This post on how to make your mom’s day was originally published on our blog in 2017. A homemade holiday is our favorite kind, not just this year. Be well and enjoy the day!
You love your mom and your mom loves vintage. There’s only one awesome way to celebrate Mother’s Day, and that’s by making her day full of vintage style. We’re here to help you come up with some unscripted vintage ideas to make mom’s day.
Bring out her game-y side
What fun-time sports and games did your mom do when she was young that she hasn’t made time to do lately? Bowling, billiards, skee-ball, miniature golf, pinball, old-time arcade games. Any day that involves playing Whack-a-mole is a good day.
Dig up some dirt
If your mom loves gardening, there is nothing she would like better than many hands digging up those pesky weeds. Especially if you celebrate gardens that are ready for planting by hoisting high an ice cream cone in tribute.
Backyard BBQ
Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year at restaurants across the country. Instead of waiting in line for hours for meh food and rushed service, fire up the BBQ instead and have a relaxing day with mom on the back porch. She will appreciate the time spent with family and the casual atmosphere too.
Reminisce with photo albums
You know your Mom has tons of photo albums with photos of you and your siblings. Dig them out, head out to the patio with Mom and your favorite beverage, and spend the afternoon looking through all the photos. You’re sure to have some great conversations while you relive old memories. A fun (and possibly embarrassing) time for everyone!
Become the handy-child
Grab your Mom’s “to-do” list and get ‘er done. Spend the day working your way through all the tasks your Mom has on her list. She’ll love you for it, we promise. Having the squeaky hinge fixed without having to do it herself will definitely make mom’s day.
Unplug yourselves
Technology is a good thing. Having a supercomputer in your pocket is a good thing. But how about trying to disconnect for Mother’s Day, put all your devices in a safe place for the day and do things that don’t involve texting or social media-ing.
Try Freaky Friday
Try real life reverse role playing using either the 1976 version (with Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris) or the 1993 version (with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis) of the Disney classic Freaky Friday for inspiration. Within reasonable limits, of course.
Make today be someday
If there’s someplace you’ve always talked about visiting, a site to see, a restaurant to try, a drive to take, make Mother’s Day the day to do that thing you’ve always said “we’ll have to do that someday.” For ideas, check out 3 bucket list things to do in every state.
For more on Mom’s Special Day, enjoy our post on the true meaning on Mother’s Day.
3 comments
I loved your suggestions, Laurie. I remember the year my sister was in town for a week and one day when my niece was also visiting, the three of us sat with my Mom for hours going through all our old photo albums. The stories were priceless and we even discovered an album she had ended up with when they closed up her Mom’s house that she didn’t remember!
Three generations reminiscing …..what an extraordinary gift for all of us.
Wishing all Moms a very Happy Mothers Day. what great suggestions Laurie. Will definitely be taking you up on one or two of those ideas.
Great article with some wonderful ideas! Thanks for sharing!