mother's day gifts Archives

Loads of last-minute Mother’s Day gifts she’ll love. There’s still time!

If you haven’t secured the perfect Mother’s Day gift yet, rest easy. Okay, not that easy, because it’s literally just a few days away. But if you hustle, we can still help you out with these awesome last-minute gifts that don’t feel improvised...

15 perfect home office gifts for moms who may be working from home…forever? | Mother’s Day Gifts

by Kate Etue | Living, Mother's Day Gifts

Honestly, we have never done a dedicated guide to home office gifts for moms, even if we have incorporated home office gifts for her throughout our other Mother’s Day gift guides, and especially on Cool Mom Tech. But this year, more moms than ever are working...

3 cool ways to turn memories into art for Mother’s Day

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips + Tricks

As moms ourselves, we can say that photos gifts for Mother’s Day are one of our favorite gift ideas, especially these days when so many of the pics of our kids (and with our kids) are sitting on our phones or hard drives. That’s why we’re so excited...

18 meaningful Mother’s Day gift ideas for the far-away mom or grandma you really miss.

by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts

While I think any and all Mother’s Day gifts are meaningful, this year is different. If you normally see your mom on Mother’s Day, like I do, this year is going to be extra hard if we’re not able to have those huts, that time together, those...

The perfect pandemic era Mother’s Day cards, from hilarious to oof…my heart.

by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts

Leave it to Em & Friends, the site formerly known as Emily McDowell and Friends, to create the perfect pandemic-era Mother’s Day cards. From funny to encouraging, insightful to empathetic, they’re got to be one here that suits someone you know. As soon...

Here’s a fantastic deal on a Trade Coffee subscription gift. Just in time for Mother’s Day!

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes, Kitchen + Dining, Mother's Day Gifts

For years, we’ve been recommending cool subscription gifts that make great gifts, and that includes Trade Coffee. So we’re happy to partner with them on a fantastic deal — right in time for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. too. Right now,...

5 free online courses that look fun to take with your mom for Mother’s Day

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Mother's Day Gifts

So far, we’ve loved what’s happening with The We Time Project that we introduced last month: In order to help you connect more with far away friends and family around shared experiences, we’ve been offering our readers 30 days worth of unlimited...

10 super cute summer backpacks that help you say buh-bye to a long winter

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

Oh hi, it’s me, your handbag-obsessed friend in NYC, now looking for cute backpacks for summer. As I virtually window shop my way across the internet I’m seeing lots of cute, colorful backpacks that are on trend for 2021 and my “add to cart”...

11 fantastic gifts for stepmothers on Mother’s Day. Because we love them too. | Mother’s Day Gift Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts

We certainly couldn’t forget to include cool gifts for stepmothers in our Mother’s Day Gift Guide this year. After all, for a lot of us, Mother’s Day is a chance to give thanks to all the nurturing women in our lives who have helped make us who we...

Oversized handbags for spring and summer: Go big or go home! (Or, “go big and also stay home” works too.)

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

Oversized handbags are trending and well, hallelujah, the world has finally caught up with New York City! See, we don’t have cars (or trunks or gloves compartments) in which to stash our daily lives, so we just carry our entire lives with with us at all times in...

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