Mothers Day!

Last Sunday was Mothers Day in Switzerland. Switzerland follows the US tradition, where Mothers Day falls on the second Sunday in May. The UK and Ireland celebrate Mothers Day in the middle of Lent following the traditional Mothering Sunday celebration.

I was woken early on Sunday Morning and presented with a whole host of hand made gifts which both children had made in school and kindergarten.

A candle holder, which was a small glass surrounded in Plaster of Paris and then decorated with stones collected from the playground and small glass beads added to give it the professional touch!

A paper weight, which was a medium sized stone, with wire wound around it and the wire had been curled using a pencil. Finished with a small heart cut out of cardboard and coloured in!

Pink scarf in background, model’s own ;-)


A watering can, which was an empty 1 litre plastic mineral water bottle, with wire wound round the bottle and decorated with plaits of wool (proof that boys can do hair braids!). This part was bought in a DIY shop - a piece of yellow tube which screws neatly onto the top of the bottle and creates a spout for the water!

I’m not the only one who admires the Swiss people’s ingenious ways of creating, designing and building. They are very talented and “crafty”, and by this I don’t mean sneaky, shrewd and devious! In German they even have a verb, which is widely used in everyday life, it means to make, build, model and craft : basteln. Which, I have always thought sounded more like a swear word in English! “You Basteln!”

In addition I got a new heart-shaped charm for my bracelet which thankfully Toni didn’t “basteln!”