Gifts
Here are some ideas from the teachers in my school. One idea is student hand-painted flowerpots with flowering plants like impatiens that the children planted for their moms. Another idea is for the children to make bookmarks created on the computer with a poem the child wrote about their mom, (You can insert the child's picture or another appropiate graphic like a flower). The bookmarks can be made using the table feature on WORD. We make paper hats from a paper bowl (inverted) stapled to the rim of a paper plate. When they are painted in a pastel color and we glue silk flowers and ribbon bows on them, they are very showy. Another idea we did as a bulletin board was each child made a large heart out of pink construction paper. They decorated a border around the heart, and they wrote three things about their mom on the heart. Then, they illustrated the front and back. We put them on a bulletin board with the moms' pictures. It said "Our Hearts Go Out To Our Moms." You can also make a book of favorite recipes if each mom or step-mom contributes one. Hope this helps you.
