Make Her Smile with These Meaningful Gifts for Mum

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, it's the perfect time to check out our selection of meaningful Mother’s Day gifts. Rather than just purchasing a generic gift or a bunch of store-wrapped flowers or chocolates, seek out gifts for Mum that are as unique as they are meaningful. From dried flower wreath making and pottery wheel throwing to painting and perfume making, our hands-on Mother’s Day craft workshops promise entertainment, education and inspiration. Best of all, if you sign up for a class along with her, you and your mum will spend some memorable, quality time together, laughing, joking and learning something new side by side.

As we celebrate Mother's Day in 2025, we're here to help you move beyond the ordinary and embrace extraordinary moments with your mum. Our selection of Mother's Day gifts is about creating memories and cherishing experiences together. Let's make this Mother's Day truly special by gifting moments that will be cherished forever! Ready to dive right in? Take a look at some fun Mother’s Day gift ideas!

Brush up on her painting skills with a paint and sip session

Whether your mum is a budding artist or not, she’s bound to appreciate a colourful paint and sip workshop as one of her Mother’s Day gifts. These light-hearted and inclusive classes are the perfect introduction to painting, so even if your mum hasn’t picked up a brush since her school days, she will quickly feel at ease in front of a canvas. 

Taught by skilled local artists with a passion for all things art, you will learn the basics of painting, with the added inspiration of a delicious glass of wine or your favourite cocktails. With a bottle of good vino on hand, it won’t be long before you and your mum are creating your own colourful masterpieces, which you can take home with you at the end of the session as vibrant mementos of all the fun you had this Mother’s Day! No matter if you’re in Perth, Melbourne or the Gold Coast, there are paint and sip classes all around Australia, which will be perfect for quirky gifts for Mum in 2025. 

Soothe her soul with a restorative candle making workshop

Mums are such busy, hard-working and selfless people, they deserve to be able to relax with a nice hot bubble bath, illuminated by sweetly scented candles at the end of a long day. With this in mind, why don’t you put your mum’s name down for a candle making class as one of her Mother’s Day activities? These calming creative workshops make great gifts for Mum and will teach her how to make candles from scratch, using eco-friendly ingredients. She’ll also use her favourite fragrances to create personalised candles she will just love lighting up when she wants to unwind. Better yet, head along together, or check out these heartwarming Mother's Day ideas you can do together!

Reasons to love it: 

"My sister, mum and I went to Angel Aromatics for a candle making workshop and high tea after purchasing a voucher for Mother's Day. The workshop is held in the lovely Angel Aromatics store by the store owner, who is bubbly and passionate about what she does. During the workshop, you're guided through making two bespoke candles, completely tailored to your tastes and scent preferences. While the wax is cooling/setting, you're treated to a delicious and very filling high tea. We were really thankful the team easily catered for food intolerances with the high tea as well. All in all, we had a really fun afternoon making candles and exploring the beautiful Angel Aromatics store. I know I'll be back!" - Melanie H. 

Help her creativity bloom with a fun-filled floristry class

Does your mum have a passion for plants and flowers? If so, then she’s bound to relish the chance to try a local floristry course. Relaxing, creative and mood-boosting, these sessions are a wonderful way to unwind and get back to nature, making them one of our most popular gifts for Mum. Whether she lives in Sydney, Perth, or Melbourne, it won’t be hard to find a hands-on workshop nearby, where she can discover some fascinating new floristry skills and mingle with other like-minded folks. 

There are so many engaging floristry classes to choose from, from wreath making and flower arranging to terrarium making and discovering the Japanese art of kokedama. With so many endless possibilities, there’s bound to be a class that satisfies her curiosity.  

Reasons to love it: 

"I booked a class for myself and my mum as a Mother's Day present and she absolutely loved it! We have both never done floral arranging before but Mona made it really clear and helped us through the process. She shared insight into keeping floral arrangements fresh for as long as possible and tips on choosing flowers so that we can do bouquets ourselves after this class. We also had a lot of fun making our own bouquets and loved that we got to take them home afterwards. The venue was also really cosy and convenient to get to. We both had a great time and I would thoroughly recommend Mona's class to anyone, especially as a gift for someone you love and would like to spend quality time with!" - Eleanor T. 

Pamper your mum with a skincare masterclass

Instead of buying some expensive beauty products as your gifts for Mum this year, why not go a step further and sign her up for a natural skincare class? Using the finest natural ingredients and fragrances, these fascinating skincare workshops will not only show your mum how to make her own beauty products, but they will also teach her the best ways to care for her skin so she always looks and feels her best. 

During these enjoyable Mother’s Day beauty sessions, your mum will pick up plenty of top tips on making natural skincare items, including face and body scrubs, homemade bath salts, body butter, face masks and more. At the end of the class, she will get to take home everything that she has made and she will also have all the know-how she needs to make more enriching natural products whenever she needs them. 

In fact, you’ll probably be begging her for her homemade beauty lotions and potions at every opportunity, so it’s not just your mum who will benefit from these insightful Mother’s Day gift ideas!

Match your mum's aesthetic with macrame

Looking for some relaxing Mother’s Day craft workshops to put a big grin on your creative mum’s face? Treat her to a macrame class in Australia. Macrame is an ancient art that has undergone a major resurgence in popularity in recent years – unsurprisingly, as there are so many amazing things you can make! 

From earrings, wall hangings and purses, to hanging planters and keyrings, there are plenty of ways to brighten up your life with macrame and if you have a crafty and creative mum, then she’s bound to leap at the chance to learn how to make them. Working with macrame is also a great way to unwind and practice mindfulness, guaranteeing a happy Mother’s Day experience as your mum knots her way to relaxation. 

Sharpen her sketching skills with a Mother’s Day drawing class

Learning how to sketch is a great way to help your mum channel her creativity and cultivate some calm in the midst of her busy schedule. We have a range of fascinating drawing workshops for her to choose from, so whether she is interested in taking up life drawing, creating colourful botanical sketches or even learning how to draw portraits of loved ones, you won’t find it hard to find the perfect gift for Mum. 

Our talented drawing teachers will soon help your mum build up her confidence and discover where her artistic inclinations lie. You never know, a sketching session could be the start of a rewarding new hobby that may bring her joy for many years to come – now that’s definitely a magical Mother’s Day present!