A fun way to tell mom how much each member of the family cares is to create a book filled with special messages and pictures each child in the family holding a beautiful flower. This is an especially fun mother's day present for families with elementary school age children because each child can create their own special mother's day message and can choose the type of flower they would like to "give" to mom. The children can also work together to arrange their photos and messages in the final Picaboo book.

Begin your book by asking each family member to write a special message for mom. Along with the messages, take pictures of each child holding a different type of flower. Pictures of each child with a different flower provide a lovely theme for your book to accompany each letter of appreciation.

In addition to special messages and flower pictures, you may also want to include drawings and artwork created just for mom. To include special keepsakes or pieces of art, you can either take digital pictures of the items or scan them and save them as high resolution (300 dpi) .jpg images.

Your children will love seeing their creations in print, and your mother will have a touching keepsake that she will cherish reading again and again.