DESERVING mothers will receive a special gift this year after a garden centre hosted a ceramic mug painting morning.

Fillpots Garden Centre, in Straight Road, Boxted, invited children of all ages to get creative by taking part in their Painted Peppermint event.

The hands-on designing session was specifically organised ahead of Mother’s Day.

At the event, the young guests and their parents were provided with the necessary equipment needed to beautifully paint a ceramic mug.

The final designs are now in the process of being glazed and fired before they are individually packed just in time to given to deserving mums.

Jenny Baily, from Fillpots Garden Centres event team, was pleased with the positive response to the afternoon and said it resulted in many interesting creations.

“We had a great turn-out and painted some beautiful mugs,” she said. “These will now be glazed and fired in time for Mother’s Day, before they are allowed to be picked up from Fillpots.

“All ages painted and we did some baby footprints and handprints too.”