2023 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

This year, Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 14th, and a bunch of readers have asked for a gift guide. I know many people have complicated mother/daughter relationships and may find the day stressful, so please feel free to...

2023 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

13 Mother's Day gifts

13 Mother's Day gifts

This year, Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 14th, and a bunch of readers have asked for a gift guide. I know many people have complicated mother/daughter relationships and may find the day stressful, so please feel free to skip. But, if you’d like, here are 13 fun ideas for mothers and mother figures (and ourselves!)…

13 Mother's Day gifts

A bouquet of fresh flowers, from $51, for her kitchen table.

13 Mother's Day gifts

Balloon initial necklace, $170, like the SUPER COOL balloon letters you used to draw in middle school. (And here’s a nice Etsy version, $45.)

13 Mother's Day gifts

A linen shirt in two pretty colors, $98, to wear every day. Or this $25 one in seven prints.

13 Mother's Day gifts

Beautiful claw and comb set, $77. The claw is perfect for summer, and I keep the comb in my shower and love using it every morning. Also, how pretty is this clip? (Bonus: Get 20% off everything at Machete, through May 15th.)

13 Mother's Day gifts

Framed photo of her in her happy place, from $50.

13 Mother's Day gifts

The new novel The Guest for moms who love propulsive psychological thrillers, $24; or Sweet Enough for those who like baking, $24.

13 Mother's Day gifts

A wear-all-day fragrance, $25, that fits her mood: windswept, warm, sexy or dreamy. I’d love to travel with them all! (Bonus: Get 15% off everything at Ellis with code CUPOFJO15.)

13 Mother's Day gifts

This might be the most Mom Thing I’ve ever written, but the house feels elegant when you set out cloth napkins. There, I said it. $44.

13 Mother's Day gifts

A chocolate box with a mother duck and her duckings, $38. Or “outrageous” treats from the Barefoot Contessa.

13 Mother's Day gifts

Soft pajamas for lazy summer nights while reading in bed with the fan on, $138.

13 Mother's Day gifts

For a mother of little ones, an evening solo in HER OWN HOUSE! Take the children away! Put sparkling water and lemons in the fridge! If that’s not possible, give her a few hours to relax in the bedroom, along with magic earplugs.

13 Mother's Day gifts

A donation in her name to Planned Parenthood, to protect women’s rights.

13 Mother's Day gifts

A card with all the reasons you love her, $6.

P.S. 12 more gift ideas, and 15 things I’d want to tell a new mom.

(Bedroom photo from Grace’s apartment, taken by Christine Han.)

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