Billeater: 27 Inexpensive Mother's Day Gift Ideas

As Allegra mentioned earlier, it doesn't take much money to make a mother feel special for Mother's Day. Most moms just want to know that you care about them and want to spend time with you. Personal gifts are inexpensive, and they can be much more meaningful.

1. Collect Some Old Photos - Go through your scrapbooks or digital files to find photos of the family. Collect a few of the best into a nice frame for a wonderful way to surprise your mom.


2. Cook a Nice Meal - Surprise mom by showing up at her house with all of the ingredients for her favorite meal. Invite her to sit with you in the kitchen while you build a special meal just for her.


3. Simple Pleasures - Find out about your mother's favorite soap, lotion, or bath salts and surprise her some on her special day.


4. Origami Flowers - Folding origami shapes is not as hard as you might think. A quick internet search will come up with several different ways to fold colored paper into flower shapes.


5. Handmade Cards - Fold some paper into a card and decorate it for your mother, just as you used to do when you were in elementary school.


6. Mix a CD - Make a CD that has all of your favorite songs that your mom will remember from your younger days.


7. Write a Story - Make up a short story about growing up with your mom, and then read it to her on Mother's Day.


8. Create a Gardening Kit - Give your mom all the tools she needs to create a nice garden.


9. Take her Shopping - Plan a shopping trip for just the two of you at her favorite stores.


10. Plant Special Flowers - Create a special garden in her yard that has her favorite flowers.


11. Let Mom Own the Remote Control - It's Mom's day, so she should get to choose what is on TV.


12. Give her a Home Spa Treatment - Set up the bathroom with candles and aromatherapy and invite your mother to soak all afternoon.


13. Create a YouTube Video - If you are good with a camera, you could make a video and post it online for your mom to see any time.


14. Scatter Small Surprises - Tuck little notes in places around the house where your mom will find them during her normal routine.


15. Call and Sing to Her - Your mom probably sang you a special song when you were little. She will love to hear you sing it.


16. Write Down a Special Memory - Recreate a special memory of you and your mother in a small notebook and give it to her.


17. Customized Coupon Books - Give your mom coupons that list things you promise to do for her whenever she wants to redeem the coupon.


18. Magnet Photos - Buy some magnet paper for your printer and print out several photos that your mom can put on her refrigerator.


19. Paint a Flower Pot - Customize a ceramic flowerpot with your own bright paints.


20. Bake and Decorate Cookies - Make your mom's favorite cookies and decorate them.


21. Take her for a Nature Walk - Spend some time walking in the park and talking with your mom.


22. Detail her Car - Clean out the car from top to bottom so that it is like new again.


23. Ready-made Movie Night - Rent her favorite movie, make some popcorn and show up at Mom's house.


24. Make Something Special by Hand - If you are crafty, sew, knit, crochet or bead something special for your mom.


25. Create a Memory Jar - Fill a jar with items that remind you of your childhood.


26. Build a Cookbook - Compile all of her recipes into a book so your mom has all of her favorites in one easy-to-find location.


27. Housekeeper for a Day - Offer your services and clean the house inside and out while mom lounges on the couch.

Of course, Mom will love you no matter what you do. Isn't that reason enough to be sure she knows you love her?

Jessica Bosari writes for the money-saving site, Billeater.com. The site is devoted to helping people reduce expenses, save money and find great deals. Pay Billeater a visit for more money-saving tips!