Express Your Love for Your Mother: a DIY Mother's Day Gift

Instructions for a diy rhinestone  magnet

This Mother’s Days don’t go overboard with an expensive gift she’s never going to use. Why not put yourself into it and make a special handmade gift for her? This simple DIY magnet with rhinestone embellishments is an easy Mother’s Day craft that is sure to put a smile on her face.
 
For this project I used:
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8 wooden Craft sticks
Hot glue gun
White craft paint and paintbrush
39 Fern green 9ss rhinestones, other assorted colors and sizes
Gem-Ttac
​wax tipped tool or tweezers
Scotch tape
Wax paper
Felt (various colors)
Magnet
Large wire cutters
Sandpaper

I found that using large wire cutters does a good job of cutting wooden craft sticks. Begin by cutting the sticks in the following lengths: 3.75 inches – 2 sticks. 3.5 inches 2 sticks, 3.25 – 2 sticks. 2.75 – 2 sticks. Take the 3 smaller lengths of wooden sticks and cut one end at an angle to form ascending slats. If you wish, you may sand the edges.
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​Paint the wooden craft sticks with the white craft paint and allow to dry. 

Lay the craft sticks out so that the sticks peak in the center. Using a hot glue gun, glue the 2 longest craft sticks across the others near the top and the bottom.

In order to get the spacing and size right on the rhinestone “Mom” I laid out the rhinestones on a piece of wax paper. Once I got my size and spacing correct, I took a piece of scotch tape and pressed down over the tops of the rhinestones. Peel away from the wax paper. The rhinestones will stick to the tape. 

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​Squeeze glue onto the bottom of each of the rhinestones on the tape, just slightly smaller than the rhinestones and tape this to the top horizontal craft stick.  DO NOT use a hot glue gun to adhere rhinestones. Use a recommended adhesive such as E6000 or Gem-Tac. Allow to dry for 24 hours.

In the meantime, cut out flower and leaf shapes out of felt.

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Glue different size and color rhinestones to the center of the flowers. Place a drop of glue (E6000 or Gem-Tac) about the same size as the rhinestone and using the wax tipped tool or tweezers, pick up a rhinestone and gently press it into the glue drop. Allow to dry.
 
After 24 hours, peel the tape off the rhinestones. Hot glue the flowers to the craft sticks in varying positions around the rhinestone “Mom”. Hot glue a magnet to the back of the craft sticks.

With rhinestones and a few other easy to get supplies you too can make your mother a special gift that she’ll always treasure. The sparkle of the rhinestones will catch your mother’s eye each time she sees this beautiful DIY magnet, putting a smile on her face as she thinks of you.  

Rhinestones and wax tipped tool are available from:

www.RhinestonesEtc.com