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Great Birthday Gift Ideas for Moms

by Katie Wallace | Updated: December 3, 2018

Birthdays are the perfect excuse to celebrate mom! Moms often take care of everyone else; they know just what you need and usually just how to help. Celebrating mom’s birthday is a wonderful occasion to pick out something extra special to show how much you love her! I recently celebrated a birthday and my kids spoiled me with pretty accessories, colorful socks and sweet-smelling goodies โ€” all great gift ideas for moms. You don’t have to spend a lot to make mom feel loved. It’s also a great idea to share the cost of a gift between family members to buy something extra special.

Gorgeous Personalized Jewelry

Many moms love jewelry but it’s extra special to wear jewelry that’s personalized with your child’s initial or birthstone. Isabelle Grace Jewelry offers a wide variety of handcrafted jewelry designs. This custom brand has made me several beautiful pieces which are among my favorite necklaces. This pretty heart necklace is customized with pink crystals. It’s simple and sweet and I can easily wear it with any outfit or style.

Gorgeous Personalized Jewelry gift ideas for moms

All of Isabelle Grace Jewelry designs are created especially to order and many styles can be customized with an engraved name or initial and accented with birthstones or crystals. You can choose from necklaces, rings, earrings and more!

Personalized Necklaces gift ideas for moms

Heavenly Natural Body Products

Moms also love natural pampering products such as sweetly fragrant lotion, lip balm and body wash. Farmhouse Fresh makes lovely natural body products in divine combinations such as Maypop Steeped Milk Lotion, Organic Probiotic Milk Balancing Mask and Blackberry Crush Hydrating Lip Balm. I honestly love all of their products.

All farmhouse fresh ingredients are harvested locally, washed and extracted within hours to ensure vitamins are at their peak. Each natural spa-like treatment is authentically crafted with organic fruits, vegetables, herbs and small batch liquors from across the U.S.

Darling Accent Purses & Colorful Socks

A new purse and colorful socks are great gift ideas for moms! My daughter helped pick out a cute fuzzy accent purse for my birthday, which she also volunteers to borrow from me. I love wearing colorful socks especially on a chilly day. Cheerful socks are one of my best wardrobe secrets!

Kroger Dip Clothing gift ideas for moms

Casual Fall Fashion Basics

I also enjoy refreshing my wardrobe with a few new fashion basics each season. The Kroger Dip Clothing line from Fred Meyer has many great mix-and-match outfit separates that you can easily dress up or casually layer. I love my gray sweater dress from Dip Clothing that I can wear with tights in any color or pattern. I can accent my outfit with any style of boots and necklace or scarf. The Kroger Dip clothing line has something for everyone! I love the universal styles for women that you can dress up or wear casually. These clothes feel great in your hand and are made with quality materials with soft details in the fit and finish. 80% of the whole line is $19 or less!

Aloette A-List Beauty Box gift ideas for moms

A-List Beauty Gift Ideas for Moms

I loved receiving an Aloette A-List Beauty Box. My box contained fabulous lip care products, Butter London nail polish and gorgeous glide-on lip color pigments; fun gift ideas for moms. A tiny dab of these lip color stains go a long way and it stays on well.

Many of these are limited-edition products that A-Lister’s get before anyone else. I also received a surprise gift in myย Aloette A-List Beauty Box.

Every two months, you will receive a specially curated Beauty Club box delivered directly to you! Loaded with full-size beauty and skin care products, (priced at more than a $100 value), you are sure to fall in love with something new.

Every time you get your A-List box, you “Get to Give” your support to programs that help empower women all over the globe through Heifer International. In addition to the bi-monthly beauty box, all A-Lister’s receive a 15% discount on all full-priced products on the Aloette website, exclusive support from an Aloette Beauty Consultant, plus much more.

Butter London gift ideas for moms

Birthdays are always special, especially when my family celebrates with me! Children’s contagious excitement also makes birthdays extra fun. My sweet little girls even made me a birthday cake!

Great gift ideas for moms

Most ladies will love any of these gift ideas for moms! Which is your favorite?

Katie Wallace
Katie Wallace

Hi, I’m Katie! I live with my husband and 4 kids in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I love Jesus, coffee, creative projects, photography, and traveling. I’ve previously worked as a web designer, journalist, and barista. I hope you enjoy our creative projects and family adventures!

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Nancy
Nancy
5 years ago

I appreciate your great ideas. I am looking for a birthday present for my mother. She likes nice fragrances. I’d love to get a couple of these gifts for my mother’s birthday.

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Courtney
Courtney
7 years ago

Omg so many great gift ideas!!! I will have to keep a few of these in mind for my moms birthday

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Maria
Maria
7 years ago

Hey Katie, I want to give a gift to my mom on her birthday for that I am looking to buy a decent fragrance any suggestion from your side will be highly appreciated actually I am little bit confused what type of perfume old ladies love to use.

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Annette, 3 Little Buttons
Annette, 3 Little Buttons
7 years ago

Happy Birthday! So many lovely gift ideas there. Iโ€™m a bit in love with the Isabella Grace Jewelry – so pretty and special x

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Justyna Butler
Justyna Butler
7 years ago

Those are so great!!! I love the outfit a ton!

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Vanessa Delia
Vanessa Delia
7 years ago

It looks like you had a great birthday celebration and are a blessed mom. I have to agree with you on the jewelry. It does seem to make it more special when it is personalized.

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Sam
Sam
7 years ago

These are really great ideas! I love Butter Polish and that shade is so pretty.

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Surekha Busa
Surekha Busa
7 years ago

I love all this stuff! As a mother of one, these gifts really pamper me. These are the things that I would not remember to buy but I would love to receive as a gift. ๐Ÿ˜…

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Christa
Christa
7 years ago

I love all these gifts but the beauty box is my favorite! Itโ€™s such a fun way to pamper yourself and try new products.

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Catherine
Catherine
7 years ago

I love this gift idea and it’s definitely something all mothers would enjoy!

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Shar
Shar
7 years ago

I absolutely love all of these ideas! I think that personalized necklace is so cute… Iโ€™d wear it everyday if my kiddos got it for me ๐Ÿ™‚

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Yeah Lifestyle
Yeah Lifestyle
7 years ago

The Aloette A-List Beauty Box sounds like something I know I would love as well as my friends. I find giving someone a beauty box is so exciting as the box is filled with so many goodies.

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Preet
Preet
7 years ago

Every mom deserves an extra special gift in their special day. Personalized jewelry will make them so happy for sure.

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Romy Schorr
Romy Schorr
7 years ago

So many fun & inspired gift ideas for mom! Love the handcrafted jewelry and beauty treats

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Sara
Sara
7 years ago

Love the beauty box! Makes life with kids so much easier when items are shipped directly to you!

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Terri Steffes
Terri Steffes
7 years ago

What an adorable necklace. It is dainty and looks amazing on you. I like jewelry like that.

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