Where can I find a nice, but inexpensive gift for Mother’s Day?
It seems like Mother’s Day always sneaks up on me every year, so this year I was determined to get ahead of the game. I have been searching out and brainstorming a bunch of inexpensive Mother’s Day gift ideas and my list kept getting longer and longer. So, I did the only logical thing for a blogger to do; I turned my list into a post. Hopefully this list is helpful to you as you brainstorm your own Mother’s Day gift ideas.
These gift ideas are separated according to who would be giving the gift. There is obviously some overlap, but in general I think of mother’s day gifts from kids being homemade or “cutesy.” I think of gifts from adults (whether adult children, adult grandchildren, husbands, etc.) as being more “sophisticated.” If you have any other ideas to add to the list, feel free to add them in the comments!
Mother’s Day Gifts for Kids to Give:
- Photo Bookmark
- Canvas Bag with handprints from fabric paint
- Handprint Lilies
- Footprint decorated flower pot
- Clothespin Magnets (use scrapbook paper instead of wrapping paper)
- Puzzle Magnet
- Handprint Bouquet Card
- Picture Frame (kid decorated , store bought, magnetic, first mother’s day)
- MOM photo collage
- Why I Love You book (Have child write one thing they love about Mom on each page and draw a picture to go with it. Do several pages and staple them together.)
- Homemade Bead or Pasta necklace
- Flower pens, use these pretty calla lily silk flowers
- You Rock Mom card
- Salt Dough Footprint Heart
- I Love You to Pieces card
- Candy Bar Bouquet
- Fingerprint Pendant
- Fingerprint Candles
- Key Chain
- I Love you This Much card
- Mother’s Day Sun Catcher
- Homemade Sugar Cookie Dough and cookie cutters
- Photo Calendar
- Kid decorated bird feeder
- My handprint poem
Mother’s Day Gifts for Spouse or Adult Children to Give:
- Bubble Bath or Soothing Bath Treatment
- Candle
- Foaming Hand Soap in a nice smell
- Jewelry
- Fancy bobby pins
- Flowers
- Business Card or Gift Card case
- Cute Cell Phone Case
- Sugar Scrub or homemade sugar scrub
- Cupcake Bouquet
- Chocolate! Most any kind will do :)
- Lotion
- Manicure or Pedicure from a local salon or a manicure/pedicure set
- Coaster or homemade tile coasters
- Breakfast in Bed
- Mom Music Box
- Framed Mother Scripture
- Key Chain
- Nail Polish
- Nail Art Set if she frequently does her nails at home
- Cookbook
- Recipe holder or homemade recipe or photo holder
- Slippers
- Sunglasses
- Perfume Samples
- Water bottle
- Dish Soap Cake Stand
- Scarf
- Pretty pens
- Fuzzy Socks
- Succulent Terrarium
- Board Game or Card Game that you know she would like
- iPad cover
- Ladies’ Tool Set
- Gardening Gloves or tools if she’s into gardening
- Fun paper clips
- Scrapbooking scissors
- Journal
- Stationary Set
- Lip Gloss
- Heating pad, homemade or purchased
- Cell Phone Accerssories
- Camera Strap, if she’s into photography or just takes lots of pictures
- Sunglasses Case
- Amazon Gift Card
- Movie Tickets
- Mud Face Mask
- Homemade Bread with Jam Butter