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Mothers day gift baskets can make the best or the worst present to give to a mother on this special day, depending on how much thought and creativity you pack in the basket! Granted, you could simply go to the next shop, online or in the real world 
, and buy a ready made one and, with a bit of luck, you find something that your mother actually appreciates, but more often it will be just a ready made gift without much personality. Better to make one yourself, it is not that difficult, I show you how! The beauty with a self-made gift basket is, that you can make it as expensive or as cheap as you want (depending on your budget) and that you can fill it with a variety of different things, so that even if one present doesn’t ‘hit home’ the others will. So, let’s get started!
Happy Mothers Day
Do you actually know your Mom? Do you know what her hobbies and pastimes are? Sometimes, especially when children have moved away from home, they lose touch with what their mother does on a day to day base. They believe often that mothers are only — mothers, without personal life and interests. But as soon as the nest is empty, many mothers become women again and start to pursue new hobbies, pastimes and dreams. Or take up old favorite ones Take your time to ask your mother frequently what she does all day long and how she spends her vacations. You might be surprised to learn that she has taken up photography and plans to spend her next vacations in Canada, photographing polar bears! If time is short, interview your siblings, which are still at home, and especially your sisters, if you have any. Failing this, simply try mom’s best, female, friend and ask her what she thinks would make great presents for your mother. After you have gathered some ideas about what your mother does enjoy doing, search for matching gifts, below some suggestions for different styles of mothers
Gift ideas for a Geek Mom
Being a woman and a geek myself, I can reassure you that jewelry with a twist always goes down exceedingly well! The carousel below shows you some of my personal favorites If that doesn’t appeal, what about a new case for her iPad, or, if you feel generous, even the latest iPad model itself. Trust me, a geek can’t resist the words ‘latest model’ or upgrade…
Now some more ideas for themed presents to put into the basket, simply hover shortly over each link to see a product preview, if you are done, point your cursor elsewhere and the box will disappear again!
Gift ideas for a Sportive Mom
You might not have heard of ‘Zumba’, but if your mom is into fitness, chances are good she has! This newest fitness craze is also available as a Wii Game. <<< Click the link to get an idea what it is all about. If your mom doesn’t own a Wii console, nor wants one, perhaps a nice set of Zumba DVDs will do the trick … Or is she into golf? What about a ‘swing training aid‘? I don’t know of any golfer that doesn’t want to improve her swing … She is not into golf, but more into general fitness? Perhaps a heart rate or fitness monitor?
Gift ideas for a Fashionable Mom
Unless you know her really, really well, buying clothes for a trendy mother can be very much hit and miss. If you do know at least one of her favorite stores, a gift card or voucher will be certainly well received. Or you could pamper her with a day, or even weekend, at a spa and wellness hotel! And if you really want to spoil her top this with a professional photo shoot. I don’t know the woman that wouldn’t enjoy first being pampered and treated to look her best and then have a series of photos taken by a professional photographer. I am sure she will remember this gift forever!
Gift ideas for the Mom that has (nearly) Everything
If all the suggestions above don’t work for your mother, here some curiosities I came across whilst doing my research. Again, hover over each link to see the product:
- A mug that doubles as a ring.
- A truly educated set of salt and pepper shakers.
- Taking ‘Foot in the Door’ literally.
- And if that is still not good enough, remember, ‘Diamonds are a girls (and mothers’ best friend!)’ This diamond ring is available for a real bargain
Finishing of your Mothers Day Gift Basket
After you have gathered all the presents together you need to find a matching container, hasn’t to be a basket, and some additional fill and deco material. Put something of it in the bottom, so that your gifts truly stand out and arrange your presents. Put the highest towards the back and the smaller ones more towards the front. Fill any empty spaces with flowers and nicely wrapped chocolates, wrap the whole basket in cellophane, if you like to and attach a bow and a personal greeting card to it before sending it off. But do you know what would be the absolutely best gift for your mom? If you bring it to her yourself! So, take a day off your usual activities and visit her, self-made gift basket in hand. I am sure she will be thrilled. Oh, and just in case you don’t know the date, here a list of the dates for Mothers Day for the next few years:
- 2011 May 8th
- 2012 May 13th
- 2013 May 12th
- 2014 May 11th
- 2015 May 10th
