I know it's too late for anyone to use this idea this year for Mother's Day (the tags say "Mom"), but Father's Day is just around the corner and these would be great for Dads too!
I came up with this activity for the children at our church. I needed an inexpensive activity for 45 children!
Oriental Trading sells blank puzzles for a reasonable price, but I only had a week to prepare these, and if I ordered from them they wouldn't have been here in time. So I found mine at Discount School Supply. 48 (4") puzzles + 2 day shipping for $19.95. Sweet.
The children created a special Mother's Day "message" for their Mom and then broke it into little pieces so that she could put it together when they got home from church. They had a GREAT time making these. We also talked about mothers in the scriptures and did a matching game. It was a great sharing time.
I made tags that said, "I love You to Pieces Mom! Happy Mother's Day" and put them in snack baggies ahead of time.
I ended up with three to make when I got home! 🙂
So just switch out the tags for a special Dad and it's a sweet, custom gift that's fun to reveal!
Joseph says
How much time consumed while making these cards?
Gift Card printing
Scratch Cards
Plastic Business Cards
Antonella says
This is such a cute idea!! This could be cute for a teachers gift too - our teacher this year is very sentimental! So glad I followed your link from the Sundae Scoop Link Party, I've also linked up if you want to stop in.
Hugs, antonella 🙂
http://quilling.blogspot.com/2011/06/filigree-friday-free-fathers-day-badges.html
Classically Hip Interiors says
Simple and cute...right up my alley...thanks for the idea...
JKclark says
Adorable idea. My little one is still to little to draw a picture, but I'm seeing this as a great gift in the future for sure! Even as a good birthday letter to a friend in the mail. Everyone loves getting mail... especially when it's a little puzzle!
Ty and Whitty says
What a cute idea. Thank you so much for sharing. I am going to have my little man do this for daddy next year when he s old enough to color a picture for him. I pinned it so I don't forget thanks again. come and say hi and enter my Jamberry nail giveaway!
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ChristinaB says
This is an awesome idea Brandy!Thanks for posting :0)
LaVonne @ Long Wait says
Thanks. That is a cute idea. I could easily recreate that here for Father's Day.
Happy Memorial Day!
Enjoy your week,
LaVonne @ Long Wait For Isabella