The world is a busy place, so we won’t hold it against you if you’ve forgotten that Mother’s Day is coming up at the end of this month.
This year the big day will take place on March 27 aka Mothering Sunday. If you’re struggling to think of a great gift for your number one gal, we’ll let you in on a little secret - a well chosen hamper never fails to hit the mark.
Why get one gift when you can get a bundle of loveliness to give in person or to get delivered straight to her door? Paired with a bunch of flowers, your mum will have no doubt just how much you care.
While the vast majority focus on foodie treats, there are plenty around with a focus on wellness with spa-favourite brands, relaxing candles and beauty favourites to make her feel thoroughly spoiled.
We’ve rounded up the best options below to help make choosing the perfect one a breeze.
Mother may know best, but when it comes to hampers, we’ve got you covered.
See our favourites below
Fortnum & Mason The Mother’s Day Tea Hamper
The mother of all hampers comes from the company that does them best: Fortnum & Mason. The Royal warrant order is an ideal port of call when you’re looking for a lavish gift to bestow: take this Mother’s Day wicker hamper as a prime example.
The dainty huntsman basket, stamped with the signature F&M in black, is packed with gourmet treats to take her afternoon cuppa up a notch. We’re talking teas, little chocolate truffles, florentines covered in pink ruby chocolate, rich berry and cassis curd and a tin of posh shortbread rounds.
There’s also a six-piece Mother’s Day hamper (£100) for those with a bit more to splash or siblings who can club together.
Buy now £78.00, F&M
Harvey Nichols Beauty Sleep Hamper
Quality shut-eye is like gold dust when you’re a mum. This year, give her the chance to recharge in style with a black wicker basket jam-packed with some very special things.
Harvey Nichols’ Beauty Sleep Hamper is made for creating a relaxing environment to catch decent zzz’s, including thisworks bath salts, a soothing tea, Slip silk eye mask, Spacemasks heated eye mask, and Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate. Oh, and an ESPA candle too. What’s not to love?
Buy now £195.00, Harvey Nichols
The White Company Wellness Hamper
This may looks like a hamper but really it’s the gift of ten minutes relaxation (but hopefully more) for your looks-after-everyone-but-herself mum. The White Company is made to restore - or indeed create - a wellness routine for her, containing pampering treats like a candle, shower products and luxury sleep mists and oil. Bliss in a basket.
Buy now £110.00, The White Company
Cartwright & Butler The Mother’s Day Hamper
If you can’t be with your mum this Mothering Sunday, this heart-shaped hamper, paired with a well-timed phone call, will make her melt. The limited-edition curation is stuffed with gourmet treats that will up the ante come tea time. We’re talking chocolate wafers, a tin of fudge, strawberry preserve and a small bottle of prosecco that she won’t feel the need to share.
Buy now £60.00, Cartwright & Butler
Harrods Mother’s Day Gift Box
Harrods has put together something very special to mark Mother’s Day this year. The Knightsbridge department store has this smart box of gifts plucked from its famous Food Hall. Each has been considered to give mums the treat they truly deserve, from English breakfast tea to roasted coffee, fancy biscuits and sweet blackcurrant jam, all presented in a green and gold box. Alcohol-free.
Buy now £75.00, Harrods
lookfantastic Mother’s Day Collection
Big name beauty brands have been gathered together to create one pretty great Mother’s Day gift.
Lookfantastic has pulled together everything from cleansers to candles from names like Kate Sommerville to NEOM Organics, there’s more than £210 worth of products - a snip for just £59. What’s more, you can get a £5 discount on regular beauty box subscriptions with the code MOTHERSBB.
One for mum, one for you.
Buy now £59.00, lookfantastic
Selfridges Selection Mother’s Day gift box
If you’re really looking to spoil your mum this March 27, look no further than Selfridges. One for younger mums with a penchant for labels, it’s filled with beauty and bubbles.
Think a bottle of Selfridges Selection Brut Champagne, luxury Diptyque Baies scented candle, cosy Johnstons cashmere socks, Slip slipsilk sleep mask eye mask, and a Selfridges Selection chocolate selection box to round things off. Favourite child trophy, guaranteed.
Buy now £185.00, Selfridges
Cutter & Squidge Self Care Hamper
Whether you’re there to make her breakfast in bed or you’re meeting later in the day, leave her with a little indulgence in the form of Cutter & Squidge’s Self Care Hamper. The box comes packed with things to make her feel truly spoiled, from home fragrance to bath products and tea and biscuits.
Buy now £69.99, Cutter & Squidge
Lola’s Cupcakes Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea Postal Hamper
Is your dear old ma wild about afternoon tea?
For the cubs who are unable to spend Mother’s Day with their mama bear, you can still treat her from afar thanks to Lola’s Cupcakes, which has an afternoon tea that you can send through the post. The box holds four freshly prepared scones and brownies hand-baked in the company’s West London bakery, along with clotted cream, jam, tea and even a sweet bunch of flowers.
Buy now £44.99, Lola’s Cupcakes
Mini Mo & Mog Ltd Pregnancy Pamper Letterbox Gift
Know a new mum? Whether this is her very first bundle of joy or the latest to join her brood, she’ll be grateful for a few treats that she can enjoy along with baby. There are home spa products, cosy socks, soothing beauty masks and more that she can enjoy at home or add to her hospital bag for a more comfortable labour.
Buy now £28.00, NOTHS
Neal’s Yard Mother and Baby Collection
A treat for you, a treat for your mini-me, Neal’s Yard has mother and baby pampering locked down. The beauty bundle is the perfect gift for pregnant women this Mother’s Day, with organic, skin-nourishing products to help hydrate and relax.
Buy now £45.00, Neal’s Yard
GAIL’s Mother’s Day Hamper
If you’ve been put in charge of fixing Mother’s Day lunch but your culinary expertise only goes as far as pouring boiling water into a Pot Noodle, neighbourhood-style bakery GAIL’s is on hand to save your bacon.
The brand has launched a delicious afternoon tea hamper for the occasion, and there’s plenty to share: think a lemon drizzle cake, four plain scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam, lemon curd, JING 100g Assam Breakfast Tea, four brownie fingers, five honey cakes, four smoked salmon & avocado yoghurt sandwiches, and four avocado & chickpea sandwiches.
Just pop the kettle on, and you’re set.
Buy now £50.00, GAIL’s
