Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Under $25

OUR experts have picked the perfect pressies for all pockets and tastes to help you give mum the special day she deserves.

Cheap can definitely be cheerful with these pocket-money friendly gifts.

Ladies Chunky Rib Scarf With Fringe

Chunky Rib scarf

Help keep mum feeling snug as we enter the cooler months with a warm and fashionable scarf. There are plenty of designs around at a reasonable price to suit both mum’s tastes and your pocket. This chunky rib version with fringe comes in three colours - Peacoat, Crown Jewel and Camel. Target’s range also includes snoods in a variety of colours from $15.

Target

$20

William Kilburn Coupe Cup & Saucer

William Kilburne Coupe Cup & Saucer

Mum’s morning cuppa will be a stylish affair with this ‘Victorian Garden’ cup and saucer. Made from fine bone china, it’s also practical, being dishwasher and microwave safe. This design is from the Maxwell & Williams William Kilburn range. It’s sure to be just mum’s cup of tea.

House

$14.95 

Thankful journal

Thankful journal

Life’s hectic for so many mums, so help her take time out to remember the special moments with this super-sweet journal. The ‘Today I am Thankful’ format encourages mum to focus on three things she’s grateful for that day. The bonus? Kids, while she’s remembering the good stuff she might just forget about anything you did to annoy her! And mum will end up with a lovely keepsake.

kikki.K

$16.95 

Lucky bamboo

Lucky Bamboo

Give mum the gift of love, happiness, wealth or health. According to feng shui, the number of stalks on a lucky bamboo plant is linked to one of these and can attract it to your home. Even if mum’s not into feng shui, the plant offers a lovely burst of green for the home, or perhaps her desk at work, and is easy to care for.

Bunnings

$9.98 

Grace candle

Grace candle

Mum can relax by candlelight with this stylishly-presented gift, which comes in a choice of scents. Perfect next to her bath or for when she’s finally enjoying the peace and quiet after the kids go to bed, it has a burn time of 40 hours (so will no doubt last much longer than the tranquillity). Papaya also has a “Magnolia” range of candles for the same price offering different scents.

papaya

$24.95

CONTRIBUTIONS from fashion and beauty writer Anna Byrne, books editor Blanche Clark, music writer Cameron Adams, Shop SMART editor Renata Gorton, technology writer Rod Chester, lifestyle editor Jessica Leo, food writer Dan Stock and wine writer Tony Love.