Mother’s Day Paper Bag Pocket Book

I’m a nursery leader in my church over sweet kiddos ages 18 months to 3 years.  As Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, I’ve been thinking of special gifts that they could make and give to their moms.

When I saw this fun idea for a pocket book on Simply Kierste I knew it was just the thing.  I changed it up a bit so it’s more tailored to wee ones.  🙂

1. Fold your paper bag in half with the bottom of the sack on the inside right.
2. Print your front tag and inside questionnaires on white paper or cardstock.
3. Punch out the front tag with the 2″ circle punch.
4. Glue your front tag to a scalloped cardstock backing and then onto the front of your bag
5. Glue your questionnaire to the inside right panel
6. Embellish with buttons, bakers, twine, ribbon, rhinestones, etc
7. Punch a hole on the right side (I used a fun heart punch) and tie closed with twine or jute.

If you take a peek inside the book, there’s a cute little pocket where I decided to tuck a little hand print of each of the kids and a picture that they colored.  It’d also be fun to include a photo of them.  My three year old son was the guinea pig for this project, and he came up with some pretty funny responses to the questions.  I can’t wait to see what the other kids say this Sunday when we put these together.

I just love sweet things like this that help me remember the different stages that my kids are in.  I especially treasure their little drawings (sometimes scribbles) and hand prints, because they will not be little for long.

I can’t wait to get some extra snuggles in this Sunday with the sweet kiddos who made me a mom.