Are you ready for Mother’s Day? This year Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11th and is fast approaching. Have you thought about a buying or making a special gift for her? If you feel like being crafty and want to make something or buy something on her wishlist, this 30+ Mother’s Day Gift Ideas roundup has ideas to inspire anyone. Plus, learn some fun facts about Mother’s Day too. *Post does contain affliate links*
Now, before we jump to the 30+ Mother’s Day Gift Ideas list, I thought it would be fun to share some interesting facts about the U.S. history of Mother’s Day. So here are a few facts about Mother’s Day in the United States.
- Mother’s Day officially became a holiday in 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson set aside the second Sunday of May to celebrate mothers. 2014 marks the 100th year anniversary of Mother’s Day.
- Anna Jarvis is considered the founder of Mother’s Day in the United States. She celebrated the first Mother’s Day in 1908 to honor her mother, who had organized “Mothers’ Friendship Day” in 1868 to promote reconciliation following the end of the Civil War to unite former foes.
- By 1920, Anna Jarvis resented the commercialization of the holiday and tried to have it removed as a national holiday. She even crashed events where organizations tried to profit from the holiday. She died penniless and in a sanitorium.
- Mother’s Day is the year’s #1 day for dining out…it even beats Valentine’s Day.
- Mother’s Day is the second largest gift giving day after Christmas & third largest card sending holiday.
Hope you enjoyed the Mother’s Day facts. On to the 30+ Mother’s Day Gift Ideas…
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Crafty Mom Ideas
- Silhouette America Starter Bundle Portrait Cutting Tool for Scrapbooking
or Silhouette Cameo Starter Kit Bundle Cutter
. This is on my wishlist. So many great things can be done with this little machine. You can learn more about it the Silhouette website.
- Stanley GR20K Trigger Feed Hot Melt Glue Gun Kit
. A glue gun is a must have for any crafter. Don’t forget to buy the glue stick refills too.
- Craftsy Gift Card. This is a great place to take online video classes. All classes are stored in your account so you can view them at anytime and you can even have questions answered by the instructor. And uh, Craftsy might be having a special sale on classes for Mother’s Day, but shhhh….you didn’t hear that from me 🙂
- Gift card to her favorite craft store. Not sure what mom’s current crafting interests are? Why not get her a gift card to her favorite store. For those that don’t live near mom, many have e-cards available too.
- Weller WSB25WB 25-Watt Short Barrel Woodburning Kit
. With wood projects becoming so popular, why not give mom her own wood burning kit.
Baking/Cooking Mom Ideas
- Make a 10 minute dish towel apron from Fynes Designs.
- KitchenAid KSM75WH Classic Plus Tilt-Head 4-1/2-Quart Stand Mixer, White
. If mom loves cooking, she’ll love a stand mixer.
- Mason Herb Garden Gift Kit from Makers Kit
- Baker’s Necklace from LadyKJewelry on Etsy. Maybe mom has all the kitchen gadgets she needs…give her a baker’s necklace instead.
- Make a stenciled dish towel from Today’s Creative Blog. Such a cute and simple idea that every cook needs in their kitchen.
- Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes: 1485 Favorites from the World’s #1 Food & Entertaining Magazine
. Give her a great recipe book or have each relative send you their favorite recipe and put together a family recipe book.
Garden Mom Ideas
- Buy moms a potted Geranium or her favorite flower. She’ll be able to enjoy this her potted plant for years to come.
- Make mom a photo pot with all her kids/grandkids from A Boy. His Sister
- Make a fairy garden seen on Top Dreamer. Wouldn’t this make a cute addition to a garden? I think so.
- Make a teacup bird feeder from Signed by Tina. Bring birds into your garden with a unique bird feeder.
- Make garden stones from Parents Magazine. Make mom some garden markers.
Sewing Mom Ideas
- Shop for Mormor fabric – Mormor translates to “mother mother” (or Grandma) in Swedish. Buy mom some new fabric and check out the daily deals at the Missiouri Star Quilt Co.
- Shop for a sewing machine. This one is a little costly, but would be a great group gift.
- DIY Beginner Sewing Kit @Smashed Peas & Carrots. You could even fill the bottom of this with some candy.
- Type in ‘seamtress’ on Etsy and look for fun jewelry or decor items.
Blogging Mom Ideas
- Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera and DIGIC 4 Imaging with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
. This is a great camera to get her started on taking blog pictures.
- Canva subscription to edit and make images.
- Mini Photo Box Studio
- Blog Planner
- Online Blog Course or conference ticket.
Beauty Mom Gift Ideas
- Homemade Lip Balm @Pins and Procrastination. This is one of the easiest lip balms to make.
- 31 pc. Nail Art Tool Set
with some nail polish. I have this set and love it. Makes nail art so much easier.
- DIY Shaving Cream @Smart School House
- DIY Lotion Bars @Juggling Act Mama or you could buy her favorite lotion, like Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion.
- Lavender Bath Salts @The Turquoise Home. Help mom keep her skin soft with some bath salts.
Need more ideas for Mother’s Day? How about these…
- Dumbledore’s Office & Butterbeer – Book Lovers’ Candles (80z jars) $29.00 from Frostbeard
- Kindle
- Gift Cards
- Flavor Infuser Water Bottle from Uncommon Goods
- Custom Notebooks from Minted
- Best Mom Book Card from One Canoe Two Letterpress. Fill it with giftcards to the movies or her favorite spa.
Mother’s Day Fact Sources: National Geographic, Latin Times, Chicago NOW, Hallmark
Great selection of ideas, we had mothers day on March 30th. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
I have recently purchased myself the Silhouette Cameo AND the Canon Rebel DSLR with Christmas and birthday money- and they have been my FAVORITE gifts EVER!!!!! So useful and amazing and “the gift that keeps on giving”! Love these suggestions!
I had no idea Mother’s Day has been around for 100 years…I would have celebrated harder if I’d known that it was the 100 year anniversary, lol! Love these ideas!
What cute ideas you have for mothers! 🙂
I serious loved this entire list! I told my husband about it and pinned it so he can refer back to it for my birthday in a few months. I think that bakers necklace is my favorite! So cute!
Great ideas! I love how you have them organized!! I really love that dish towel apron… might have to try it out!
Here we celebrate it on a different date, and actually a few years ago it was change to “Family Day”
But I’ve just seen here some great gift ideas, some for myself 🙂
That’s interesting…so Mother’s Day is a family day for everyone or does it still focus mostly on mom?
Ok, I loved learning the facts but I also like the gift ideas too but for myself (I’m a mom, so I can shop for me right?) lol I use picmonkey but never knew how much the paid version was, going to get it so I can do more. Great shares & I def learned a lot!
I wish it was Mother’s day here in Ireland I really want that red Kitchen Aid , Happy Mother’sa day to everyone else and I love the ideas they are great 🙂
Thank you. Well, if you ask me, moms should be celebrated everyday 🙂 You can always buy the Kitchen Aid as a just because you deserve it gift…lol. I mean, I’m sure you’ll use it to feed your family, so it really benefits everyone.
Great list! I have that camera and LOVE it. A PicMonkey subscription would be nice… and I know my husband hasn’t gotten me anything yet so that’s something he could actually buy tomorrow! I’ll drop the hint…
Good to have feedback from someone that has that camera. I LOVE picmonkey and Canva too. Sometimes I use both together to create new things. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day and thanks for stopping by.
Love those ‘fun facts’ – I learned a few things I didn’t know! 🙂 Great gift ideas, too!
Aren’t those facts interesting and sad at the same time? Glad you liked the ideas and have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend.
Great ideas. The apron was so cute. Everyone have a great Sunday.
They are all awesome ideas! Thanks for sharing this great post, It has made my shopping a lot easier! 🙂
These are all such great ideas, I especially love the blogging mom ideas. Thanks for sharing with #smallvictoriessundaylinky. Pinning to our Small Victories Sunday linky board and sharing!
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Love the great collection of Mother Day Ideas. Thanks for linking up to the Pintabulous Mother’s Day Party.
Lots of fun ideas. I especially love the garden ones! thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Great list! Love that you add gifts for the blogging mom! Thank you for sharing on Whatever Wednesday on Thank You Honey!
What a great collection of Mothers Day gift ideas! Several of the items are on my wish list, too! Thanks for linking up at the Pretty Pintastic Party!
This is a great list! I would love to receive any of the gifts on your list. 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to you too. Thanks for visiting.
Such a great variety of mothers day ideas. Thank you for sharing it on our Four Seasons Blog Hop,
Thanks for featuring my homemade lip balm! This is a great collection of gifts.
What a great round up of Mother’s Day ideas! I love that you included things for the blog mama! 🙂 Thanks for also including my DIY lotion bars – they definitely make a great gift 🙂
Happy Wednesday!
Ang
Glad I stopped by from Wednesday Whatsits. The info on mother’s day was interesting enough and then some great gift ideas to boot.