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.
The contest is now closed.
Best gift was from my daughter poem she wrote in school that says My Mom is the best because she helps with hard math, stays up late but says she doesn’t.
I followed on facebook. The best gift I ever received was a little girl. For a mama who only wanted boys, she was the right amount of grace in my life.
The best gift I ever got was a used car from my father.
I followed on Pinterest and pinned.
best gift . . . white orchids with a silver star balloon attached. for my birthday from my now husband who didn’t know orchids were my favorite flower or how i’ve always loved stars. after six years, i still have those orchids.
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My best gift was my son and my husband! Both are gifts from god!
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The obvious answer is of course my family…my amazing husband and sweet baby boy. But aside from that, my husband bought me some jewelry I found on Pinterest and I later found out that he created a secret Pinterest for himself just to follow me and buy me things that I loved 🙂 he’s so sneaky…and so sweet!! ❤️
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Best gift ever was poem written by my father. <3
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My best gift was from my husband (then my boyfriend) A weekend away at a highend resort! Amazing!
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My best mother’s day gift was the birth of my second son, no better thing than a newborn! (1 entry)
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The best gift I had ever received was diamond earrings from my husband 🙂 and our beautiful children!
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The best gift I ever received was my dslr for christmas from my husband. I had wanted one for years and we could never afford it, but he made it happen:)
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Ok, so I already left a comment but this just happened and it brought me to tears…
I became a SAHM when my youngest daughter, Lucy, was born ten months ago. Since then, my older daughter, Hannah, three next month, seems to favor her dad and other family over me. When dad gets home from work, she wants nothing to do with me, I know it’s not personal, but it hurts sometimes.
Two days ago I took my youngest to visit my best friend in another city. We we’re gone for three days. Hannah and Daddy went out to breakfast, skipped naps, ate junk food, saw friends, and had an amazing time. After they picked Lucy and me up from the airport tonight, my husband was putting Hannah to bed and asked her what her favorite part of the weekend was. And she said….” When Mommy and Lucy came home.” Best. Gift. Ever.
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Follow on Facebook and liked the post. Best gift was my daughter, our rainbow baby, a gift from God!
The best gift I have ever received wasy precious baby boy. He makes our lives better everyday with his cute little smiles.
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The best gift I’ve received is a diamond necklace made from a ring that was my dads. My husband had it made when my daughter was born. She shares my fathers birthday, but she won’t have the joy of knowing him. Someday, I plan to give the necklace to her when she has a child of her own
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One of my favorite gifts was a Kitchen aid mixer from my boys who love to cook with me! (Ok it was bought by my husband who loves cookies, but still love it!!)
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The best gift I ever got was my favorite watch from the greatest store ever… The Titan Factory.
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Followed Mommy Shorts on FB ages ago! “liked” and “shared” the giveaway post.
The best gift I’ve ever received a gift card to a craft store!
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The best gift I ever received is a mug with this guy on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Faience_Hippopotamus
My dad had been to visit my sister in NY, and on his way home from the airport he stopped to see me and gave me this little box the day after my birthday. My then-boyfriend (now-husband) did not (does not) “believe” in birthdays and as such the day had gone uncelebrated by him. I was not expecting a late birthday present, and this little guy (William the Hippo) was part of a favorite childhood story. It was so thoughtful and surprising that I just burst into tears right there on the curb while the morning traffic went by. I kept it at work and it’s been on my desk at 3 different jobs now for 8 years so far. The handle got knocked off when I knocked it against a door frame at my previous job, but I use it for coffee, tea, soup, leftovers, everything. And think of my dad every time. 🙂
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I liked and shared. The best gift I ever received was my DSLR camera from my husband when I was pregnant to take pictures of our baby.
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Best gift I’ve ever received was a new camera lens from my mom so I could take awesome pics of my baby girl!
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I already follow Mommyshorts on Pinterest! Re-pinned one of Mazzy’s pins!
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What was the best gift you’ve ever received and who was it from?
I would have to say the best gift I ever received was a weekend at the Scrapbook Expo Classes and crop night it was so cool to spend the weekend in a hotel and enjoy some time for me. The gift was from My Boys Charlie and Joey but, Daddy (my husband paid) 🙂
God gave me three wonderful boys that turned out to be amazing young men, husbands and fathers! Never a better gift ever!!
My girls are the best gifts ever (one was actually born right around mothers day). I have to thank my wonderful husband for those gifts.
Best gift ever was my engagement ring!
Does having my awesome kids count as the best gift ever received?! 🙂 Nothing in this world compares to the awesomeness of being a mommy! 🙂
I subscribed. 🙂
I am following you on Pintrest, but I’m still learning how to use Pintrest…I don’t know how to pin anything 🙁
I like you on Facebook, and I shared here: https://www.facebook.com/ejellis33/posts/252225904965280?stream_ref=10.
The best gift I ever got was my engagement ring for Christmas many moons ago.
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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I did them all best gift I have gotten are roses.
Thanks for the fabulous give away enter opportunity! Your blog site is fun and interesting to read. I have two teenage boys. It only gets harder and more complicated than putting shoes on twenty times a day. It is a mental journey for sure! My kids are great talented kids and I feel like I already won the mothers day prize! It is all anyone can hope for healthy happy kids!
The best gift I ever received was my cat who was rescued from a shelter and who has turned out to be a great, loving member of the family. He’s purrfect.
I follow on Pinterest and pinned this giveaway.
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If we’re talking Mother’s day gifts, the best one so far has been when my daughter first started actually signing cards for me. I love to see her name written in her own hand. My son was born the day before Valentine’s Day, so I don’t think that gift will ever be topped.
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The best gift I received was a book of memories written by my husband
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The best gift I’ve ever received was a necklace that my hubby gave me after our son was born.
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Besides my son, the best gift I’ve ever received was a surpridse visit from my mom on my 21st birthday. I lived a few hours from home and didnt have any friends. She came and took me wine tasting and out to a nice dinner. Oh and following on FB, pinterest, and subscrided. Thanks for offering such an awesome giveaway!
What was the best gift you’ve ever received and who was it from?
I got married young, and the best gift I received for that was my aunt paying for my wedding dress.
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I liked this post and have followed Mommy Shorts on Facebook for a while now. The best gift I ever received was from my husband. He surprised me by flying my sister in for my 34th birthday. There was no big party for this non-milestone birthday, just a weekend with my sister who I don’t get to see as often as I would like. It was also the last weekend of my maternity leave, so it was also wonderful in that it took my mind off having to be apart from my daughter during the day for the first time since she was born.
Does a second entry count if I already subscribe to Mommy Shorts? Anyway, I subscribed…about a month ago.
I repinned a graphic from this post on Pinterest and am following you (that sounds creepy). I had a dream the other night that I was wearing the Jord watch…it was a big deal.
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the best gift I ever recieved is sleeping in with my new family (4mo old and husband) on my first mothers day. I also woke in a puddle, diaper leak, but that just concreted that “mommy” feeling 🙂
Best gift I’ve ever received was from my BIL and SIL, they gave me and my husband a weekend trip away to the east end AND watched our two toddler boys so we were child free. We had a nice dinner (on them!) and went wine tasting. It was relaxing and allowed my husband and I to act like a bunch of lovey dovey teenagers again
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The best gift I’ve ever received… My mom for my twelfth birthday gave me a trip on a whale watching excursion. I wase absolutely obsessed with whales
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The best gift ever was my son born on my birthday… oh and my daughter too.
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