Here are some tried and tested Mum days gift ideas you can get your son and daughter to make…it will keep them busy, her happy and you in the good books a little bit longer.
The good news is that most of this can be done within one day, sometimes within an hour, so what are you waiting for…
1. Make a movie
Time required: half a day
Help the kids write a short movie script them grab the camera and start shooting. Make a short film about a loved one, their favourite holiday, pet or plant. Burn it on a disc to make an innovative and highly memorable  gift.
2. Get baking
Time required within an hour
Purchase some coloured boxes or bags from a Go-Lo “one dollar shop” and fill it with some home made goodies.

3. Create a masterpiece
Time required one to two hours
Purchase a low cost canvas from Go-Lo or another “one dollar shop” and have the kids paint their a scene with their favourite person as the subject. This is perfect for grandparents: Paint them in the garden, on the beach, playing games with the grandkids or flying through the galaxy. This is a memorable gift that can be a talking piece throughout the year.

4. Customised coaster, pencil holders, picture frames and small boxes.
Time required one to two hours
Craft shops and Go-Lo sell wooden products designed to be painted. These are low cost and easy to customise with paint. Buy a few and give one to the whole family.
Remember to varnish them at the end, purchase paints and varnish from any craft store.
5. Create a story
Time required a few hours (mostly to be thinking about it)
Have the kids write a story or a poem about  Mum. Guide t your son / daughter  to write about their favourite activities  and what it is that makes them so special.
Hand written or typed all work well. Mount it on cardboard and you’re sure to bring a tear to Mum’s eye.
6. Framed photograph, story or poem
Time required 15 minutes
Frame your favourite picture, story or poem in one of your customised frames

7. Gift giving cards using digital photography
Time required one to two hours.
Get creative with no mess! Arm the kids with the camera and send them, into the garden or around the neighborhood. Get them to take loads of shots of virtually anything, but encourage them to do close ups e.g. of flowers, use some props such as teddy bears or toys in the garden.
Review your pics online, print them out and mount them on some cardboard to make small gift cards. Make a set of 6 per person – these make a sensational and very practical gift.
Purchase cardboard from any newsagent.
8. Paint a pot
Time required, within an hour.
Access any terracotta pot (buy or dig one up from under the house) and paint it to your child’s liking. This is great for babies and infants to have their hand and potentially foot prints scattered across the pot in different colours. Be sure to autograph and date it with a special message.
You can get away with water paints for indoor pots, oil paint for outdoor pots.
9. Grow some seeds
Time required 10 minutes plus…
Plant some herbs in your customised pot. Buy established herbs or plat seeds. This is a great gift for any Mum  who loves their food!
10. Give an experience
Time required 10 minutes plus…
There comes a time when material gifts seem more like land fill than an everlasting token of love. If you can’t think of anything to give that special person this year who seems to have absolutely everything give them a big fat cuddle.

Most Mums will value Bubble baths, massages, a yoga class or even breaky in bed.
Receiving blank shopping vouchers and land-fill type gifts can send a message that we don’t know you that well.
Have a great time preparing for 2010 Mum’s day.

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