Mother's Day for Children's Church

Hi Everyone!
BELATED HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

I've been keeping busy creating kits for Children's Church for Mother's Day.
I did this for the first time this past Sunday and didn't think to take photos of the kids actually creating.  The next time I'll do that and post those as well.  I'm attaching photos of the actual kits.

This first set are for the 4-5 years olds.   Our church is still growing so I made just 6 kits of these.  Aren't these ladybugs cute!!  The base circle of the body is approximately 6" in diameter so the card was a good size and easy for the little ones to work with.

You can see from the photo below that I included each part and added double stick tape on the back so they just had to peel and stick!!  This way I believed it would go quickly and all they had to do was glue the black dots to the wings.

This next set of 12 kits are for 6 - 11 years old.  Because it was the first time I did this, I wasn't sure the level of skill but didn't want to under estimate and as it turned out, they did really well.  The teacher and I helped a couple of the younger ones.  I'm looking forward to hearing any feedback from the parents.  I'm praying the glue dried and the flowers stayed in place!!!

In each clear bag, I had all the parts cut and ready for the kids.  I created the outer "shell" including the inside "stairs" so all the kids had to do is choose their flowers and leaves and glue them on.  We finished by helping them tie and bow and stick the message on the front.  They finished off by signing the card!!

Below is a sample of a finished card so the teacher and kids had an idea of how to add the bow and message.  I created the message, as you can see in the kits, and added double sided tape to the backs so they just had to peel and stick!!  

Since we had a Bible Study lesson on video before the crafting, we barely finished but ..... we did!!

Now that I know what to expect, I know how to plan better!!

I realize I didn't take photos of the 30 ziploc bags filled with varieties of flowers - separated by colors and sizes and shapes - leaves (3 varieties) and butterflies.

I also had 11 kits to create bookmarks to match the cards.  We didn't have time for those but several of the older girls took some with them to create at home.  For those I had die cut the word "HUGS" and added a length 3 types of ribbon for them to tie on and embellish the marker.

Doing all this literally took me 6 days of cutting, punching, organizing, printing, and packing..... whew!!  I believe it was worth it, though.  As a mom, I wanted to make sure the project was REALLY SPECIAL!

Hope all the moms out there had a BLESSED MOTHER'S DAY!!

Thanks for visiting!!