Celebrate Mother's day

Spring is in full swing and that means Mother’s Day is on the way! Hey kids, don’t forget to let your mom, grandma, aunt or other special mother-figure in your life how important they are to you and how much you love them. Handmade cards and gifts are always more personal and special. Take it from a mom who knows.


Need some ideas? The library has a lot of great arts and crafts books.

My very own Mother’s Day by Robin West
All new crafts for Mother’s and Father’s Day by Kathy Ross
Make your own cool cards by Peg Blanchette
Gifts kids can make by Sheila McGraw

Here’s one of my favourite crafts for Mother's Day. Put your handprint along with the following poem on construction paper for something Mom's are sure to treasure:

Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.

But every day I'm growing -
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.

So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.

This poem was found on the following website:DLTK
There are also instructions there for cards and other Mother’s day crafts you can make.

Don’t forget to take time out and share a story together! Here’s a few of my favourite stories featuring moms:

Love you forever by Robert Munsch
What moms can’t do by Douglas Wood
What Grandmas can’t do by Douglas Wood
The Mommy book by Todd Parr
The Grandma book by Todd Parr
31 uses for a Mom by Harriet Ziefert
My monster mama loves me so by Laura Leuck
Turnip Soup by Lynne Born Myers

~Written by Linda McDade, Children's Services staff member