Spending quality time with your mum this Mother’s Day:

Six activity ideas

Mother’s Day is fast approaching and you’ll be needing a decent idea up your sleeve. Your dear old mum deserves a treat, after all, and this is the day when you can show her a bit of well deserved gratitude for all of her hard work bringing you up.

But what should you buy? Why not, instead of simply snapping up chocolates and flowers, think about something you can ‘do’ rather than ‘give’? Arranging an activity on or around Mother’s Day is a great way to spend some quality time with your mum and give her an experience to remember.

Here are six ideas to get you started:

Recreate a moment

One nice way to show you appreciate your mum and the time she spent on you when you were young is to recreate something from those days. Maybe there’s a picture on the mantle piece in a park of you and her that you could re-stage, looking as you do now? You’d have a laugh getting the picture and then you could upload it to PhotoBox and create a gift to sit alongside the old pic for a long-lasting present.

A nice meal

You cannot go wrong with food. Pick your mum’s favourite restaurant, book it now before all the tables are taken and you’re bound to put a smile on her face. A glass of wine would go down well too. Maybe even club together with brothers and sisters and make it a surprise family occasion.

Day trip

Just like the photo opportunity idea, there’s a chance to roll back the years and take your mum to one of your favourite family haunts with a day trip. Alternatively, why not whisk her away shopping or sightseeing to somewhere she wouldn’t normally get to visit? The nicer the scenery the better the idea. Make it fun and it’ll be a memorable Mother’s Day.

Pamper day

Imagine how much your mum would enjoy a bit of time to put her feet up and properly relax. It’s probably a rarity so that’ll make it even more of a treat when you spring a surprise pamper day on her for Mother’s Day. Book a spa or a treatment or even just offer to take all the chores off her hands for the day. It’ll go down a treat.

Tickets

There’s a good chance that your mum harbours a secret desire to see that musical, film, play, concert (delete as appropriate) that she has always loved but just needs someone to go along with her. Be that someone for Mother’s Day. Snap up a ticket and take her for a treat. Your dad might be pleased about not having to bother taking her too…

Fun for all ages

There’s a chance that your mum is also a grandma these days too. Plan in some quality cross-generational time by doing something that involves you all. Why not doing some crafts or baking? It’ll be extra special if you involve your mum and children in something you used to do with your mum as a child.

Put some thought into Mother’s Day, plan ahead and arrange an activity that shows her just how much you appreciate her.