Make this the most special of all Mother’s Day – the #stayhome edition
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As we stay safe and stay home, Mother’s Day this year calls for a little more creativity than the usual restaurant feast to reward mummy dearest. We round up a list of activities and surprises for mom, whether you are staying together or not.
If you are staying with mummy…
Lucky you, nothing beats spending quality time with her. This year, try something a little different. Coronavirus be damned!
Make her feel like a million bucks
Pen in an “appointment” for a make-up session using eye palettes from Sephora. Introduce cult brands like Urban Decay and Tarte to her. Show her ways to accentuate her beautiful eyes even with classic and understated earth tone eye palettes.
Next up, a mani-pedi session right at home. Get your DIY home gel nail kit and wave goodbye to long waits at the nail salon.
For moms not into make-up, get a session of DIY face and hair treatment masks together. Relive the days when mom first introduced you to skincare and beauty treats.
Don’t forget to take a million wefies to commemorate the precious moments and upload it on IG for major insta-envy from friends and relatives! Priceless!
Get her moving
Is she not moving as much due to circuit breaker measures? Break out a sweat together, right at home. Sing, dance and exercise with her. While you are at it, gift her a pretty smartwatch for her to track her activity levels and sleep patterns.
Create your family cookbook for posterity
Nothing beats home-cooked food, especially those cooked by mom. Start an archive for mom’s best dishes! Grab your smartphone and notebook, and start documenting mom’s signature dishes. Offer to be the sous-chef and promise to helm the kitchen the next time!
Before you undertake this home project, get yourself a trusty gorilla tripod stand to hold your smartphone to ensure your video recordings are steady.
Your mom will appreciate these cookware sets to recreate her countless recipes. Don’t forget to make your flat lays stunning with these table cloth.
Not staying under one roof with mummy?
Need to maintain social distancing to keep her safe? Here’s fodder for a few contactless ways to celebrate Mother’s Day!
Cook up a storm for her
Time to break out that new cookware she gifted you years ago! Cook her favourite dishes and leave it on her doorstep to surprise her! Keep the food warm with these thermal containers, or pack them in leak-proof containers.
Send her a gift of health and beauty
Order her these supplements for senior health, collagen for healthier joints and skin, and help her keep dementia at bay. Take good advantage of iHerb’s sitewide 10% discount for all purchases until 5 June, with promo code “SALE10”. Exclusions apply.
You may not be there to massage those little knots from her shoulders and feet, but there’s always shoulder massagers and foot massage tools that can do the work for you!
Personalise an item
Get to your hard disk and find a photo that harks back to happy memories. Find an online shop and customise your very own woodblock, key chain, handphone case, pillowcase, mug or even oven mittens! The list goes on.
Still not sure what to get for her?
Does she already have everything she needs? Get some ideas from this Mother’s Day gift guide!
