Best Mother's Day Gifts Under $25

Are you shopping for Mother's Day gifts on a budget this year? No worries! There are a lot of great Mother's Day gift ideas for the shopper with a thin wallet. This list of Mother's Day gifts for under $25 should help you find the perfect gift for mom without putting a serious dent in your budget.

Her Very Own Coffee Blend
Is there a coffee-loving mom on your Mother's Day gift list? Endear yourself to her taste buds and her vanity with a bag of her very own custom blended coffee from Dean's Beans. The Massachusetts coffee roaster has been at the forefront of the Fair Trade and direct trade coffee movement, so the coffee blend that you design for mom will be completely guilt-free - Dean's sells only organic and Fair Trade certified coffees. The coffee is spectacular (I get my own Deb's Dark Dreams custom blend every month, so I know this for a fact!). It will be roasted fresh when you order it, and shipped out within 48 hours of roasting, so Mom gets the very freshest coffee imaginable. And to make it very special, each 1 pound bag of coffee will be labeled with the name that you choose. You can even save the blend so you can reorder it anytime. Average price is $8.99 a pound, so 2 pounds plus shipping will still be less than $25.
Price: $8.99 per pound of coffee

Plant a Tree in Her Name
Are you searching for the perfect Mother's Day gift for an Earth-friendly mom? Trees for a Change lets you gift your mom with a gift for Mother Earth. For $15, you can purchase a Tree Gift Card for your mother or any other special mom in your life who cares about the Earth. Your gift card includes the planting and care of a new tree to help reforest a National Forest and a beautifully simple card explaining the gift and the story of Trees for a Change. The exceptionally cool part of Trees for a Change is that your mother can check on their web site and find out where "her" tree is planted.
Price: $15

Why Buy Flowers When You Can Buy a Garden?
Last year, my son surprised me with one of the most special, most thoughtful Mother's Day gifts ever - he handed me a paper bag full of seed packets and told me, "Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I bought you a garden." Michigan Bulb Company makes it easy for you to buy a whole garden for your mom with their garden collections. It's a perfect gift for a garden-loving mother, especially if you also volunteer your labor to help plant it all. Sign up for their email newsletter and get coupons that are really worth something. They have frequent 2-for-1 sales on flowers, shrubs and plants. Best pick for Mother's Day? A hummingbird and butterfly garden that includes 17 plants for just $9.99. The plants ship as bare root plants in time for planting in your zone, and every plant is a perennial, so mom will get to enjoy the beauty for years to come.
Price: $9.99

Give Grandma a Digital Brag Book
Every year, my brothers and I go through all of our collected photos for the year and assemble a photo collage of all the best photos for Grandma. This year, we're going a different route because, frankly, Mom's running out of wall space to display them all. Instead of photographs, we're pulling together all the digital photos we have of our kids and putting them on a Digital Photo Album Key Ring that we found at Overstock.com. We chose this one from Sharper Image because of the positive customer reviews on the site, and it lives up to its reviews. The key chain includes a CD with the software needed to upload your photos to the picture frame, and the USB cable you need to connect it to your PC. It's easy to use - just load it up with up to 60 pictures of the grandkids and watch Grandma beam when she opens it up. It's also a great gift for new moms!
Price: $24.99

The Ultimate Box of Chocolates
I know, a box of chocolates is the ultimate cop-out gift for Mother's Day - but this isn't just any box of chocolates. This is the ultimate in luxury for the adventurous, chocolate loving mom. The Mini Bar Gift Set of Exotic Chocolates from Vosges Haut Chocolat takes chocolate to a whole new level. The set of 9 .5 ounce mini chocolate bars includes one each of Vosges' best selling exotic flavors: Red Fire, Black Pearl, Gianduja, Naga, Creole, Barcelona, Oaxaca, Woolloomooloo & Matcha. These are definitely not for the Mom who thinks Hershey's is the best chocolate ever - but if your Mom fancies travel to exotic locations, this just might be the ticket to her heart.
Price: $25

Portable Beauty for the Mom on the Go
Looking for the perfect gift for the mom on the go? Even if the extent of your mom's traveling is back and forth to the gym, she'll thoroughly appreciate this nifty giftie. Portable Panacea from Not Soap, Radio comes in two flavors. Hair Care includes body wash, shampoo and conditioner. Body Care includes an exfoliator, shaving cream and moisturizer. The nifty part of the gift? The three bottles pack together into a base and cap and take up the space of one bottle of shampoo in mom's workout gear. Each set usually retails for $15, but when I checked, I found them on sale for $12 a set.
Price: $15

Say it With Suds
Also from Not Soap, Radio - a great gift for mom, mom-to-be, grandmother - even your sister. Instead of a Mother's Day card, Say it With Suds is a bottle of deliciously scented vegan, shea oil shower gel/bubble bath wrapped in a greeting card. The labels are printed with special messages for every mom in your life from mom-to-be to grandma. You can even pick one up for your favorite sister or that teacher who was just like a second mom to you.
Price: $12

Drink a Very Special Toast to Mom
Surprise Mom with a bottle of wine with a custom label designed just for her. Signature Wines and Beverages carry a full line of varietals starting at just $8, which includes the price of a custom label. You'll find wines from vineyards all over the U.S., as well as non-alcholic sparkling wines in white and rose. Add a personalized wine glass to the bottle for just $12.99 and give her a gift she'll treasure forever.
Price: $8 and up