Handmade Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

Suggestions for inexpensive Mother’s Day gifts!

The gift of your time is bound to be what pleases mom the most!

A gift-certificate for repainting a room or for mom’s or grandma’s pet to be cared for during her vacation;
Make and freeze her favorite dishes ;
If you’re a chef, give her a gift certificate redeemable for a home cooked meal;
A pajama party with popcorn, a good movie and the phone off the hook!

Here are a few movies that you can enjoy with mom:

My Mother’s Castle/ Yves Robert (1990) France

This is a story about Marcel’s adolescence, his relationship with his mother, his being in love for the first time, his return to friendship and the long treks to his beloved mountains; to reach their retreat faster, Marcel and his entire family would secretly take a shortcut through someone’s private property.

All about my mother/ Pedro Almodovar (1999) Spain

Manuela, a nurse, lives alone with her son Esteban who is passionate about literature. For her birthday, Esteban takes his mother to see the play “A Streetcar named Desire”. Upon leaving the theatre, Esteban gets hit by a car. A distraught Manuela goes on a quest to find her son’s father, a transvestite that she left 17 years earlier.

A family secret/ Ghyslaine Côté (2006) Québec

It’s New Year’s Day and Jos’ ex-wife Blanche, and their daughter Jeanne joined by the family and friends who braved a storm to be there, gather around his casket. They will spend the day reminiscing about the good and not so good moments that have marked the life of the deceased.