If you’re struggling with how to adjust your Mother’s Day plans this year because of budget or social distancing, we understand. We’ve put some ideas together that could help trigger your creativity so you can give your mom the Mother’s Day she deserves during these difficult times. As always, we’re here to bounce off ideas and help in any way we can, don’t hesitate to reach out or leave a message with your gift ideas in the comment section below.
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1. A Gift of Appreciation Write your mom a letter or send her an email, take some time to make it meaningful by sending photos with it or attaching photos to your email. Words of affirmation never fail to make someone feel appreciated, especially your mom. If you have the time and funds to take it a step further, another option is to create a custom photobook online to send to her. Here are some sites that provide this service, many of which are currently running a variety of promotions: Photobook Canada, Blurb, Snapfish, Shutterfly, and Mixbook. |
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2. A Gift of Local Food and Drink or a Virtual Cooking Session Order some local food or drink to be delivered to your mom’s house from a local business who could use your support. If you are local to Toronto like us, check out these businesses who have adapted to the times to serve their communities through pick up or delivery options! As an alternative, you could schedule a video chat cooking session with your mom where you both cook a new recipe together over Zoom/Facetime/Google Hangouts/Skype. |
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Local Toronto Food |
Local Toronto Drink |
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Graze Catering & Events Family meals, grocery, snacks Plant-based dairy alternative goods Cheese and charcuterie boxes Chocolate goodies and bars Juices, boosters, quality pantry goods Individual and family size bread packs Organic groceries from local farms |
Beer, wine, snacks, sourdough starters Beer for delivery Beer for delivery Schedule beer pickup or delivery Wine delivery Coffee for delivery Coffee for delivery |
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3. A Gift to Brighten the Home Deliver your mom flowers or a plant from a local business to brighten her day. If you’re local to Toronto, here are some options: Eco Stems, The Flower #Project, Jomo Studios, and Botany. If you're not local to Toronto, here are some nation-wide options for Canada and the US: FTD and ProFlowers. |
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4. A Gift of Movement Register for an online yoga or workout class you can do at the same time! Many studios and instructors are providing free or donation-based classes through Instagram Live, Zoom, or YouTube channels. Toronto-Based Free Live Classes: Yoga Mamas, Saana Yoga, Misfits Studio, Scott Davis, BarrysCanada, and Jessica Lemon. Global Free Live Classes: Yoga with Adriene, JP Centre Yoga, Tone it Up, Modo Yoga, Rumble, Barry's Bootcamp, Meghan Currie Yoga, Yoga Girl, The Sweat Spot, and Rory Davis. |
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5. A Gift of Time and Sharing an Activity Together Set aside time for a video or phone call with your mom. You could get creative and make the phone call interactive by playing games, doing a self-care activity, or creating a DIY project together. Virtual games: you could play virtual games with your mom through sites like Jackbox Games where you can share your screen through Zoom or Google Hangouts and play games together remotely. They are currently running several promotions right now. Self-care: you could plan to do some self-care at the same time whether that’s putting on a face mask or doing a meditation. You can find a variety of clean and natural self-care products on our website, such as our green and pink clay masks. Apps like Calm or Insight Timer offer some great free meditations for you to try together as well. DIY: you could create a DIY project together. Here is a DIY bath salts recipe from our good friend Josée Duranleau, the Owner and Founder of Foliée: |
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DIY Relaxing Bath Salts with Essential Oils |
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Ingredients: 1 to 2 cups Epsom salt ¼ to 1 cup Baking soda ¼ cup Sea salt (optional) 1 tsp to 1 tbsp Cannabis oil (optional) 8-10 drops Essential oils |
Essential oil blends options for baths: Option 1: 8-10 drops Lavender Option 2: 4 drops Bergamot and 4 drops Lavender Option 3: 4 drops Lavender and 4 drops Frankincense Option 4: 4 drops Lavender, 2 drops Geranium, and 2 drops Roman Chamomile |
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Directions: While bath water is running, pour Epsom salt and baking soda. When bathtub is filled, add your essential oils and stir well with your hand until the salts are dissolved completely. Soak for 18 minutes. Watch your step coming out of the tub, it slippery because of the oils. |
Celebrate YOUR Mom
At the end of the day, whatever your plan is for Mother’s Day, make it something your mom would love and adjust in whatever way you can with the resources you have.
If you want to send your mom a self-care treat, all our products are 20% off and orders over $75 CAD will receive free shipping until Mother’s Day* (no discount code needed, discount will be applied at checkout).
As always if you ever have any questions about our products or anything related to wellness, cannabis, or want to bounce off some Mother’s Day ideas never hesitate to reach out!
*Offer valid until May 10, 2020
