Tree Hugging Family

50 Green & Affordable Mother’s Day Gifts

by Peggy on April 28th, 2008

Want to give a recycled or otherwise sustainable gift to Mom this year? Here are 50 ideas.

Most of the gifts below cost under $50. A very few of them are in the $100 range. Several are small somethings that can be added to a homemade gift basket. And some won’t cost you anything but your time.

1. Cook her an organic dinner.

2. Bottle cap pincushion. A little something, but super cute.

3. Make a scrapbook of yourself with photos that she may not have.

4. Garden Shed Wall Mount Birdhouse. Made with vintage housing materials. (Pictured)

5. Cherry Blossom pendants at Etsy. Made from reclaimed scrabble tiles.

6. Give a digital magazine subscription.

7. Reuse something you have to make a new gift.

8. Give her a museum, zoo or botanic garden membership.

9. Help her make wise eco-shopping choices with Big Green Purse.

10. Cat plant holder. Made with recycled metal.

11. Mini frog yardbird. Made with recycled metal.

12. Vintage vinyl record bracelet.

13. Make her favorite dessert, and give her a cookbook with the recipe.

14. Stepped vinyl record bowl. Made from 33 rpm records.

15. Smencils scented pencils. Made from recycled newspapers.

16. Dragonfly recycled garden faucet.

17. Put together a homemade cleaning supplies kit.

18. Plant her favorite tree in her honor.

19. Have a tree dedicated to her at Tree People.

20. Mosquito dunks (natural). Not that glam, but probably very appreciated!

21. Let it Rot! composting book.

22. Encyclopedia of organic gardening.

23. Down to Earth Relax Pack by Indie Fixx.

24. Recycled metal tree of tealights.

25. Catchall basket. Made from potato chip wrappers. (Pictured)

26. Send organic flowers.

27. Give homemade organic facial and body cream.

28. Present her with homemade organic facial toner in a pretty bottle.

29. Gnomes-be-gones mini garden sculpture. Made with some recycled materials.

30. Make a recycled tote bag for her.

31. If she likes to read blogs, make a list of 20 blogs you think she’ll love and why. Send her the links in an e-mail.

32. Plantable cards.

33. Sustainable chocolate from Dagoba. Use coupon code coop2008w for 15% off for limited time.

34. Beehive candle set.

35. Organic Fair Trade tea gift.

36. Silver leaf pendant with green sapphire. Ethically sourced sapphire. 10% off silver pendants at Brilliant Earth with promotion code CABNSG until 6-30-08.

37. Chocolate mint heart-shaped soap. (Pictured)

38. A unique container garden from items you have.

39. Organic and fair trade Ambrosia White Plum tea.

40. BodyCoffee Gift Set with organic coffee extract.

41. The Everything Green Living Book.

42. Multi-media chicken sculpture. Made with recycled and re-purposed materials.

43. Elephant poo poo paper. It’s clean!

44. Naked soy candle.

45. Plant Pure-Fume candle gift set from Aveda.

46. Adopt a penguin in her name.

47. Fund organic farming in Costa Rica in her honor.

48. Write her a long letter telling her how much you appreciate her.

49. Make exciting popsicles and give her the recipe and mold.

50. A hug and Recycled Paper Greetings card.

Did you find anything interesting for Mom on this list?

Basket image via Btcelements. Soap image via Kate’s Caring Gifts. Birdhouse image via Uncommon Goods.

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