Allow us to be your gift concierge with our Mother's Day Gift Guide filled with items the mother, grandmother, mom-to-be, or mother figure in your life will love but might not buy for herself. We have carefully curated thoughtful essentials for the bed and bath that will add to her special day. We also have some suggestions for gifts that can’t be wrapped but will certainly be appreciated.
Tips for Giving Gifts that Will Make Her Feel Special This Mother’s Day
The goal is to let her know how much you appreciate all she does throughout the year. You know her best so we’ve divided our gift guide into categories to make it easier to choose a gift that will fit her personality. Whether she loves hosting friends and family, traveling to new and different places, or settling in for a quiet night at home, we offer the gift that will let her know you think she’s special. Here are some tips for gifts and gift-giving that will make her Mother’s Day wonderful.
1. The Hostess
The best gift to offer someone who loves to entertain is to clean up after yourself, so she has one less thing to do when getting the house ready for guests. While you’re at it, clean the rest of the house, without being asked and without expecting her to be grateful. If you’re looking for tips, you can read our article on how to avoid bad reviews from your overnight guests linked below.
Once that’s done, consider presenting her with something from our Gift Guide. Make sure to make the presentation special; it’s part of the gift.
- Set the table with our white and black hotel-quality cotton napkins folded into hearts and roses. You can learn the easy steps to create a beautiful table by watching the video included with our article on napkin folding linked below.
- Now that you’ve cleaned the bathroom, give it a refresh with one of our Turkish cotton bath rugs and a new set of Mojave diamond border bath towels.
2. The Self-Care Queen
Whether or not you know your mom’s self-care routine, chances are good she has one. Self-care includes the bedtime rituals she performs in the 60-90 minutes before she goes to sleep. That can range from pulling the shades and turning off the lights around the house to bedtime yoga, and everything in between. Give her the gift of being self-sufficient during this short part of the day so she can wind down and prepare herself for a great night’s sleep.
To let her know you recognize her need to breathe, encourage her to relax before bed with some of the hotel spa amenities in our Gift Guide.
- Create a bath basket and fill it with everything necessary to encourage a relaxing soak in the tub, including a heart twist™ spa head towel, terry tub pillow, and wash me tender™ silk and organic cotton ribbed towel set. Include her favorite bubble bath or essential oils.
- Nothing says relax like a cozy cashmere robe and socks. Dressed in these, there’s no question she’s done for the day.
3. The Travel Lover
If it’s been a while since your travel lover has taken a trip, plan something. Gift her a new piece of carry-on luggage and fill it with some essential travel items. We recognize that choosing a personal item like carry-on luggage for someone else can be tricky so keep the receipt and assure her your feelings won't be hurt if she exchanges it. Choose a couple of our favorite travel accessories.
- Help her to maintain her sleep on the way with one of our travel pillows. Our periwinkle down® travel pillow offers one of our down and feather pillows in travel size. The periwinkle silk charmeuse pillowcase will protect her skin and hair while she sleeps.
- She can block out the light with our eyes down™ black silk eye mask whether she’s at home or away. It’s already packaged in a coordinated gift box.
4. The Homebody
If relaxing at home with you makes her happy, plan an evening to hang out with her. Plan an activity she enjoys for that time. Gift her something cozy for a night in.
- Pick a soft and comfortable throw blanket in cashmere or cotton to cuddle under.
- Encourage her to settle in for the evening with matching jersey cotton nightshirts or cashmere robes.
- If your homebody is particular about guests removing their shoes, she’ll love a basket of our hotel-quality, one-time-use slide slippers to keep at the door. It’s about what she likes today.
5. Gifts Under $100
It’s the thought that counts so you don’t need to spend a lot. That’s why we’ve curated some of our favorite amenities into a category under $100. They’re perfect to take as hostess gifts if you’re the guest going to stay with your favorite mom.
- If she’s a candle person, take one of our Seda France™ Japanese Quince candles. This hand-poured candle comes in signature pagoda packaging making it a lovely gift in no need of wrapping.
- Give her the best gift of all by giving her the gift of sleep with one of our gift cards. Introduce her to down etc and let her choose her new favorite pillow or comforter.
We wish you and the mothers in your life a wonderful day.
-Team at down etc
Read more:
How to Avoid Bad Reviews from Your Overnight Guests
How to Set a Memorable Holiday Table with Uniquely Folded Napkins
What’s Old Is New Again: Crafty (Clever) Is Back for Mother’s Day
5 Tips for a Perfect Day of Self-Care
About down etc
For over twenty years, down etc has worked with hoteliers and professional housekeepers in hotels around the world to manufacture and provide the pillows and the bedding that will offer hotel guests memorably great sleep. Through our retail website, we seek to provide products that will result in the same quality sleep for our customers at home. We believe in the restorative power of a great night’s sleep, whether at home or away. That’s the reason down etc wrote the book on it, Roll Into a Perfectly Made Bed: All You Need to Know About the Art of Bedmaking.
