20 Unique Mother’s Day Gifts – What To Get Your Mom This Year (2020)

There’s no one like your mom. She’s the woman who brought you into this world and, well into adulthood, she won’t let you forget it.

She’s always been there for you – your original ride or die. Mom deserves the best all-year long and especially on that special Sunday in May dedicated just to her maternal love.

This year, we put together a guide to unique Mother’s Day gifts. If you’re stumped on what to get your Mom this year, here’s a few out-of-the-box ideas that are thoughtful and show just how much you care.

For more unique Mother’s Day gifts, check out last year’s Mother’s Day gift guide.

Leatherman 

Mom knows a thing or two about grit. She isn’t afraid of getting her elbows dirty when it comes to tackling a project – Whether it’s out in the she-shed, helping you with a hobby, or pruning the garden. Leatherman offers a colorful selection of one-of-a-kind multi-tools that last forever. Three in particular that will be particularly handy:

  • Signal – A multi-tool packs a firestarter, hammer, one-handed blade and an emergency whistle.
  • Raptor – Foldable stainless steel shears with an oxygen tank wrench , strap and ring cutters and a carbide glass breaker. Holster included.
  • Squirt – A colorful, keychain-size multi-tool with durable aluminum handles, spring-action pliers and more.

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Each & Every Fragrance Set

Each & Every is a purveyor of the finest all-natural fragrances and deodorant. Each & Every deodorant is made with just six simple ingredients (plus essential oils), Each & Every uses natural ingredients like coconut oil and Dead Sea salt that work together to reduce body odor

As a special Mother’s Day promo, Each & Every is running bundles of deodorants and fragrances for Mom.

  1. Lavender & Lemon deodorant and Lavender & Lemon fragrance
  2. Rose & Vanilla deodorant and Rose & Vanilla fragrance
  3. Rose & Vanilla deodorant and Lavender & Lemon fragrance

Additional promo for 20% off the kit price with code BROBIBLE

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The Flash Flower Candle

Moms love the gift of great-smelling candlelit ambiance. Called “The Banksy of Flowers,” florist Lewis Miller is the creative mind behind the Flower Flash, a series of guerilla-style street art installations made with fresh flowers. He just launched the Flash Flower Candle – a French-made candle smells like a freshly picked bundle of wildflowers. It has a burn time of 40 hours and will fill mom’s home with an incredible combination of scents: Jasmine, Lily of The Valley, Grapefruit Bark, and more.

In addition to being a truly unique Mother’s Day gift, a portion of sales proceeds will go to Crossroads Homeless Shelter at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.

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Disney+ Subscription Gift Cards

Give your Mom the gift of Disney magic, whenever she wants to enjoy it. Disney+ gift subscription cards make for an awesome Mother’s Day present for the mom obsessed with Disney classics, giving her access to watch all sorts of content from Mickey and Friends: Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, and more. You can give a 1-year subscription to anyone on your gift list for just $69.99

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Fresh Flowers

Flowers are 1000% always a great idea. In fact, it’s one of the best ideas. Lillies, tulips, etc really are the original Mom day-brightener. While every flower is unique, so is every mother. So, you need to get the right flowers for your mom.

The sooner you get your order in with 1-800 Flowers, the more you save.

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Ray Ban – JACKIE OHH II

A timeless elegance for your mom heroes. This classic pair of Ray-Bans features the iconic Cats frame shape with its soft upswept lines that flatter all face shapes. Comes in traditional frame colors, such as black and tortoise.

Save 30% site-wide on RAY-BANs right now

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BrüMate Can Coolers

The best way to keep those slim can beverages cool this summer. BrüMate‎ can coolers are triple-insulated and made from stainless steel. Your last sip will be as cold as your first. Also: The BruMate Hopsulator Slim is the first can cooler made for 12oz slim cans popular with light beer and hard seltzer brands.

Use the code BROBIBLE for 20% off at checkout

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Mom Cutting Board

Maybe I’m just speaking for my own Mom, but have to imagine it’s a universal thing that *all* Moms love those little trinkets that remind them they’re moms. A bamboo cutting board is wonderful place for your own mother to have that reminder, when preparing something delicious.

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Muse Garden Hummingbird Feeder

Simple joys are everything right now. Nothing beats posting up outside in the early evening with a glass of wine or cocktail and watching a family of hummingbirds zoom around like fighter jets while they have their evening supper. Muse Garden hummingbird feeders are an evolution of the simple hummingbird feeder, complete with funky glass art designs.

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Gravity Weighted Blanket

The comfort from a great night’s sleep can’t be beat. Weighted blankets have been quite the craze in sleeping innovations over the last few years. Gravity Blanket – the OG weight blanket brand – is easily the leader of the pack.

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Apothecary Gifts

It’s straight up overwhelming how many apothecary gift options there are for Mother’s Day. There are dozens and dozens of options out there, from brands of all shapes and sizes. So sometimes it’s good to be a generalist.

As a rule of thumb, you can’t go wrong with anything lavender-smelling. It’s one of the most calming and soothing scents out there, which is why a little lavender mist or lotion goes an extremely long way

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Tervis Tumbler

You simply can’t have too many Tervis Tumblers. It’s the only cup a mom needs for sipping just another anything that needs sipping. And there are thousands of designs out there, in all shapes and sizes.

Buy 1, Choose 1 With every Tervis purchased, choose 1 free to give to a hero in your life. 

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BioLite FirePit + Outdoor Site Lights

It’s officially fire pit season. Help mom spend those summer evenings outside. BioLite FirePit offers all the warmth, smell, crackle, and feel of a wood campfire, without any of the smoke. Just throw four standard firewood logs, the BioLite FirePit creates hyper-efficient flames with patented airflow technology and gives you a front-row seat to the magic thanks to the X-Ray mesh body, enabling 360 views.

You can even grill on it – truly a unique Mother’s Day gift that the whole family can use year-round.

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Modern Sprout Indoor Grow Kits

There’s few things more zen than simple joy of an indoor or patio herb garden. In addition to a selection of herb jars, Modern Sprout hydro grow kits include prickly pear cactus and bonsai trees

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Lululemon 

Comfort is everything. Lululemon offers some of the most versatile and cozy products for every kind of mother out there. A few selections we love:

  • Align Pants – Pants designed to maximize her comfort that are super soft and will move with her as she goes through her normal routine. They feel like butter and part of you.
  • On the Fly Pants – easy-care and versatile pieces that she will love to wear in any situation. From a quick trip out and about to a more formal situation.
  • Scuba Hoodie – deep dive into a warm snug hoodie. What’s better than a soft, stretchy, pullover.

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Floafers

Yes, it looks and sounds silly. But trust us here – Slipping into a pair of Floafers changes the footwear game.

Floafers are the ultimate preppy gardening shoe / pool shoe / hanging around outside shoe. They’re also the ultimate conversation starter – they look like a driving shoe but have the everyday comfort of those other rubber foam shoe brands.

Unique Mother’s Day gifts should be fun, after all. Mom will love them, even if she’s weird about wearing them in public.

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Paddy Wax National Parks Candles

Bring the wild and wonderful smells of our great National Parks home. Paddy Wax National Park candles include Cactus Flower & Fern, inspired by the flora of the Grand Canyon.

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Happy Socks Socks Gift Box

From helping you with a skinned knee to making sure you don’t leave the house with a stained shirt, moms really are super heroes IRL. Treat her with a colorful box of socks that jazz up her day-to-day.

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Mermaid Perfume Poolside Perfume

Summertime is around the corner, which means its time to get poolside. Mermaid’s Poolside performance is a delightful summer fragrance of jasmine, suntan lotion, coconut and tangerine.

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California Handcrafted Photo Candles

Curated, soy candle sets with scents inspired by the Republic of California. You can even customize the tin with a photo of you and Mom.

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Miracle-Gro® Twelve™ Indoor Growing System

For the Mom who’s serious about getting her grow on, all-year round. Herbs, kale, spinach. Miracle-Gro’s state-of-the-art indoor grow system looks like an end table yet has a powerful, hidden grow light that fuels a plant’s growth and provides a warm ambiance.

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