Best ideas for Mother's Day Gifts
Your Guide To Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Looking for something a little different than the usual daffodils and box of milk tray? See my gift guide below for fresh ideas for mother’s day
Yes, you can just say it with flowers and a box of Milk Tray (although that backfired on my Mother’s Day a few years ago, when my daughter was in charge of keeping the Milk Tray safe. Unfortunately, she thought this meant ‘safe in her tummy’. Shamelessly, she still gave me the box – empty, of course.
If you are looking for something a little extra special to celebrate the Mother in your life – yours; your kids’; or someone you know well, then check out my special gift guide below.
1. Smell the Roses.
My mother has Gertrude Jekyll roses in her garden and they smell wonderful – good, old-fashioned, sweet-smelling roses. You can buy yours, from £24, at David Austin Roses https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk. I love that there is more longevity than cut flowers with a garden rose and they will bloom year after year. Oh and they have 15% off with the code MEADOW.
2. Culture Vulture. A National Art Pass. This special pass gives the holder free or discounted access to exhibitions, museums and galleries across the UK. A gift that gives so many pleasurable days out. From £65.25. www.artfund.org.
3. Screen Queen. The gift of cinema with a year of membership at a cinema. The Picture House offers membership from £65 for the year, with discounts, free tickets and benefits. www.picturehouses.com
4. Made-up. If you think the Mum in your life would love some new make-up tips and new products, then Charlotte Tilbury offers excellent makeover classes, from £35, with the makeover cost redeemable against product purchases. www.charlottetilbury.com
5. Eat Out. Square Space offers gift vouchers for more than 650 top restaurants in the UK from Michelin-Starred to small indies. Find out more here: www.squaremeal.co.uk
6. Or Eat In. Good Food Magazine’s website/app offers thousands of recipes that you can access along with the magazine with a digital and print subscription. From £34.99, www.bbcgoodfood.com
7. Who doesn’t love a hamper? Fortnum and Mason is offering a Spring hamper, perfect for Mother’s Day. See their full range of Mother’s Day Hamper ideas, from £50 at https://www.fortnumandmason.com/seasonal-events/mothers-day/hampers
8. Bookworms. How about a book subscription – tailored to reading preferences. The Willoughby Book Club sends tailored books with prices starting at £49. https://www.thewilloughbybookclub.co.uk
Or Happily Ever After’s Subscription includes a bar of Vegan Chocolate, from £21.99 https://www.happilyeverafterbookbox.co.uk/book-and-pamper-box
9. Slap on some vinyl. Dust off that record player and sit and listen to an album from the beginning to end again with The Vinyl Box, which will send two handpicked limited-edition vinyls per month. https://www.vinylbox.co
10. Book a photo shoot – so you knew that one was coming. What more can a mother want than a photo shoot with her loved ones? Well, perhaps one alone. I offer photo shoots that include motherhood sessions; day in the life photography where we document a family’s day; to outdoor family shoots or studio shoots – perhaps a magazine-style portrait shoot with hair and make-up for Mum to feel special. Find out more here
