Gift guides
Mother's Day Gift Guide: Gifts She'll Actually Use and Love
From the editors
Mother's Day is the day to show the moms in your life how much they're appreciated, and to skip the generic stuff. Here's every Cool Mom Picks Mother's Day guide in one place, with gifts for new moms, grandmas, stepmoms and mothers-in-law. Expect a little luxury, plenty of practical, and some sweet homemade ideas from the kids.
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6 guidesStart with a guide
Gift guide · June 19, 2026Your Camera Roll Deserves Better: Why We Love Mpix
Gift guide · May 5, 2026Bouqs has the most gorgeous flowers for Mother's Day
Gift guide · April 24, 202615 Mother's Day gifts under $30 that are seriously great gifts
Gift guide · April 22, 20262026 Mother's Day Gift Guide | 15 Luxury gifts that will totally spoil mom
Gift guide · April 16, 20262026 Mother's Day Gift Guide | 13 Gifts New Moms Will Actually Use and Love
Gift guide · February 19, 2026Diamonds are nice. Swarovski is better.
Gift guides
From the archive · April 14, 2009Presenting our Mother's Day Gift Guide -New! Improved! Recession friendly!
From the archive · April 24, 2009Mother's Day gifts for the mother of all mothers (or at least the mother of you)
From the archive · April 12, 2010The 2010 Cool Mom Picks Mother's Day Gift Guide is here!
From the archive · April 24, 2011The coolest Mother's Day Gift Guide is here! Yay!
From the archive · April 18, 2012Announcing the very best Mother's Day Gift Guide: Ours!
From the archive · May 4, 2012Our favorite Mother's Day Gifts (And we should know. We're moms!)
Treats & recipes
From the archive · May 1, 2011Breakfast in bed for Mother's Day? Hey-ull yes!
From the archive · May 4, 2011A simple Mother's Day brunch idea. (Would Martha Stewart steer us wrong?)
From the archive · April 24, 20127 Great Mothers Day brunch recipes--even for those too busy to make Mothers Day brunch
From the archive · May 2, 2013Dear Mom: I love you more than a stack of Earl Grey cookies
From the archive · May 7, 2013Three Mother's Day brunch menus as fab as the moms we're honoring
From the archive · May 2, 20148 easy, elegant Mother's Day dinner recipes to celebrate motherhood
Cards
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From the archive · April 24, 2012
This will be the year you don't procrastinate and get your Mother's Day cards done early. Right? Right?
From the archive · April 20, 2010Cheap and easy Mother's Day gift idea - vintage cards as artwork
From the archive · April 25, 2010Three dresses for Mother's Day
From the archive · April 23, 2011The perfect Mother's Day: French toast, bacon and just the right card
From the archive · April 25, 2011Talk about a sweet Mother's Day card
From the archive · April 24, 201210 funny Mother's Day cards for extra cool moms
Crafts & DIY
From the archive · April 26, 20114 ways to turn your kids' art into Mother's Day gifts
From the archive · April 28, 2011Mother's Day gift for newly divorced mom - Reader Q&A
From the archive · April 26, 2018This rainbow-bright Mother's Day gift box from Studio DIY is making sure kids don't go hungry.
From the archive · February 21, 2019These edgy-cool craft kits let kids make their own handmade gifts
From the archive · May 10, 2020These custom photo paint-by-number art kits are the coolest gift of the summer
Printables & activities
From the archive · April 28, 2010Mother's Day is about making your mom cry, right? In a good way?
From the archive · May 6, 2011Printable Mother's Day wall art that is totally frame-worthy
From the archive · May 1, 2012A Mothers Day book for any kind of mother - always a perfect gift.
From the archive · May 4, 2015Stella Brings the Family: A Mother's Day book that every kid should read.
From the archive · April 6, 2016The adult coloring book that's perfect for Mother's Day
From the archive · April 17, 2016Hurts Like a Mother: The alphabet book you read after the kids are asleep.
Decor
From the archive · April 10, 2010This Mother's Day, say I love you in wood
From the archive · April 24, 2013The perfect personalized Mother's Day gift for faraway moms (and grandmoms)
From the archive · March 28, 2016The cool custom cut-paper portraits we really, really want for Mother's Day.
From the archive · April 24, 2016A sweet Mother's Day gift for grandma, or any other name she goes by.
From the archive · April 22, 2009Another way to hang your kid's pretty face on the wall
From the archive · April 19, 2010A plate filled with love
More ideas
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From the archive · April 28, 2009
Presenting the Ultimate Mother's Day Shopping Guide. (If We Do Say So Ourselves.)
From the archive · May 6, 2008Because Mother's Day isn't All Sunshine and Moonbeams
From the archive · April 12, 2009The most charming necklaces for Mother's Day
From the archive · April 15, 2009Gift baskets for Mother's Day filled with hope
From the archive · April 23, 2009DAD IS SLEEPING AS HE ENJOYED THE WHISKEY AT THE PARTY and other hilarious emails from your mother
From the archive · April 28, 2009Mother's Day gifts that give back to one of the best dot-orgs of all
Each opens inside its guide
4 picksEditors' top picks
Owala bottle
$29.99See it in the guideFrom: 15 Mother's Day gifts under $30 that are seriously great gifts
Art of Tea Sachet Sampler
$7.99See it in the guideFrom: 15 Mother's Day gifts under $30 that are seriously great gifts
linen shirt from Quince
$40See it in the guideFrom: 2026 Mother's Day Gift Guide | 13 Gifts New Moms Will Actually Use and Love
Personalized TLC Gift Set (With Chocolate!)
$35See it in the guideFrom: 15 personalized gifts for grandmothers who deserve the best | Mother's Day Gift Guide
Good questions
Frequently asked
What's a good Mother's Day gift?
The best ones feel personal: something she'd never buy herself, a keepsake, a gift of time (breakfast in bed, a day off), or a handmade gift from the kids. See our Mother's Day gift guides.
What's a good Mother's Day gift for a mom who has everything?
Experiences, personalized keepsakes, and consumable luxuries (great coffee, a spa treat) beat more stuff. A heartfelt letter from the kids never misses.
What is a good gift for a new mom?
Comfort and help: cozy loungewear, a treat just for her, meal delivery, and practical items for those exhausting first months. Our gifts for new moms have more ideas.
How can kids make a Mother's Day gift?
Handmade cards, painted keepsakes, a "coupon book" of chores, or a simple craft are always treasured. See our DIY gifts kids can make.