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DIY Mother's Day Gifts

by: Jo
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This Mother's Day, remember taht all moms love a gift that has a personal, homemade touch. This year, why not elevate your game beyond basic macaroni-glued-to-a-box and try one of our fun DIY crafts? You'll create something that she will cherish far beyond the day.

Whether you're a child or adult, novice or experienced crafter, you're sure to find a project idea here among our favorite DIY Mother's Day gifts, including ideas for all different skill levels.

Skill level: Beginner

Printable Puzzle Nameplates

Lots of people picked up a love of jigsaw puzzles during the pandemic. If your mom is one of them, why not make her some of our printable puzzle nameplates and labels? This project couldn't be any easier — just print out a bunch of our puzzle labels on full-size sticker paper and tie them together with a nice ribbon.

DIY Mother's Day gift idea - puzzle name plates

Textured Flower Pots

Transform a basic flat flower pot or container into something custom. Use our hot glue gun texture technique to add dimension in whatever design you like, then paint over it to match the flowers or Mom's favorite colors.

DIY Mother's day gift idea - textured flower pots

Homemade Onion Jam

Treat your foodie mom with a unique treat by whipping up a batch of our Estonian onion jam, presented in a cute jar. This tasty jam is delicious on burgers, sandwiches, with bread and cheese, or even just by itself. Don't forget to give her the recipe link in case she wants to make more!

DIY Mother's Day gift idea - Estonian onion jam

Skill level: Intermediate

Cake Decorating Supplies Organizer

The baker mom in your life might just love a colorful way to keep organized. Our templates make it easy to transform a simple IKEA Moppe unit into a cake decorating supplies organizer that's cute and useful. Customize it with your favorite paint colors.

DIY Mother's Day gift idea - cake supplies organizer

Marbled Mugs

Give Mom an extra reason to smile over her coffee each morning with some fun nail polish marbled mugs. Marbling is a lot of fun, and nail polish makes it easy. You can find yourself making mom an entire new set of mugs before you know it!

DIY Mother's Day gifts - nail polish marbled mugs

Custom Photo Notepads

Grocery lists and notes can get a whole lot cuter with custom photo notepads. Choose a picture of Mom's pet, her grandchild, or a favorite family vacation and use our template and tutorial to create a notepad made just for her.

DIY Mother's Day gifts - custom photo notepads

Skill level: Advanced

Custom Tablet Cover

Whether Mom has an older iPad or a brand new Kindle, you can make it extra special with our custom tablet cover tutorial. With a size calculator and step-by-step instructions, you can use any fabric you like to sew a custom cover to protect her favorite tablet.

DIY Mother's Day gift - custom tablet cover

Copper Wind Chimes

If your mom loves nature or gardening, why not make her a set of copper wind chimes? It's easier than you think to turn copper pipes into a lovely feature for her porch or patio and you can make them at a fraction of the cost of buying them new.

DIY Mother's Day gift - copper wind chimes

Magic Folding Photo Cube

There's nothing mothers love more than photos, and our favorite way to showcase them is on a magic folding photo cube. Once you make one of these, you will like want to make more! These photo cubes are a fun desk accessory that you can play with and see your favorite photos. The step-by-step video tutorial makes it easier than it first appears.

DIY Mother's Day gift - magic folding photo cube

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