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Mother's Day ideas – gift ideas for Mother's Day

Frau hält einen Blumenstrauß mit einem Schild, auf dem Mama steht

When is Mother's Day 2024?

Mother's Day is traditionally celebrated in Germany on the second Sunday in May, this year on the 12th of May. Mother's Day is a great opportunity to show our mums how much we appreciate them and how grateful we are for all the love and care they give us every day. 

We often find it difficult to find the perfect gift for our mums. That's why we've put together some creative and original ideas for the perfect Mother's Day gift. Let's show our mums how important and special they are to us! We hope you enjoy browsing through the ideas!

Mother's Day gift #1: Flowers!

Mums love flowers - we offer you the most beautiful selection!

Here's how it works: Choose the most beautiful bouquet for your mum, enter Mother's Day as your preferred delivery date and sit back and relax - we'll take care of the rest! Our local partner florists will tie the bouquet fresh on site shortly before Mother's Day and deliver it on time for Mother's Day Sunday.

Show your mum that you're thinking of her and send her beautiful flowers on Mother's Day as a token of appreciation and love!

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Send flowers for mother's day

More beautiful gift ideas for Mother's Day:

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Mother's Day Cake - Strawberry and Chocolate Yoghurt Cake

Surprise your mum this year with a homemade strawberry, chocolate and yoghurt cake that not only tastes delicious but also looks impressive.

What flowers to give as a Mother's Day gift?
Find the right flowers for your mum for Mother's Day with our help!
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Bake your own heart-shaped cake – recipe idea with strawberries, no heart-shaped pan required
The way to the heart is through the stomach. This heart-shaped cake with delicious strawberries even goes straight to the heart!
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Make your own Mother's Day gift: photo on wood
Alongside flowers, photos are a popular gift. We'll show you a creative alternative to a photo in a frame!

Mother's Day messages – ideas and texts for your Mother's Day card
We have put together some text ideas so that the Mother's Day card doesn't just say "Greetings" and "Thank you".

Mother's Day gift – gift ideas for Mother's Day 2024
Still haven't got a present for your mum for Mother's Day? Don't panic, we have great ideas for you!

Ideas for a perfect Mother's Day breakfast at home
Surprise your mum with a special kind of Mother's Day breakfast to really spoil her. We'll show you how to do it!
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Make your own Mother's Day card – print and create
Mums love homemade things! With our print templates, your Mother's Day card is guaranteed to be a success.


  • Jewellery: a pretty piece of jewellery such as a bracelet, necklace or earrings can be a great Mother's Day gift for mums who love wearing jewellery. You can also have the jewellery engraved with a few kind words or the mother's initials/name.
  • Photo book: A photo book with beautiful memories of you and your mum is guaranteed to make mum's heart beat faster. Whether you design it yourself or order it from an online print shop - you definitely can't go wrong with this gift.
  • Wellness gift basket: Our mums are there for us 24/7 - time to give them back some rest and relaxation. Treat your mum to a personalised wellness package with products such as bath bombs, candles, body butter and face masks.
  • Cooking or baking accessories: If your mum loves cooking or baking, nice new kitchen utensils or cookery books are sure to be welcome.
  • Materials for creative projects: Does your mum like knitting or perhaps she has another creative hobby?
  • 365 fortune biscuits: Your mum doesn't just deserve a special gift on one day of the year. Make her happy every day with a portion of happiness! P.S. Fortune biscuits are very easy to make yourself.
  • Time: Time is the most precious gift. Spend a lovely day with your mum over a delicious breakfast or cake and give her your full attention on her special day.

Mother's Day - an invention of the florists?

Mother's Day is not an invention of florists, as is often rumoured. Rather, the American Anna Marie Jarvis is considered the initiator. After her mother died on 9 May 1905, Jarvis launched a large-scale initiative with the aim of honouring all mothers with an official holiday. She was successful: in 1908, the first Mother's Day was celebrated at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton (West Virginia). After the corresponding sermon, Anna Jarvis distributed five hundred white and red carnations. The red carnations were to honour the living mothers, the white ones the deceased.

Encouraged by the positive reactions to her work, Jarvis continued to devote all her energy to the Mother's Day idea and wrote letters to high-ranking politicians, clergymen and women's organisations, with the result that by 1909, 45 states in the USA were already celebrating Mother's Day. It was then recognised as a bank holiday in the United States in 1914. The First World War prevented the idea from spreading quickly to Europe, which is why an official Mother's Day was not introduced in Germany until 13 May 1923.

Today, more than 100 years later, Mother's Day has become an integral part of our society. It fulfils a unifying function within the family and is associated with many individual rituals. It seems almost unthinkable to visit your mother on 10 May without presenting her with a flowery gift. If the children are still small, dad should take them to the florist and help them choose. A lovingly selected arrangement will make every mum smile!

Mother's Day around the world: different countries, different traditions

Mother's Day is celebrated in Germany on 12 May - but when and how is it celebrated in other countries?

England

England is not only the motherland of football, afternoon tea and fancy bets - Mother's Day was also invented on the island. Mothering Sunday was celebrated as early as the 13th century as a way of thanking Mother Church and, as a result, thanking one's biological mother. This day was first mentioned in a document in 1644. Over the years, however, this custom fell into oblivion again and was only revived at the beginning of the last century - mothering sunday was given a new lease of life under the influence of Mother's Day in the USA. Since then, mothers in England have also been surprised on Mothering Sunday with flowers, small gifts and home-made crafts. Mothering Sunday is celebrated in the UK on the 4th Sunday of Lent.

In Greece, people have always had a special relationship with the gods. That's why the custom of honouring mothers dates back to ancient times. The "original mother" of the ancient Greeks was the goddess Rhea. She is still worshipped today and the gifts are also very traditional. At dawn, mothers are surprised with flowers and blossoms throughout the house; spring and the mild climate ensure an immense blaze of colour. Honey cake and exquisite drinks are then served. Mothers are the queens on this day! Mother's Day is celebrated in Greece on the second Sunday in May. This year, many mothers around the world will be surprised again on 8 May.

In European eyes, Brazil is a mixture of sugar loaf, rainforest and football. When thinking of Brazilian women, Central Europeans probably think first of the dancers at carnival. However, for most people in Brazil, their mothers are the most important orientation in their lives. Regardless of whether they live in the city or in the countryside, and even though patchwork families are becoming increasingly common and live-in partners are all the rage, mothers are honoured like saints. That is why Mother's Day is more important than Christmas in Brazil. And this is also the day on which the most flowers are sold in the country - on no other day are so many bouquets sold or sent as on the second Sunday in May.

The tradition of honouring mothers is now widespread throughout the world. But when exactly does it happen? When is Mother's Day in other countries? While in Germany, mothers can look forward to flowers on the second Sunday in May, in the Caucasus, for example, it is earlier. But not uniformly - the Georgians celebrate on 3 March, the Armenians celebrate their mothers on 7 April. In Luxembourg, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in June. In Thailand, on the other hand, the day is celebrated on 12 August - conveniently, this is also the Queen's birthday. The Argentinians honour their mothers on the second Sunday in October. At the end of the year are the Indonesians - they celebrate Mother's Day on 22 December.