Best Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts

Looking for the best homemade Mother’s day gifts? Check out some of these unique, heartfelt, and enduring gift ideas. Your mother has been with you through the good and bad times. She is like a best friend to you.

She has gone shopping with you, teaching you many life values about how to dress in style and save money at the same time. She has taken you to fun places building lasting memories that you want to be able to do with your own children in the future yourself.

What does a mother mean to you? Not everyone has a great image of their mother, but she is the person who did bring you into this world. Make the most of this year and start a new tradition together, find an interest you both like, or make it an appointment to call her at least once per month. Strengthen your bond with you mother this year and make things different and even better.

Best Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts – A Card

Sometimes the best homemade Mother’s day gifts mean more than the store bought gifts. Do you remember making your first homemade Mother’s day card for your mom? It was just as fun making it as it was giving it to her. So, get the crayons, markers, sparkles, card paper, photos, and printer out to make the best homemade Mother’s day gifts this year, like a personalized card. Put your mother’s favorite quote, scripture, poem, picture, or other saying on the card. Let her know how much you love her and have noticed her favorite things she likes to read.

Best Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts – Old Recipe Book

Take the time to interview your mom’s, mother and other family members who had her favorite old recipes she ate as a child. Then print out or make copies of these nostalgic recipes and put them in an heirloom recipe book for her to use. Imagine her feelings she will have when she opens this gift. You could even make one of the great recipes, then wrap it up with the recipe book when you give it to her.

Best Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts – Mother’s Day Pampering Kit

Mom is always ready with her Mary Poppins purse filled with everything you need, wherever you go. This holiday, make sure you give her everything she needs to make this day memorable and relaxing. It is like a survival kit for her to spend one uninterrupted day herself, without the children knocking on her door asking her for something.

Sometimes all a mom wants to do is escape to the bathroom thinking it is a safety zone away from the kids, but even that does not work sometimes as the children start knocking on the bathroom door. So, get someone to babysit the kids, then, give her this pampering kit filled with a homemade coupon to enjoy the bathtub all to herself with no interruptions. Give her the extras in this kit, like bubble bath, candles, favorite music, and another coupon for her to get her nails done somewhere.

Best Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts – Mother’s Day Time Capsule

Finally, secretly go around the house and find your mother’s favorite mementos or memorabilia she may have shoved in a closet or attic. Also, ask other family members and friends to contribute sentimental items to the time capsule. Have them fill out “Message to the Future” letters about where they see the mom in 20 to 30 years from now. This is a gift that keeps on giving. You can use the “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule seen here, and add any photo, drawing, or write on the outside of this time capsule tin to make it your own Mother’s Day time capsule tin. How much fun will this gift be when your mother gets to open it, in the future and reminisce about what life was like this year.

We hope these few ideas get you started. What is the best homemade Mother’s day gifts you have seen or received? Please share these ideas in the comments below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie