5 thoughtful ways to celebrate Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday 30 March 2025. So we’ve put together a whole host of inspiring (and some unexpected) ideas to help you spoil your mum, partner, best friend, step-mum and mums-to-be at Drake Circus and The Barcode.

Whether it’s breakfast in bed, pampering beauty ideas, family sharing lunches with grandparents too or active days out together – here are all the best ideas for Mothering Sunday (also don’t forget the clocks go forwards an hour if you book anything…).

1. The most wanted Mother’s day gifts

First of all, the basics cannot be overlooked: cards, flowers, chocolate and jewellery. Marks & Spencer have recently launched their gorgeous in-store Flower Market across the UK featuring carefully sourced and long-lasting bouquets including the Peony Kiss and Eucalyptus, £35, and colourful spring tulips.

For cards, head to Waterstones, Tiger, Clintons and Mooch or encourage the kids to make their own colourful creations with art supplies.

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This year Hotel Chocolat has delicate yellow Mother’s Day boxes (from £17.95 to the Luxe, £44.95) or go for the Chocolate & Fizz collection: their Signature Prosecco, an Everything H-Box, pink champagne truffles and more. Or treat her to the most-wanted Velvetiser hot chocolate maker, £99, along with The Everything Selection chocolate and lattes.

For something she can treasure forever, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Ernest Jones, Allum and Sidaway Plymouth and Fraser Hart have beautiful jewellery and watches or be inspired at Pandora by creating a personalised piece with the children’s names and dates of birth – they also have a gorgeous Disney collection too.

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Other coveted presents for spring 2025 include: wideleg and barrel jeans, leopard-print adidas SL 72 trainers, UGG Tasmans in pale blue, butter-yellow homewares and Beats Powerbeats Pro 2. So stop by Apple, H&M, schuh, Levi’s, Boux Avenue, Mango and Oliver Bonas.

1. Breakfast in bed…

Got little early risers? Then there’s no greater gift than some extra hours of sleep followed by a delicious breakfast in bed. Stock up on coffee, croissants, sweet treats and tasty juices at Marks & Spencer and Krispy Kreme. Serve it up on a gorgeous tray of pretty tableware from Flying Tiger Copenhagen.

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1. Mother’s Day menus: brunch and lunch

For big family sharing feasts with the kids and grandparents, book in for bottomless brunch or a table full of enchiladas, chilli, burritos and rice bowls at Las Iguanas, the very best sourdough pizza at Franco Manca, family-pleasing pasta and dough balls at Zizzi and sushi and noodles at Yo!. Enjoy a laidback time of burgers, beer and great kids’ menus at Brewdog – it’s dog-friendly so even your pooch can go.

If you want to do something for the two of you, book the babysitter and take her out for an elegant menu for prosecco, cocktails, fresh pasta, steak and chips, gorgeous desserts and more at The Cosy Club or head to Spinners for wings, virtual clay shooting, bowling and darts while enjoying cocktails (their signature Candy Blossom Cocktail blends Bombay Sapphire gin, prosecco, lychee and ginger and is topped with pink candyfloss).

1. Family day out together

Make it a Mothering Sunday that’s full of fun and go for mini golf at Paradise Island Adventure Golf (sign up to their newsletter to get 2-for-1 offers, free kids’ tickets and discounted family entry) or take each other on at Boom Battle Bar with fun VR darts, shuffleboard, American pool and karaoke (under 18s are welcome until 7pm).

Take a trip to Cineworld to see Disney’s Snow White then go for family-friendly menus at Slim Chickens, Five Guys and Nandos. Finish off with treats of sundaes, waffles and shakes all round at Kaspas Desserts.

1. Pampering beauty hampers and wellbeing ideas

For new mums-to-be gifts and beauty pampers for all, be inspired at Next (go for the gorgeous Mother & Baby Essentials Beauty Box which includes Bloom & Blossom Baby Whisperer Sleep Spray), Marks & Spencer (try their Wellbeing box featuring This Works, Dr Paw Paw and more), Primark, Boots and Superdrug.

All have gorgeous boxes of vegan-friendly replenishing face masks, overnight creams and nourishing cleansers while Rituals recommends bestsellers including The Ritual of Sakura gift set featuring fragrance sticks and hair and body mist; scented candles and the Tiny Rituals set for new parents.

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Lush also has a limited edition Mother’s Day collection celebrating Mother Earth with the eye-catching and new Edamummy bath bomb, Good Mother Lizard reusable bubble bar, Keep it Fluffy body lotion and Mum gift boxes filled with Blooming Beautiful Orange Blossom bath bomb, Yummy Custard body wash and more.

For a fresh scent, look for notes of pistachio (Marks & Spencer’s Discover range has a £10 eau de toilette that beauty editors love), sticky dates (Lush’s body spray has been a TikTok sensation) and classics such as Chanel Chance and Coco Mademoiselle, Miss Dior, Burberry Her, Valentino Born in Roma and Carolina Herrera Good Girl.

The other most-wanted beauty bits for spring 2025 include: Chanel’s reinvented Rouge Coco lipstick, Sol de Janeiro Delícia Drench Shower Oil and Byoma Phyto Mucin Glow Serum.

And you can’t go wrong with silk pillowcases, eye masks or an LED face mask. Head to Boots, Rituals, Superdrug, Holland & Barrett, Lush, Marks & Spencer, Next, The Fragrance Shop and The Perfume Shop.

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