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I went to Walgreens with the intention to buy a card for my mother and my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day to be mailed out from just John and I.. Β I saw a coworker there (and 10 other people) looking for a card as well. Β She has two little girls. Β I made a comment about this being a happening place right now, and she replied that she couldn’t find a card that said “Nana.”
My eyes lit up because it never occurred to me to get a card for Mom-Mom and Grandma B fromΒ Rion.
Never.
Dammit.
I can’t remember what I did last year, but I would say with 95% certainty absolutely nothing because I still couldn’t walk without help after my c-section. Β My first Mother’s Day was hard juggling becoming a new mom and not being able to move more than twelve feet without assistance.
My coworker sighed and said “Hand print craftsΒ it is.”
“Ha, that’s what we’re doing!”
Here I am, keeping up with other moms. Β I went back to my desk and started to think about crafts I could possibly do with very little time. Β I also had to mail it so I needed to think quick. Β Pinterest to the rescue. Β I checked Pinterest, because that’s where you go to see what other moms who are trying to keep up with other moms are doing. Β After scouring and typing in different variations of “toddler mother’s day craft,” I found a hand print and footprint flower bouquet and decided I’d make a “flower pot” with three hand prints and call it a day.
I head home that night, grabbed some of our photo paper and used the back matte side. Β Pink paint was everywhere because getting a one year old to sit still and not eat paint is an incredibly difficult task. Β A task I now know not to take on during this phase. Β Pink paint was in his hair. Pink paint was on the high chair. Β Pink paint was all over me.
I used MS Paint to “hand” draw the stems, leaves and pot. Β I cut the stems and pot and trimmed the hand prints. Β I glued everything together and measured it up against the width of the cards I purchased for my mom and mother in law. Β I made sure I didn’t have to cut a hand print flower or part of the flower pot off.
Success.
It wasn’t a hard craft, but took a decent bit of time (my lunch hour) to complete all of the cutting, gluing, taping.Β Making sure each hand print flower pot fit into the envelope took a lot of time too. I had to keep taking it apart just to make sure I could mail it out.
Once I mailed the hand print flower pot out, I realized I probably could have gone a step further and created a magnet out of it. Β Instead it was just a flat craft to fit inside a card to be shipped.
I need to stop trying to keep up with everyone.
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