Mom has always been there for you, and while you may not have appreciated her attention when she loudly cheered from the sidelines of your game—airhorn included—or took hundreds of pictures before prom, you don’t know what you’d do without her. Maybe the mom in your life was a cool aunt, a grandma who was always there for you, your best friend’s mom who took you under her wing, or a coworker who showed you the ropes at your first job. Whoever your mom is, she deserves to be celebrated at least once a year.
Moms give every day to their families, so give the mothers and mother figures in your life a day that’s just their own with these seven gift ideas! From the simple to the indulgent, there’s something for any situation and any mom. These gifts don’t just offer something for your mom; they give you the opportunity to bond by showing her how much you appreciate her after all this time.
1. Bath and shower gels
Any mom welcomes a quiet moment to hit the reset button and refresh—even if her only chance to get away is in the shower. Our bath and shower gels make showers extra special with refreshing aromas such as Lavender and Morning Start™. You can also create a custom scent with our Bath and Shower Gel Base. For extra silky skin, use a gentle exfoliating glove. You can also create an extra luxurious bundle that includes bathtime spa items like an exfoliating glove, pumice stones, or bath bombs or bubble baths like the ones found in these fun DIYs.
2. DIY pampering kit
Have a mom who rarely breaks away for some much-needed time to herself? Bring the self-care night to her! A DIY spa kit is a creative way to treat Mom to the pampering she deserves.
Fill a basket, big or small, with the special spa items you know your mom would love. Our Coconut Lime Replenishing Body Butter and Lavender Calming Bath Bombs make great additions to a beauty basket. You can also add something more personal and customized to your mom’s specific needs with a DIY gift like one of these!
Children keep you on your toes, so it makes sense that motherhood comes with tired feet. A simple silky foot soak gives achy feet the attention and care they’ve been asking for. With Epsom salt and a dash of AlkaLime™, this mixture combines with warm water to create a velvety soak that softens and pampers skin. Choose from our staycation Beach Vibes, springtime Fresh Floral, and high-energy Sweet Summer scent blends or create your own that you know Mom will love.
Check out our self-care posts, including DIY CBD-infused lotion bars and CBD Oil Base: 5 DIY blends you need right now, for more ideas! And remember to personalize your kit with a favorite treat, magazine, or beauty tool to make it the perfect gift for Mom.
3. Breakfast in bed
Remember all the times Mom prepped breakfast before your early morning game or whipped up a brunch buffet for your birthday sleepover? There’s no way to repay her for years of tasty meals made with love, but a surprise breakfast in bed can’t hurt.
Plan a meal that includes goodies Mom would want on her special day, whether it’s light and healthy or rich and indulgent. Try not to burn anything—though you know she’ll forgive you if you do—and don’t forget a few fresh flowers on the tray!
Need a little inspiration? Check out our healthy breakfast recipes that include wolfberry energy bars, sweet potato “toast,” chocolate chia pudding, or raspberry-lime yogurt to start planning your Mom’s Day menu.
4. Lip balm and Poppyseed Lip Scrub care kit
For lips that kiss scrapes and kiss goodnight, Mom needs a balm that keeps her lips soft. Give her a petroleum-free lip balm in one of our three popular fresh flavors—Grapefruit, Lavender, and Cinnamint™—or treat her to all three! Our Savvy Minerals® Poppyseed Lip Scrub offers extra pampering when lips have already faced some weathering. Made with premium essential oils and rich butters, it leave lips conditioned, soft, and moisturized with every use.
5. DIY bath salts
The easiest way to create an at-home spa experience? Bath salts! Use our simple bath salts recipe to make her feel like a queen. Follow our blend with Citrus CBD Oil for a splash of peppy, pick-you-up scent or Lavender for dreamy, restful vibes, so you can help Mom lie back, breathe deep, and soak in the moment.
6. Home diffuser with essential oils
A new diffuser is always a treat, even if you already have one! The an easy, luxe way to bring the power of essential oils into Mom’s space. We love using it in living rooms and bedrooms, but she can also enjoy it at work, in a home office, or in her craft room. Make the gift extra special with homemade blends personalized to include her favorite scents or gift her some of our Young Living signature blends.
No matter what your mom figure has going on, there’s an essential oil for that. Know a stressed-out soccer mom running to practice, games, and the sporting goods store? Share Stress Away™! Have a business mogul mom putting in long hours at the office? Gift her AromaEase™ to create a calming and soothing environment. Need a gift for the social butterfly who goes out more often than you ever could? Give Joy™ to create the positive and energetic scent of joy! Is your home’s energy influenced by a yogini who’s willing to bend over backward for your family? The aroma of Harmony™ can help her maintain her Zen—and her lotus position.
7. DIY personalized perfume
Give the gift of a custom signature scent that will have Mom feeling luxurious and smelling amazing. Try out one, or more, of our Patchouli essential oil perfume recipes to give Mom a signature scent that channels vibes that are cool and collected, radiant and beautiful.
Whatever you decide to do to celebrate the mom in your life, the most important thing is that she knows how much you love her and that you recognize everything she’s done for you. Whether it’s a grand gesture or a handcrafted DIY gift, when it comes to moms, it’s all about the love.
Want more ideas? Check out our 5 DIY skin care recipes for your skin type and 6 tips to take your meditation to the next level blog posts. They’re both full of DIYs and oils that will upgrade Mom’s daily routine from start to finish.
How will you celebrate mothers this year? Share your ideas in the comments!
Thanks for the ideas! I may just spOIL myself with some of these this mothers day. The Home Diffuser is my favorite! I LOVE the 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off option. I use that setting at night at bedtime diffusing gentle baby and or lavender for my 1.5 year old princess :)
Thanks for the contest. What a great gift for my mom who has not jumped on board yet! Hopefully soon!
Wonderful ideas for my oil-loving mom! I think she’ll love the foot soak! Excited about the giveaway too, ya’ll rock! :)
Love all of these ideas! What a great gift that would be :)
I just love my Young Living oils. Can’t wait to try new ones. Please pick me to win this wonderful prize!!
What a fun way to celebrate all Mothers’!!
Love these oils!
Love these suggestions! I am thinking bath and shower gel for my mom. She is 85 and loves to soak in a hot tub.
To share the love of oils would be the greatest gift!
Love reading all the different recipes – the lip scrub sounds amazing! Hope I win the diffuser and oils!
Oh the possibilities for mom….
These are some awesome ideas for mothers. I love the ideas and recipes for DYI gifts!
I love my essential oils and would love to add the home diffuser to my collection! I have heard wonderful things about the home diffuser!
Wow!! It would be awesome to win this great prize! And I also got really great ideas for Mother’s Day! Thanks Young Living!
What great Mother’s Day gift ideas!! I love using my #YoungLivingEssentialOils daily!!
Love keeping up to date with the Young Living Blog!
Wow! This company gets better and better! Didn’t think it was possible; thank you all so much! ❤️
Hello! I would love to win this!!
Pick me! Pick me!
I am going to make my mother a gift basket with homemade products made from young living oils nothing but the best for my mother.
Sounds yummy thanks!
The home diffuser was my first diffuser! still going strong after 1 1/2 years!!
I would LOVE to win this for my mom for Mother’s Day! <3
I would love to get a chance to win the home diffuser and the 3 sweet spring oil blends!!! I truly love young living essential oils
Who can ever have too many diffusers?!? And I would love to try the Spring Blend!!
Would love to give my mom the oils with diffuser!
I love the water bottle! I want!!!
I love the looks of this water bottle! So cute! I think it’s always easier to drink water when you love what you are drinking it out of. ;)
Spoil me!!
What great ideas! Thank you for sharing these!
I love drinking lemon vitality and grapefruit vitality in my water! This water bottle is great, I can’t wait for it to come back in stock.
I love my home diffuser every day after work specially durning the winter I would go home put my diffuser on and breathe in the aroma.
Happy Mothers Day to all of the YL mom’s out there keeping their families happy!
I would love to win this diffuser for my mom!!
This would be the best gift and so very appreciated! ♡YLEO4LIFE!! I am amazed everyday with what all YLEO can do and I get so excited about it that I can’t stop talking about it! My 2 kids are the same way too. I can’t wait to pass this on to my future generations! Thank you YL!!
Thank You Young Living. Awesome idea!!
Love that YL is thinking of Moms! All these ideas are wonderful!
Thank you YL for great products and ideas to use them!!
Great ideas!! I want to make the lip balm soon.
Just ordered my premium starter kit, and and looking forward to getting started on this oily journey with friends and family. It’d be an even better start to my journey to win this giveaway!
Love these Mother’s Day gift ideas! Hopefully the husband gets my hint if I leave him this… Haha.
Would love to win!! Have a new baby (2 weeks old) so need another diffuser for her!
That would be an awesome gift!
Mother’s Day is such a special day! It’s an honor that the Lord has entrusted me to raise children for His kingdom!
Life changing, that is what it’s all about. Choose Young Living and you can change your life too. Happy Mothers Day to all.
Thank you for these great ideas .
What a great way to honor mothers! Thank you YL!
the pancake mix is really tasty!
Love those oils! Happy Day!
Such wonderful gifts & ideas!
What a gift this would be!