{"id":2021,"date":"2023-03-13T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2023-03-13T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T10:50:00","slug":"fun-activity-ideas-for-children-to-do-on-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/fun-activity-ideas-for-children-to-do-on-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Activity Ideas for Children to Do on Mother\u2019s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"mothers-day-1372456_1280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mothers-day-1372456_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA mother is like a flower, each one beautiful and unique.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With Mother\u2019s Day coming up on Sunday 19th March, we\u2019ve put together some fun activity ideas for children of all ages to create something special.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Card Making<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This simple, fun activity is suitable for all ages. Simply cut and glue together some colourful card and paper, design a pretty cover and use the space inside to tell mum how much she means to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flower Crafts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This activity might be better suited to older children as you\u2019ll need to twist and mould paper, pipe cleaners and any other pretty items to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/crafts.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/make-a-bouquet-of-beautiful-paper-flowers-for-mothers-day--craft-7890\">beautiful bouquet of flowers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Baking<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why not make mum something sweet this Mother\u2019s Day? Bake her favourite cake, a batch of heart or flower shaped cookies or even try your hand at chocolate making. If you\u2019re lucky, she might even share them with you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colouring<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This activity is perfect for younger children. Print off a nice colouring page and use only the prettiest colours to create the perfect Mother\u2019s Day gift that can take pride of place on the fridge or hung on the wall.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Letter\/Poem\/Short Story <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use your creative writing skills to write a loving letter to tell mum how much she means to you and to thank her for all that she does. You could even try writing a fun poem or short story about your favourite adventure or activity with mum.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coupon Making <\/strong>(exchange for hugs, kisses, cleaning bedroom etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Design some coupons that you can give to mum as an alternative Mother\u2019s Day gift. The vouchers can be exchanged for anything such as hugs, kisses or five minutes\u2019 peace\u2026be creative and have fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanny_job\">Share your Mother\u2019s Day creations with us on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother is like a flower, each one beautiful and unique. With Mothers Day coming up on Sunday 19th March, weve put together some fun activity ideas for children of all ages to create something special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,8,16,17,19],"tags":[26,89,125,218,292,378],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pairs","category-babysitters","category-childcare","category-childminders","category-education","category-nannies","category-nurseries","category-parents","tag-activities","tag-childcare","tag-creative-projects","tag-holiday-ideas","tag-mothers-day","tag-parents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}