Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts

Your mom’s hip to the tech of the day. She’s constantly on her iPhone, streaming Hulu on her laptop, and never heads to the beach without her Kindle. That’s all good news for you because she’ll really appreciate a tech-savy gift for Mother’s Day, even if you do wait to the last second to buy it. With these quick and easy ideas, you’ll be all set before the words, “I love you, Mom” leave your mouth.

The Fitness Fanatic
Pocket Yoga

Now that you can gift apps from iTunes for her iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad, help your Mom loosen up those blocked chakras with Pocket Yoga ($2.99). The living room workouts are almost as good as a personal trainer thanks to the voice and visual instructions that walk her through dozens of poses, right down to the inhale and exhale rhythms. She can create up to 27 sessions by mixing and matching styles, difficulty levels, and session length. And if the default music doesn’t put her in a relaxed state, she can substitute songs from her iTunes library to ease the muscles and the mind.

To send Pocket Yoga – or any iPhone app – as a gift, find the application in the App Store in iTunes, and select “Gift This App”. You can send a personal message with installation instructions in email or print out a gift card to give them in person.

$2.99, Get Pocket Yoga in iTunes

The Shutterbug
Shutterfly Gifts

If your ma knows the difference between aperture size and shutter speed, feed her photography addiction with a host of products that showcase her work.  Visit Shutterfly.com and print her most valued pictures of you (or your kids) on items like puzzles, coffee mugs, pillow cases, playing cards, mousepads, even keepsake boxes and wall-sized cutouts. Prices vary by gift item and size but they range from $7 to $70.  Can’t decide if she’ll love decorative luggage tags or a canvas tote frilled up with pictures of the grandkids? Buy a gift certificate and let her decide.

The Movie Buff
Netflix Subscription

Since, the Oscars and the Emmys are bigger than the Super Bowl to your mom, she’ll love having a month or two of free Netflix service (gift certificates start at $8.99 a month). The Watch Instantly feature on the Nintendo Wii or a laptop, as well as the new iPad app, means Netflix movies and TV shows can go anywhere she can.  Visit Netflix.com to purchase gift cards, then have them emailed or printed.

The Voracious Reader
eReader Gift Cards

Her Kindle is always in her bag, so you can’t go wrong this Mother’s Day by adding to her library. Amazon gift certificates can be redeemed for ebooks in the Kindle store too, and because most of the inventory costs just $9.99, you can buy her a few of the best-sellers on her wishlist for the price of one hard cover. Purchase gift cards in any amount $5 and $5000 at Amazon.com. You can email, snail mail, or print them.