A fun Mother’s Day ESL craft with speaking activities! Create a beautiful 3D flower card while practising English speaking, expressing feelings, and building vocabulary. Perfect for KS1, KS2 and primary EFL/ESL learners.

Looking for a meaningful Mother’s Day activity that combines creativity with purposeful language practice?

This printable resource allows children to make an interactive flower card with hidden messages written inside the petals. As pupils colour, cut, assemble and personalise their flowers, they also develop speaking confidence through a series of engaging oral activities.

What’s included

• Printable flower templates
• Step-by-step assembly instructions
• Easy-to-follow craft activity
• 5 ready-to-use speaking activities
• Opportunities to practise sentence starters, adjectives and personal responses
• Ideal for whole-class, pair work or small groups

Speaking activities include

• I love my mum because…
• Describing mum using adjectives
• Pair-share conversations
• Guess whose mum it is
• Sharing favourite memories

Learning objectives

• Develop speaking and listening skills
• Build confidence expressing opinions and emotions
• Practise simple sentence structures
• Expand vocabulary linked to family and feelings
• Encourage creativity and personal expression
• Promote meaningful classroom discussion

Perfect for
ESL / EFL lessons
Primary English
Mother’s Day celebrations
Speaking and Listening
Oracy
Art integration
End-of-lesson activities
Cover lessons
Seasonal classroom projects

Age: 5–10 years (adaptable for different levels)

This low-preparation resource creates a memorable Mother’s Day keepsake while giving every child plenty of opportunities to communicate in English in a natural, enjoyable way.