Mother’s Day ideas 2020: what to do with your mum at home this Mothering Sunday amid coronavirus ‘social distancing’
So instead of taking your mum out for lunch this Mothering Sunday, here are some stay-at-home ideas for Mother’s Day.
Make her lunch
Make a nice Sunday lunch for your mum or her favourite meal, either letting her put her feet up and relax while you do all the work, or doing it together.
Bake her a cake
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Do some gardening
If you’d like to get outdoors and soak up the fresh air, then you could get into the garden and do a bit of planting with your mum.
Make a scrapbook
If you’ve been collecting tickets from memorable trips, photos and other important pieces of paper over the years, now might be a great time to make a scrapbook together.
Watch a favourite film
Spend the day inside watching your mum’s favourite film, or embark on a movie marathon if you fancy the whole day relaxing on the sofa.
Catch up on a box-set
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Grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy.
Do a jigsaw puzzle
Choose a puzzle with an image you know your mum will like and spend the day doing it together.
Arts and crafts
If arts and crafts is more up your street, then you could spend time together as a family embarking on an arts and crafts project.
Make breakfast in bed
Treat your mum like the queen she is by making her breakfast in bed this Mothering Sunday.
Do a yoga or fitness class at home
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Clean and tidy the house while she relaxes
Although this might not seem like your idea of fun, sitting your mum down in front of the tv or letting her put her feet up with a good book while you clean and tidy the house for her might just be her idea of paradise.
Learn a new skill
Maybe you’ve both always wanted to learn a new language together or improve your photography skills.
Now could be the perfect time to do so. Sit down together and learn something new and exciting that you’ve always wanted to do before.There are plenty of free online courses you can try together.
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Risk groups
The government produced guidance on a range of social distancing measures that people can take to reduce the transmission of coronavirus, including avoiding gatherings with friends and family - particularly for those with an increased risk.
Gov.uk explains, “We are advising those who are at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures.
This group includes those who are:
aged 70 or older (regardless of medical conditions) under 70 with an underlying health condition listed below (ie anyone instructed to get a flu jab as an adult each year on medical grounds): chronic (long-term) respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or bronchitis chronic heart disease, such as heart failure chronic kidney disease chronic liver disease, such as hepatitis chronic neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), a learning disability or cerebral palsy diabetes problems with your spleen – for example, sickle cell disease or if you have had your spleen removed a weakened immune system as the result of conditions such as HIV and AIDS, or medicines such as steroid tablets or chemotherapy being seriously overweight (a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or above) those who are pregnant
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For those who can't be with their mum’s this Mother’s Day, you could arrange a phone call or a Skype call, perhaps even doing some of the above ideas together over a video call.
You could also turn a Skype call into a chat with wine or a meal.
You could also sync Netflix, so you can watch a TV show or film together without being in the same room. Netflix Party is a Google Chrome extension which allows you to watch films and TV series while chatting with your friends or family. Although it has actually existed for a few years, it has enjoyed newfound popularity due to the number of people currently staying home.
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You can then invite your friends, allowing you all to talk using a sidebar on the screen as the movie plays. The extension also allows you to use screenshots, emojis and gifs to add a little flavour to your conversation.