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Honoring Mom & Dad
Here are our SUPER IDEAS for showing MOM & DAD (and grandparents!)...
Handmade
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Head to The Bead Shop to make mom and grandmom one-of-a-kind necklaces and bracelets celebrating your love for them. 4612 Magazine St.
Gift Basket of Spa Items
Upcycle or buy a large basket and decorate it with a bow and handmade card. Inside place a pretty new headband and hair ties or barrettes, facial scrub and deep cleaning mask, soaps, bath bombs and bubble bath, loofah, soothing moisturizing lotion, and top and bottom coat and brightly colored fingernail polishes.
Green Thumb
Create a gardening bucket for mom with new gloves, a garden hand tools set, and a variety of heat-tolerant blooming plants, like petunias.
Heartful
Luke Adams Glass Hearts are hand blown with a small loop for hanging in a window. In two sizes and an assortment of colors. $26.00–$32.00. Little Miss Muffin, 766 Harrison Ave.
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS
Herb Garden
Or create a cook’s basket of herbs for the patio or back porch. Purchase a variety of herbs and plant in several roomy clay pots that are lovingly decorated with glitter glue, buttons, and sequins.
Spa at Home
Give mom a relaxing hand and foot massage, followed by a back rub. Try not to tickle her too much!
My Journal Series: A Mother’s Reflection
For moms, created by local mom, Ty Ryland, for sharing memories, aspirations, and motherhood experiences. Also available for dads. See myjournalseries.com.
Breakfast in bed
Sunday Farmers Market in City Park
Make berry muffins or scones! Simple to whip up with Bisquick: just add liquid, eggs, sugar, and fruit and then bake.
Pick up fresh goodies to make mom (or dad) a special brunch. Plan in advance with – pre-ordering online is required (Wednesdays through Fridays) at crescentcityfarmersmarket.org. Drive-through pick-up at Tad Gormley Stadium, 8 am-12 pm.
KidSmart Art Jam
Pre-order an Art Jam box, filled with supplies and goodies to make Mother’s Day art projects together. See kidsmart.org/artjam for pre-order and May 8 pick up info.
Balloon Garlands
Let the Little PNuts elves create a deluxe balloon garland or bouquet to decorate mom’s favorite room. Available in multiple colors and three sizes. $60 to $85. Pre-order at littlepnutstoyshoppe.com/balloons.
...how much you LOVE THEM & CARE, not only on their special day, but EVERY DAY.
Cocktail Tasting
Purchase a pick-up tasting kit for dad to enjoy one of Sazerac House’s remote special cocktail seminars. Monthly options are on their website, sazerachouse.com/events.
Style
With every pair of these awesome NOLA-inspired Crawfish Bonfolk Socks sold, a pair will be donated to a local shelter or individual in need in New Orleans. Unisex, $19.99. Dirty Coast, 5631 Magazine St.
Beer Tours
Multiple breweries and microbreweries are located both in and just outside the city. Schedule a tour at Faubourg (aka Dixie), Port Orleans or Nola Brewing – to name a few – and finish with a delicious meal onsite. See brewery websites for information.
Day Trip
Or take a day trip to Abita Springs for an Abita Brewery tasting, or Hammond to Gnarly Barley and their taproom. abita. com, and gnarlybeer.com.
FATHER’S DAY GIFTS
Brownies
Every dad loves homemade brownies! Grab a mix from the store to bake some fresh first thing in the morning, while he’s still asleep.
Weekly Walks
Set a regular walking calendar with dad to discover 33 different neighborhoods with the help of Barri Bronston’s Walking New Orleans (Wilderness Press), now out in its expanded 2nd edition. $16.95 at your favorite bookseller.
Explore
Explore the Bywater with dad, including a stroll in Crescent Park that runs alongside the river. Start out with brunch at any number of spots like Elizabeth’s, 601 Gallier.
Morning Smiles
Make dad a custom-made coffee or travel mug, decorated with original artwork or photo. Multiple DIY options with instructions are available online, and kits are available at retailers, including Walgreens.
Great Outdoors
Whether in City Park or off Shell Beach, a recreational fishing license is required for anglers ages 16+. Purchase your license online at wlf. louisiana.gov.
Go Fish!
Bass, catfish, perch, and other fish can be found in the park’s 11+ miles of lagoons. Get the Inside Guide to City Park Fishing at neworleanscitypark.com
Date Night
Treat dad and mom to a date night out with tickets to a Sazerac House 90-minute complimentary cocktail tour and tasting, and a gift certificate for dinner to follow at their favorite romantic restaurant.