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Mother’s Day Photo Cube

March 30, 2021 By: Michele McDonald43 Comments

This sweet personalized Mother’s Day photo cube is the perfect DIY gift for mom!

This post contains affiliate links.

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Hello The Scrap Shoppers! I’m Erin Sutch from Crafts & Sutch.

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First, I would like to say a giant CONGRATULATIONS to Michele on the new little man in her life and thank her for letting me hang out here today!

I am super excited to spend some time with you and show you a simple Mother’s Day craft that was a big hit with the grandmas last year!

Mother's Day photo cube
Moms love a personalized gift for Mother’s Day, and they will love the time you put into making this  photo cube yourself!

You do not need many supplies, and it is as cute as can be when complete.

Just grab the free printable below and print pictures you know mom will love.

AND you can make new versions every few years with new photos!

Mother's Day photo cube supplies
To get started, you will need:
Mod Podge
3″ wooden cube (I got mine at Michael’s)
5 images that have been sized to 2.5″ square and printed using a laser printer or photo copied
Mom/Mimi/Mema/Nana printable (see below)
Craft paint
Foam brush
Distress ink (optional)

mod podge photos to cube
Using the foam brush, paint the edges of the wooden cubes. 

When the paint is dry, slather on a layer of Mod Podge, put the image on top, then another layer of Mod Podge. 

Be sure to smooth out any bubbles. 

It’s best if your images have been printed with a laser printer or have been photo copied so the image does not bleed when you cover it with the Mod Podge.

mom file mod podged to cube
These were made for the monkey’s grandmothers, and I was sure to include all of their children and grandchildren on the cubes. 

We have a small family, so it wasn’t too hard to manage. 

However, if your family is big, you might only do pics of the grandkids.

 

(The original file from Erin at Crafts & Sutch is no longer available.

I have made a similar version that can be downloaded.)

printable mom file for cube
Cut out the the Mom/Mimi/Mema printable and Mod Podge it to the last side of the cube. 

If your kiddo calls his/her grandmother something else, you can create your own printable using a word processing program (I created mine using PowerPoint).

black and white Mother's Day photo cube
While I used black and white images, this would be equally great with bright, spring colored paint and color photos!

Mother's Day photo cube
All that is left to do is wrap this baby up and you have one fantastically affordable and super personal Mother’s Day gift!

 

Michele, thank you so much for letting me hang out here for the day!

I’ve had a wonderful time and I’ll hope you’ll pop over to Crafts & Sutch sometime to say hi!

 

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>> See where I party! <<

 

This post was originally May, 2011.

Comments

  1. Alice says

    April 26, 2019 at 1:53 PM

    I love this cute and inventive this is and not only shows off pictures but makes them a memorable part of home Decor. Thanks for sharing this with us at #omhgww

    Reply
  2. Nicole says

    April 30, 2017 at 7:53 PM

    I love photo cube crafts. They are fun, and you can add to them every year. Great idea for mother’s day gifts. Thanks for linking up with us at the #HomeMattersParty this week!

    Reply
  3. Erlene says

    April 30, 2017 at 7:19 PM

    Such a lovely gift to create for anyone. Will be including this in a Mother’s Day Round-up. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.

    Reply
  4. Lindsay says

    April 29, 2017 at 4:47 PM

    Love this idea. My mother just got a new desk and this would look great on it.

    Reply
  5. shelley says

    April 27, 2017 at 6:48 PM

    This is a great idea and I bet the grandmothers did love it! Thanks for sharing at Over the Moon.

    Reply
  6. Lori Hill-Smith says

    April 27, 2017 at 1:57 PM

    This is a gift that mom would really treasure!!

    Reply
  7. Kimberly says

    April 27, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Great idea for a Mother’s Day Gift! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  8. Smiling Notes says

    April 26, 2017 at 4:12 PM

    This is such a heartfelt and thoughtful gift! Loved it! Thanks a lot for joining us at the Family Joy Blog link up. I would also love to share this post with my readers in my MOther’s Day gift idea post that I’m planning to write. Will that be okay? Please let me know. Thanks a lot. Pinned!

    Reply
    • Michele McDonald says

      April 26, 2017 at 4:52 PM

      Absolutely! One photo with a link back to the post would be perfect. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you!

      Reply
      • Smiling Notes says

        April 27, 2017 at 12:16 PM

        that’s great! thanks a lot!

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  9. Frugal Hausfrau says

    May 10, 2016 at 11:07 PM

    This is just lovely!! Thanks for sharing with us on Throwback Thursday!

    Mollie

    Reply
  10. Colleen says

    May 6, 2016 at 5:18 AM

    This is absolutely adorable!

    Reply
  11. Taylor says

    December 13, 2015 at 3:55 PM

    Where is the image with mimi and nana??

    Reply
  12. Marby Marin says

    April 26, 2014 at 4:51 PM

    I cannot seem to find the download arrow for the printable

    Reply
  13. Just a girl... says

    December 22, 2012 at 12:11 AM

    I am making these for Christmas with a different occasion on them and used wordle.com to make a text collage and just resized to square in photoshop wordle is a fun site to use!

    Reply
  14. Just a girl... says

    December 22, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    I’m making these for Christmas, but not with the mom words – I used wordle.com to create a word collage and then square it up in photoshop – turned out pretty cute!

    Reply
  15. Sarah A says

    December 17, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    I absolutely love this idea! It can be used for so many occasions. I was curious what you used the distress ink on and how? I am new to the crafting DIY world. Thanks for sharing this!

    Reply
  16. Tammy Deviney says

    December 4, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    I cannot seem to find the download arrow for the printable.

    Reply
    • Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} says

      December 4, 2012 at 11:32 PM

      Hi Tammy, This was a guest post and it does not look like the file is available any longer. ๐Ÿ™

      Reply
  17. mary A says

    May 1, 2012 at 10:13 PM

    these look great! good to know I can get the blocks at micheals! would regular pictures work? is that what you mean by laser printed?

    Reply
    • Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} says

      May 7, 2012 at 8:48 PM

      Mary, regular photos or photos printed on a inkjet printer might start to run when you add the Mod Podge. You could try putting a light coat of Mod Podge on the back and putting a regular photo on top, but do no add the extra coat of Mod Podge on top.

      Reply
  18. mary A says

    May 1, 2012 at 10:12 PM

    will regular pictures work? have you worked with them? im super excited to do this! yours look great!

    Reply
  19. Mod Podge Amy says

    May 11, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    What a sweet tutorial! How precious!

    Reply
  20. Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com says

    May 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Ooh I love this Erin!! You could also do something similar for a Vacation – pictures of your spot and then a fun side with text of all the things you saw. Hmmmm. ๐Ÿ™‚
    Thanks for the great idea!!

    Reply
  21. [email protected] Daisy says

    May 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    These are SUPER cute, Erin! Fabulous for Mother’s Day!

    Reply
  22. The Answer Is Chocolate says

    May 7, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Love this! Wishing two of my favorite bloggers a VERY Happy Mother’s Day!

    Reply
  23. Erin @ Crafts and Sutch says

    May 7, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Michele, thank you so much for having me over today! ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m so happy I was able to help out so you can spend a little more time with Caleb! ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope you have the BEST Mother’s Day tomorrow!

    Reply
  24. Sarah says

    May 7, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    These are just great! I might do these for Father’s Day for my dad’s desk!

    Reply
  25. Allie says

    May 7, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Wow Erin – I love these blocks!! thank you for the printable!

    Reply

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