{"id":17071,"date":"2017-05-10T11:02:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=17071"},"modified":"2017-05-10T11:02:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T17:02:19","slug":"diy-mothers-day-poem-card-and-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/diy-mothers-day-poem-card-and-gift-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Mother&#8217;s Day Poem, Card and Gift Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17072\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/Paper-Direct-2-1-3.png\" alt=\"DIY-mothers-day-poem-card-gift-ideas-PaperDirect\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Paper-Direct-2-1-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Paper-Direct-2-1-3-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Paper-Direct-2-1-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moms are a special breed indeed, so it\u2019s only right to give them the recognition they deserve by honoring them on Mother\u2019s Day. One of the most magnificent ways to honor mom is with DIY Mother\u2019s Day poems, cards, certificates, or other gifts that come with a truly personal touch.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mother\u2019s Day Poems<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roses are red, violets are blue, make sure you tell mom what she means to you\u2014and you don\u2019t have to do it with a cheesy poem. You can instead create any number of clever Mother\u2019s Day poems with a few simple tricks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Make a number poem list:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pick her age, your age, or your mom\u2019s favorite number, and then write a sweet list of X reasons she\u2019s the best mom on earth. You may end up having so much fun that you\u2019ll want to create an entire page of numbered Mother\u2019s Day poems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Write a poem using letters of her name:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Write your mother\u2019s name, or the words \u201cmother\u201d or \u201cmom\u201d vertically down the left side of the page. Then have each line of your poem start with each of the letters. If your mom\u2019s name is Marcy, for example, your poem could read something like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>M<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agically sweet<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lways on time<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>R<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eady for action<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ompassionate and kind<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Y<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ou are the best mom in the world!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mother\u2019s Day Cards and Certificates<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/greeting-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">greeting cards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and certificates, you can give yours a professional edge by using a ready-made template. Simply find a layout you like at online shops like PaperDirect, then choose your colors, fonts, images, photos, and other available options to personalize to your heart\u2019s content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your card can be filled with any type of sentiment you like. Mother\u2019s Day certificates that tend to go over well include \u201cBest Mom Ever\u201d and \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest Mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pick an option you can print at home, and you can have your Mother\u2019s Day card or certificate in mere minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other DIY Mother\u2019s Day Gifts <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving mom a break is an excellent Mother\u2019s Day gift that never goes out of style, and you can do exactly that with a number of awesome options.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Mother\u2019s Day coupon book<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Create a coupon book containing coupons redeemable for breakfast in bed, a night out on the town, or all the chores you\u2019ll do for her when she simply hands over the coupon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Surprise cleaning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Usurp mom\u2019s usual house cleaning ritual by getting to it first. Find a time when she\u2019s out of the house, or have someone take her out shopping or something, then clean the entire abode from top to bottom. She\u2019ll be thrilled when she comes home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Surprise cooking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Same idea as above, but with mom coming home to a home-cooked, gourmet meal. Don\u2019t cook? Order a pizza.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As long as you put your heart into your DIY Mother\u2019s Day gift, it\u2019s bound to be a hit. And any amount of dusting, vacuuming, or laundry that the coupons might make you endure will be well worth the joy it brings the world\u2019s greatest mother. Check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PaperDirect <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for cards, certificates, and other goodies for Mother\u2019s Day and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moms are a special breed indeed, so it\u2019s only right to give them the recognition they deserve by honoring them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-event-ideas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17074,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071\/revisions\/17074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}