65 Holiday Gifts for Moms (at Every Price Point)

Importantly, the MargTini comes with a splashproof lid for when she’s had maybe one too many.

As advertised, it coats buns and rolls with even “butter coverage.”

Our senior writer, Lauren Ro, uses these paper-clip pen holders to “mark character names, compelling prose, and key plot points” when reading.

It’ll be quicker to see where her suitcase is on the conveyor belt with this LEGO-shaped luggage tag.

A blind-box mushroom key chain can help. How could she possibly lose a bridal veil stinkhorn?

Infused with soothing lavender and moisturizing vitamin E, these socks should fix her cracked heels right up.

This blinged-out, rhinestone-encrusted USB cord, which can “withstand a bending life of 25,000 times,” will let her scroll even when her phone is charging across the room.

“The Anterique is hands down the best for writing if, like me, you want a very fine line with a seriously smooth flow and ink that doesn’t smudge even a little bit,” says our writer Martha Tuber in her definitive guide to pens.

Apparently a favorite of many a left-handed Strategist reader.

In her “arsenal of home-stretching tools” (that “coax limbs into something close to alignment”), comedy writer Caroline Goldfarb keeps this Pilates ring for her tight hamstrings — and it’ll tone the core and strengthen muscles through different training positions, too.

For her newfound sense of color theory, here’s a “cheat sheet” to color-blocking.

At last, she can throw out those flight-attendant-issued earplugs from a few flights ago.

When the price of eggs goes down, she can have two for breakfast again.

Choward’s might be nostalgic for her (it was even featured on Mad Men); this variety pack comes with violet, spearmint, peppermint, lemon, and guava mints.

So she doesn’t burn herself getting (boxed) pasta perfectly al dente.

The lavender-scented stick acts like “Ambien without the side effects.”

If this handheld fan can handle 101-degree days in Milan, it can handle her feels-like-91-degrees hot flashes.

Caswell-Massey is older than the United States of America, and its bar soaps are the best bar none.

The formula of this Best in Class bodywash contains salicylic acid, which can slough away dead skin cells.

The German bathroom staple “creates this distinctly sexy, almost theatrical blanket of bubbles — think Julia Roberts singing ‘Kiss’ in Pretty Woman — that will last a solid hour,” says our contributor Emma Firth. (And, no, it won’t stain the tub green, “though prepare for a mound of lingering bubble residue post-drain.”)

No more wilted-stemmed kale or overripe bananas in her small kitchen.

This scoopolander (that’s a scoop plus colander) is one of Strategist senior editor Winnie Yang’s most-used kitchen tools, for everything from straining stuffed pasta to rinsing off berries under the tap.

The hori-hori knife, a traditional Japanese gardening tool, “cuts through dead stalks, roots, and mulch bags like butter,” says costume designer Alison Freer. Instead of using a combination of scissors, shovel, trowel, and handsaw, Freer relies on hers “for scooping, digging, cutting, seeding, sawing, and even measuring.”

Under $50

For the mom who’s catching up on her reading

For the mom who has a bad back

For the mom who believes in aromatherapy

For the mom who wants her skin to feel like Flipper’s

For the mom who washes her face every night

For the mom who has a monthly eyebrow appointment

For the mom who has an eBay alert for coupes

For the mom who wants you to do a cleanse with her

For the mom who traded coffee for matcha

For the mom who’s a schlepper

For the mom who’s a serious overpacker

For the mom who doesn’t go anywhere without earrings

The updated J-Pillow is part of a new generation of post-Trtl travel pillows. It now comes with an adjustable neck strap to make it easier to lean against a window.

As Mary Poppins sang, “A spoonful of (honey) helps the medicine go down …”

Perhaps as close to having cold brew on tap as possible (and a more cost-effective solution to daily Dunkin runs).

Our senior kitchen and dining writer Emma Wartzman eyed this fish bottle at Los Angeles’s now-closed Freedman’s Deli, where it was used to serve water. It could be a bedside carafe, too.

“A good gardener or horticulturist anywhere in the world is most likely going to have a pair of Felcos,” says Kurt Morrell, VP of landscape operations at the New York Botanical Garden. She should get a clean cut on her rose stems with these.

Can I interest you in a Pura diffuser with refills of Apple Orchard and Lavender Fields scents instead?

The banker’s lamp was originally patented under the name Emeralite.

What do The Bear star Abby Elliott and comedian Kate Berlant have in common? They can’t live without this light-blocking sleeping mask.

As if Hunter Wellies and Crocs had a baby (and they take after Hunter more than the Crocs’ side).

The dividers on some shelves of this shoe organizer can even be reconfigured for knee-high boots.

Keep those UV rays at bay with this sun hat that’s UPF 50+ protective (remember the higher the rating, the better the protection).

But a body pillow might be the first step to stop sleeping on her stomach (while keeping the head, neck, and spine in alignment).

This might feel like being inside of a pair of UGGs.

The multidirectional knobs on this massage tool can get lower-back aches too.

To match her Courtly Check teakettle and napkin rings.

Surprisingly, the dimensions are in accordance with personal-item rules.

The USB-C ports can support a Maczbook, iPad, iPhone, and AirPods Max — all at the same time.

Who doesn’t sleep better in matching pajamas?

Dermatologists recommend this eye cream, made with moisturizing sunflower-seed oil and brightening vitamin C, for sagging skin, puffiness, and dark circles.

Maybe the least UGG-looking UGGs.

Frette’s linens are found at the Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis. The brand’s H by Frette line is just as luxurious, and this bathrobe makes former Strategist associate editor Jenna Milliner-Waddell “feel like a rich bitch.”

The Ninja Crispi can replace her old air fryer. “What sets this one apart from most of the others is that it fries food in glass containers instead of the usual black Teflon-covered baskets,” explains our writer Arielle Avila. “On top of that, the Crisper Plates it comes with are aluminum with nano-ceramic coating, so no PFAS there, either.”

Give her a much-needed break with this remote-controlled foot massager. It comes with deep-kneading, compression, rolling, and vibrating settings.

Here’s hoping this digital picture frame (which doesn’t need Wi-Fi access) distracts her with photos of your siblings.

To get perfectly crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside waffles, Strategist deputy editor Simone Kitchens keeps the machine’s texture level to “crunchy” and the shade setting between light and dark.

Jason Schwartzman calls Hyperice’s Normatec a “total game-changing extravagance.” The line’s Go specifically works on legs, increasing circulation to the calf muscles.

Replace her concealer-coated makeup bag with this organizer from Tumi. It can separate eyeliners from lip liners — plus, it’s clear for easy access to her brow pencils.

As a bonus, she can connect the turntable to a Bluetooth speaker for “wireless, vinyl-powered sound.”

This humidifier’s mist has been likened to the flames of a medieval dragon.

Think of it as a planner with a touchscreen. She can sync multiple online calendars, make a grocery list, or even start a “chore chart.”