I Love You to Pieces Craft | A Great Mother's Day Student-Made Gift Idea

Looking for a meaningful, easy-to-prep craft that your students can gift to someone special?  This "I Love You to Pieces" writing prompt and craft is the perfect student-made gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents’ Day, Valentine’s Day, or any special occasion!

This craft is perfect for all ages!  It works well for students as young as Pre-K all the way through late elementary grades.

How it Works:

Students will tear pieces of construction paper and use them to fill in two heart shapes, creating a colorful mosaic effect.  

While having fun with the rip-and-tear technique, they’ll also develop fine motor skills.  

Best of all, it’s a simple to prep and budget-friendly craft!

 

What’s Included?

1 Ready-to-Print PDF (Not Editable)

1 Picture Template

 

How to Complete the Craft:

 Color - Students begin by coloring their papers using markers or crayons.

2.   Writing Prompt – Students complete the prompt about someone special they love and why.  Encourage them to use complete sentences and add meaningful details.

3Heart Collage – Provide students with a variety of construction paper colors.  Have them tear the paper into small pieces (no scissors needed!) and glue them inside the hearts to create a mosaic effect.  

**TIP* Encourage students to start with the edges of the hearts first, then fill in the centers.

Add a Picture – Take and print a 4x6 photo of each student.  

Using the template, cut the pictures down to size and glue them into the frame.  

No photos?  No problem!  Students can draw a self-portrait instead.

Laminate – Once the craft is complete and the glue has dried, laminate for extra durability. 

       Gift Time! – Students are ready to surprise their special someone with their heartfelt, handmade keepsake.

 

This quick, easy, and budget-friendly craft is a perfect, meaningful gift for any special occasion.  Whether for Mother’s Day, Father's Day, Grandparents’ Day, or Valentine’s Day, it’s a keepsake that families will cherish for years to come!

Click HERE to download the "I Love You to Pieces" Printable from my TpT store!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornament {Student Made Parent Gift}

Looking for a cute, funny, and inexpensive gift for your students to make for their parents for a Christmas gift?

These ugly Christmas sweater ornaments are fast and simple to make and are a great keepsake for parents!

Here are the steps on how to make these ugly Christmas sweater ornaments:

Step 1:

For this craft you will need multiple craft items for your students to decorate their ugly Christmas sweaters with.  This might include gemstones, stickers, mini jingle bells, sequins, pom pom balls, etc.

Step 2:

First, take pictures of each of your students.  When taking the picture make sure each student is looking straight ahead.  Also, make sure to include their neck in the picture.

Step 3:

Add each student’s picture to this PowerPoint presentation.  Crop the student’s photo where just their head and neck are in the picture.  *Make sure to keep some of their neck in the picture – this is very important when placing the picture on each sweater template.

Step 4:

Resize the cropped picture to about 2.65 inches in height.  Each student picture should fit inside one of the boxes.  Once you have all your students’ pictures placed in the boxes, save this PowerPoint as a PDF and print the picture page.  Laminate and cut out each picture.  Make sure to leave the neck in each picture!

Step 5:

Next, print the different sweater templates on cardstock paper.  I like to use red, dark green, light green, and white colored cardstock paper.

  

Then, cut out each sweater.

Step 6:

Tape each student’s head on one of the sweaters.  

I add a piece of tape on the back to place it in the correct spot.  Then, I add a larger piece of box tape to the back to secure the picture.

Step 7:

Then, using all the miscellaneous craft supplies have your students decorate their ugly Christmas sweater. 

They can color with markers, add stickers, use miscellaneous craft supplies, etc.

Step 8:

Using the price tag template, type in each student’s information.  Print the tags on cardstock paper and cut them out.  

Students can color their price tag if they would like.

Step 9:

Have your students attach their price tag to their sweater.  I like to have them place the price tag on the sleeve of their sweater.  

Attach a small ribbon on top of the price tag if you would like.

Step 10:

Finally, attach a piece of ribbon or string from shoulder to shoulder of the sweater.  You can glue the ribbon or use hot glue for extra durability.  I also like to tie a ribbon bow to the top of the string as well.

Step 11:

The ornament is now complete!

These ornaments turn out so cute and are a sweet keepsake parents can put on the Christmas tree each year!

Step 12:

Have your students wrap their ornament.  You can grab this printable Snowman gift bag HERE!

Now your parent gifts are ready to send home!

Additional Ideas:

Another fun spin to this craft is to have your students use paperclips to make hangers for their ugly Christmas sweaters.

Simply bend the paperclip three times (like shown above) to create the hanger.  

Then, glue the hangers on the back of each sweater.

This is good to do if you don’t have time or don’t want to take each student’s picture.

Here’s an example of how the ornaments turn out with a hanger instead of a student picture.  Both versions turn out super cute!

You can also attach the sweaters to a string using these small clothespins.

I found these clothespins at Hobby Lobby.

Grab everything you need to make the Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornaments HERE!

Grab the printable snowman gift bags HERE!