus, check out my tips on bath bomb molds and fragrances.
Homemade Body Scrub
Using a homemade body scrub to exfoliate feels wonderful, and leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth. Make one 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.
Fabric Flowers
Learn how to make fabric flowers with this easy design and step-by-step photo instructions. Perfect for glamming up a plain outfit, or use to make a gorgeous hair-clip. Really easy and inexpensive homemade Mothers day gifts which will looks fabulous!
Paper Roses
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.
Make a photo-album for your Mom filled with memories for her to treasure. Follow these easy step-by-step instructions for how to make an album using Japanese book-binding techniques. They are simple to make and such a versatile style, so you really can tailor it just to suit your special Mom!
For those of you in the southern hemisphere heading into the colder months of the year, this gift is perfect this Mother's Day! Recycle an old scarf, blanket or jumper into a hot water bottle cover made especially for her. A great way to use up fabric from your stash, and she'll definitely appreciate it on theose cold winter nights!
Make a bulletin board
Make a bulletin board covered with funky fabric for your Mom! They are super easy to make, inexpensive, and practical! All you need is fabric, thick cardboad, and glue.
Lariat Necklace
Create a funky homemade Mothers day gift for your Mum, creating a design with 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!
Make earrings and necklace
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.
Memory Wire Bracelet
Make a bead bracelet using memory wire! Funky, pretty and really easy to make. Simple step-by-step instructions with photos.
Free Printable Mothers Day Cards
Download one of my free printable Mothers Day cards in high quality PDF format. Lots of lovely designs to choose from, including flowers, puppies, kittens and more.
NEW! More Printable Mothers Day Card Designs
Click here to check out my newest printable card designs for Mother's day. These cute bird designs are just so sweet, and I'm sure you're Mom will love them too!
Make a Mothers Day Card
This homemade card is quick and easy to make, and is so pretty. She'll love it! Or click here for an alternative cardmaking project & mothers day gift, where you incorporate a piece of jewelry into the card.
Origami Dress Card
How to make a very cute card featuring an origami evening dress. Don't worry if you've never tried origami before - it's really easy to make!
Short Mothers Day Poems for Cards
Wish your mom Happy Mothers Day with one of these free short mothers day poems.
Funny Mothers Day Quotes
Favourite funny mothers day quotes, perfect for putting in mothers day cards.
And if you are looking to make some lovely decorations for Mother's Day, here is a quick and easy no-sew method to make gorgeous decorative bunting.
Moist Carrot Cake Recipe
A world best moist carrot cake recipe that works every time! People always ask for my recipe, so here it is. Can be used for baking healthy carrot cake cupcakes too!
Decadent Chocolate Brownie Recipe
This quick and simple brownie recipe is so easy to follow, and makes a batch of deliciously moist, chocolatey brownies. Perfect homemade mothers day gifts for chocoholic Moms!
NEW! Reader-Submitted Homemade Mothers Day Gifts
Browse through all our Homemade Mothers Day Gifts contest entries below, and be sure to leave a comment on the projects you like!
Or click here to see the contest winners.
Rachael shares her her instructions for how to put together a money bouquet for Mother's Day. A wonderful gift idea for Moms who prefer practical gifts!
Ana shares her instructions for how to make this simple but thoughtful Mother's day gift for Mom.
Rochelle shares her instructions for how to make this gorgeous Mothers day craft project - a homemade corkboard set for Mom's who like to be organised!
Cabin Annie shares this fabulous tutorial for how to make a key holder for your Mom this Mother's day. Includes a free printable template design!
Mary shares this creative tutorial on how to make cloth dolls for Mother's day. Includes free templates so it couldn't be easier!
Kimberly shares an instructional for how to make a beautiful bunch of flowers for Mom for Mother's day using egg cartons from your kitchen. Includes tulips, daffodils, poppies, and anemone flowers - amazing!
Jill shares her instructions for how to make this funky fabric candle holder - such a lovely homemade Mothers day gifts idea!
Kristen shares her instructions for how to decorate a garden pot into a lovely keepsake Mom will treasure!
Kristen shares her instructions for how to make this recipe binder. A wonderful homemade Mothers day gift idea for Mom's who love to cook!
Rose shares her instructions for how to make a sweet silverware and napkin holder, perfect for setting the table with on Mother's day morning!
Melissa shares her instructions for how to decorate a gift box into a keepsake that Mom will surely treasure!
Mary shares her instructions for how to make this gorgeous spring-themed wreath for Mother's day. Perfect for the kids to make for their Mom!
Mary shares four free wrist pin cushion patterns that are full of spring-time cheer - perfect for Mother's day!
Mary shares her instructions for how to make these super cute magnetic foam picture frames.
In this tutorial Tatiana shares an instructional video for how to make dangly earrings out of soda can tabs!
In this tutorial Cabin Annie shows how to make a decorated foam visor, the perfect gift idea for your Mom on Mother's day, especially if she's the outdoors type!
Kara shares how to make a wall-mounted jewelry hanger...thinking outside of the box literally from a jewelry box!
Take kids drawings and turn them into jewelry for mom! Mary shares how to help your kids (or grandkids!) make these cute Mother's day gifts.
What Next?
Now that you have made your homemade mothers day gift, you will want to wrap it nicely! Check out these gift wrapping techniques for some creative ideas.
Happy Gifting!
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