Mother’s Day Frame Craft

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you need a gift in a pinch, I am reposting our easy peasy craft as well as some great Mom and Grandma book suggestions! Here is a fun Mother’s Day frame craft your kiddo will love to do.

Foam Fridge Frames! (say that 3x fast!)

Since most of my readers are moms today’s post is more for Grandmas. Later in the week, I will do a book review of just books that since becoming a mom make me cry (what’s the deal with that?!), be sure not to miss it!

1. 1. Gather your materials. You will need 3-4 foam sheets, some glue, scissors, a magnet/magnetic tape and a picture of your dear child and either yourself or your spouse if you are giving it to your mom or mother in law.
      
   2. Trace the outside of the picture, onto one of the foam sheets. Don’t press too hard or the indents will be noticeable in the finished product.
   3. Fold the foam sheet with the tracing on it in half and cut slightly inside the line to create a frame.
      
   4. Keeping the sheet folded you can cut on the other side of the line in a squiggly pattern to make a cool scroll effect.
      
   5. Cut shapes out of one or two of the other foam sheet, the sky is the limit, one tip though if you want intricate shapes, use very fine tipped scissors, regular ones just don’t cut it precisely.
      
   6. Glue your shapes on your frame piece. Make sure your tracing is on the backside.
      
   7. Glue your picture onto an uncut foam sheet.
      
   8. Glue around your picture and place the frame with shapes over it.
      
   9. Let dry, then on the back glue your magnetic tape, or magnet pieces. I just used one of the free magnets I got from my local library. I cut it in 3 and glued them on.
      
   10. Send this to your mom or mother in law!

*You will probably notice my son is missing from these pictures. I chose to do this activity as a naptime one because at 17 months he still puts foamy things in his mouth and this activity just begged for that. This should be done only with children who unlike my son, are past the everything goes into the mouth stage.

Books!

Like I said above, today I am focusing on our reader’s moms. But in a few days, I will have a post dedicated to books about moms!

“Grandma and Me” by Karen Katz is presently the big hit at our house and the inspiration for today’s activity. I didn’t read it at all before handing it to my mom and saying “How can you resist this book?”. She bought it and sat down to read it with my son. The book is bright and sweet with great flaps to lift. But just so moms of boys know it’s all about a girl and her grandma. I would have still bought it but I giggle every time I lift the flap where grandma has hidden a new “Nightgown” for her granddaughter. At our house, it’s a tee shirt! However, my son adores books where he can participate physically. I can’t help but melt when he grabs it and says “Gaga” as he grabs it from our book bin!

“Just Grandma and Me” by Mercer Mayer is a fun counterpart to the previous book, in this book a grandma and her grandson hit the beach and enjoy an afternoon together. There is something so sweet and touching about this book and the special bonds between grandparents and their grandchildren. The last page is adorable with Little Critter being carried into his house asleep on his grandma’s shoulder.

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