Gift Ideas for the Sporty Mom

If you’re stomped on a gift to get your athletic friend, you will need to decide what it is that peaks her interest.

Is she a ‘hit the gym’ kind of girl, or is she a healthy home chef? She might even be a foodie, yogi, a runner, or even a DIY beauty expert, which would explain her flawless skin!

In either way, we have the solution that will top you on her favourite friends list!

Healthy at home chef

If healthy eating is her thing, you should consider getting her something for the kitchen that will take her cooking game to the next level!

• Herb Garden: Give her the gift of herbs to spice up her cooking. With a pot, plant food, herb seeds and soil, she can be growing her own basil, cilantro, thyme, parsley, oregano, chives, rosemary and more!
• Healthy cook books: Give her a cook book with measurements and healthy and delicious food options. If she is traditional, she will definitely appreciate a cook book over any online recipe. Make sure that the recipes in the book, caters to her taste palette, and voila, now you’ve got a friend who loves you, and (hopefully) a supply of good, nutritious food!
• Scale: If books aren’t her thing, and she’s already growing an herb garden, then it would only be ideal to get her a food scale. Many people are getting into the habit of weighing their food in order to meet the right portions of nutritious content.

Healthy Foodie

A foodie likes any and all food, a healthy foodie is no exception, except for the fact that they appreciate their food to be well-balanced!

• A cookbook: If she’s a foodie who loves to cook, you can’t go wrong with a cookbook. With new, healthy recipe ideas, you are sure to win your friend over with a unique line of a well-balanced and delicious meal for her and her family to share.
•  Dark Chocolate: We aren’t talking the local dark chocolate in the convenience store, we’re talking good quality dark chocolate. They are usually packaged beautifully and are a sweet and healthy treat for your nutritious friend.
• Invite her over for a homemade dinner: If she is a true foodie, she will have no problem experimenting with food! Go ahead and invite her over and cook something that is a regular for you, but is unique to her. Nothing beats a night in with good food and great company!
• Giftcard: Give her a night off and send her off to a healthy restaurant to enjoy a meal with the giftcard you got for her! If you’re feeling extra generous, you can give her a gift card that covers two meals. After all, it’s not likely that she would want to dine alone.

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DIY Beauty Expert

This flawless beauty is crafty and works well with her hands! From making home-made air freshners to facials, this beauty expert will appreciate any natural products!

• Bath products: If your friend is really big on DIY products, you can get a bunch of different natural bathing products, put them in a fancy bottle and voila! Simple, inexpensive homemade bath products packaged beautifully in a fancy bottle and ribbons! Items that can be placed in the bottle can be oatmeal, Epsom salt or any other salt exfoliate, coconut oil and even bananas!
• Gift card to a salon: Salons are filled with natural and organic facials, scrubs and massages. Treat her to a girl’s day at the spa and spoil her with a refreshing line of services of her choice.

Yogi

A Yogi is calm and collective. After all that meditation and the interpersonal connection with herself, this woman appreciates anything to come her way! So don't stress about the gift, the ideas for a yogi is limitless. 

• Yoga mat: You cannot go wrong with a good quality yoga mat as a gift for any Yogi! Trust us, they will appreciate this gift, more than you think!
• Yoga attire: Whether you are looking at a nice pair of durable flip flops, slippers or even a yoga tank top or t-shirt, Yogis love to wear clothes that represent who they are, even if it’s just a t-shirt, it will definitely go a long way!
• DVD set: If your friend is a busy mom, she is likely not to have time to go to the studio, during its operating hours. A set of yoga DVDs will do just the trick to allow her to keep up with her daily routine, meanwhile being in the comfort of her own home! What a deal!

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The Fitness Enthusiast

She wastes no time getting comfortable! She has a goal and she knows how to get to it. Any gym related gift will be appreciated by this fitness fanatic!

• A gym bag: It goes without saying, every person who goes to the gym needs a duffle bag to put their work-out essentials in. Make sure the bag that you get has secret compartments for the extra-personal items, and is spacious enough to fit in clothes, a water bottle and a towel. If you’re lucky, you might find a spacious bag with a few compartments AND a designated partition to put her yoga mat in!
• Personal Training Gift Card: Personal training comes at a price these days. Give her a gift card for one or two personal training sessions, so that she can learn new work out techniques to keep her gym game strong!
• Pedometer: Get her a pedometer to help her track the amount of steps she’s taken and the amount of calories she has burned. It’s small enough to cling onto her pants, and will give her ever-lasting satisfaction.