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When I was an adult before I had kids, I always bought my mom a card. It was nice, but now that I’m a mom, I know how much a handmade card from my kids means rather than a store-bought one.

All the moms in your life will smile when they see the little prints in this handmade card. It is inspired by an awesome book in our Usborne Store called Fingerprint Activities.

There are so many inspiring pictures to make with your fingerprints, and this book makes it easy to duplicate and experiment with a built-in stamp pad.

Fingerprint Mother’s Day Card

First, I made this printable with 2 different Mother’s Day cards. One says, “I made a flower with my finger and thumb. So you will have these memories for years to come.  I love you.” This could be for any Mother in your life.

The other says, “If I had a Flower for each time I thought of my Mother, I could walk in my Garden Forever…” Just click on the image below to download.

We made prints with the tips of our fingers for the flowers and then added details with a black pen. The butterfly is made by printing the whole finger for the front wings and the tips of the fingers for the back wings.

We tried a bird and a bee and some flowers of our own. It was a lot of fun, and now we have special cards for our Mothers!

If you’re looking for more Mother’s Day Card ideas, you might also like this hand and foot print Mother’s Day card!

More Book Activity Ideas!

Rebecca at Line Upon Line Learning

Lauren at Mama’s Learning Corner

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Free Mother’s Day Printables

This awesome 30-page freebie contains questions about mom and mom coupons that she can trade in with nice things to do for your mom! After they fill these out, treasure them until they are parents! What a fun keepsake and memories to make for mother’s day. Those are the best gifts in my opinion.

Some questions ask are:

If I could take my mom anywhere in the world, I would take her to?

What are 5 things I love about my mom?

If I could by my mom anything in the world, I would buy her?

Complete the form below if you’d like to get this Mother’s Day freebie!

Another fun thing I like to do with my kids, is READ to them! I get bored of reading the same things all the time so this fun Reading Bingo challenge for MayReading Bingo challenge for May keeps things interesting!

You can also win fun prizes for completing bingos and blackouts! Join my Reading Facebook group to participate and get this freebie too!

Mother’s day Giveaway!

Celebrate yourself and Motherhood this year! I’ve teamed up with a wonderful group of bloggers to help pamper 4 Amazing Moms! 
There will be ONE Grand Prize Winner and THREE $100 gift card winners – for a total of 4 winners!! The Grand Prize winner will choose between a combo Air Fryer/Toaster Oven or a Kitchen Aid Mixer (up to $300). It’s our hope and prayer that we will add to your blessing this Mother’s Day, and also show you just how much we appreciate you, our mom readers. 

To enter for your chance to win, simply use the Rafflecopter form below to enter. Now I know that is quite a few entries for you, but each of these bloggers generously chipped in their own money to bring you this giveaway, so I hope you will take the time to do all of the entries. Don’t forget, the more entries you do, the better your odds are at winning!

Giveaway ends Friday, May 12th at 11:59pm EDT.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond to email to claim the prize. By entering this giveaway you may be added to the email lists of the participating bloggers. Please be sure to read the Terms & Conditions upon entering the giveaway. By entering the giveaway, you agree and acknowledge your understanding of the terms & conditions.

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There are lots of ways to show your affection for mom, but it’s the effort that counts. I’m a sucker for the nice things my kids do for me. I would rather have nice things said, handmade cards, and backrubs over chocolate any day! What about you?

Free Mother’s Day Printables

If you are looking for something that the kids can easily do for mom, here are some free printables for Mother’s Day! There is a page that the kids can write what they think about their mom and some coupons for mom to use to help her around the house and get some special pampering in. 

Which one do you think mom will like best? 

If you’d like to get more free printables each month, join my Book Club Group on Facebook here.

Personally the coupons are my favorite, but I can’t wait to see what the kids say about me. I will treasure looking back at that page and I’m sure having a couple laughs too. Kids are so fun and I’m so grateful to be a mom!

Click here to download your free Mother’s Day Printables!

Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Mother’s Day is coming up and I’ve partnered together with a great group of bloggers to bless some moms BIG TIME this Mother’s Day! 

We are giving away FOUR $100 gift cards to the place of the winner’s choice. The winner can choose a gift from Hobby Lobby, Christianbook.com, grocery store of choice, or restaurant of choice. 

Now I know that the Rafflecopter has quite a few entries, but each of these bloggers generously chipped in their own money to bring you this giveaway, so I hope you will take the time to do all of the entries.  And hey, the more entries you do, the better your odds are of winning!

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Giveaway ends May 7th at 11:59pm EDT.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond to email to claim the prize. By entering this giveaway you will be added to the email lists of the participating bloggers. Please be sure to read the Terms & Conditions upon entering the giveaway. By entering the giveaway, you agree and acknowledge your understanding of the terms & conditions.

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Hand prints are so telling.  It reminds us how quickly time goes by and how precious these moments we have really are.

I’m excited to see my little ones grow, but at the same, I want them to stay little forever.  I like to make some sort of hand and foot print card with their picture every year so I can remember their cuteness.

Mother’s Day Hand and Foot Print Card

First, print off this free Mother’s Day poem printable on card stock.  That way, if you use school glue it doesn’t get all wrinkly like regular printer paper.

Have the children trace their hands and a foot on construction paper or help them do it.  For the foot use green and for the hands a different color.  Cut the prints out as well as another long green strip of construction paper for the stem of the flower.  Next, place the stem on the card and arrange the hands into a flower shape with the palms overlapping on top of the stem.  Use the foot print as a leaf at the bottom of the stem.  Print off a picture of the children and place it in the middle of the flower hands.

One year, I didn’t have as many children in my preschool class so we used paint to make our hand and foot prints.

I really like paint, but the construction paper method is nice because older children can do it all by themselves.

I will definitely be doing the construction paper flower card again for my new preschool class at church.

Do you have any Mother’s Day gift ideas that you like to make with kids?

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Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Instant Pots are all the rage these days.  They seem to be on the top of most mom’s wish lists.  They are quick, convenient, and help to make delicious meals; why wouldn’t every mom or homemaker want (or need) one?  Well, if you still haven’t jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon and bought yourself one, you have the chance to win one right here!  I’m partnering with 24 of my blogging friends to give away FOUR Instant Pots!  Yup, FOUR!!  Just in time for Mother’s Day.  What an amazing gift that would be, right?!

To enter for your chance to win, simply use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.  Now I know that is quite a few entries for you, but each of these bloggers generously chipped in their own money to bring you this giveaway, so I hope you will take the time to do all of the entries.  And hey, the more entries you do, the better your odds are at winning!

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Giveaway ends May 10th at 11:59pm EDT.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond to email to claim prize.  Please be sure to read the Terms & Conditions upon entering the giveaway.

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Welcome to Mom’s Library

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This Week’s Featured Posts…

Sugar Scrub

An awesome smelling recipe that comes with a free printable!

Mother’s Day Tea Craft

This is so cute and there are lots of other poems to help kids make their own cards if their mother’s don’t like tea.

Cherry Blossom Craft

I think this is a beautiful way to say Happy Mother’s Day!

Flower Q-Tip Painting for Toddlers

This makes painting practically mess free!

Free Mother’s Day Snack Tag Printable

Take the kids to the store and have them pick out a special snack to share with Mom!

Hand and Footprint Flower Art

So Cute! Make it a tradition and watch them grow!

Preschool Crafts for Mother’s Day

Lots of crafty ideas for preschoolers to make!

10 Non-Flower Mother’s Day Crafts

These are really fun and unique!

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A fellow blogger and, more importantly, a fellow sister in Christ has experienced that immeasurable loss.  Her family was getting ready to make a huge journey to South America to spread the gospel when their 3-month-old little girl Zoe died unexpectedly.

That made me look at my 3-month-old and think, “What if this was the last time I held my baby?”  Every yawn, every smile, and every moment, I want to treasure forever because, it could very well be.

I feel blessed to be a mom 4 times over.  Time after time, each of my children bring me immense joy, while at the same time, a strong conviction.  I see the same effect playing out in the lives of so many others.

For example, My husband and I like to watch reality TV competitions.  Survivor, the Ultimate fighter, Master Chef, and Hells kitchen are some of our favorites.  And we see it again and again.  These people were broken and headed down the wrong path, but then they had a child of their own and it made them want to straighten out; living a better life so the ones they love will have it even better still.

Of course there is an ugly side to Motherhood.  It is all the little things your children do that urk you, but then you realize; monkey see, monkey do.  There is no where to hide.  Your children emulate your behavior, the good and the bad.

But that’s what’s so wonderful about Motherhood – the motivation to change bad to good and good to better, the opportunity to experience unconditional love first hand, no matter what you were like before or who you are now.  Motherhood is more than an experience, it is a miracle.

And just like other miracles, it can be brushed aside as simple coincidence, probability, or so diluted that it becomes an ordinary inconvenience.

But in the memory of Zoe and others lost, join me and 30 other bloggers in giving Motherhood the admiration it deserves.  Let’s rejoice in the amazing gift God has given us!  Let’s shout to the world and tell of the great rewards children bring to their parents!  Let’s treasure the time that we have because it is fleeting.

In the next 2 week’s I’ll be participating in the Ultimate Guide to Baby’s First Year.  Over 30 bloggers have gathered together to bring you advice, ideas, resources and more on everything you might need for your baby!  To make sure you don’t miss anything, please follow our Collaborative Everything Baby Pinterest Board!

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Last year at church, I was given a little lunch sack with goodies to share with my children.  A little card read…

We took our snack to the park and had a mini-picnic.  It is a wonderful memory.

I know some moms want time to themselves on Mother’s Day, but I like to spend time being silly and having fun with my kids.  So often I’m caught up with my to-do list that I forget to let loose with them.

The snack that I received was such a nice gesture and reminder of what being a Mother is all about, I wanted to keep the tradition going.  So I made a little snack bags for each of the kids in my preschool class at church to give to their Moms for Mother’s Day this year.

I’d love to share this free printable Mother’s Day tag I made, so you can make them too and spread the joy!

I put Popcorn, Oreos, a couple of mints, and napkins in my snack bags and stapled them shut with the cute little tag for decoration and a place for the kid’s to write their name.  I’ll let the kids decorate the rest of the bag with stickers and markers to add a personal touch.  You could also tie some ribbon on to turn them into Mother’s Day party favors.

Aren’t they cute?  I just might make one for myself.  I know my kids would appreciate it

Moms need to stick together and start encouraging one another no matter our differences.  So how about it?  Will you make another mom’s day?

What kind of Mother’s Day traditions does your family have?  I would love to heard how you celebrate!

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