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Mothers Day

Category: <span>Mothers Day</span>

Need easy Mother’s Day gift ideas to make yourself? With a DIY Mother’s Day, your homemade gifts for Mom are extra thoughtful. Try arranging several easy items in a DIY basket. Browse our handmade Mother’s Day craft ideas to make her day with a present for Mom you made yourself.

Homemade Gifts for Mom

Gingham Crocheted Hot Pads

Mother’s Day Crochet!

Crochet is a fun way to make handmade Mother’s Day gifts. It’s easy to learn and doesn’t require a lot of fancy, expensive equipment. You just need yarn, a crochet...

Finished wine coasters that double as mug rugs

Charming Mug Rug and Wine Coaster

Quick and easy, make a mug rug from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, as well as a wine coaster where everyone can keep track of...

Finished small Kinchaku bag

How to Make Lotus-Style Kinchaku Bags

Lotus-Style Kinchaku bags are also called Lotus Flower bags or Origami Lotus Bags. These are super simple to make, so they are perfect for beginners. You can make them any...

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Kraft-tex mouse pad detail

DIY Mouse Pad

The makeshift mouse pad on my desk, which had evolved from a large folded piece of tissue paper, looked more than a bit pathetic. It slid about on my glass-topped…
Open showing field notes

How to Make a Field Notes & Passport Wallet

With the Field Notes & Passport Wallet, I can slip my passport, driver's license, a couple of credit cards and some cash to lighten my load.
Car Caddy - Road Trip Ready

Make Your Own Car Caddy

I was so tired of digging through the console in my car when I needed something! It's placed a little far back for me to reach without turning, and that…
Finished bookmarks

Quick Beaded Gifts

If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal gift in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading skills…
Samples of 3 tubular herringbone ropes

How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but…
Cellini Spiral Detail

Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics

Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes…
Dangling pearl earrings

Two Ways to Make Dangling Gemstone Earrings

For her wedding, my daughter wanted "new" pearl earrings to coordinate with the "old" pearl strands she planned to wear around her neck and in her hair. It meant a…
Bobbie and Ma

Creative Mothering

When I was just seven, our father accepted a job in Iran. So the family of four (parents and two little girls) put most of our belongings in storage. Then…
Finished wine coasters that double as mug rugs

Charming Mug Rug and Wine Coaster

Quick and easy, make a mug rug from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, as well as a wine coaster where everyone can keep track of…

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