16 Easy Mother's Day Crafts Kids Can Make To Make Mom Swoon

These recycled egg carton vases by The House That Lars Built look like they belong in the gift shop of a modern art museum, but they couldn’t be easier to make. All you’ll need is a plant in the plastic pot it comes packaged in, plus hot glue, paint, scissors, and of course, paper egg cartons. If you don’t have a potted plant, you could easily make these vases using an old plastic container (like the cylindrical kind soup comes in) just make sure to put a hole in the bottom so the plant can drain. Depending on their age, your kiddos may need a little help cutting the cartons or using the hot glue, but it shouldn’t require too much help on your part. It’s fun for little ones to pick out paint colors their mom will love, just remember to save the painting for last, as it may crack if you do it first.

You can never have too many plates to show off jewelry and other small trinkets, especially when they’re made by the kiddos you love. You’ll need to order some plain white trays or dishes, plus painter’s tape, Mod Podge, and glitter or cut paper. You can use the tape to make white space to create stripes or other designs, or you could have fun decorating the entire plate or dish (small bowls make great ring storage). Just make sure to leave time for these to dry before it’s time to wrap them.

If Mother’s Day snuck up on you, this pillow spray from A Beautiful Mess can be made in minutes, plus it’s a gift moms can use daily because everyone could stand to get better sleep. You’ll need a glass bottle (or you could upcycle any bottle you already have that has a spray top), distilled water which you can buy or make, plus some soothing essential oils like lavender or chamomile/ Your kiddos will feel like little scientists mixing up a potion, and mom will love how her pillow smells like lavender at the end of the day.

Here's a great craft for kids who a little bit older. These tassel earrings from The Stripe are so light and cute, mom may not believe they’re homemade. You can easily find tassels on most online craft stores or Etsy. These look super complicated, but they actually don’t require much more than earring hooks and a needle and thread. I personally love the ombre pink colors, but you could use rainbow-colored tassels for moms who make a statement, or all neutrals from the monochrome mama.

For these chic succulent planters from Creative Green Living, you’ll need an empty can (finally a use for all those empty coffee canisters) plus glue, fabric, and small stones to place at the bottom (fish tank rocks or even pebbles from outside work in a pinch). This tutorial uses burlap and lace, but you could use any fabric you have on hand. Best of all, succulents are notoriously easy to care for, so if mom isn’t necessarily known for her green thumb, she’ll still enjoy this thoughtful gift.

This gift is not only useful, it looks beautiful in a glass jar and would hardly even need wrapping paper! Paper & Stitch has a simple tutorial for rose petal bath salts that would be easily customizable to accommodate other types of flowers or scents as well.

These personalized wood plaques from Lovely Indeed are surprisingly easy to put together, considering how darn adorable they are. The key ingredient is spray adhesive, which you'll use to stick cute patterned paper to a pre-cut board and then decorate with letter stickers. Brainstorming funny sayings your mom will appreciate might be the most fun part!

Not all moms run on coffee, but most moms need some kind of hot beverage to get them through the early mornings and the long afternoon slump. You can easily help your kids whip up a set of new mugs that are dishwasher safe and ready to sip. This tutorial from A Little Craft in Your Day makes it very simple with endless options for personalization using only a few supplies.

Some kids just love a project with glitter — and so do some moms! This tutorial from Rosyscription makes it pretty simple (although probably not totally mess-free) to decoupage a tray with glitter, taking a dollar store acrylic organizing tray to another level.

With a little Model Magic clay and some craft paint, your kiddos can create these adorable trinket dishes from Studio DIY for their well-deserving mom. It's sort of like going to that over-priced clay-painting place but you can do everything from the comfort of your kitchen table!

Even if you aren't reading this until Mother's Day morning and the mom in your life is sleeping in, this can be put together by the time she wakes up and you deliver her morning coffee in bed. Paint (or a marker) plus paper, with a little instruction from The Merrythought, easily transforms any bouquet, store bought or foraged, into the sweetest bouquet.

Using a canvas and some patterned and colorful tissue papers cut into squares, kids of almost any age can make this colorful picture display from Mod Podge Rocks.

If your kid is the age when making friendship bracelets is all the rage, let them use their weaving skills to follow this easy finger crochet potholder tutorial from Paper & Stitch. The key to making them look a little fancier than the typical kid-DIY project is to use nicer yarn in a single color.

In theory, I might even be able to manage this DIY project with my toddler. If I melted the soap base, she could easily drop in the essential oils and flower petals and I think we could survive without a mess. Use this tutorial from Hello Glow to make these elegant soap bars. Wrap them up individually in pretty paper and you're good to go.

Kids will get a kick out of painting on these felt flowers, and mom will probably have more uses for them than you realize! Older kids can even help glue the felt onto the paperclips, making this tutorial from Handmade Charlotte a great DIY for kids of all ages.

Another super simple tutorial from Rosyscription, this one takes porcelain tiles and turns them into coasters using a single stamp. The result is much more store-bought than homemade-macaronic-necklace, and she'll remember the giver every time she uses them.