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From navigating our tantrums as toddlers to helping us through personal and professional heartbreaks as adults, is there anything the moms in our lives don’t do for us? That’s why it’s important to get your mom (or favorite maternal figure) a gift that’s significantly more inspired than your average paperweight or funny calendar this holiday season. We’ve found the best gifts for moms that you won’t find repurposed for a work White Elephant or laid to rest in some drawer in your childhood home. No, we’re highlighting only the cream of the crop from brands like Lululemon, Jenni Kayne, and Caraway. Uncover covetable sweaters, cozy slippers from luxury brands, thoughtful gifts that fall under the $100 mark, and personalized memorabilia for sentimental mothers. We didn’t forget about the picky moms out there, either, picking out practical items they’ll appreciate and use for years to come, like gardening tools for the green-fingered or lavish cookware to elevate all their dinner parties.
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Do we ever really need to reason for a new super soft, extra thick, ultra-plush blanket that feels like a cuddle in bedding form?
Shop Cozy Earth
Cozy Earth Cuddle Blanket, $, available at Cozy Earth
This hand-painted calendar is designed to inspire fun and adventure every day, with each page dedicated to activities that are seasonally appropriate, wholesome, and manageable — from painting wooden eggs in March to eating dinner by candlelight in October. Your mom can also save them as art prints for future reference.
BrooklynSwenson 2025 Bucket List Calendar, $, available at Etsy
Bombas slippers are selling out like hotcakes this holiday — especially this pair. On the inside, you have an extra cushy memory foam footbed and plush Sherpa fluff that feels like a hug for your feet. Sturdy rubber outsoles make it so you can wear them indoors and out. They’re the perfectly practical gift for the mom who likes to take her morning coffee out on the porch.
Shop Bombas
Bombas Women’s Sunday Slipper, $, available at Bombas
Signet rings are traditionally a symbol of family lineage and, of course, diamonds are forever, so, with this gift, you’re basically saying you’re eternally proud that they’re your mom (or mom-type figure).
Dana Rebecca Designs Sadie Pearl Double Baguette Signet Ring, $, available at Dana Rebecca Designs
For artsy moms scared to dive into the deep end of the arts and crafts store, or who just don’t have the time to fully commit, this book is great. It includes 10 example paintings to copy, lightly illustrated sketches to get her started, and step-by-step instructions, including tips for mixing colors. It isn’t made with watercolor paper, though, so a pad could be a good follow-up gift.
Shop Emily Lex Studio via Anthropologie
Emily Lex Studio Watercolor Set, $, available at Anthropologie
If your mom, like mine, is still fishing for coins in a decade-old wallet that’s jam-packed with faded receipts and falling apart at the seams, I suggest treating her to a brand-spanking-new one. You can’t go wrong with a style from Coach — these wallets are simple, stylish, and high quality. And she’ll never have to know how much money you saved shopping at the Coach Outlet either (we’re still shocked at the major savings on this one!).
This wristlet can also double up as a clutch on her next night out. (Moms also love two-for-one type pieces.)
Shop Coach Outlet
Coach Outlet Corner Zip Wristlet, $, available at Coach Outlet
Do away with your mom’s old, eternally pesto-stained Tupperware and treat her to a complete set of Caraway’s ceramic-coated glass storage containers. Pricey? Yes — but oh so worth it. They’re non-stick, designed to keep your food fresh, and are dishwasher, microwave, oven, refrigerator, and freezer safe.
Shop Caraway
Caraway Food Storage Set, $, available at Caraway
If your mom, like mine, is still fishing for coins in a decade-old wallet that’s jam-packed with faded receipts and is falling apart at the seams, I suggest treating her to a brand-spanking new one. It’s a well-known fact that moms love Coach, so you can’t really go wrong here — these wallets are simple, stylish, and high quality. This wristlet can also double up as a clutch on her next night out. (Moms also love two-for-one type pieces.)
Shop Coach
Coach Essential Continental Wallet, $, available at Coach
This practical but stylish jacket has a fan club among Team R29 — and our mothers too. I’ve had to buy myself a second because my mom has “borrowed” mine for way too long. As an avid birdwatcher and hiker, she loves packing this away just in case the weather turns because of how much less bulky it is than her usual waterproof.
Shop FP Movement
FP Movement Pippa Packable Puffer Jacket, $, available at Free People
Shop Great Jones
Great Jones The Dutchess, $, available at Great Jones
Perusing Jenni Kayne’s new arrivals is an internet pastime you can count us in on — but the brand’s Everyday Sweater, one of its staple offerings, is where it’s at for moms. With over 1,552 reviews and a 4.4-stars rating, this lightweight crewneck will be the crown jewel of her knits. It’s super soft and has the perfect slouch for all-day comfort.
Shop Jenni Kayne
Jenni Kayne Everyday Sweater, $, available at Jenni Kayne
Love knots have long been used in jewelry to represent the undying bonds between people. Kate Spade has modernized the emblem as a chic, gold-plated bangle. It’s also hinged, so it’s a lot easier to put on.
Shop Kate Spade
Kate Spade Double Knot Hinged Bangle, $, available at Kate Spade
Swap out your mom’s tired purse for this bucket design from Longchamp. It’s sleek and stylish but understated enough for everyday wear, especially in this deep turquoise shade, which works with black or brown outfits.
Shop Longchamp
Longchamp Le Roseau Essential XS Bucket Bag, $, available at Longchamp
An elegant and totally unique version of the classic initial necklace, every single pendant is hand-cut from recycled sheet metal and cast in London before being finished in this textured, hammered style.
Shop Kitty Joyas
Kitty Joyas XL Letra Necklace, $, available at Kitty Joyas
This is the perfect gift for all the crafty, hands-on moms out there, whether she’s getting her hands dirty with an air-dry clay obsession or a love for baking. She can keep her clothes clean and store her tools/phone/glasses in the pockets.
Shop Magic Linen
Magic Linen Pinafore Apron in Chocolate Brown, $, available at Magic Linen
Moms who travel a lot will love this spacious make-up and wash bag. It’s quilted to protect their precious glass bottles, has two zippered interior pockets for organization, and a hanging hook so they can keep surfaces clear. Plus, it’s bright and colorful — all the better to find it at the bottom of their suitcase.
Shop Oliver Bonas
Oliver Bonas Carrie Pink Fold Out Make Up Bag Large, $, available at Oliver Bonas
This FDA-cleared LED face mask has a host of celebrity fans, from Jessica Chastain to Bella Hadid. With regular use, it can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and redness, as well as stimulate collagen and improve texture and tone. All in all, a spenny yet luxurious gift for the mom who knows about more skincare than you ever will.
Shop Omnilux
Omnilux Contour Face, $, available at Omnilux
We may be adults, but Christmas mornings at home will forever be defined by the images of our bleary-eyed moms, wrapped in a robe, coffee in hand, watching sleepily over us as we excitedly open presents or chat about the day. Why not treat her to a brand-new robe to mark the occasion? (Even if we’re all more likely to wake up much, much later nowadays.) This one is a Parachute best-seller, made in a luxuriously soft but lightweight gauze-like, 100% Turkish cotton.
Shop Parachute
Parachute Cloud Cotton Robe, $, available at Parachute
Keep mom’s hands warm in lush cashmere and leather gloves this winter. She won’t even have to take them off in the cold when answering calls from you, as they have touchscreen-compatible fingertips.
Shop Dents via Selfridges
Dents Maisie Cashmere-Lined Touchscreen Leather Gloves, $, available at Selfridges
This perfume is sweet but not saccharine, spicy and sensual without being too overpowering, rather warm and comforting. Moms who love richer scents will be big fans.
Shop Phlur via Sephora
Phlur Vanilla Skin Eau de Parfum, $, available at Sephora
Mom’s old weekender bag is due for an upgrade, no? This elevated tote truly is a modern-day Mary Poppins bag, with so many handy pockets to divvy up all the essentials and seamlessly take her from workouts to the weekend farmers market. Even better, it’s designed to be water-repellant, so no need to stress, rain or shine.
Shop Lululemon
Lululemon Daily Multi-Pocket Tote Bag 20L, $, available at Lululemon
Cashmere for under $200? Um, yes! Your mom will love throwing this elegant blanket scarf over her holiday party wear, especially in this rich berry shade.
Shop Tuckernuck
Tuckernuck Oxblood Cashmere Blanket Scarf, $, available at Tuckernuck
Book-loving moms will adore this veritable shrine to their favorite activity. They can hold their page, set down a drink hide their phone in the opening, and much more. (We all know how annoying and distracting constant notifications can be when you’re trying to relax with a book.)
Shop Uncommon Originals
Uncommon Goods Book Nook Reading Valet, $, available at Uncommon Goods
When shopping for a busy mom who’s on her feet all day, you can’t really go wrong with a new pair of sneakers. These have been praised by customers for their comfort, and for keeping feet warm and dry on rainy days.
Shop Vessi
Vessi Soho Sneaker – Regular Fit, $, available at Vessi
Gardening moms will love the ease of this tool kit-meets-folding chair. It allows them to set down tools and rest for a while with a cuppa whilst they admire their hard work. It also acts as a comfortable seat for moms who struggle to kneel for a long period of time.
Shop Uncommon Goods
Uncommon Goods Gardener’s Tool Seat, $, available at Uncommon Goods
This gift is for all the moms who just need to slow. Things. Down. Rather than a candle, which they can only burn for a season or two, this oil diffuser will last them year after year, and they can switch up their scents, depending on their mood.
Shop Neom
Neom Wellbeing Pod Luxe & Scent Discovery Starter Pack, $, available at Neom
For the mom who’s always complaining about their tea or coffee going cold.
Shop Ember via Amazon
Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2, $, available at Amazon
Transform her next dinner party with this colorful, Mediterranean-inspired tablecloth from the brand-new homeware launch of our favorite print-forward fashion brand.
RIXO Zebe Linen and Cotton-Blend Tablecloth, $, available at Rixo
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