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Mother's Day is just 10 days away: 10 homemade gift ideas for a special present for mum

Put your heart into making one of these 10 gift ideas and show your mum how much you love her

Mother's Day 2013 is on Sunday 10 March - so get ready to make your mum feel special.

Buying a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates, making your mum breakfast in bed or taking her out for a special lunch are all lovely treats.

But a handmade gift will be truly treasured.

Here are 10 present ideas you can make yourself for your mum - or dad can help the children make for their mum.

MAKE TEA FOR TWO

What mum doesn't like a cuppa and a cake? Present her with a pretty cake stand filled with your best bakes.

You will need: Cakes: 125g butter, 125g caster sugar, 2 large eggs, 125g self-raising flour. Frosting: 125g soft butter, 250g icing sugar. Hundreds and thousands and glace cherries to decorate. Glass cake stand, £4.50, TK Maxx; paper doilies, £1 for 60, Poundland; muffin cases, £2.19 for 54, Lakeland.

Make it: Mix the butter, sugar, eggs and flour and beat together before pouring into muffin cases. Bake at 180C for about 10-15 minutes, then leave to cool. Beat butter and icing sugar together for the frosting, then pipe icing on top of each cake before decorating with hundreds and thousands and glace cherries.

Mother's Day gift ideas — Gardening outdoors - or flowers indoors

GARDENING KIT

If your mum has green fingers, simply arrange some garden essentials into a hamper and wrap with cellophane. You will need: Gardening twine, £1.99, peat pots, £2.49, hand fork, £1.49, bumper seed collection, £3.99, gardening scissors, £1.99, all The Range, enamel bucket, £2.99, B&Q, cellophane, £1.99 a roll, Lakeland, ribbon, 59p, Paperchase.

Make it: Place the gifts in the bucket and wrap with cellophane. Secure with ribbon.

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Make a stylish, boutique florist-style bouquet that will last a lifetime.

You will need: Faux flower blooms, from 99p, brown paper, £2.99 for 8m, tissue paper, 89p for five sheets, all Hobbycraft, ribbon, from 49p, The Range.

Make it: Create the bunch by adding blooms one at a time in rotation until you have a full circular bouquet and secure in place. Wrap bouquet with coloured tissue and brown paper and tie with a large bow.

Mother's day gift ideas - Picture frame and Beauty box — A photo frame for special memories - or a beauty box for pampering

PHOTO MEMORY FRAME

For a gift that keeps on giving every day, fill a photo frame with old family photos, personal mementoes and treasures.

You will need: White photo frame 12in x 10in, £5.85, Wilkinson. For a holiday theme, use an old map of a family holiday location and snaps from your trip.

Make it: Cut out a section of the map and place in the frame along with appropriate holiday pictures. You could add tickets and souvenirs if you like.

BEAUTY BOX

Make up a simple beauty hamper full of your mum's favourites smellies.

You will need: Hat box, £15 for a set of three (we used the smallest), Ikea, Sanderson Spiced Pear & Ginger Soap, £6, and glass filled candle, £9, both Heathcote & Ivory, Olay beauty fluid, £3, Asda, magenta face cloth, £1.25, Sainsbury's.

PRETTY FABRIC HANGERS

Make over basic hangers in an instant with a scrap of fabric and ribbon. They'll look gorgeous in her wardrobe!

You will need: A pack of three hangers, £1.99; craft scissors, £2.99, both The Range; fabric offcuts, £2 a bag, Hobbycraft; ribbon, £2.50 for five, Paperchase.

Make it: Wrap e using Make it: Wrap each hanger in a strip of fabric and hem using a slip stitch on the underside. Wrap a ribbon around the hanger's neck and tie in a bow.

Mother's day gift ideas - homemade note book and Key rings — Give everyday items the personal touch for Mother's Day presents

MAKE A NOTE

Cover plain notebooks with lovely paper to make recipes, travel diaries or gardening journals.

You will need: Wrapping paper, 99p a roll, sticky tape, 89p a roll, both Sainsbury's; craft scissors, £2.99, The Range; notebooks, £1 for three, Poundland.

Make it: Cut a sheet of paper a bit larger than the book, wrap it around the cover and secure with tape stuck to the inside cover.

CUTE KEY RING

Kids will love creating these easy felt holders to keep Mum's house and car keys safe.

You will need: 6cm x 9cm remnant of floral fabric, 1 felt square, 50p, felt decoration or decorative button, from 39p, contrasting embroidery thread, 79p, all Hobbycraft.

Make it: Cut out two heart or circle shapes, approximately 12cm x 12cm from the felt, fold the floral fabric to make a loop and pin in place at the top of the heart. Using the embroidery thread, sew a running stitch 1cm from the edges of the shape. Stop and lightly stuff with off cuts of felt the heart before you finish. Sew a button or felt decoration to the centre and add a metal key tag to finish.

VINTAGE PINNY

Mother's day gift ideas - Apron — Make a retro apron for your mum

Turn half a metre of fabric into a masterpiece she can wear in her home every day.

You will need: 50cm of striped fabric, £7.49, 1m rickrack (zigzag braiding), 89p, 30cm floral fabric, £4.99, matching threads, all Hobbycraft.

Make it: Hem the apron skirt on three sides and gather the edge of the fourth. Make a sash with the floral fabric and stitch along gathered edge. Stitch the rickrack trim on to the hem.

FLORAL FABRIC HOLDALL

Mother's day gift ideas - Holdall — A handy holdall could be pretty too

Run up a simple fabric bag to hold your mum's yoga mat or a knitting kit. You will need: 50cm floral fabric, £7.49, 2m woven ribbon, £1.29, matching threads, 79p a reel, all Hobbycraft.

Make it: Cut out a rectangle 50cm x 90cm and a circle with a 15cm circumference. Fold the large rectangle in half lengthways to make a long tube 25cm x 90cm. Taking a 2.5cm seam allowance, stitch along the length of the tube. Leave another 2.5cm seam allowance and stitch the circular piece of fabric to the tube to create a base.

To make a drawstring casing, turn over 7cm of the excess fabric at the top of the tube and sew two parallel lines of stitching 7cm from the folded edge. Use a safety pin to thread the coloured ribbon through the casing. Attach a handle to the centre of the bag along the seam by hand-stitching a length of ribb