Illustration: Qianhui Yu

Gift Guide

These 11 Mother’s Day Gifts Are So Much More Than Merely Useful

You still have time to get something that goes above and beyond the usual.

Buying a gift for Mother’s Day can be one of the most challenging to buy. How can you show—in just one item—how much you love, appreciate and cherish your mom (or the mother of your children) for all she does?

It’s always tempting to buy a “useful” present since she’ll probably say she doesn’t need anything. But what’s the fun in that? Here, we’ve found 11 ways to go a step beyond a gift that simply does the job.