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We love a good shopping challenge, and nothing compares to sourcing products for the most difficult-to-please people from a colossal online retailer. After putting our entire team to the task, we uncovered the best Mother’s Day gifts on Amazon that feel refreshingly unique—despite what their Prime eligibility might otherwise suggest. Our roster of 40-plus favorites covers a wide range of crowd-pleasing categories, from chic enamel kitchenware and elegant fuchsia gardening gloves to footed glass caviar bowls and silver bee-shaped candle snuffers designed by Alessi. The stacked list of surprisingly stylish Mother’s Day gifts on Amazon continues, below.
Best Kitchen Gifts
Our favorite Amazon kitchen gifts hail from Domino-favorite brands you might not know are hiding on Amazon: Studio 189’s handmade batik cotton apron, Crow Canyon splatter-accented enamelware, sleek coffee makers by Fellow, Smeg’s premium Italian gadgets, trendy electric kettles from Caraway, and Laguiole’s French stainless steel cutlery. All gift-worthy catnip for cool moms who like to cook.
Best Gardening Gifts
For moms who garden, we selected an assortment of design-forward gifts to help them do so in style. Our ideas include elbow-length leather gardening gloves in an eye-catching fuchsia, Hunter clogs that make a compelling case to be worn beyond the tomato trellises, a shockingly chic watering can, Martha Stewart–approved pruning shears, self-watering planter pots, and an all-encompassing herb garden kit.
Best Glassware Gifts
Although Amazon might not be your first thought for procuring gift-worthy glassware, that’s not to say it doesn’t exist within the site’s virtual depths. After rooting around, we uncovered a collection of bona fide mom charmers: elegant footed caviar bowls by LSA, amber tortoiseshell wineglasses handblown by a small business based in Mexico, Godinger’s handsome sea-tinted champagne bucket, the iconic Alvar Aalto vase by Finnish brand Iittala, a top-rated ribbed carafe-tumbler duo for under $20, and a color-blocked reversible vase.
Best Tableware Gifts
Amazon is already a Domino-editor favorite for affordable dinnerware staples, so taking things a step further and tapping the retailer for special Mother’s Day gift ideas was not much of a stretch. Our findings include charming Juliaska placemats and pretty patterned spoons, stonewashed linen napkins made from 100% French flax, a block-print cotton tablecloth, a ruffled butter dish, quirky cork placemats, and a woven rattan wine caddy.
Best Beauty Gifts
Amazon’s luxury beauty selection is strong, offering a wide range of crowd-favorite brands with verified storefronts—from Tatcha’s cult skin-care kits to Olio e Osso’s clean beauty staples to Diptyque’s status candle trios. Other gift ideas for Mom include little luxuries like Monpure’s silk scrunchies, Osea’s algae-infused body butter, and a Weleda hand-softening kit.
Best Food Gifts
Starting with a cheer-inspiring ceramic bottle of cold-pressed olive oil she can (and will) reuse and moving on to Nancy Silverton’s latest cookbook, an assortment of Venchi’s Italian chocolates, and a lovely box of Korean tea sachets sourced from the fields of Jeju Island, our top picks for the best Mother’s Day food gifts on Amazon will not disappoint.
The Cookie That Changed My Life: And More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins, and Pies That Will Change Yours, Nancy Silverton
Best Unique Gifts
As far as unique Amazon gifts go, there are quite a few for mothers. We clocked a plucky bunch of items she would never buy herself. There’s the Domino-favorite Loftie lamp, a brass-cast spectacle stand, a Sensi Studio sun hat, a centerpiece-worthy puzzle, Alessi’s stainless steel candle snuffer, flower-filled note cards, Jasper Morrison–designed wine goblets, a teeny-tiny portable mushroom lamp, and an ethically sourced palo santo starter kit—for every one purchased, the brand will plant a tree.