Every year, on the second Sunday of May, we pay tribute to very special women who we literally owe our existence to: moms. If you’re in search of unique DIY ideas for Mother’s Day, try thinking outside the (gift) box. Why not surprise the extraordinary woman in your life with a fun decorated corner or tabletop?
Before anything else, pull your pink Christmas tree out of storage. Haven’t got one yet? Check out these pretty options from Treetopia:
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Jennifer Perkins shows you how to give your Christmas tree a Mother’s Day makeover. Read on to learn how she created custom ornaments and decorated her tree.
DIY Idea for Mother’s Day: Marquee & Photo Ornaments
By Jennifer Perkins
Mother’s Day is coming up. Put that special lady’s name in lights! Why stop there? Decorate an entire tree in her honor. I did.
1. Get your supplies ready.
- Treetopia Pretty in Pink Christmas tree (or any colorful Christmas tree)
- Tabletop marquee letter ornaments that spell out “Mom” or her name
- Computer printer fabric
- Embroidery hoops
- Black paint
- Scrapbooking paper
- A paper puncher
- A tree garland or ribbon
My Mother’s Day tree décor started with Marquee Love letters from Heidi Swapp and a pink Christmas tree.
2. Choose photos of special moments with Mom and frame them.
I wanted to incorporate photos into my tree for Mother’s Day. So, I printed a few of my faves onto fabric.
I painted small embroidery hoops black. Then, I used them to frame my fabric pictures. I made ornaments of all the moms in my life—my grandmas, sisters, and aunts. I love the way black and white pop against the pink backdrop.
3. Create printed circle ornaments
I used scrapbook paper and a craft puncher for the circles. Also, I chose different prints but kept to my black-and-white color scheme.
4. Use ribbon as a garland and customize your marquee.
I picked up the polka dotted ribbon from the party aisle at the craft store. You can also use an actual Christmas garland in a fun color.
Have fun changing the look of your marquee letters with paint, paper, washi tape, and more. I wanted mine to be black and white to match my tree decorations.
Say it loud and proud with a fun tree: “I love all the moms in my life!”
Decorating Your Own Mother’s Day Tree
Wasn’t Jen’s DIY project inspiring? If you want to decorate a tree in honor of your mom, check out our Christmas Ornaments Calculator. It tells you how many you need depending on your tree’s height and decorating preference. If you’re also stringing lights, try our Christmas Tree Lights Calculator.
Jen used a pink Christmas tree for this DIY. But, you can swap it for any of Treetopia’s colorful trees, too. Maybe pick a tree in your mom’s favorite hue? Or, choose a classic green Christmas tree and decorate it with her favorite things.
We’d love to see your DIY craft ideas for Mother’s Day and your other creative ideas on styling a tree for this occasion. Share them in the comments section below. And, cheers to all the moms out there. Happy Mother’s Day!
Images courtesy of Jennifer Perkins
169 Comments
This is such a clever and sweet idea. I love it!
love the light box under it idea.
love the marquee looking mom with lights; ribbon to decorate and homemade ornaments with pics of mom and kids thru the years on the tree
Beautiful ideas!! I love the pink tree too!!
Love all of this
These trees are so beautiful 💗
Nice!
That is such a sweet way to honor Mom on her special day!
What a great idea! I plan to set up a memorial tree in my home this year as I lost my dear mama just a month ago. Her favorite holiday was Christmas and so I want to set up a tree for a full year and this would be a great way to do it!
Great ideas! I will definitely be trying these out with my friends & fam! 💖💖💖
thank u for the ideas
I would oar the SILVER STARDUST TINSEL TREE and place family photos all over it. I would show her what a sparkly family she created.
They are so lovely, and I love the little tree with the boxed MOM underneath so clever.
I love the picture ornaments.
I’d do purple and blue, then I’d pictures of my grandma who passed away in 2018. She had such an impact on all us as kids and I know my mom would cherish it so much!
These are such cute ideas! Just in time for mothers day- thanks!
Trees look great!
I would love the yellow tree and put black and white pictures through the years
A beautiful Mother’s Day display. Just Lovely.
I love it all!
I just love all those beautiful trees!
great ideas, thanks!
I like all the trees and the decorations. It’s interesting to look at them for ideas..
I love your Christmas Trees
I love these trees, I would put my mothers old pictures from the years on it
I love these trees the colors and to show that no matter what day of the year is you can still put up a tree
I really like the “Create printed circle ornaments” idea. I would do this.
Thanks for some great tips.
Love these ideas. As we get older these are the things that will mean so much to us. Memories of good times and family.
This is such a cute idea. Ornaments for events and growing up.
These are awesome
Great idea.
Beautiful trees
I love the ribbon accents
I am not very creative but string lights and pictures hanging from clothes pins sounds good to me
What a beautiful tribute!
Such a cute idea!
Love this site and all the great ideas.
My mother hated pink so I wouldn’t put one up in her honor. But these are pretty and maybe if she had seen something like this it might of changed her mind.
This is a cute gift idea for Mom!!
This page is so helpful and unique ideas!
Very Pretty! Such a cute idea!
Very creative, any mom would love this!
Love the Rose! So fun and retro
These trees are really unique and pretty,lots of great craft ideas as well.
Love all Treetiopia trees. The DIY mothers day tree is adorable.
Love all the amazing ideas ❤️
Great idea
That is a great idea to do for Mother’s Day! I love it. It’s beautiful.
Love this so much! If I were creating a Mother’s Day tree I’d fill it with pictures of all my favorite memories with each of the special Mothers or Mother Figures in my life. I’d use a silver tree and soft/pale colors to decorate with.
I love this Mother’s Day gift idea! The throw-back photos are awesome!
Super awesome ideas thank you for sharing
Love this Mother’s Day idea! It’s so sweet!
Ooh i just love the mothers day oroments idea.
Pretty kool.
I’d just love to get my Mom the Black Gold Ombre tree.
awesome looking product
these are so awesome and beautiful
This is such a cute idea!
Love the idea of a screan print of a photo on the canvas and then putting into a crafter circle. What a great item on tree or wreath.
Beautiful trees
Beautiful Trees
What a cool idea, I would have never thought of this, I’m going right now to get everything I need to do this
Love the ornaments, and I know my Mom would too
What a great idea and would be fun to put together with the grandkids.
these ornaments would be perfect for a mothers day tree for my girl scouts!
Love to win this.
This is an amazing idea. I can’t wait to try it for my mom.
Nice
I would like to see these trees, they look very nice
Very clever idea .. and Mom would so appreciate!
I love all these trees, I want to get so many of them!
Love the retro black and white photo idea.
If i had a pink tree I would decorate it with white and darker pinks
I would use a small white tree and use spring colors to decorate it with. Maybe hang some Mother’s Day cards on it , along with garland and photos. I would also use some flowers to decorate the tree or around the base of the tree.
I would decorate the tree with nursing emblems and stethoscopes. I would add some family photos and dog print ornaments.
I love the photos idea!
Interesting!
My mom loves Precious Moments figurines, so I would decorate it in pastel and Precious Moments ornaments.
I absolutely Love this Idea. I’d make a kind of This is your Life Tree with pictures of my Mom throughout her life.
This is such a great idea! It’s so nice to have your own space and I think handmade surprises are the best surprises!
I am a huge fan of DIY’s and this one is great!
lovely trees
You have great looking trees.. I think my mom would like any of them.
A would decorate a Mother’s Day tree with family photos.
I would decorate it with lots of pinks and purples and led lights with a photo of her and her kids at the tippy top!
Love this pink
I would decorate it with a bunch of photos!
Pretty in Pink is everything this is such a great idea!!
My mom always had our tree covered in silver tinsel when I was a younger child so I am certain she will be ecstatic to have a silver Christmas tree 🎄
Thank y’all for the wonderful opportunity to bless Mothers!!
So cute
My mom loves owls! all shapes and sizes! I can decorate a tree with all different kind of ornament owls for her
I Love this Idea!!! Thank You!!!
I would decorate with mom’s favorite birds
Lovely trees
Lovely love tress
Lovely tree decor ideas i love many of them. Shure fire way to think outside the box. These trees are very lovely.
So cool
great DIY ideas
All the trees are gorgeous. The Mother’s Day tree is so cute.
This is an awesome idea. I am soooooo loving the pink.
My mom loves yellow roses. For mother’s day I’d use a white tree and cover it in yellow roses and greenery.
Love it!
Neat!
These are simply gorgeous!
All super pretty. The pink stands out so nicely.
I would decorate this with different types of flowers
Love love the idea of holiday trees!!! These are the cutest project!! Cant wait to start planning the decorations. :0)
Thank you for the creative ideas
Love it!!
I would have it year round and put a picture of her on top of the tree because she is the anchor to the family then pictures of her parents, kids, grandkids, and pets she has and put pictures of those we lost on there
So neat. Going to try to make one of each child and grandchild.
How adorable!
Mom would love this.
I love the idea of decorating a special tree with my mother’s favorite things
love all your ideas and trees beautiful
My mom would really like this type of craft – putting the grandkids and great grandkids on the tree would be perfect for her
I love the idea of making pictures into Christmas ornaments. I always made my mom ornaments when I was in school, and she still has them on her tree. Why not continue to make her some?! Love it!
I absolutely adore the pink tree ideas
Beautiful trees!! They are amazing
Love pink trees
love the idea of a picture tree
I love the pink trees
Beautiful tress the endless decor and theme love them all
I like the mom lettered boxes
Ornaments that every family member makes to hang on tree
Love the DIY tree for mom! And the photos make it such a personal and memorable gift! I’m so stealing this idea!!!
I love all these trees! I can’t decide which I love most
I love the ideal of taking pictures and making a garland could use all year round.
Wow! What a good way to make a Christmas tree usable all year round!
Such a cute idea
I love that you can have a tree all year long
This is the best I think we need to do more for moms 💕💕💕💕💕 my mom is the best just saying lol
All the trees are so unique and pretty, I enjoyed the site and seeing the comments other people left.
I’d style this try with antique ornaments, chocolate and lots of hearts to celebrate my mom!
I’d style this by doing a Victorian theme.
My mom’s favorite color is blue, but I have to say Treetopia’s has alot of beautiful pink decorated Mother’s Day trees. I absolutely love them all!
So many neat ideas to make for Mother’s Day!
Thank you for the creative ideas
So beautiful ❤️
This is a fantastic and wonderful way to keep their memories alive.
I have no creativity, so great job to those that do!
These are great ideas and I can’t wait to make one for my Mom a dedication tree!
I would style a tree with my mom by putting pictures of our family on it as ornaments.
I love all of these! Thank you for some ideas!!
This is a super cute idea 🥰
really cute for mom!
Love the tree! I would style a tree pretty much the same as this one!!
I love love love the photo framed ornament! Such a sweet touch.
LOVE THE HOMEMADE FRAMES TO HAND ONE’S PICTURES ON THESE TREES.
What wonderful decoration ideas! I love honoring our mothers! I copy well and always appreciate neat ideas!
This is a great DIY craft for mom!
Love these all! Such wonderful ideas!
I absolutely love this! Thank you for the amazing idea!
I love the light up MOM signs!
What a Beautiful Idea- I know my Mom is a HUGE Baltimore O’s Fan so she would LOVE the Orange Tree but… With my Husband Being in Remission from Metastatic Breast Cancer I would LOVE that Some Like it Hot or Pretty in Pink Tree
these are all so beautiful! I hope to win the contest
This would be a creative way to display the Family Tree, having ribbons of various colors to show the connections along the lines. A great idea for a family reunion!
I would decorate the yellow tree in black and yellow and some white
Circle ornaments are a must 😍💞
I absolutely love the ideas