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Mother’s Day Gift Idea for 5 Different Types of Mummy

Eric Shinichi
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Published on 25 Apr, 2017
Mother’s Day Gift Idea for 5 Different Types of Mummy

Mother’s Day is in a week, but you’re not sure what to do.

Have you been in that situation where you’re caught up with a full workload and Mother’s Day just slipped off your mind? You ended up wandering around the mall, but didn’t manage to get anything for your mum?

All mummies are different in their unique ways. Read on to find the 5 different Mother’s Day gift ideas that suit your mum’s personality! *wink*

1. Tender-Loving-Care Mummy: Create a Mother’s Day Card

A card with colourful hand-drawn flowers and the text "Happy Mother’s Day" on a wooden surface, perfect as a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift.

This mum overflows with emotion at the slightest gesture. She’ll reminisce about the good times when you were a baby and how she still remembers your first baby walk. Surprise her with a personalised card, made from scratch!

Add pictures of the happy memories you have with her. Remind her of how much you love her during this very special day.

2. Easily Stressed-out Mummy: Design a Mummy’s Favour Coupon

A set of colourful homemade Mother’s Day coupons fan out on a dark surface, each offering different favours like chores or treats—a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift. The cover reads, “Happy Mother’s Day! A Coupon Book.”.

This mum is your wonder woman, who is 24/7 busy, juggling everything from work to home. Her schedule could be so packed that she has no time for herself. Reward her with a personalised DIY favour coupon so she can take some time off and relax.

Please put on your art and craft skills and prepare about 8 to 10 different coupons for her.

3. Green-Thumb Mummy: Gift a Terrarium with Love

A glass bowl filled with small succulents and cacti, set in white pebbles, placed on a woven mat—a perfect Mother's Day present, thoughtfully arranged against a blurred decorative background.

This mum loves sunshine, plants and flowers. Her daily routine would be to ensure that her flowers and plants drink up. Add a terrarium to her collection or spice up her work desk for her Mother’s Day gift.

If you need some ideas on where to get a terrarium and what design to pick, you can check out Mason’s 🙂 They offer a range of terrariums and terrarium kits to choose from.

4. The Mummy Who Loves to Shop Online: Supplementary Credit Card from You

Two women sit closely together on a sofa, smiling at the camera in a bright, cosy living room—capturing the perfect moment for a memorable Mother’s Day present.

This mum is your fashionista and shopaholic partner in crime. Pamper her with a shopping spree! Spend a day with her e-shopping for all her favourite stuff. Give her a memorable Mother’s Day! However, bear in mind to have a budget set aside, alright~

Do you know what the best thing is to do after all the e-shopping is going on? It is time to go for a pampering spa session!

5. Sweet Tooth Mummy: Bring Her to a Dessert Cafe

A tiered tray with sandwiches, scones, and desserts sits on a table set for tea with milkshakes, a teapot, cutlery, serviettes, and a small vase of pink roses—perfect as a thoughtful Mother's Day present.

This mum loves going on high-tea dates with her best friends. You can always hear her telling you which cafe she would like to visit and which dessert is her favourite. Surprise her at a cafe that she has been talking about.

There are many dessert cafes in Singapore which you can check out! You can always ask your girlfriends for some recommendations.

I hope that you have gotten an idea for the Mother’s Day gift that you can get =)

Two people lying on massage tables with eyes closed; one enjoys a soothing head massage from a therapist while the other relaxes beside them—a perfect Mother’s Day gift experience in a serene spa setting.

Don’t miss this chance to check out our Mother’s Day Special Edition Spa deals.

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About the author:

Eric Shinichi is the founder and director of Ikeda Spa, Singapore's first authentic Japanese day spa, opened in Bukit Timah in 2009. A cosmetic chemist by training, he has spent 17 years adapting Japanese wellness traditions, from onsen ritual to anma massage, for Singapore. Ikeda Spa is among the most-awarded Japanese day spas in the country, recognised by Singapore Tatler, Harper's Bazaar Singapore, and Her World. He also founded IREN Shizen, a Japanese clean-beauty skincare brand, and Laboratoires Cosmefides, a cosmetics OEM and regulatory consultancy based in Singapore and Paris. His work spans three countries, anchored in the Japanese principle of omotenashi: hospitality without expectation of return.