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!
These are all great ideas to pamper a mom you know. Wish my mother and mother-in-law were still here to gift some of these. But my daughter and daughter-in-law are great moms to my grandchildren and winning this prize would make one of them very happy.
What sweet ideas for Mother’s Day!
These are great ideas! I enjoy learning the many ways essential oils can be incorporated into the lives of my family and myself! Thank you for the great ideas.
I could really use this at my cabin! I love Young Living Oils! I use them everyday!
Would love to win 😆
love the water bottle!
I was recently introduced to Young Living essential oils and would love the opportunity to introduce the excellent quality of YL to my mom through this diffuser and oils!
Wow! A diffuser giveaway! I would love to win this and pass along to my Mom for Mother’s Day! She is interested in learning more about essential oils!
After giving birth to 2 preemies and spending every day at the NICU for the next several months. This would be such a treat to go home and blend.
I LOVE this diffuser and never thought of putting those oils together! Yum!
I LOVE the Springtime Renewal blend!! Can’t think of a nicer way to diffuse it, than with the lovely Home diffuser. It will both LOOK like Spring and awaken/renew your senses to the freshness of this time of year when everything around us comes alive! Love it!!
I love my Young Living Essential Oils! I don’t know what I would do without them! Would love to spoil my mom with this diffuser!!
I’d love to win a new diffuser. I use mine daily and move it around. And I love trying new diffuser blends. Thank you for the opportunity.
I’m a first time mommy and I would love to win!! I recently started using YL oils and love what I am using! I have a lot to learn and tons of oils to explore!
Those are awesome products! I would love to be randomly selected! Pick me! Pick me!
I’m new at the Essential Oils thing and would love to win this. Thanks!!
I can’t wait to use some of these ideas for Mother’s Day!
These are fantastic ideas!! Can’t wait to try the pancakes! (Now if only I can convince my husband to help my daughter make them for me, we’d be in business ;) )
Love the oils! The way you can add different oils to give you a new way to pamper yourself and your family, to support wellness, and know that what you are using is safe is these great gifts we can give ourselves!
This is SO exciting, I love mothers day and what a great way to spoil your mom!
What wonderful ideas to celebrate Mothers!
Commenting for the home diffuser giveaway!
First time visiting the young living site and I can’t wait to learn more about these wonderful products.
I would love to win the home diffuser & oils and give them to one of my mom friends for Mother’s Day! It would be a great way and opportunity to introduce someone to these amazing oils!
Great trio!! Thanks!!
SUCH great ideas for the mother’s day gifts! For christmas i made my mother and grandmother bath salts and my grandmother LOVES them! She uses them EVERY night in her bath!
I have used essential oils for many years in many ways, but I believe diffusing has to be my absolute favorite way to use them every day around the house. It can so easily help change not just my mood, but also my whole family’s mood, all at the same time!
I am just understand the amazing benefits of essential oil use in my family’s daily lives! thank you for making such a wonderful product! I love all the oils I have used so far, but peppermint and purification have been my favorites.
I would love to win the diffuser and oils! It would be an awesome gift for my mother this Mother’s Day!!
Love these ideas for spoiling mamas on their day! What I love even more is no mall required!!
Great Suggestions! I bought a started kit a couple of years ago. I use the diffuser a lot! I just joined so I could get more oils! I love Young Living!
Great gift ideas! Thanks!
Love all of these ideas!
These are amazing ideas!!!! I love all the possibilities we can present to moms to spoil them:)
I am a new member to YLEO and have fallen in love! I have been pampering my mom with many different oils since the day they came in! She has been asking more and more questions and wants to have a diffuser of her own! This would be such a perfect gift for her to get motivated and start the journey with me! I am looking forward to a new way of life and a happier family!!! Love your products!!!!
This was the first diffuser I received when I became a member of Young Living. WoW! Before that, I really was missing out on something incredible. The first night I used it to support a good night sleep. Thank you Young Living.
I am new to essential oils and am enjoying reading and learning about them. I ordered my first ones a couple weeks ago and I am planning on ordering more soon! Thanks for the ideas and recipes in this post.
My mom is turning 75 next a couple of weeks. What better gift than to spoil her with all the good stuff to make her feel good.
I love my new oils my daughters have recently introduced me to. Would love to win the Home diffuser as this is the one I really wanted but wasn’t available in my starter kit.
I would love to win this for my mother because she is on a very limited budget and would never spend the money on herself.
Mom deserves the very best I could give her for her special day. I can’t think of anything better than Young Living products. They truly nurtures the soul with divine love!
YLEOs rock! Great ideas for Moms and all of us! :)
Those oils and diffuser would be the perfect gift for her :)
This is an awesome drawing for all the moms!
My mom would love this!
Great ideas for pampering mom!!
What a wonderful giveaway to honor all of those moms out there! Lavender, Ylang Ylang and Grapefruit combination would smell heavenly!
I love this water bottle! It’s beautiful.
Great ideas for making Mother’s Day extra special just as Mother’s are!
I would love a Home diffuser – this is one I do not have!! Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful ones out there !