5 Great Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Instead of buying your mother the same tired looking flowers or box of chocolates get her something a little different for Mother's Day. Show her how much you appreciate all the things she has ever done for you. Gift baskets can be filled with luxurious products to really pamper your mum or gift hampers can be delivered to her door packed with all her favourite treats she loves to eat.

Helicopter flight

Give your mum something really different for Mother's Day and book her in for an exciting helicopter ride. For an experience she will never forget helicopter rides operate all over Australia, so to find one near you hop online, contact the tourist information in your state or look under 'joy flights' in the phone book. To make it a bit special book her in where she will be taken over spectacular scenery and perhaps go along with her, she might feel more brave with someone else there. Helicopter flights operate over Melbourne, Sydney, Fremantle, the Hunter Valley and you can even book in to learn how to fly it yourself.

Cooking class

With the ever increasing popularity of cooking shows why not give your mum a taste of what it is like to make those special recipes. There is a wide choice of cooking classes available, whether you go for an international cuisine, like Chinese, Thai or Indian food, or you might choose something like Italian or French. There are classes for beginners and you may choose something more specific like learning how to make desserts or even chocolates. Some cooking schools offer weekend accommodation so think about spoiling your mum with a whole package.

Gift basket

You can make up your own gift basket and choose all those things that you know you mum really loves, or you can buy one already made up. There are plenty to choose from to suit all occasions and budgets. Gift baskets can contain anything from food, bath products, skincare products, vouchers, music, books, perfume, chocolates, cook books, incense, candles, tea and coffee or basically anything else you can think of.

Make over and portrait

Spoil your mum and book her in for a make over and photography shoot. Give mum the works with a new hair cut and colour, a manicure and pedicure and then finish up with professional makeup. Find a photographer that will take either glamour portraits in the studio or have some lovely natural shots done outside. You might want to include the whole family and have a new family portrait done. She will love this gift as it will make a beautiful keepsake.

Day spa

Every mum would love a gift of a visit to a day spa. Give her a whole day of treatments or choose either a massage, a beauty treatment or facial. Day spas offer a wide choice of luxurious treatments or if you can't decide give your mum a voucher so she can pick what she really wants. She will really appreciate it.

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