Mother’s Day is coming up fast, and your mum deserves something extra special! This is the perfect opportunity to show her just how much she means to you.
DIY gifts don't have to be just paper flowers or a handmade mother's day card. You can make her something she will actually use and enjoy!
Make her feel appreciated with gifts that are personal and designed to help her unwind and enjoy some well-deserved me-time!
Why Make Handmade Gifts For Mother's Day?
Nothing feels more special than a gift made by hand. Many similar products in stores can be expensive and filled with unnecessary chemicals. By making your own gifts, you can keep the ingredients simple, natural, and carefully chosen.
Handmade gifts can also be customised to suit your mum’s favorite scents, colours and ingredients, making it more personalised.
Not only is it more meaningful to create gifts for your mum, it also allows your mum to enjoy a spa-like experience at home!
Mother’s Day DIY Gift Ideas
We’ve put together some very simple recipes that you can do at home. They are great gifts individually, but all together they make a full at home spa experience!
So let’s go through the spa experience for mother's day and you can choose which mother's day diy gift ideas your mum would love the most…
1. Create a Calming Ambience
Scented candles are a simple way to create a warm, comforting atmosphere while filling the room with a beautiful scent.
If your mum loves candles, she’ll love a handmade candle even more!
Lavender Candle
This candle recipe is made for complete beginners, so don’t worry if you’ve never made one before.
In this recipe, we have used lavender essential oil for its beautiful floral aroma calming properties.
For the candle recipe, click here.
2. Enjoy a Relaxing Bath
Now the candles are lit, it’s time to relax in a warm bath…
Baths are the perfect way for your mum to unwind and melt away the stresses of the day. A homemade bath treat is the perfect gift and it is also more natural and better for the skin.
There are two recipes you can choose from. A simple but effective bath salt recipe, or a fun bath bomb recipe!
Bath Salts
Starting off with the most beginner friendly gift, the bath salts. These bath salts will help ease tight muscles and calm the mind after a long day!
All you need is some natural salts and essential oils to create a beautifully scented, relaxing bath salts!
For the bath salts recipe, click here.
Bath Bombs
Bath bombs are slightly more advanced, but they are so fun to make! They create a relaxing experience and also soothe the skin.
If you want to treat your mum and try making bath bombs, then give this recipe a go.
For the bath bomb recipe, click here.
3. Nourish and Pamper the Skin
You can’t end a mother's day spa experience without nourishing the skin and restoring its natural glow!
There are two recipes we love for this! You can choose between the two or make both for the ultimate skin pamper.
Body Scrub
Our natural body scrub recipe is great for exfoliating the skin and it is really simple to make.
You can choose between a simple sugar scrub made with sugar, natural oils, and essential oils, or a whipped soap sugar scrub that gently cleanses while exfoliating.
For the body scrub recipe, click here.
Body Oil
The best way to finish all of this off is with this natural body oil! Made with all natural ingredients, it will hydrate and soothe the skin.
This body oil recipe uses natural oils and essential oils, but you can also leave out the essential oils for sensitive skin types.
For the body oil recipe, click here.
How Personalise The Gifts For Your Mum
Whether you want to customise the scent or add some dried flowers, it’s easy to create something that has a personal touch.
Let’s go through how to personalise each gift idea…
Lavender Candle
This recipe can be customised with your mum's favourite scents! We have chosen lavender essential oil, but if she doesn’t like this scent you can try one of our other essential oils.
We recommend staying away from citrus essential oils (like orange, lemon, grapefruit) as they don’t work well in candles!
Always check the usage rates in Category 12 in the IFRA document before changing the essential oils.
Bath Salts
You can customise the bath salt fragrance and the specific salts! The blend for this recipe has a beautiful sweet aroma. But if you want to use your mum's favourite scent, try one of our other essential oils!
Always check the usage rates in Category 9 in the IFRA document before changing the essential oils.
You can also customise the recipe by adjusting the type of salts used. This recipe uses 200g of Epsom salt and 300g of Himalayan pink salt. However, if you’d prefer to use just one type of salt, you can simply use 500g of that single salt instead.
Another way to customise your bath salts is with dried flowers! Explore our botanical range here.
Bath Bombs
To customise your bath bombs, you can change the scent and the colour! We have chosen a simple chamomile essential oil for its calming effects. But if you want to use her favourite scent, try one of our other essential oils.
Always check the usage rates in Category 9 in the IFRA document before changing the essential oils.
You can also personalise the bath bomb with your mum’s favourite colour! Explore our range of colours here.
Our favourite way to customise a bath bomb is with dried flowers. There’s nothing better than a bath full of petals! Explore our botanical range here.
Body Scrub
For both body scrubs, you can change the essential oils or even keep them out! For sensitive skin types, we do recommend avoiding essential oils as they may irritate the skin.
Always check the usage rates in Category 5A in the IFRA document before changing the essential oils.
Body Oil
This body oil has a sweet floral aroma, but if you know your mum won’t like that, you can try some of our other essential oils or even keep them out! For sensitive skin types, we do recommend avoiding essential oils as they may irritate the skin.
Always check the usage rates in Category 5A in the IFRA document before changing the essential oils.
Continue Reading
Now you know what DIY gifts to make for mother’s day, why not continue reading?
- Want to make your own skincare? Try our calendula face cream recipe!
- Interested in haircare? Have a look at our hair mask recipes!
- Have you ever tried making melt and pour soap? Check out our cinnamon and orange soap recipe!
Which handmade gift did you make for your mum for mother's day? Show us on our socials! Tag us on Instagram or Facebook or use our hashtag #thesoaperyuk
