Unique Mother’s Day Craft

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Nothing warms the hearts of mothers more than thoughtful, handmade gifts from the kids. This Mother’s Day craft is great for almost all ages.

Littles will need supervision and something to protect them and their surroundings from stains.

Mother's Day Alcohol Ink Tiles

DIY Mother’s Day Gift Idea

Once you’re set up with drop clothes and art smocks, let the creativity flow. Nature has gifted us with seemingly endless designs for flowers, and you can get as crazy as you’d like with color combinations.

Pretty flowers craft for Mother's Day

Adirondack inks are sold in 3-packs with complimentary colors. However, I prefer to set them all out and combine them as I see fit. If anything runs amuck, a little blending solution on a cotton swab will clean it up.

Beautiful Mother's Day craft - alcohol ink flowers

Blank white ceramic tiles are available at Home Depot or Lowes for under 10 cents a piece. You can find them on Amazon, but they’re a bit overpriced and run the risk of arriving damaged after shipping.

Beautiful Mother's Day craft - alcohol ink flowers

Mother’s Day Alcohol Ink Tiles

Shelley
This is a perfect Mother's Day craft for all ages! Kids will need some guidance. Just make sure they're supervised and wearing their 'get messy' craft clothes. 
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Crafts and DIY
Servings 1 tile

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Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • With the tile face down, apply felt stickers to each corner.
    4 felt stickers, 1 ceramic tile
  • Make sure the front of the tile is clean and dry.
  • Use the Sharpie permanent marker to draw minimalistic flower designs–the simpler, the better. Go over your lines to make sure they’re about 3-5 mm thick.
    2 Sharpie permanent marker
  • Apply the blending solution with a fine tip brush to the inside of your image–or wherever you want to add color. Be sure to stay at least 1 mm away from your marker line, or it will bleed, and the alcohol ink will run through it. (Sometimes this is awesome and creates something unexpected and neat!)
    1 bottle alcohol ink blending solution
  • Add droplets of alcohol ink to the areas with blending solution. Be mindful of your color choices because they will mix. (Too many colors will create a dark mess.)
    5 bottle alcohol ink
  • If areas are not getting colored, try using a toothpick to drag the ink to those blank spots.
  • Once the inside of your image is colored, apply blending solution to your background and repeat steps 4 and 5.
  • When you’re satisfied with your creation, allow it to dry on a flat surface.

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Notes

If you make any mistakes, use a cotton swab with a few drops of blending solution as an eraser. If you prefer to do a full reset, you can apply several drops of blending solution directly to the tile and wipe it clean.
Keyword household, ink, Mother’s Day, tiles
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09/27/2024 04:21 pm GMT

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas:

Pretty Mother's Day craft for kids - alcohol ink flowers

If you’re stumped for flower designs, do a Google search for “flower drawings” for inspiration.

Just remember to keep your flowers simple with a lot of blank space inside to give the ink room to spread.

Mother's Day Flowers in alcohol ink - gallery wrapped edges

Do you make a Mother’s Day craft with kids to give as gifts?

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19 Comments

  1. Kim Pincombe-Cole says:

    I love these flower designs! So pretty. Any mom would be happy to receive these for Mother’s Day!

  2. Amanda Alvarado says:

    You keep getting better and better at doing these! They are so pretty!!

  3. Those are so pretty! My stepdaughter would love making those with her girls. She loves doing art projects with them!

  4. I love the wonderful ideas you have for different alcohol ink designs! My husband is working on learning new designs, and is having great fun!

  5. tiffany c says:

    so pretty! I’d love to make this for mom, she loves flowers! I got some unicorn coloring sheets for my daughters too, thanks for the idea!

  6. Thank you for sharing this and for the giveaway!

  7. Maryann D. says:

    I do think 3D Cards for Mother’s Day gifts are a great idea and unique too. My daughter would enjoy making them.

  8. Antoinette M says:

    Great craft. These tiles look so pretty!

  9. monique s says:

    I love the look of these. I think this can be a project for the kids to make for their grandma. She would love to use this as a coaster or trivet

  10. kathy pease says:

    These would be so pretty to make and it would be fun to do with my granddaughter

  11. Holly Thomas says:

    I love these tiles, they are so unique!

  12. Amy Deeter says:

    i have always enjoyed your blog and i love surprise box giveaways.

  13. The flower designs make these especially good for Mother’s Day gifts.
    Thanks for the contest.

  14. Donna Porter says:

    I love surprises so this would be wonderful!

  15. Lily Kwan says:

    This Mother’s Day craft looks very fun. Thanks for sharing!

  16. Buddy Garrett says:

    These are a great idea for Mother’s Day.

  17. Vikki Billings says:

    I love these tiles, they are so beautiful! I would love to make them. they are really so cool.

  18. Kathy Eyre says:

    These are very pretty!! Now I know what to do with the leftover box of tiles from our bethroom redo!!

5 from 1 vote

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