At the time of writing this Mother’s Day is still 5 weeks away, but many countries celebrate it throughout the year and so, while you may not need this session plan right now, you may need it in June if you live in Kenya or August if you live in Thailand.
We thought we’d give you a chance to get crafty with your teens so they can make something homemade for their mothers, step-mothers, godmothers or any other ‘mother figures’ in their lives. And overall, these will probably go over much better than that clay ashtray from when they were 4.
So here are 3 Mother’s Day crafts for teenagers:
1. Paper Flowers
You can have the teenagers make one or more small paper flowers or you can decorate your youth center or church with giant paper flowers. Having done them before, they do take some patience and fluffing, but once you get good at it, they’re beautiful. Quick tip: don’t make the center string or tie too tight.
The other great thing about this craft is that it requires very few resources – some tissue paper, scissors and a pipe cleaner or string are the minimum for a regular paper flower, although the large ones also need a tray, some paper clips and some hot glue.
Here’s a video guide on how to make these flower crafts:
Here’s another video guide, but this time to make giant flowers. I’d never seen the giant ones before, but these are seriously beautiful!
2. Stained Glass Tissue Paper Votive Holder
These Mother’s Day crafts are inexpensive items that are creative, personal and easy to make. You only need glass votive holders, tissue paper, glue and paintbrushes.
The easiest thing to do is tear the tissue paper into various shapes and layer them on the votive holder. While holding them in place, use the paint brush to paint the glue onto the glass holder and over the top of the tissue paper as you go. Don’t put the paper or the glue on the inside. Let the whole thing dry. Viola! Done.
If you’re feeling craftier, you may want to try this votive holder.
3. Origami Light Boxes
This final craft is very pretty when done correctly. You can either use white paper with white lights, white paper with colored lights or colored paper with white lights. All you need is paper, maybe a little bit of tape and strings of Christmas lights.
First, you need to make origami water balloons. These, like the paper flowers, will take some time to master but are well worth the effort.
Here’s a video detailing how to make them:
Then, using the opening that you blew into, place them over the lights.
You can end up with some really pretty strands of lights, and they work well with dangly icicle lights too!
Question: Do you know of any other great Mother’s Day crafts for teenagers? How could you use these crafts to make the mothers of your youth feel special? Let us know in the comments below.
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