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.
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.
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.
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.
Mother’s Day Alcohol Ink Tiles
Ingredients
- 3-5 bottles Adirondack Alcohol Ink in a variety of colors
- 1 bottle Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
- 1 ceramic tile any size
- 1-2 Sharpie permanent marker in preferred thickness and color
- 4 felt stickers
- 1 paint brush fine tip
Instructions
- With the tile face down, apply felt stickers to each corner.
- 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.
- 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!)
- 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.)
- 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
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink 24 bottle Mega Set Price: $68.95 
More Mother’s Day Gift Ideas:
- 3D cards are sure to make mothers and grandmothers smile
- Make some tub teas for a relaxing bath soak
- DIY homemade unicorn bar soap for a fun gift
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.
Do you make a Mother’s Day craft with kids to give as gifts?
Prize winner: Monica M.
Kim Pincombe-Cole says
I love these flower designs! So pretty. Any mom would be happy to receive these for Mother’s Day!
Amanda Alvarado says
You keep getting better and better at doing these! They are so pretty!!
Paula S. says
Those are so pretty! My stepdaughter would love making those with her girls. She loves doing art projects with them!
Lynne says
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!
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!
Betty Tang says
Very pretty
Donna L says
Thank you for sharing this and for the giveaway!
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.
Antoinette M says
Great craft. These tiles look so pretty!
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
kathy pease says
These would be so pretty to make and it would be fun to do with my granddaughter
Holly Thomas says
I love these tiles, they are so unique!
Amy Deeter says
i have always enjoyed your blog and i love surprise box giveaways.
Sarah L says
The flower designs make these especially good for Mother’s Day gifts.
Thanks for the contest.
Donna Porter says
I love surprises so this would be wonderful!
Lily Kwan says
This Mother’s Day craft looks very fun. Thanks for sharing!
Buddy Garrett says
These are a great idea for Mother’s Day.
Vikki Billings says
I love these tiles, they are so beautiful! I would love to make them. they are really so cool.
Kathy Eyre says
These are very pretty!! Now I know what to do with the leftover box of tiles from our bethroom redo!!