How to Choose a Gift for Mother's Day

Every Mother deserves a little recognition! Here are some ideas for gifts to give on Mother’s Day

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Flowers: Send a bouquet of her favorite flowers. Or create your own arrangement and hand deliver!

2. Jewelry: Select a unique piece of jewelry. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings are good options.

3. Gift cards: Let your Mom pick out her own gift! Give her a gift card to her favorite place to eat, her favorite salon or her favorite store. Other great ideas are amazon.com cards or overstock.com cards.

4. Spa day: Take a day to spend time with your Mom at a salon or spa. Get a massage together, or get new hair styles. Pair this with lunch and it’s a great gift! Or, you can always give her a gift card to spend the day at the spa on her own.

5. Eat out: Go out for a nice breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner!

6. Books: If your Mom is a book lover, consider getting a gift card to her favorite book store. Or put together a basket filled with books, bookmarks and a reading light.

7. Pajamas: Get some snuggly pajamas or a robe. Or a gift card to Victoria's Secret is always nice!

8. Perfume: Get your Mom her favorite scent!
   Or get a new one for her to try.

9. Lotion basket: Put together a basket full of scented lotions and/or body scrubs.

10. Make-over: Take your Mom to a department store and let her get a make-up make over! Then buy some of the makeup for her to take home. Or take her to the salon for a new hair style.

11. Movies: Go to the movies and let your Mom pick the film.

12. Manicure/Pedicure: Go for a Mother/Daughter manicure and/or pedicure. Or just give your Mom a gift card to go on her own.

13. Bed and Breakfast: Book a weekend at a bed and breakfast. Spend time connecting with your Mom without interruptions.

14. Hike: Does your Mom enjoy outdoor activities? Plan a hike and spend the day, walking and talking. Pack a nice picnic lunch.

15. Slumber party: Plan a Mother/Daughter slumber party. Include other mothers and daughters. Eat good food, play games and enjoy each other.

16. Movie night at home: Spend an evening watching movies and eating snacks with your Mom.

17. Dinner Theatre: Make reservations and take your Mom out to a dinner theatre, murder mystery theatre, musical or a comedy club.

18. New outfit: Pick out a new outfit for your Mom. Or take her to her favorite store, let her try on clothes and buy her favorites.

19. Shoes: Go to a shoe store with your Mom and let her pick out her favorite pair. Or get her a gift card to go on her own.

20. Photos: Create a photo book for your Mom online. Or make your own scrapbook to give to her.

21. Homemade gifts: Make something homemade and special to give to your Mom.

22. Bath basket: Put together bath beads, bubbles, scrubs, etc.

23. Tea or Coffee basket: Put your Mom’s favorite drinks in with a couple of large mugs, and maybe some shortbreads or another favorite treat.

24. Chocolate basket: Is your Mom a chocolate lover? Create a bag or basket of her favorites.

25. Netflix membership: Get your Mom a Netflix gift membership if she enjoys watching movies.

26. Ipod/music: If your Mom enjoys music get her an Ipod and an ITunes gift card. If she already has the Ipod, just get the gift card.

Tips & Warnings

• When buying a gift for Mother's Day think of the things that the recipient really enjoys. A thoughtful gift is the best kind!

[lezsays]

on 4/23/2009 Wow. Great tips on How to Choose a Gift for Mother's Day.

[gatunibi]

on 3/23/2009 a lot of great ideas!5*