Make a gorgeous DIY Mother’s Day wall hanging to display flowers that represent the birth month of each child or grandchild.
Hi there! I’m so excited about today’s craft. I have had this idea rattling around in my brain for over a year and I finally figured out how to make it happen and I’m so excited to show you. We’re going to make a sentimental Mother’s Day gift using birth flowers.
This post is sponsored by Hobby Lobby.
So you often seen mother’s rings and necklaces made with each child’s birthstone. But did you know there are also birth flowers for every month? I just adore the idea of making a decoration using birth flowers, so I went to Hobby Lobby on a mission to track down a faux version of every single birth flower to make this idea happen.
And once again, Hobby Lobby did not disappoint! I was able to find almost all of the birth flowers! And I’ve done the legwork for you so you can easily track down the flowers you would need to make your own birth flower decoration for your mom or grandma.
Here are all of the birth flowers.
- January – Carnation and Snow Drop
- February – Violet and Iris
- March – Daffodil and Sakura (Cherry Blossom)
- April – Daisy and Tulip
- May – Lily and Hawthorn
- June – Honeysuckle and Rose
- July – Larkspur and Water Lily
- August – Poppy and Gladiolus
- September – Morning Glory and Aster
- October – Marigold and Cosmos
- November – Peony and Chrysanthemum
- December – Holly and Narcissus
Note: The flowers for December were the the hardest to find, especially this time of year. Luckily I had some holly in my Christmas stuff and just used that. Poinsettias are also considered a birth flower for December and may be easier to find. Narcissus are very similar to white daffodils, so you could use those and probably nobody would know the difference.
When you are in store, these two tips will really help you find the right flowers:
- Most of the individual stems have labels on the buckets that hold them and the label says the flower name.
- I took photos of the flowers in-store and used the plant identifier feature on my phone to find the flower name. It totally worked even though they were fake!
So anyway… the hardest part of this whole project is just tracking down the right flowers. The rest is easy peasy!
Here are the supplies you will need to make the wreath/wall hanging/decoration:
Materials Needed
- Faux Flowers
- 18 Inch Wooden Embroidery Hoop
- 3/8 Inch Square Wood Dowel
- 25mm Wood Beads (two packages or about 18 beads)
- 1.5 Inch Wide Satin Ribbon
- Hot Glue Gun + Glue Sticks
- Floral Stem Cutter
- Cardstock
- Hole Punch
- Scissors
- Twine
I used an 18 inch embroidery hoop for this project, but they also have 14 inch and 23 inch hoops that would work great to fit a smaller or larger number of kids.
Instructions
Step 1: Lay the dowel across the center of the hoop and cut it down to size. I left mine just a little bigger than the edges of the hoop to make sure I had space to glue.
Step 2: Use hot glue to attach the dowel to the hoop.
Step 3: Glue the wood beads to the dowel. Make sure that the hole in each bead faces straight up and down. I suggest laying beads all the way across to get your spacing right before you glue. If you just start on one side and go across, you may end up with a big gap at the end.
Step 4: Slide the flower stems through the beads. You will have to trim stems, pull off leaves and adjust each flower in different ways until they all fit and look good. I had to completely remove the iris leaves, slide the iris stem through the bead, then add one leaf back on from below the the bead. With the rose, I had to pull off several leaf bunches and cut off the nubs to make the stem fit inside the bead. Each flower requires something a bit different, so just play around with it.
When you’re happy with the placement of all of the flowers, some may need a bit of hot glue to keep them in place. I pushed the tip of my glue gun into the bead hole and filled it in with glue.
Step 5: Type or write a cute saying onto a piece of pretty cardstock, then cut it out in a banner shape. Here are a few phrase ideas you could use:
- Grandma’s Garden
- Love Grows Here
- Mothers Plant the Seed of Love That Blooms Forever
- Love Grows in Families
- Grandma’s Flower Garden
- Children are like flowers. Water them with love.
Glue the saying below the wood beads onto the stems. I curved the paper just a bit so that it had some dimension and movement and I think that’s a nice touch.
Step 6: Using the same cardstock, type or write each child or grandchild’s name and cut them into little tags. Punch a hole, string twine through, then tie each child’s name to their birth flower.
Step 7: The last step is to cover the embroidery hoop clasp with pretty ribbon and tie a big bow, then your Mother’s Day birth flower display is all done!
Here’s a close-up. Isn’t it so pretty?!
I absolutely adore this project. And if you don’t want to make it Mother’s Day themed, you could just pick out a few favorite stems and add them to the beads, then use this as a pretty wreath for your front door! It’s such a cool look to use the beads to hold the flowers. I just love it!