Green Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids

Every child loves to show their love for mom with handmade gifts! And if those gifts are made from recycled materials, Mother Earth is happy as well. We prepared a collection of 60 green Mother’s Day crafts kids can make and give to their moms to shower them with love!

Raid your recycle bin and prepare to upcycle paper rolls, old newspapers and magazines, cardboard and shoe boxes, tin cans, mason and baby jars, and so much more!

Mother’s Day Homemade Gifts

You will find here ideas for homemade Mother’s Day gifts from recycled materials like:

• photo frames
• Mother’s Day cards
• planters
• vases
• jewlery
• stationary
• and more!

Supplies for Mother’s Day Crafts

Apart from items from recycle bin, you will need some other supplies:

• markers
• paint
• glue
• cardstock (assorted colors)
• yarn
• washi tape
• tissue paper

RECYCLED MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS FOR KIDS FROM CARDBOARD BOX

In this section, you will find ideas for Mother’s Day gifts from following items:

• cardboard box
• shoe box
• cereal box
• cardboard packaging

Bead Mosaic Frame from Cereal Box – Teach Me Mommy

Yarn Wrapped Tulips from cardboard and popsicle sticks – School Time Snippets

Cardboard Collage Frames with bits and bobs – Red Ted Art

Modern Geometric Cardboard Necklaces – Barley & Birch

Framed Flower Art for Mother’s Day – Gathered by Claire

Yarn Wrapped Cardoard Initials – Art Bar Blog

Heart Nature Weaving Craft – Little Pine Learners

Cardboard DIY Photo Frame – Let’s Do Something

PAPER ROLL MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS FOR KIDS

Items you can use for next section of Mother’s day gifts for kids to make:

• toilet paper rolls
• wrapping paper tubes
• paper towel cardboard inserts

DIY Mother’s Day craft bracelets – Living in a Happy Place

Toilet Paper Roll Mother’s Day Flower Wreath – Woli Creations

Paper Roll Handprint Flowers – Easy Peasy and Fun

Paper Roll Flowers – The Best Ideas for Kids

Toilet Paper Roll Crown Craft – Crafty Morning

Cardboard Roll Hearts Bouquet – Our Kid Things

Paper Roll Flowers – Emma Owl

Paper Roll Heart Necklace – Filthy Wizardry

Tin Foil Bangles from Paper Rolls – Best Toys 4 Toddlers

Duck Taped Paper Roll Vase – Fun Handprint Blog

Homemade Plant Starters – Easy Crafts for Kids

Empty Paper Roll Martenitsas – Krokotak

REUSE EGG CARTONS FOR MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS

Next, we have Mother’s day crafts primarily based on egg carton. Although cardboard egg carton is the most usual type of packing eggs, some of the crafts here use styrofoam egg crate and other use plastic egg container. Now, you can repurpose any of them with ideas found here!

Cellophane and Egg Carton Poppies – Best Toys 4 Toddlers

Easy Egg Carton Mother’s Day Card – Fun Money Mom

Egg Carton Mom’s Portrait – Non-Toy Gifts

Drink It All In with Twinings and Tea Cup Cards – In The Playroom

Egg Carton Flowers Kids Craft – I Heart Crafty Things

Bluebells Egg Carton Flower Craft for Kids – Buggy and Buddy

Egg Carton Flower Pins – Pink Stripey Socks

Egg Carton Jewlery Box – The Craft Train

REUSE OLD NEWSPAPERS OR MAGAZINES FOR MOTHER’S DAY HOMEMADE GIFTS

So many of paper products can be repurposed! You can reuse for crafts items like:

• old newspapers
• old magazines
• junk mail
• promo materials
• envelopes
• child’s artwork
• printed and not needed papers
• old book pages

Newspaper Frame – Red Ted Art

Mixed Media Market Bouquet Cards – Barley & Birch

DIY Patchwork Frame – Francine’s Place

DIY Flower Bouquet for Mother’s Day – The Educator’s Spin On It

Easy Newspaper Flowers – Red Ted Art

Painted Newspaper Puffy Heart – I Heart Crafty Things

Magazine Bead Jewelry – Free Kids Crafts

Magazine Roses – Patty Schaffer

POPSICLE STICK MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS KIDS CAN MAKE AND GIVE

Since my kids love eating ice cream, we always have enough of popsicle sticks for crafting! But, in case you fancy one of the popsicle stick Mother’s day crafts here and would like to make it with larger group of kids (for example, in the classroom), you can order popsicle sticks in bulk.

Handprint Flower DIY Bookmarks for Kids – Darice

DIY Popsicle Stick Coasters – Busy Mom’s Helpers

DIY Chalkboard with Popsicle Sticks – Caseperlatesta

Popsicle Stick Flower Pot – Mad in Crafts

Popsicle Stick Flowers – Mom Unleashed

Mother’s Day Frame Craft Made With Popsicle Sticks – Fun Learning Life

Popsicle Stick Heart Puzzle Frame – The Active Toddler

“Home is Where Mom Is” Popsicle Stick Mother’s Day Craft – Crafty Morning

USE OLD MASON JARS OR BABY JARS FOR MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTS

We collected Mother’s day craft ideas with mason and baby jars. We always reuse all of the glass containers and never have enough for them. So handy to hold all little tidbits for crafting and small toys!

Colorful Candle Holders – Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds

Make a “Jar of Love” for Mom! – Crafting a Green World

Handprint Mason Jar Craft – Midwestern Moms

Mother’s Day Mason Jar Votives – I Heart Arts’n’Crafts

Mason Jar Picture Frame Vase – Home Stories

Yarn Covered Vase – Kids Craft Room

Textured Jars – Crafts by Amanda

DIY Heart Leaf Lanterns – Rhytms of Play

UPCYCLE TIN CANS FOR HANDMADE MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS

So many amazing ideas for Mother’s day themed items from tin cans! From homemade vases and planters to pen holders and lanterns. Pick something according to your child’s age and enjoy crafting!

Mother’s Day Pencil Holder – Fun Money Mom

Recycled Tin Can Ladybug Plant Holder – Fun Handprint Blog

Painted Tin Cans – Crafty Chica

Personalized Tin Can Pencil Holder Craft – Buggy & Buddy

DIY Tin Can Lantern Craft – Red Ted Art

Tin Can Planters – The Best Ideas for Kids

Mother’s Day Tin Can Photo Vase – Arizona Craft Mom

Make Flower Baskets from Tin Cans – Home Talk

WHAT ELSE YOU CAN REPURPOSE?

We cooperated with many other bloggers online in junk play serial where we picked a different material from recycle bin every day for 60 days. You can find a full list and ideas for all 60 materials we used in 60 Day Junk Play Challenge. You can also join our Creative Junk Play group on Facebook! See you around!

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