Mother's Day is coming up in a few weeks and whether you are a dad lurking on a mom blog looking for gift ideas (Wow! A man on Mommy Shorts!), a child looking for gifts for your mother (that should be almost everyone, right?), or a mom looking for gifts for herself (you deserve it, damnit!), I've got some ideas for you.
Below are 48 gift ideas (some sponsored, some not), and a HUGE GIVEAWAY at the end. I'm giving away everything from a Keurig brewer to a Lily Jade bag to an Olympus camera in one big grand prize, so this is NO JOKE. Someone out there (it could be you!) will be my biggest giveaway winner of all time.
Plus, look out for special Mommy Shorts promo codes to get some of these gifts at a discount.
We all know how it is. Your baby starts crying and your toddler pulls off your covers, forcing you to wake up against your will. There is breakfast to be made. Dirty diapers to change. Hair to untangle. The only way I can get through my mornings is with coffee. The easiest way to brew a quick cup in a fully exhausted state is popping a pod into a Keurig. With their MINI Plus Brewer in thirteen pretty new colors— it makes the perfect Mother's Day gift.
Even more perfect? Pairing that Keurig with a Mommy Shorts mug. Then drink up and partake in a little baby mugging. Other great gift pairings are a crocheted Mom sleeve for your to-go cup, or a Pantone creamer and sugar bowl to match your brightly colored new brewer.
Special Offer: Keurig is giving 20% off any Keurig Elite or Keurig MINI Plus Brewer plus free standard shipping if you use the code “MOMMYSHORTS” in the “Promotions and Coupons” box upon check out. Offer valid for the next 72 hours.
If you’re heading back to the office after maternity leave, you should drop some serious hints to get the amazing Lily Jade Caroline Bag (currently on sale)— a gorgeous leather bag large enough for your laptop that masquerades as a diaper bag on the weekend. It's got a canvas bag with numerous pockets to organize all your baby essentials that you can easily remove when leaving the baby at home.
Other great options for working moms are commute-friendly Tieks (a pair of flats that bend and squash to fit into your purse), Square Hue (a monthly nail polish subscription box), and a stylish wood watch from Jord to keep you on your pumping schedule.
Mike bought me the 14K gold Helen Ficora necklace (top left) for my push present when I was pregnant with Mazzy. It had a single charm that said "love" on it. Then he bought the "M" charm (for Mazzy) on my first Mother's Day and added the "H" on the Mother's Day after Harlow was born. See? It's not just a Mother's Day Gift for this year, it's an easy out for the next three!
Other great personalized pieces (aka Mom Jewelry) are stackable rings embossed with your kid’s names, a necklace stamped with your child’s artwork, or a gold birch cuff engraved with your kid’s initials.
All sentimental, but definitely not homemade.
I bet you didn't know you wanted a Xyron Creative Station, but trust me you do. It's the secret to creating some pretty impressive crafting projects— really easily. Not only can the Xyron help you create stickers, labels, photo magnets, and laminated recipe cards… you can also make an old sticker sticky again. If your daughter is anything like mine, this will make you feel like a superhero. For an option you can stick in your drawer, try Xyron's popular X-shaped 1.5" Create-A-Sticker.
Other great gifts for creative moms are the Carve-a-Stamp kit, a vintage box of rubber alphabet stamps and a Learn to Knit Kit from Purl Soho.
For anyone who has ordered flowers online, you know the selection can be a little sparse and you rarely get what you were expecting. The Bouqs Company is a great new service that delivers quality flowers (read: they won’t die after two days) with bouquets that arrive in a bunch, minus the cheesy arrangement.
This gives gift-givers the opportunity to get creative and pair flowers with a new vase that says you really know your mom's/wife's/girlfriend's style— colorful, whimsical, modern, or understated.
Special Offer: Use code "MOMMYSHORTS" to get 15% off your order and free shipping on TheBouqs.com.
If a box of chocolates sounds way too expected, don't worry— I found just the gift for you. It's this awesomely dangerous subscription service called Cookies Every Night that sends you at least 30 delicious cookies a month (excuse me while I salivate).
If you are buying a gift for a mom who is ambitious enough to make their own sweets, try this super fun baking stencil, some fancy gold cupcake cups or a hot pink mini pie maker (who knew you could live without one of those?).
Most moms take a million pictures of their kids and rarely make an appearance in their own photos. That's sad, because when those kids look back at their photos years later, it will seem like mom wasn't even there.
Enter the Pocket Xshot (aka the selfie stick) which makes it super easy to get the whole family in your shot without messing around with a timer. You can pull back far enough to get a little background in your photo (look! it's us in front of the Grand Canyon!) instead of a regular selfie which just gives you a close-up of everybody's nostrils. Plus, it collaspes easily in your purse.
If you want to pair the XShot with something fun for the photo-obsessed mom, I recommend a Casetagram phone cover, a gift certificate to Dry Bar (might as well look fantastic in your selfie) and a pretty Chevron frame to display your photo after it's complete.
Special Offer: Use coupon code "MSXSHOT" for free shipping and a free universal phone holder with the purchase of any XShot Camera Extender.
What's that? You want a high quality camera to go with your selfie stick? Because you're tired of your fuzzy iPhone photos? For moms of toddlers, I recommend the practically indestructible Olympus TG-850.
How do I know it's tough? It says “tough” right there on the actual camera. The Olympus TG-850 is shockproof, waterproof, dustproof, crushproof and freeze proof. You know, just in case your little devil takes your new camera for a dip in the toilet and then throws it in the freezer (hey, it happens). It also has pro-quality video and a 180 degree flip LCD.
Looking for other indestructible items because you feel like moms can't have nice things? Try a teething necklace by Chewbeads, a Case Logic camera case and an iBallz shock absorbing iPad holder.
Take it from a mom of two— a perfect mother's day gift is some quality alone time at the spa (aka my bathtub, sans children). Aqua Spa Bath & Body products help you forget about your screaming children while also looking a lot prettier in your bathroom than a tube of Elmo toothpaste. Their bath salts promise to “revitalize tired muscles" with a "gently foaming, restorative bath soak salt treatment”. That sounds much better than a half-assed massage from my husband.
To continue the at-home-spa theme, try a bath caddy to hold Mom's glass of wine, a Chill Pill candle for a little aromatherapy action, and a book written by a bunch of my blogging friends called "I Just Want to Be Alone".
Special Offer: Mommy Shorts readers get $1 off any Aqua Spa product. Coupon can be found here.
If the mother in your life likes to entertain, Little Miss Party fits everything you need for a small cocktail party amongst mom friends into one big box. FYI- Cocktail time is my favorite time of day.
Little Miss Party carefully selects party products along with menu suggestions and helpful party tips. Some of the items you'll find in their special Mother's Day "Uncork and Unwind" Party in a Box include french cocktail plates, linen napkins, a Brooklyn Slate cheese board, Riedel stemware, and a three month wine subscription.
For pricing and more details on Limited Edition boxes for Mother’s Day, email: lmpinabox@littlemisspartyplanner.com.
Last but not least, the gift that keeps on giving: your passive aggressive mother, and her passive aggressive gifts. Yes mom, I get it, I need to call you—thanks for the phone case that you said was “so funny HAHA!”. Maybe next year you should get me this pillow— I'm sure it would look fantastic in my living room. Or these slippers that “just happen to dust while you walk”. And yeah, I know Cooking for Dummies “actually has some good recipes”.
I'm guessing these gifts would also be appropriate coming from your mother-in-law. Any mother-in-laws reading? You guys are hilarious too.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
I'm picking ONE WINNER to take home practically my entire gift guide. Yes, ONE WINNER. That lucky duck will take home eight different awesome prizes:
• Voucher for three monthly deliveries of an Original Bouqs size flower bouquet from their Volcano Collection
• Olympus TG-850
• "Uncork and Unwind" Mother's Day Party in a Box customized by Little Miss Party (value $350)
• Pocket XShot
• Keurig Mini Plus Brewer in color of your choice
• Lily Jade Caroline Diaper Bag
• Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker
• Selection of Bath & Body products from Aqua Spa
GIVEAWAY RULES
1) To enter, you must follow Mommy Shorts on facebook, "like" and/or "share" this post and then answer the following question in the comment section below:
What was the best gift you've ever received and who was it from?
2) For a second entry, subscribe to Mommy Shorts and leave an additional comment below saying you did so.
3) For a third entry, follow Mommy Shorts on Pinterest, repin any graphic from this post and leave an additional comment below saying you did so.
4) For a fourth entry, follow Mommy Shorts on Twitter and retweet the following:
I just entered a huge #MothersDay gift guide giveaway via @mommyshorts for over $1000 worth of prizes! http://bit.ly/1fr20qr
Winner will be announced on May 9th.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
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UPDATE: Congratulations to Riara! Her best gift ever (up until now, of course) was "a trip to England to stay with my grandma, from my parents, in the third grade". Happy Mother's Day, Riara! Please email hannah@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize.
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p.s. My husband and I took our daughter (who is almost exactly Mazzy’s age) to NYC for a night last week and I thought it would be cool to run into you. I didn’t, though. 🙂
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I’m crazy about four leaf clovers. The best gift I’ve ever received was a clover charm bracelet that my husband bought in Ireland on a layover during his return flight from his year deployment in Afghanistan.
The best gift I ever received was a locket from my Husband with pictures of both of my babies already in it.
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Best gift I ever received was time to myself from my husband.
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When Matty and I were just dating and I was totally ready to get engaged, I told him I either wanted an engagement ring or the entire Gilmore Girls series on DVD. We celebrated Christmas eve at my parents’ house and my family traditionally opens gifts on Christmas eve. I opened this giant box from Matty, and inside was a stuffed unicorn, a frying pan, and…the Gilmore Girls box set. I pretended to be thrilled until Matty told me to take a closer look at the unicorn, which had a ring tied to its neck.
the best gift I’ve ever gotten was this gorgeous silver octopus cuff bracelet that I had been ogling for years but couldn’t justify buying for the price because I don’t wear much jewelry. My husband bought it for me a couple months before our wedding. I wore it with my dress, and it’s actually sturdy enough that I wear it on a regular basis now.
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Best gift, a digital camera:)
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Liked on Facebook, best gift I ever recieved was birthday cards mailed to me every year from my mom’s best friend from age 13 when my mom passed away until age 19 that she had written while she was receiving chemotherapy.
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Best gift would be our daughter that we had on Boxing Day this year
Best gift ever was a massage and a night alone in a hotel. Boy do I love to get drunk and pass out in a nice hotel.
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best gift ever was from my mother …telling me that it was okay to “hit the reset button” on my life and start over at 33.
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I read you every day first thing in the morning! But I also subscribe, follow you on twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. And now I sound like a stalker!
The best gift I ever got….my second Mother’s Day, my husband got me a band to match my wedding ring. It wasn’t the ring that was so special, it was the sight if hi taking my daughter to the counter and watching them pick it out together, and the look on my daughters’ face when they gave it to me. The memory of her face then melts my heart.
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The best gift I have ever received (besides my children) was a Crimp n’ Curl Cabbage Patch Kid from my parents. Best. Christmas. Ever.
My girls love to play with her whenever we are at Grandma’s house, so it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
The best gift I ever got was my son Matthew! He has made me a better person!
The best gift I ever received was from my husband… he isn’t a gift giver and I rarely get anything that I haven’t bought myself. On our 3rd anniversary he tried very hard and on the way out on our date he asked me to check the glove box for his sun glasses, inside was a bag of gummy bears, my favorite football team’s jersey, and a leather key chain. He then told me to check the center console cause they were actually in there and inside was a card! I cried and cried after I read the card, it isn’t something he does and it made me feel like he really tried even if it was gummy bears, a jersey, a key chain, and a card. (:
The best gift I received from my little ones so far was a bookmark made out of bright orange construction paper, stickers, and my son wrote his name on it (well, attempted to write his name on it). I make sure to always have it in whatever book I am reading because he remembers making it and always asks where it is at!
The best gift I ever got was from my husband after our first daughter was born. He waited a couple of weeks, then bought me a very simple and pretty ring that was her birthstone. It was completely unexpected, and made me so very happy.
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The best gift ever was probably my nook. My husband gave it to me before we had our son, and after he was born I loved being able to read and hold him at the same time!
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Well it’s already been said but nothing can too the gift of my beautiful daughter zoey!!! She’s the best gift, after that probably her dad cause he’s surprisingly handy to have around 😉
Other than my two gorgeous kids? A TV and Blu-Ray player from my mom out of the blue just because we really needed an upgrade
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Best gift ever: a trip to england to stay with my grandma, from my parents, in the third grade.
I’m subscribed!! And I love these ideas! Now I just need my husband and son to see them 😉
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Best gift was a mini spa day to recharge!
The best gift I ever got was a giant plastic carousel with collectable horses covered in glitter with pink or purple hair. It really worked when you turned the handle! Good times….I think Santa got it for me but I don’t remember because I was in fourth grade.
I can’t really think of a super great gift, 🙁 sad huh? But I would love to win this prize pack!
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I feel like I’m supposed to say my son, but really it was probably this gorgeous aquamarine cocktail ring that my grandmother gave me. Apparently from the day I was born she decided it would eventually be mine because it matched the color of my eyes, and she finally gave it to me shortly before she passed away. It’s beautiful and unique and makes me think of her.
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Best gift, I trip to Italy, just my husband and I !
Hmm, the best gift I ever received is probably a tie between a Dyson vacuum (from my mom) and a KitchenAid mixer (from my then-boyfriend-now-husband). My hubby surprised me and spent way too much, but I’m not complaining! I like appliances 🙂
Best gift was my daughter!
I have to go with the trip to Disneyworld for my 30th bd… I had NEVER been and I LOVED it even more than my kids.. of course from my husband. I’m totally hooked now.
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I just subscribed even though I check for new posts more than I care to admit on my own! Great giveaway!
The best gift I’ve ever received was the pony my parents gave me for my 6th birthday. I’m hoping my daughter doesn’t find out & expect the same thing!
The best gift I ever received was probably the desk set of stapler, tape dispenser, paper clip container, etc, for my probably twelfth birthday. I still use them all at 35, too!
My best gift was when my husband finally got me DVR after missing
6 months of tv shows after my first son was born.
Best gift (actual gift, none of this children business) was a set of diamond earrings for Mother’s Day when I was pregnant with my first!
Best gift would have to be my queen-sized bed. My ex-husband bought it for me about 12 years ago and it’s still super comfy.
My husband gave me the best gifts ever…our two beautiful daughters!
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The best gifts are the ones I pick for myself.
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Best gift I received was from my best friends father on my 8th bday. It was a can of black olives! Whenever I was at my friends house I use to eat all of theirs! I Still LOVE them to this day 25 years later! Funny I opened a can the other day poured them into a bowl to eat walked away for 2 minutes and when I came back they were ALL gone. Low and behold my almost 2 year old ate them all!!! Guess I know what to get her next month for her Bday! 😉
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My son came just in time for Mother’s Day so of course he is the best gift ever!!!
My favorite gift so far has been the new mattress my husband and I got each other for Christmas last year. Sounds boring, but it is AMAZING.
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The best gift I ever received was a firetruck painting from my husband when I was pregnant with my first child. Super cute and sweet!
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Every year for my birthday my husband gets me a membership to a gym for yoga classes. Not fancy or flashy, but I love it.
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The best gift I have ever gotten is my son!
Best gift ever was a roomba from the hubby. Nothing says I love you like a pass from a chore!
The best gift I have ever received for Mother’s Day was on my first year being a mother. I was exhausted from taking care of a newborn, and my husband gave me the gift of sleeping in!(I pretty much slept the whole day haha) It was glorious 😛
Best gift I ever received? Do my kids count? Cause if they do, I’m gonna say I gave them to myself. Daddy helped a little, but I did all the really hard work, so I’m taking full credit.
Next best was a clean kitchen for Valentine’s Day. Seriously, save the checkbook and just clean something your wife hates cleaning for her. Best gift ever!
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The best gift I was ever “given” was my son- born a week before Christmas 4 years ago. Also, someone gave us a set of mini-screwdrivers which are REALLY HANDY for all those teeny-tiny battery compartments in the toys all over our house.
Wow, what a great guide! I follow Mommy Shorts on Facebook. I liked and shared the post. My favorite gift ever was my first designer bag for my 30th birthday from my husband. Very unexpected.
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Free babysitting! Best Gift ever ; )