Mother’s Day Activity for Kids: Jar of Love

Let’s create a jar full of love for Mother’s Day? So, this would be a great new idea to celebrate Mother’s Day this year. It’s also a great opportunity for children to have fun, develop skills, and celebrate Mother’s Day. So let’s celebrate Mother’s Day with this Mother’s Day activity!

We have brought you a lot of Mother’s Day activities on our website. So, this craft is also a new idea. Here, children can make a simple craft using very few materials. Also, we provide all the templates, instructions, and tips you need to create it for free on this web page. So, you can access the PDF file by accessing it through the link given below.

What Is the Jar of Love Craft?

We will call this lovely Mother’s Day Activity “Jar of Love”. This is a jar made from a simple piece of paper. Also, it is filled with red hearts. Here, children have the opportunity to write their love for their mother on these red hearts.

They can write and paste loving words on these hearts. So this Mother’s Day Activity can be easily done by a child of any age. But it is best suited for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.

What benefits can children get from this Mother’s Day activity?

Developing Good Attitudes: We have prepared this activity for Mother’s Day. Therefore, this activity helps in teaching children good attitudes like loving, respecting, and showing compassion towards their mothers. It also fosters good thoughts such as generosity and compassion.

Encourage creativity: Making crafts encourages children to think creatively. This also develops the ability to generate new ideas. So, this Mother’s Day Activity is a new experience for children as well. And also, it is only because of the children’s creative abilities that we see a beautiful ending to the creation.

Develops fine motor skills: Fine activities like cutting, coloring, gluing, and writing increase the muscle activity of children’s hands and fingers. Therefore, this helps in the development of fine motor skills in children. So, while creating this craft, children have to do all the above delicate activities. This also develops their eye-hand coordination skills.

Learning to listen and following instructions: Following step-by-step instructions is essential when creating crafts. Listening is also essential to follow instructions correctly. Therefore, these skills develop naturally in children while doing activities.

What You’ll Need:

To make this Mother’s Day Activity, you don’t need many materials. Also, Most of them are easy to find at home or in the classroom.

How to Make the Jar of Love

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• This PDF file gives you two templates. One page has a jar. Also, the other page has 8 hearts.
• In addition, all of these pages are A4 size.
• So, when printing, print the template with the jar on white or light printer paper or cardboard paper.
• Finally, print the template with the hearts on red printer paper.

Step 2: Write a loving message on the hearts:

• Now, take the heart template that you have printed on red colored paper.
• Later, write a loving message for your mother in the middle of hearts.
• If your children can’t write, you can write their message on it. Otherwise, print out some loving words, cut them out, and let the children glue them onto the hearts.

Some loving words to write on hearts:

Step 4: Paste the Hearts in the Jar

Next, take the jar template. Paste the hearts you cut out inside the jar outline. Let kids arrange them however they want. But, paste the hearts inside the jar so that they are clearly visible, separate from each other. You can fill the jar all the way or just use a few hearts.

Here’s why parents and teachers love it:

• Simple & Mess-Free: No paint or complicated supplies needed.
• Customizable: Kids can color and write their messages.
• Skill-Building: Helps with cutting, gluing, and creative thinking.
• Heartfelt: Moms will love the sweet messages straight from their child.

It’s also a great classroom activity — quick to prep, low cost, and easy to finish in 15–30 minutes.

• Add a photo of the child on the jar.

• Use foam hearts or glitter glue for 3D texture.

• Create a Mother’s Day card with the jar glued to the front.