Most adults consider their mother as oneof the most precious people to themselves. And what can we say about children! While the child is very small, then the mother for him is the center of the Universe. Teenagers begin to experience conflicting feelings towards their parents. But no matter how prickly the character of teenagers is, deep down they still selflessly love their one and only mother. Growing children are often embarrassed to express their warm feelings, and mothers get upset and worried. However, there are days when the manifestation of love is considered not just normal, but necessary. For example, the holiday of March 8th. It is clear that children do not always have money for a gift to congratulate their mother. But everyone without exception has the opportunity to make a gift for mom on March 8th with their own hands. Believe me, it is simply impossible to think of a better congratulation. After all, a gift made with your own hands says much more than a routine souvenir. Therefore, we offer you several simple options for such a handmade congratulation.
The Mysterious Letter
Let's start with the simplest and most accessibleand make a mysterious letter as a gift for mom with your own hands. For such a gift you will not need money for materials for its production, and you probably have everything you need for this mysterious letter. So, for this handmade gift prepare:
- plain white sheet of paper;
- milk;
- paint or gouache;
- brush.
First you need to design the letter as beautifullya postcard or an old manuscript. You can paint a beautiful decorative frame, flowers and a congratulatory title "Happy 8th of March!". And after that, we proceed to the most interesting part. Put the paints aside, wash the brush thoroughly and take milk instead of paints. Yes, yes, we write our message with ordinary milk, where we congratulate mom on the holiday, address her with the warmest wishes and the most sincere declarations of love. Let the milk dry completely, and our letter is ready! On the holiday of the 8th of March, we give mom a letter. At first, there is no need to talk about how exactly to read the mysterious message - let mom try to guess herself. And if she still does not understand what exactly the secret is, then help her. Let her read the mysterious letter, holding it over a candle or a light bulb. From the heat, the invisible ink will begin to darken and mom will be surprised to find the inscription appearing.
The Bird of Happiness
This will be our handmade souvenir-talisman. For such a bird we will need:
- white cardboard;
- multicolored corrugated paper;
- a cover from a plastic bottle;
- salty dough
- cotton buds;
- gouache;
- toothpicks;
- glue:
- scissors.
Prepare salted dough from one glass of flour,half a glass of fine salt "Extra" and a quarter glass of water. Mix the flour with salt, and then, adding water, knead the dough. From the dough, we mold the body of our bird of happiness in the form of a cone and a head in the form of a ball. We mold the beak and eyes and attach them to the head. Take a cotton swab, cut it and with the cut end make several indentations on top of the head, into which we will then insert cotton swabs in the form of a crown. Now insert a toothpick on top of the body and put the head on it. Send the bird to dry in the oven. Draw a large circle on cardboard, using an ordinary saucer. Inside it, using a glass, draw a second circle, placing it exactly in the middle. Now first cut out a large circle along the outer contour, and then cut out a small circle inside it. As a result, we get a large ring and cut it into two equal parts. Cut strips of two to three centimeters wide from colored paper, then tear them into pieces and roll the torn pieces into balls. Combine the balls by color and glue them onto a semicircle (half of a ring). Choose an arbitrary pattern, having previously drawn its contours on cardboard. Paint the finished bird's body with gouache, and paint the cotton swabs, which we shorten beforehand. Make a crown on the bird's head by dripping a little glue into the recesses and sticking the painted cotton swabs. Attach the bird's body to the lid of a plastic bottle with glue, and glue the tail on the back. Our bird of happiness is ready! By the way, if you don't know how to handle salt dough or just don't want to sculpt a bird from it, you can use regular plasticine instead of dough. Then making the craft will be much faster.
cookbook
Many mothers love to cook and pamper their children.home with various delicacies and collect culinary recipes. If your mother is also into cooking, then give her a recipe book. And not a simple one, but one made with your own hands. To make such a culinary book you will need:
- A special notebook with ringlets on the inside of the back cover (called a notebook with removable blocks);
- monophonic thick fabric (laziness, thin sacking, canvas);
- thread for embroidery (mulina, iris);
- embroidery frame;
- needle;
- scissors;
- white cardboard.
From the fabric we cut out a rectangle with sidesabout eight centimeters larger than the size of the unfolded notebook cover. Now we will use the hoop and embroider on the front side of the fabric cover. We will embroider an inscription, but what kind of inscription is up to you. You can write “Cookbook”, “Recipe Book” or simply “Recipes”. We embroider the inscription at the top, leaving room for the creative decor of our gift. Now we make markings by drawing two vertical lines with a pencil on both sides of the place where the spine of the fabric cover will be located, that is, in the center of the workpiece. On a sewing machine with a zigzag stitch or with the help of a hoop with any decorative stitch, we make embroidery along the marked lines. Under the inscription on the front side we place our creative decor - this will be an ordinary but beautiful spoon, which we simply sew on, grabbing with threads in two places - at the bottom and top of the handle. And then we simply glue the finished fabric cover onto the cardboard cover of the notebook, folding the extra fabric inside. There is no need to fold the edges of the fabric here, as we will cover them with two more fabric-covered parts. To do this, we cut out two pieces of cardboard of the same size as the inner parts of the large cover. We cover these two cardboard pieces with rectangles cut out of fabric and glue them with the back side down. That's it, the book is almost ready. All that remains is to put the sheets on the rings.
Other gifts yourself
We have offered you only a few options.making a gift for mom on March 8. In fact, there are many more options for what to give mom on March 8! It all depends on your handicraft skills and what kind of handicraft you are into. Paper flowers There are just a lot of options here! Origami, quilling, contour cutting, paper plastic. You can make a decorative flower ball by making flowers for it from napkins or corrugated paper. Using the origami technique, you can make a variety of flowers, patterns for which are easy to find on the Internet or in special magazines. These flowers are then used to make bouquets or decorate postcards. Corrugated paper makes incredibly beautiful flowers, which are also used to make bouquets or even make bouquets of sweets. Using contour cutting, you can also make a gorgeous greeting card, and using the quilling technique, you can make not only a postcard, but also a whole panel. Sewing and knitting If you know how to knit, then prepare a beautiful scarf for your mom as a gift. It is very easy to knit, and your mother will definitely like such a gift. You can crochet or knit not only a scarf, but also, for example, kitchen potholders, a pillowcase for a sofa cushion, a mobile phone case, a cosmetic bag. And sewing skills will allow you to make the same potholders, kitchen towels or an apron. And gifts made using the patchwork technique will look especially elegant. Jewelry Beading and mastering the skills of modeling from plastic will allow you to make an exclusive jewelry as a gift for your mother: earrings, a brooch, beads or a necklace. By the way, knitted beads and brooches are very fashionable today. Your mother will also be very pleased with flowers made of fabric, felt or leather. After all, such flowers can decorate a dress, a bag, and a hairstyle. Silk flowers in the tsumami kanzashi technique, airy decoration made of organza or chiffon, a brooch with felt flowers - all this will become a desired and pleasant gift for mom. Photo frames A simple wooden or plastic frame can be originally decorated with any materials. Use salt dough, beautiful braid or cords, shells, beads and beads, textile flowers. A beautiful frame, by the way, can be crocheted, made voluminous and quilted, or simply cut out of thick cardboard and decorated as you like. Believe me, any gift made with your own hands will please mom much more than a routine souvenir bought in a store. After all, you spend your time on such a gift, make it with soul and love. And this is not just a sign of attention, but also a confirmation of your sincere warm feelings. So, when thinking about what to give your mom on March 8, don't forget about your skillful hands. A handmade gift for your mom is the best thing she can get from you on this wonderful spring holiday. We recommend reading:
