This is the adorable moment a father decided to wear women's clothes so his children wouldn't feel left out during a Mother's Day celebration.

Chatchai Parnuthai, 32, turned up last Friday at his youngsters' school in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where sons Ozone, 5, and Imsome, 3, were waiting alone.

Fellow classmates were enjoying games with their mothers - a Thai tradition that takes place once a year ahead of the country's Mother's Day celebrations yesterday.

Yet Mr Parnuthai's two sons faced an uncomfortable afternoon alone, as their mother had walked out on them three years ago and currently lives in Europe.

This is the adorable moment a father decided to wear women's clothes so his children wouldn't feel left out during a Mother's Day celebration

But Mr Parnuthai, a motorbike-loving mechanic, surprised them when he borrowed his own mother's pink floral blouse and pinned up his hair with a flower to attend the event.

Touching footage captures the two boys as they pay respect to their 'mother' while he sits alongside all the other women.

Mr Parnuthai said: 'I'm a single dad so I just wanted to make sure that my two sons were happy.

'I was a bit embarrassed, but it meant that they could take part like their classmates.'

Chatchai Parnuthai, 32, turned up last Friday at his youngsters' school in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where sons Ozone, 5, and Imsome, 3 (pictured together left), were waiting alone

Fellow parent Kornpat Sukhom, 36, who also attended the event with her own children, said Mr Parnuthai was the 'best mother'.

She added: 'In Thailand if it's Mother's Day, every mother has to join in activities with their children at school.

'The children's parents are divorced and the mother is now living in Europe.

'This is why he showed up to the school wearing a dress to take the place of her in the celebration.

'He wanted the children not to feel left out because their mother had left them.'