DIY Mother’s Day Gift

Thinking of Mother’s Day gift ideas to make in lockdown? In this DIY craft tutorial, we will share a beautiful DIY Mother’s Day gift idea that you can easily make at home. With Mother’s Day just around the corner and limited resources at hand, take out your time to wish your mom with a personalized homemade Mother’s Day present. Here we will learn to create a super easy and pretty shadow box or DIY photo frame which your mom will surely like. To make this fun DIY gift you will require just a few craft materials and stationary items that you most probably have lying around the house.

So, let’s get started!

Materials required:

• Cardstock
• Color pencils
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Compass
• Scoring tool
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions:

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1. Take a color cardstock or thick paper of size 30 cm * 30cm and draw a border of width 1.5 cm on all sides.
2. Similarly, draw another border of width 1 cm on all sides.
3. Cut out the corners of the cardstock along the drawn lines in a pattern as shown in the picture.
4. With a scoring tool make crease on the border lines and fold them inwards on all the sides.
5. Fold the borders and tuck them at the corners to form a frame or shadow box as shown in the picture.
6. Take another cardstock or drawing sheet of size 15 cm * 15 cm and draw a large circle on it.
7. With color pencils, draw flowers and leaves along the circle to form a beautiful circular wreath or frame.
8.  Inside the circle frame, write any message or quote for your personalized Mother’s Day gift.
9. Finally stick the drawing sheet inside the shadow box.

And this completes the steps to create a beautiful handmade present for your mom. Wasn’t this a super easy and beautiful DIY gift idea for Mother’s Day? You can also make this photo frame with various other designs, drawings and pictures as per your liking. The best part is that you can write down your own beautiful quotes or messages inside the shadow box to make it very unique and personalize Mother’s Day gift DIY.