11 DIY Mothers Day Crafts for Kids Made with Felt
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Who wouldn’t love to receive a handmade gift for Mother’s Day? Moms, grandmas, and great-grandmas appreciate Mother’s Day gifts made by their kids. There is something special about DIY Mother’s Day Crafts, especially made by the little ones. All the kids get excited, waiting for their mom, grandma, or great-grandma to open up and see the special Mother’s Day craft they made. It is a memorable moment for both a mom and a child. With these Mother’s Day DIY Felt Crafts for Kids, let’s bring more of these unforgettable moments.
Happy felt crafting with kids!
Any DIY felt gift the kids choose to make, moms, grandmas, and great-grandmas will be in love with! Quick and easy felt crafts are a sweet and fun way to connect with kids. Mom helps her kid make a handmade gift for grandmother. Grandmother can enjoy crafting time with her grandchildren while creating a lovely Mother's Day present for her daughter. Preschools or schools teacher may get inspired by these felt craft Mother's Day gift ideas.
Content Mother’s Day Felt Craft Kids Crafts
Gather the kids and create one or many adorable DIY Mother’s Day felt crafts. I have sorted the felt craft ideas by age (complexity), from the easiest to the more difficult ones. The first two gift ideas can be made with children as young as 3 years (with adult assistance, of course :). For the Mother’s Day gift ideas that require sewing, I would suggest that kids aged 6 and older can learn to sew with basic embroidery stitches. In most cases, kids will need adult support doing these Mother’s Day kids’ crafts’ unless they are old enough to read and already have crafting and sewing experience.
Free templates
Basic Materials & Supplies that might always be handy to have at home
Felt
Glue (for kids felt craft, I used Elmer’s Craft Bond Fabric and Paper Glue, UHU Craft Glue)
Scissors (my favorite ones are KAI 5 1/2 inch embroidery scissors or KAI 6 1/3 inch patchwork scissor)
Sharp scissors for the cardboard or Exacto knife with Cutting board (Rotary cutting board for crafts); if you craft with cardboard the Exacto knife and the cutting board are excellent
Embroidery floss (DMC embroidery floss including hand needles)
Embroidery needle (Clover Embroidery needle)
Freezer paper sheet (if you look for precision in cutting felt - check out my tutorial 6 Techniques on how to cut out felt to find your favorite felt cutting method)
Iron (optional for freezer paper - I have Rowenta travel iron)
I've compiled a list of 11 adorable felt crafts that are suitable for kids of all ages, from toddlers to teenagers. These easy crafts range from simple projects for toddlers and preschoolers, such as felt flowers and felt hearts, to more complex sewing projects for older kids, such as felt heart keychains and heart paper clip bookmarks. Choose your favorite Mother's Day idea, ranging from simple no-sew projects to sewing projects for kids, and get crafting your special handmade gift for Mom this Mother's Day.
What about sharing love with a homemade heart? The DIY recycled cardboard heart covered with colorful felt is a quick and easy kids’ craft. It’s an excellent kids’ project for toddlers and preschoolers. But older kids can also have lots of fun with it. Follow my free tutorial and make this cute kids' project.
Cardboard Heart with Felt - Mother’s Day Craft for Toddlers
Cardboard Heart Covered with Felt Mother’s Day Gift Idea
What about flowers for Mother’s Day? These easy felt flowers are pretty, handmade and most importantly, made with love. Follow no-sew felt flowers tutorial for the perfect Kids’ Mother’s Day gift.
Easy to do Mother’s Day Hearts Wreath gift will become a pretty decoration anywhere it is hanged. Inspired by the Valentine’s Day Heart Wreath Craft, my kids made the wreath with felt hearts. As the tutorial doesn’t include a stencil, I made my own felt hearts wreath template. You can find it in the Materials & Supplies section.
In brief, prepare the wreath base from a paper plate or cardboard (use the free template). Cut the felt hearts (you’ll need 9) and glue them on the cardboard. Finally, add ribbon to the back of the cardboard for the felt hearts wreath to hang nicely.
Felt Hearts Wreath Craft
Felt Hearts Wreath - Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids
What if you surprise mom with an ‘I love mom’ or ‘MOM’ felt letter banner on Mother’s Day? The Mother’s Day DIY felt letter banner is a simple felt craft project to make and looks fantastic. Here go the steps on how to make a quick and easy ‘I love mom’ or ‘MOM’ felt letter banner.
Download and print the free ‘I love MOM’ felt letter banner template (to be found in Materials & Supplies section above).
Cut all the letters from felt. If you are looking for a guide on how to cut felt, visit my post 6 ways on how to cut out felt.
Cut a length of string, yarn, hemp string, ribbon, or twine. Use mini craft clothespins to hang the ‘MOM’ letter shapes on the twine.
Hang the ‘MOM’ felt letter banner in the desired place. Visit my post on How to make an easy no-sew felt banner for suggestions on how to hang the felt banner.
Mother’s Day ‘I love MOM’ Felt Letter Banner
Adorable Mother’s Day Craft for Kids - ‘MOM’ Felt Letter Banner
The felt ‘MOM’ Sign in a Frame Mother’s Day gift idea that kids can make is adorable. I’m in love with it. It is easy to make and will melt mom’s heart. If you want to give such a frame present to mom, follow the steps on how to make the ‘MOM’ Sign in a Frame.
Get a letter or A4-sized frame that you like. I used an IKEA Fiskbo frame in pink color.
Stretch a bit larger felt piece across the frame’s backing board and place it in the frame leaving the transparent plastic or glass out. You can also opt for covering the frame’s backing board with a thick color paper sheet instead of felt.
Download and print the free ‘MOM’ Sign in a Frame template (to be found in Materials & Supplies section above).
Cut all the letters from felt. If you are looking for a guide on how to cut felt, visit my post 6 ways on how to cut out felt.
Follow by gluing the felt letters onto the backing board or make a felt letter banner that you attach to the frame. For the DIY felt letter banner, cut a length of string, yarn, hemp string, ribbon, or twine. Attach the twine (I like this Jute twine rope) with tape at the back of the frame. Use mini craft clothespins to hang the ‘MOM’ letter shapes on the twine.
Mother’s Day Craft for Kids - ‘MOM’ Felt Sign in a Frame
Mother’s Day Gift ‘MOM’ Felt Banner in a Frame
What about giving mom or grandmother a sweet or another present in a woven heart basket? FirstPalette shares a free tutorial on how to make a woven heart basket.
Follow the tutorial tracing the template onto felt. Sew or glue the ends of a strip of felt onto the heart basket to make a handle. Fill the DIY felt heart basket with a small present to make an adorable Mother’s day gift.
Mother’s Day Felt Woven Heart Basket
This simple heart paper clip bookmark with a free pattern is one of my favorites on the list. Two of my girls, aged 8, tried the free Heart Bookmark pattern from Squishy-Cute Designs. It is an easy pattern to make and looks fantastic.
Cut the felt pieces. Visit the post on how to cut felt to learn different felt tracing and cutting techniques. Girls traced the free template on freezer paper. I ironed the freezer paper onto felt for them. Then, they cut out all the pieces. They can also trace the free pattern onto felt with a marker and cut it out.
I threaded the needle, made a knot (something to teach them), and started the first stitch in all steps to show them what to do. Then, the girls completed the sewing. My girls wanted a button in the middle. So before sewing the felt heart together with running stitch, they sewed the button on.
By the end of the project, the girls could make the final knot themselves.
As a mom, I am happy to have this heart paper clip made by my daughter.
Mother’s Day Felt Heart Paper Clip Bookmark
Cute heart Mother’s day gift that mom can always carry with her. It is one of my kids’ crafts tutorials and a nice first sewing project for kids. Follow the step-by-step tutorial from me for the felt heart keychain craft and give this cute felt heart Mother’s Day gift to the loved one.
Mother’s Day Felt Heart Keychain
This felt bookmark is a perfect gift for any book of moms or her journal. Follow the youtube video DIY felt bookmark to make the adorable gift. There is no link for the flower and heart stencil, but you can browse the web to find some. Firstpallete shares flower colouring pages that I used before. My felt heart keychain tutorial has a free heart template.
The next Mother’s Day gift idea is to create a donut keychain using Mini Donut Bag Charm free pattern.
To make the pattern into a keychain, sew a ribbon into the outer edge of the felt donut. For more detailed instructions on how to make a felt donut follow Donuts Felt Food free pattern.
Felt flowers are a perfect homemade gift for Mother's Day. They combine the beauty of flowers and a handmade gift. They are an easy craft kids can make and a lovely keepsake. Follow the felt flower tutorial and craft lovely flowers for your mom. My daughter and I made these as a teacher's gift.
Felt Flowers Bouquet Craft for Mother’s Day
Have a lovely Mother’s Day with the Mother’s Day gift made by the kids! I’m curious about what I receive this year :) These 11 felt project ideas are fun to make and look adorable. We tried a majority of them at home. These DIY gift ideas for kids’ crafts can be made not only for Mother’s Day but also for Father’s Day, a teacher’s present, Valentine’s Day!
Enjoy the crafting time :)
Thank you for creating with me! More kids’ crafts are coming soon.
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XO, Anna