While sheltering in place might keep traditional Mother’s Day activities—going out to brunch, visiting her favorite museum—from happening, there are plenty of ways to make her day feel special if you’re lucky enough to be under the same roof as your loved ones this year. Put those quarantine hobbies to work (cooking! baking! puzzling!) and transform day to day at-home activities into lovely, Mother’s Day fêtes. From serving up the ultimate breakfast in bed scene to turning her bathroom into a day spa for a luxurious self-care day, here are seven wonderful ways to spend Mother’s Day together, and 42 more ideas you can send her that will make for perfect quarantine-improving gifts.
Breakfast in Bed
Let her sleep in and surprise your mother, wife, or grandmother with the classic breakfast in bed. A good place to start is the tray, which would make quite the fun addition to your weekend agenda while staying at home these days too. Top it off with a handful of fresh berries in a stoneware berry bowl, place perfect toast slices in Matilda Goad’s cute as can be breakfast set, and finish off with a pour from Le Creuset’s french press. Garnish with Urban Stem’s no water required (aka, no spills in bed) yellow craspedia flower and vase set that will look chic alongside her morning breakfast, as well as charm the rest of her home after the day is done.
Room to Om
Kick off her special day with a sunrise yoga and meditation session. Set the vibe with Vitruvi’s aromatherapy oil diffuser and get to your flow on Alo’s cushiony mat. Post-downward dog, sip cold water from a gem-infused reusable bottle and indulge in some mind-clearing meditative work—bonus points to those who chant along to the purifying sounds of the Nepal-crafted brass singing bowl.
Entertain and Game
Accompany brunch mimosas or post dinner cocktails with game sets she’ll love. These quarantine worthy activities make for the perfect Mother’s Day gifts and are as pretty to give as they are fun to play together, from keepsake cards to archive print puzzles that give back to Vogue’s A Common Thread relief fund. Top it off with sips from colorful coupes and a selection of collectable coasters.
Puttin’ on the Robe
Consider unwinding with a DIY spa day at home. Draw a bath with Pursoma’s detoxifying bath salts, infused with circulation-stimulating sea salt. After soaking, slip on matching plush waffle robes and a set of hydrating under-eye masks. Cap off the relaxation by taking turns giving professional-grade manicures with Chanel’s cult red varnish and a hand massage with Dr. Barbara Sturm’s soothing body lotion.
A Personal Tasting
Toast mom this year with an at-home wine tasting (after all, bottle shops are considered essential businesses). If you can’t make it out, sign up your mom for a wine delivery service and she can celebrate her own version of Mother’s Day each month. Those together at home should start by setting the table with a decorative table cloth to transport her to the wine country destination of her choice. A refreshed assortment of wine glasses will make sure she has a stem to complement each grape, while L’Atelier du Vin’s connoisseur set would surely delight any mother, whether she’s a vino amateur or aficionado.
Dining In
It’s time to put those quarantine recipes to the test and give your mom a break in the kitchen. Little additions to dinner time place settings might make your daily meal feel more like you’re dining out at her favorite restaurant. Upgrade paper napkins for a longer lasting, more sustainable cloth set she can use over and over (they’ll be great for entertaining when the time comes again, too). Bring a little bit of the Mother’s Day flowers motif to the dinner table with this iron votive candle holder as a centerpiece, or present dinner and a gift all at once via Liberty London’s floral dotted serving tray.
Hollywood at Home
You might be watching a lot of movies and TV shows to pass time these days, but Mother’s Day spent in quarantine is the perfect excuse to curate the perfect setting for a night at the movies. Mom can cozy up in a red carpet-ready pajama set from The Sleeper while you set up an at-home movie projector or retro popcorn machine. If you’re apart this Mother’s Day, don’t fret: get her favorite sweet treats or salty snacks and a cute popcorn bowl delivered, and plan to watch the same movie at the same time.
