Mother's Day Gift Ideas: For Stay-at-Home Moms, Chocolate Lovers, Foodies and Do-it-Yourself Gifts
By midnight tonight it will be Mother's Day, so perhaps you could get all of the mothers in your life, from your aunts to grandmothers, the mother's day gift they need. The Latin Post has you covered for the gifts and great ideas for Mother's Day.
For the stay-at-home mom who keeps the house and family budget in order, through Sunday May 11th, Redbox users can reserve any select movie or game online and get 50 cents off a select DVD. The DVD list includes, "About Time," "August: Osage County" and "Labor Day." Also Netflix is getting in on the act with some mom-favorites like "The Hours," "Call the Midwife," "Rachel Getting Married," and "The English Patient."
For the ladies who lunch or at least drink tea, at any Starbucks once you buy any Teavana Oprah Chai Tea on Mother's Day, you can get another one free. And knowing that you buy Starbucks who has partnered with Oprah Winfrey, Starbucks will donate for each Teavana Oprah Chai Tea product sold, in Starbucks and Teavana stores, to benefit youth education, through the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy.
Pennsylvania chocolate-loving moms can get free admission to the Hershey Gardens. And for some foodies and wine drinkers, Parker & Quinn, located in Refinery Hotel in New York City, will be offering Mother's Day complimentary desserts, once you dine with their restaurant; and Refinery Rooftop will be giving mothers complimentary flowers and chocolates upon entering.
If you wanted to present something more sentimental to your mothers, what about Do-It-Yourself (DIY) gifts. Mashable has provided some DIY ideas for the beginner to expert crafter.
For the beginners, one can create a "10 Things I Love About You Jar"; you basically search for an empty jar and stuff it with 10 elegantly hand-written notes about why you love your mom. Also, you could make a chalkboard wine bottle vase; one could use an empty bottle of wine and then apply chalkboard paint, chalk, and then flowers. And, you could also try a personalized painted coffee mug.
For the expert crafter, you could try making a malachite necklace; it is a necklace made out of semi-precious stones, with this you could show off your love and creativity to your mom. Also for the expert crafter you could try your hand at making a cardstock photo frame; you cut out picture-sized holes in colored card stock, hold them together with pin clips, and add your favorite photos.
And for the mom who just loves flowers, try deliveries. At proflowers.com they can deliver a bouquet of flowers in a vase, just flowers or a combination of flowers with chocolates.
Happy Mother's Day.
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