Gifts For Mother's Day

If you’re rich with love for Mom but short on cash, here are some inexpensive gift ideas that she’ll cherish.

Plants in a Pot 

Don’t call the florist this Mother’s Day; make your own arrangement!  Start off with a plain clay pot, about 7” in diameter.  Use poster paints or glitter pens to decorate it.  Glue on buttons, beads, foam shapes, or anything that strikes your fancy.  Let it dry overnight before filling with potting soil and the annuals or houseplants of your choice.  For maximum impact, select two or three varieties with contrasting blooms and foliage.

 Garden Basket

Does Mom have a green thumb too?  Buy a basket, or even better, a big flowerpot and fill it with things she can use in her garden.  She’d surely appreciate a new pair of garden gloves, a selection of seed packets, a new trowel, a knee pad to make kneeling in the garden more comfortable, and any other useful item she might not buy for herself.

 Herb Sachets

You don’t need your own herb garden to make Mom her own sweet-smelling herbal sachets.  Visit a health food store that sells dried herbs such as rosemary, lavender, and chamomile.  Bundle the herbs in a few pieces of pretty fabric scraps and tie them with ribbons.  Mom can tuck these sachets into her dresser drawers or hang them in her closet.