Homemade Mothers Day Gifts
When you make your mom personalized homemade mothers day gifts will make her feel like a queen for a day. It is easy with these free online tools. Kids love to help with these projects - get them involved!
Make Mom a Magazine Cover Model
Time: 5-15 minutes. Want to surprise her with her own fifteen minutes of fame? It is so simple! All you will need a picture of her in an acceptable format, (.jpeg is standard) and your own creativity. Choose a template: Parenting Magazine has a simple template to create their cover look Or use this template tool to build your own look and feel. 
If she is camera shy, no problem, there are other options! If she became a mom recently, you can also make one for her new son or daughter. If she loves animals, and considers herself the mother of "fur babies", you can feature her canine, feline, equine or any other species she calls her own as the magazine stars. Here is one I made for the "mother" of two pugs doggies while I was housesitting for her.
For this cover I joked that her dogs started their own academic journal, the Journal of Pugology. You the cover can make it as simple or complex as you like.
Ideas for gifts: Print it on photo quality paper and frame it. Print it using Iron-On printer paper, and turn it into a custom t-shirt, pillow, or dishtowel, or whatever your imagination can dream up! Post it on her Facebook, My Space, or blog so she can show her friends. Build Her a Beautiful Word Cloud
Time to make: 5-15 minutes. What is a word cloud? A word cloud is a cool, fantastic way to express yourself by making an eye-catching graphic out of multiple words. There are several word cloud makers, all you need is your imagination to create one. One of the most popular is called
Wordle.
My new favorite which is as sophisticated as a tuxedo is called
Tagxedo
which allows you to create an incredible picture or shape along with the words. All of the special features on Tagxedo are still free to use, so try it soon before they become a premium service. Just follow the instructions, pick descriptive, interesting words about her, and you'll have a one-of-a-kind unique graphic you can surprise her with.
Ideas for gifts: Print it on photo quality paper and frame it. Print it using Iron-On printer paper, and turn it into a custom t-shirt, pillow, or dishtowel, or whatever your imagination can dream up! Post it on her Facebook, My Space, or blog so she can show her friends. Wow Her With a Word SearchTime to make: 5-10 minutes. A word search is one of the fastest ways to make a cute custom gift. This is an example of a word search I made for Mothers Day using words that are meaningful. I used a famous TV mom, Marge Simpson, and included names of her children, their ages, and words to describe her. This is very simple to do!
Ideas for gifts: After she has solved the word search you can: Print it on photo quality paper and frame it. Print it using Iron-On printer paper, and turn it into a custom t-shirt, pillow, or dishtowel, or whatever your imagination can dream up! Post it on her Facebook, My Space, or blog so she can show her friends. Surprise! She's a Superhero
The Best Book for the Best Mom
Time to make: Depends on your project. If you love to write, and want to self-publish something special for your mom, the wonderful website called
Blurb
can help. When you visit the link, follow the three easy steps towards becoming an author and create professional quality softback or hardback books. Their pricing is very reasonable and starts at $4.95 USD. There is no minimum purchase required. I am going to be writing a family genealogy history and an interview my mom will be one of the features. I can hardly wait to get started and use this gorgeous tool which was nominated for a Webby Award. You can also sell your completed book on the site! Wondering what topics would be great for Mother's day? Explore what creative writers like you have published using Blurb.
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