The Best Mother's Day Gift

Mother's Day for most Moms is breakfast in bed, a day off, a day at the spa maybe. Flowers, cards chocolates, hugs, kisses, just love from the kids. For us, Mother's Day is a bit trickier. Our Sundays are always filled with church activities. We hold 2 services, plus Sunday School, and since we rent a space, we have to set up and clean up. All I ask for is no cooking! This year I received more, much more. Something so special I am tearing up just sharing it with you.

As you may know from past posts, Little C is disabled. We still don't know what the cause is, and we may never know. She shows she understands, but it is usually subtle things,  milk, cookies, Daddy, bye bye.
While she was in the church nursery, the volunteer made Mother's Day cards with the children. She traced their little hands as stems for flowers. That in it self it a wonderful gift, but that is not the gift that makes me teary. I was showing the paper to my brother while holding Little C. She reached out and placed her hand on the hand print. She then repeatedly pointed to the cut out hand print. She remembered it was her hand.  She understood! This is the most amazing thing I have ever felt.

I am so filled with joy over she showing me this. I always question how much she really understands. Now I know. Not all gifts have price tags. Some don't come on a plate, or paper. Some times the best gift is seeing something so precious, and letting it touch you heart a little.

What is the best Mother's Day gift you have ever received?

Pin To Win Mother's Day Giveaway

Moms. We all have one, and lots of us are one. Mom's work so hard, we deserve a day off! Well, we want to give someone $100 Amazon Gift Card to celebrate!

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Mother's Day is just around the corner. Let's celebrate mom! We've got a great Pinterest contest full of not only great Mother's Day gift ideas but a prize Mom is sure to LOVE!

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I’ve joined together with some great bloggers to bring you this fun Pinterest Contest. We’ve got some great Mother's Day themed posts to share with you.

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Kids Crafts For Mother's Day

I am not a crafty person, I admit it. But with 5 children, I need to make more of an effort to start crafts. They love it, it's great for their fine motor skills, and I boosts their self confidence. So I figured with Mother's Day right around the corner, now is a good time to start.

I know that Mom's are supposed to get Mother's day off, but let's face it. If you have small children, it's kind of hard to take the day off. And how can your little one go and buy you a gift right? Well, we can help them make a gift for Grandma, and the better they get at it, the better chance they will make you one next year! Or, if you are really lucky, they will pester Dad to help them.

This year, I want my kids to make a Mother's Day gift for their Oma, my husband's mom. So we are making tissue paper flowers. This is an easy craft perfect for school aged children.

What You Need

• tissue paper
• pipe cleaners
• scissors
• green construction paper
• glue

Assembly

Fold the tissue paper stack in an accordion style, like you would if you were making a paper fan.  

Next, cut the ends of the tissue paper rounding them off. This gives your flowers the petals. 

Take your pipe cleaner and wrap the end around the middle of your stack of tissues. Secure it tightly.
Now you can open your folds of paper. Depending on the age of your child, you might need to help them a bit, but this is a great dexterity exercise for young ones, and that helps the fine motor skills! Even if they say they can't encourage them to try. This step worked best with my 9 year old. 

Take your green construction paper and cut out leaves.  We omitted the leaves because I am using a vase.
Glue your leaves onto the pipe cleaner stems, and viola! A tissue flower.

    I placed all the flowers in a dollar store vase, and now we have a perfect gift for Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Giveaway Event

Welcome to the Mother's Day Giveaway Event!

Hosted By:

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Sponsored by:

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A special thanks to my wonderful cohosts:

Simply Sherryl, Me And My Handful, Product Review Cafe, Miss Love It Or Leave It, and A Little bit of Everything

Mother's Day is approaching fast! One more month and mom's around the world will be getting breakfast in bed, cards, and kisses. Hopefully some get a day off too!
To celebrate we are joining with some great blogs to bring you a special Mother's Day event.

Enter to win one of the ten prizes in this giveaway! Prizes are as followed:

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$50 Pick Your Plum Box

$75 Blue Steel eGift Card

Plant Therapy: Relax Synergy & 4 oz carrier oil

Toadstool Pond: Monogram Typography Word Wrap Print

EatSmart: Precision Pro - Multifunction Digital Kitchen Scale

Woolzies Dryer Balls (6 count)

2 Medium Soy Serenity Candles (2 winners)
Cleaver Container Stuff It

Enter to win in the Rafflecopter below. All entries will be verified. Open to US residents. Giveaway ends May 4th at 11:59pm est.

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My Perfect Gift Giveaway Event

Can you believe Mother's day is almost here? Have you got your eye on something, and are trying to hint for it?

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Moms do love the special hand made gifts we get from our little ones but, be honest…..we really want a great Mother’s Day Gift!!!

This year let them know exactly what you want.

At MyPerfectGift.com you can create and share your FREE registry. Put lots of items on your wishlist and you’ll be surprised.

How to be Eligible to Win

Create a registry with at least 3 gifts or add to an existing registry. {sign-up with one click using your Facebook info} ~ When you sign up please use the letters “MPM” in the “Referred By” box.

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Giveaway ends May 8th at 11:59pm, open to US residents, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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Disclosure: To be eligible to win this giveaway you must create an account and add at least three items in your registry. If you already have a MyPerfectGift registry just add a gift to your existing registry to be eligible for this giveaway. I received no compensation for this publication. My opinions are my own and may differ from those of your own. Me And My Handful is not responsible for sponsor prize shipment. This event was organized by MomPoweredMedia please contact tina@babycostcutters.com with questions or to see your business or blog featured on the next big event!