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Easy Mother’s Day Gift Made by Kids

May 4, 2017 by Sheryl Cooper

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You are looking for an easy Mother’s Day gift that can be made by kids. You want it to be simple, yet much appreciated.

I’ve got you covered!

Throughout my years of teaching, we’ve made many different gifts for Mom. You all know how I am not thrilled about crafts and gifts that are mostly done by adults. However, that can be a challenge when finding a gift to give to an adult. It’s a struggle I’ve dealt with year after year.

Until this year!

I finally found a great gift for Mom that is simple AND that the children put most of the work into. Lavender bath salts! All the teachers in my preschool agreed this one is a keeper because not only is it simple, but it can be done with every age in our program, from toddlers to 5 year olds.

 

great gift for mom

 

 

Easy Mother’s Day Gift Made by Kids

 

What you will need for this lavender bath salt activity:

  • Lavender essential oil
  • Small jars (we purchased these ones)
  • Ribbon (we selected this lavender ribbon)
  • Epsom salts

Once you get all your ingredients and you are ready to begin…

Make sure that there are no chunks in the epsom salts.

We placed our epsom salts in small sandwich-sized plastic baggies and had the children hammer the chunks. (We know how much they love to hammer anything, so why not add it to this activity?)

 

great gift for mom

 

Then, add the salt to a big bowl.

We did ours in 3-cup batches. We added about 5 drops of lavender essential oil. You can alter this depending on how weak or strong you want it to be.

 

great gift for mom

 

Time to fill the jars!

Toddlers and preschoolers love to pour! I placed the jar right in the bowl of scented salt because I knew there would be overflow. No mess and no waste!

 

great gift for mom

great gift for mom

 

Time to wrap it up!

Place the top on the jar and tie the ribbon around it. We added a super simple handmade tag.

 

great gift for mom

 

great gift for mom

 

It’s that simple!

Easy Mother's Day Gift Made by Kids

Ready to give to Mom!

great gift for mom


 

 

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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