54 Gifts for Moms (at Every Price Point)

While the Black+Blum Prada travel cup is $260, this non Prada
Black+Blum travel cup is $25 — with a spout that “replicates drinking from a mug.”

Something new to chew on: these chocolate “pebbles” (the “boulder” size took first prize in The Strategist Gifting Game).

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

Lena Dunham calls this productivity book “quite mind-blowing”: “The average human has 4,000 weeks to enjoy this planet, and you’re gonna have to make some choices about what matters to you,” she says.

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

A massage ball (that’s larger than a golf ball and smaller than a baseball) to get right in her trigger points.

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.

This portable, foldable hand fan might provide some relief: “It’s the closest thing you can get to sticking your head in a freezer,” says senior writer Dominique Pariso.

Play Go Fish at the shallow end.

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.”)

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

Among our 50 favorite travel accessories, this white-noise machine offers different nature sounds, including ocean waves, rain, and birds (plus good old-fashioned white noise). It wouldn’t take up much nightstand real estate, either.

Under $50

For the mom who’s restless

For the mom who has a stiff neck

For the mom who takes everything showers

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

For the mom who’s a serious overpacker

For the mom who follows the sudoku method

For the mom who’s a hands-on cook

For the mom who takes her coffee very cold

For the mom who’s a trinket hoarder

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

There’s no comparison between the regular kind of pine nuts and this pinoli: “If you look at them closely, real Italian pine nuts are twice as long as the tiny ones that you normally find in the supermarket,” says food writer Ruth Reichl.

These delightful striped espresso cups would be a welcome addition to her afternoon pick-me-up routine.

“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.

“You can sit cross-legged on the entire cushion or use it folded to raise your backside higher than your legs,” according to writer Diksha Basu (who literally wrote “A Mother’s Guide to Sitting Comfortably on the Floor”).

No more putting down a page-turner with this easy-to-install sconce.

Annie Meyers-Shyer guarantees this mattress pad “will literally turn any bed into a Four Seasons bed.”

Finally, self-control against Instagram posts: “Having to be physically near the physical Brick in order to unbrick your phone weaponizes human laziness for our own benefit, making it far more effective than app-only blockers or the iPhone’s Screen Time feature,” writes author Rachel Khong about the Brick.

The original Stakt has more support than a traditional yoga mat, according to Breanna Mayes, director of sales and marketing at Pointe Studio. Senior editor Hilary Reid relies on it too: “It’s the perfect thickness for cushioning moves that usually put pressure on my joints.”

Regina King uses the foam roller “more to work out the little aches and pains that come from God knows where. Sometimes just because you woke up and it’s a Tuesday.”

Breaking in Keds is easy. “They don’t stay stiff; they mold right to your feet,” says jeweler Lisa Eisner.

Replace her concealer-coated makeup bag. Helpfully, this says “makeup,” so she doesn’t misremember where her eyeliner, lip liner, or brow pencil is.

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

It’s “a cross between hair spray and dry shampoo” — and it’s been helping out our writer Kitty Guo tame her bad mullet.

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

To match her Courtly Check teakettle and napkin rings.

It’s the same label-maker that Jennifer Aniston depends on to remember expiration dates.

The “tote bag to end all tote bags” fits a lot. Our contributor Katie Stone’s “personal capacity record” includes a laptop, a bathing suit, four different chargers, a toiletry bag, lip balm, hand cream, wallet, headphones, a pill case, and a water bottle.

From silk-pillowcase maker Slip, this one comes with illustrated initials (and you might get one for your father, too, while you’re at it).

Well, it’s a dignified Snuggie.

Cup of Jo’s Joanna Goddard wears her Eberjey Gisele pajamas all the time — unlike others, they don’t get wrinkly, and the crop gives them some extra ventilation.

The bathrobe’s absorbent weave means she won’t need an extra towel post-shower.

Print candids easily. (Susan Orlean uses the printer to know what’s inside the boxes of her “library of shoes” too.)

“The WE-001 delivers access to a huge range of music that never made it to digital formats, with modern conveniences like a rechargeable battery and Bluetooth,” says our tech writer Jordan McMahon.

A favorite of the royal family, “it smells like the Austrian pine forests,” says Plum Sykes. “It was the après-ski bath oil for the super jet set in the ’60s, ’70s, and onwards.”

Dunham and Orlean listen to true-crime podcasts in bed with the help of Sleepbuds. “They’re not really noise-canceling, but you can set it to white noise. They really work; they’re comfortable. You can sleep with them,” Orlean tells us.

Since using the device over the course of a few months, Pariso’s “bimonthly angry breakouts” around her temples and chin haven’t returned.

It weighs less than a regular Supersonic for a blow-dry that’s lighter on the wrists.

The size of a toaster oven, the proofer-slow cooker “eliminates one of the trickiest variables in bread baking: temperature,” explains contributor Christina Chaey. “The proofer creates a perfectly temperature-controlled microclimate, so I can set it to a balmy 78 degrees Fahrenheit and walk away knowing that my dough will rise beautifully and predictably.”

Upgrade her kitchen to Margaritaville — where you can have also (nonalcoholic) frozen lemonade and milkshakes on tap.

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.

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.