Mothers Day Party

mother's day party napkin

What can we say … we might not be here without our Mothers. A Mothers Day party can celebrate the bond we share with them. We can show appreciation in a number of ways: sending a Mother’s day gift, making a Mother’s day card, writing a Mother’s day poem or making Mother’s day crafts. You can gift these items during your event using these simple party ideas. 


mother's day party napkin

What can we say … we might not be here without our Mothers. A Mothers Day party can celebrate the bond we share with them. We can show appreciation in a number of ways: sending a Mother’s day gift, making a Mother’s day card, writing a Mother’s day poem or making Mother’s day crafts. You can gift these items during your event using these simple party ideas. 


Mothers Day Party Activities

  • Make Mom breakfast in bed - use a bed tray table so that nothing falls
  • Have an outdoor picnic with a view - bring picnic baskets/coolers with snacks and drinks
  • Ahead of time, book a reservation and go out to eat at Mom’s favorite restaurant
  • Go to the beach and take a nice walk along the water - take some pictures with the sun in the background
  • Send Mom to the spa to get pampered
  • Get dressed up and take a family photo 
  • Play backyard games - frisbee golf, croquet, bocce ball, ladder toss, etc. 
  • Plant some flowers 
  • Cook a special dinner 
  • Watch a movie together
  • Play board games and drink tea


Mothers Day Party Food

  • Pretzel flowers - on square grid pretzels, melt one white chocolate candy melt, then gently place one M&M in the middle and six other colored M&M’s around the outside. Set to the side to cool and serve. 
  • Mom-osas - have individual sized orange juices and champagne bottles, as well as sliced strawberries and oranges for garnishes
  • Warm muffins, bagels, croissants
  • Chocolate covered strawberries - drip strawberries in light pink candy melts and then drizzle with milk chocolate
  • Pink cheesecake with raspberries on top
  • Mothers day cupcake bouquet - ice six cupcakes in with a swirl and a small leaf to look like flowers. Place them on a board and pipe lines to look like flower stems and pipe the words “Happy Mother’s Day” on the board. 
  • Waffles and pancakes with fresh fruit and maple syrup
  • Honey lemon flavored salmon and mashed potatoes
  • Chicken caesar salad 
  • Sandwiches with provolone cheese 
  • Spinach dip and pita chips 
pretzel chocolate flowers
pretzel chocolate flowers
  • Pretzel flowers - on square grid pretzels, melt one white chocolate candy melt, then gently place one M&M in the middle and six other colored M&M’s around the outside. Set to the side to cool and serve. 
pretzel chocolate flowers
pretzel chocolate flowers
  • Mom-osas - have individual sized orange juices and champagne bottles, as well as sliced strawberries and oranges for garnishes
  • Warm muffins, bagels, croissants
  • Chocolate covered strawberries - drip strawberries in light pink candy melts and then drizzle with milk chocolate
  • Pink cheesecake with raspberries on top
  • Mothers day cupcake bouquet - ice six cupcakes in with a swirl and a small leaf to look like flowers. Place them on a board and pipe lines to look like flower stems and pipe the words “Happy Mother’s Day” on the board. 
  • Waffles and pancakes with fresh fruit and maple syrup
  • Honey lemon flavored salmon and mashed potatoes
  • Chicken caesar salad 
  • Sandwiches with provolone cheese 
  • Spinach dip and pita chips 


Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Traditional Mother’s Day Gifts:

  • Flowers
  • Bath products - bath soaps and salts, essential oils, candles, etc.
  • Spa certificate 
  • Family recipe book
  • Scrapbook
  • Framed photograph
  • Tea or coffee selection
  • Wines and cheeses assortment
  • Chocolates and strawberries
  • Tickets to an event 

Personalize Mother’s Day Gifts:

  • Jewelry (e.g., birthstones, charm bracelets, etc.)
  • Article of clothing - new shirt or sweater
  • Personal keychain - photographs, or surprise from a previous travel destination
  • You light up my life jar - have kids finger paint a mason jar, while taping a simple shape, like a heart on the side. Then, remove the tape and place a fake candle inside. Finish by trying the message of “you light up my life” around the top of the jar. 
  • Homemade bookmark - made from pictures, paint, or a ticket

Hobby Mother’s Day Gift:

  • Golfing bag or accessories 
  • Garden ornament, tool, or flower bulbs
  • Skydiving lessons 
  • Payasaling
  • Paints 
  • Books or reading light


Mothers Day Party Crafts

Tissue Paper Bouquet of Flowers:

  1. Fold a larger piece of tissue paper many times to make a square shape
  2. Draw a heart shape on the tissue paper and cut it out (making many colorful petals)
  3. Use a pipe cleaner for the stem – poke it through the point end of the heart shaped tissue paper. Take another heart and rotate it a little and poke it through, until you have used all the hearts.
  4. Fold the end of the pipe cleaner so the hearts will not fall off.
  5. Fold up the heart petals and wrap the pipe cleaner with a small piece of clear tape
  6. Cut green tissue paper into a heart (for a leaf) – make two hearts
  7. Glue it onto a piece of pipe cleaner (put pipe cleaner in between the two hearts)
  8. Wrap the leaf pipe cleaner around the stem pipe cleaner to finish off the flower
  9. Repeat as many times for the number of desired flowers

Painted Flower Pot (this will also work with a clear glass vase or wine glasses – just remember to use glass paint)

  1. Buy a regular flower pot
  2. Lightly sketch on paper or extremely lightly on the flowerpot your design (flowers, squiggle lines, polka dots, stars, etc.). 
  3. Use permanent paint (try acrylic paint) and a small paint brush to paint and add details.
  4. First do the all over coat of paint (let it dry completely)
  5. Then paint your design (do one color at a time and allow for drying time in between colors)

Reverse Glass Painting:

  1. Buy a nice, cheap picture frame – make sure you like the frame
  2. Find a picture that you like – you want the shape to be simple (e.g., a large flower, shattered heart, butterfly, etc.)
  3. Take the glass out of the frame and tape the picture to the glass
  4. Use Indian Ink (black permanent ink – this will stain) and a toothpick and outline the shape of the picture (make this a little thick) – allow this to dry.
  5. Use sharpie markers to color in the drawing (use different colors beside each other) – allow this to dry
  6. Remove the picture that you taped on the glass
  7. Put the glass back into the frame (picture will be the reverse)


Mothers Day Party Poems 

Write your own unique poem for Mother’s Day and make them feel special. This might seem more difficult than it really is. The people that you are writing will love the effort and individual attention that is paid towards them. 

Some Poetry hints:

  • Keep it simple
  • It does not need to rhyme
  • Jot down some ideas or thoughts about the person that you are writing about
  • Make a theme – love, appreciation, humor, etc.
  • Select a style (optional) - this may help to write your poem to follow a structure
  • Take a break if words don't come right away
  • Try to write a first draft (will not be perfect and don’t try to be perfect)
  • Revise a couple of times (take a few more breaks)

Here are two anonymous examples:

Mom and Me
Best friends forever mom and me
Picking flowers and climbing trees.
A shoulder to cry on secrets to share
Warm hearts and hands that really care.
Author Unknown

My Mother
My Mother, my friend so dear
Throughout my life you're always near.
A tender smile to guide my way
You're the sunshine to light my day.
Author Unknown


Mothers Day Books

Some favorite children’s stories are:

  • Love You Forever written by Robert Munch
  • Mother’s Day written by Anne Rockwell