To make it unique this year for your Mom, you may need to think outside the box. Luckily we’re here to help you out and share some great ideas to make this Mother’s Day special.

While things are lightening up regarding social distancing, we wanted to keep everybody safe and maintain a distance.

You’ve had your entire life to make grand plans for Mother’s day when you could go and visit her face to face. Here are a few ideas to keep you and your Mom safe this year and make it one to remember.

A Care Package with Care

It can be tough to get all the things you need for day-to-day life; sometimes, you forget about or don’t even think about picking up. On top of that, there are some things you aren’t willing to spend the money on due to life circumstances. 

Put some ease into your Mom’s life by putting together a lovely care package for her. Whether you put it into a woven wicker basket or a cardboard box, you can piece together a handful of items that you feel she needs or will enjoy. Make it look nice and leave it on her doorstep for her to find.

What’s Mom’s Favorite Food?

Some of us may take the time on Mother’s Day to make your Mom a home-cooked meal; seeing as that’s a little more difficult this year, we wanted to suggest a nice alternative.

Most restaurants have some form of delivery right now or can be utilized by services like DoorDash. Find your Mom’s favorite restaurant, or even something a little fancy if she’d like it.

Set up a video chat with your Mom about the time it should be delivered to see her surprise. Maybe let dad know what your planning so he can help coordinate things. 

Fun and Games with Mom

This one will take a little more planning and work, but it will be something that will be memorable for years to come and might be a new tradition for future years.

Once you plan out the clues and what the ultimate prize will be in the end, you can sneak over Sunday morning or even Saturday night to set up a Scavenger hunt in/around your Mother’s home.

See her Face-to-Face

Nothing quite feels the same during these family love holidays without seeing your Mom and having a chat. Give her a call through any of the many video chat services now available and take some time to sit with your Mom and talk about life and share how much you love her. 

You could do many different things this year to make Mother’s Day special; these are but a few ideas. Only you know what would make the day special, so it’s ultimately up to you to make it happen.

Nothing entirely replaces the hugs and kisses from her children and family, but it’s the thought that counts when you need to keep a distance.

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Here are some things you can still do this weekend, and some new things you can add to your usual festivities.

Get Crafty with Easter Eggs

Have the little ones color eggs and really get into the Easter spirit this year. This may be something you normally do with a few of their friends over, so maybe you can join in this year and color some of your own.

Get into the holiday a little more than usual and decorate your home. The kids can color some pictures and hang them up, hide Easter eggs around the house and go on an in-home Easter egg hunt. Have a ton of fun with the holiday and make it memorable for everyone involved. 

It’s a Great Time for New Traditions

This is a great opportunity to go back to basics. Without all the extra ta-da! of making a big holiday dinner and the distraction of visiting guests, you can take the time to introduce some new ideas to your family.

You can have a family fun game night, or maybe break the projector and screen out and have a movie night picnic in the backyard. You can still have your family dinner, but this year you can use the “nice” dinnerware since you won’t have so many more people to entertain.

Enjoy Streaming Easter Services 

If you and your family traditionally go to church on Easter, you can still enjoy a sermon without physically being there. Many religious venues have adapted to the situation and have begun live streaming their services online.

Whether on Facebook, YouTube, and sometimes via your church’s website, you can still be present for a service. Look them up online to see what they’re doing to make their service available for viewing.

Don’t let the current situation control the narrative for your family holiday this year. You can make memories that your kids will remember forever. Use social distancing to your advantage and spend quality time with those closest to you.

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All it takes sometimes is a simple idea to get the creative juices flowing. Start by combining a bunch of ingredients that you have tucked away in your pantry. Before you know it, you have your next signature dish. Mystery meatballs, anyone?

We’ve listed some simple recipes that use commonly found (forgotten?) ingredients in your freezer or pantry.

Baked Balsamic Chicken

This recipe just needs some chicken breast and a couple of ingredients that tend to sit in the cabinet for an eternity. Some Balsamic Vinegar and a little honey, with some seasonings to taste and enjoy this delicious and filling dish.

Everything but the Kitchen Sink Soup

With some leftover vegetables of any type, a little broth, and maybe a bit of protein, you can have this delicious dish tonight. A quick-and-easy recipe that you can add near anything to, and it will taste fantastic. Add some rice or leftover pasta, and this will be a filling dish you will remember.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

You can either make your meatballs with a few simple ingredients or use some frozen store-bought ones with this easy recipe. Throw the meatballs in a slow cooker with this 2-ingredient sauce for some great sweet and sour meatballs. A little grape jelly and either some chili sauce for a bit of a kick or ketchup for some without, and this simple sweet-and-sour sauce will leave you wanting more.

Patty Melt

The Patty Melt is the best of 2 worlds and is a cross between a hamburger and a grilled cheese sandwich. Take this quick recipe and turn it into a memorable lunch for you and your family. A little ground beef, cheese, bread, and onion, with seasonings to taste, and you have a dish that won’t break the bank.

Even if you don’t have the exact ingredients listed in these recipes, you can hopefully take some ideas from them and put together something great with whatever you have handy.

Share these ideas with your friends and come up with a few of your own. Feel free to post your favorite “forgotten pantry favorites” in the comment section below.

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When we’re being told to practice social distancing, you can start to feel trapped. You start feeling restless, irritable and lose all motivation to…anything. There’s only so much of the usual daily routine you can handle before you can’t stand it anymore. That old-timey disorder cabin fever can affect anybody, but what can you do to beat it?

Once you are confined to your home, those times of regular relaxation only last so long, you lose your sense of time, and you run into a period where you just don’t want to do the things you usually do when you’re at home.

Time to get out of the average home routine and make a new one.

Be Productive

Give yourself goals to accomplish each day, each week. Whether it’s cleaning a room, finishing that home project you’ve put off, re-purposing your house, take some time each day to DO something.

If you can combine your goals with something that makes you use your brain, that’s another benefit to those going stir crazy. Learn a new skill, build something you’ve put off; giving stimulation to your mind reduces feelings of isolation and uselessness.

Don’t Graze out of Boredom 

Keeping bits of your typical day helps you maintain a sense of schedule. When we get bored, we tend to eat whatever, whenever, grazing for food throughout the day.

Eating right gives you more energy and a better sense of motivation. You may be less hungry if you aren’t out moving around as much, but if you focus on keeping a healthy diet, limiting sugary and fatty foods.

Give Mom a Jingle

Stay in touch with your friends and family. When you begin to feel caged in your home, it’s time to benefit from some of the available technology.

Reach out to your friends, video chat them, stay in touch. Get a sense of things going on outside of your home. Take the extra time you have to reach out to some people you haven’t spoken to.

Take advantage of the technology available to us to get in touch with as much of the outside world as possible.

Social distancing can be a productive and enjoyable time away from the stressors of everyday life. Remember, it’s just a brief pause in time before we’re back to our daily routines.

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