DIY Mother’s Day

Go DIY or get creative this Mother’s Day

Let’s honor and pay tribute to mothers and mother figures May 10 with these low-cost Mother’s Day Ideas. • How about a special Mother’s Day brunch/breakfast in bed or lunch? Treat your mom to brunch, breakfast in bed or lunch by using the back yard, sun porch or pool area as a backdrop. Dress these areas up with pillows, signs and potted plants. Make her favorite dishes for a memorable meal. • Try making an Epsom salt foot scrub. You can mix a few simple ingredients and place the mixture in a decorative airtight container. Here’s a recipe you can try:

Peppermint Foot Scrub with Epsom Salt 1 cup Epsom salt 1 tablespoon olive or coconut oil 3-4 drops peppermint oil Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and transfer to a glass jar. To use: Scrub your feet for 10 minutes with this mixture. Leave it on for another 10 minutes.

Wash and follow up with a moisturizer.

• Use washable tempera paints and construction paper to create handprint art or other beautiful creations. The artist can make handprint flowers or write “Five Reasons Why I Love Mom” – or take time for all family members to make their handprint and create a family handprint tree and put in a frame. • Fill a Mason jar or decorative container with items for a manicure/pedicure. Items might include fingernail polish, cotton balls, fingernail polish remover, file, clippers, foot scrub and toe separators/spacers.

• Make Mother’s Day memorable and heartfelt by writing a letter or making a card. Let her know how appreciative you are to have her and how much she is loved. Be creative! You could also add a bouquet of flowers with this idea. • Garden Stepping Stones – This is an idea we used one year with our 4-H Summer Fun Shops. We used Quickcrete and poured the mixture into aluminum pans sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. You can decorate the stones with pebbles, colorful tiles, stained glass or a child’s hand or footprints. Also for the garden lover, create a unique gift basket with a watering can, garden hose, garden hat, hand-painted flowerpots with different designs, garden gloves seeds and garden tools. • If mom is a reader, make her a bookmark and suggest a book she would like to read. • For the tea-lover, find a teapot or teacup and add a box of teabags. Have a Mother’s Day Tea Party! Bring out teacups, linens and silver – anything pretty. Prepare finger sandwiches, teacakes, mini desserts or other yummy treats. Take time to dress up and put on hats and take photos! • Serenade Mom with music. Put your musical talent to good use with a special concert on the front porch, back patio or any spot you choose. Give Mom the seat of honor, dress the area up with potted plants, handmade signs and pillows and then sing or play your heart out! Serve lemonade, cupcakes or cookies afterward. • If you cannot think of anything, give her a gift certificate that entitles her to a service from you, like cleaning out the flowerbed or washing her car.

Katernia Cole-Coffey is coordinator of the Franklin County Extension. She has worked in Franklin County since July 2008.

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