Elementary School Mother's Day Activities

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Make an elegant Mother's Day card to celebrate the love and work in raising kids.

Turn all those broken bits of plates, random buttons, or other odds and ends into a lovely flower pot for Mom on Mother's Day.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Your second grader can piece together an adorable--and edible!--wreath for Mom in minutes.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

Preserve some precious memories this Mother's Day! Make a shoe planter out of that old pair of your child's favorite shoes.

Make mom feel like the star that she truly is by holding a movie premiere in her honor, complete with red carpet!

Quilling, a craft that has been around for centuries, is a beautiful way to create a unique card for Mother's Day, or any special occasion.

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Make the sentiment of live flowers last and last by showing your kindergartener how to craft a bouquet that will never wilt--a family photo bouquet, that is.

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

Make a flowerpot recipe holder for a great kitchen gadget that makes cooking easy as pie.

There's no better way to show mom you love her than with the tried and true breakfast in bed routine. Make whole wheat waffles along with a vase just for mom.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Create a special gift for Mother's or Father's Day using felt, cardstock and buttons to create a memorable frame in the shape of a heart.

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

Make Mom a Queen For A Day crown for Mother's Day.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.