Maybe you don’t mean to buy bad gifts…or maybe you do. So whether you’re looking for gifts to avoid giving this Mother’s Day, or whether you’re looking to give the Mom in your life something awful, these 10 gifts will leave you thankful for those oven mitts, World’s Best Mom Mugs, or even if you’ve received nothing before!
10 Terribly Bad Mother’s Day Gifts:
1. Tissue Box Photo Cover $9.95- I love photos as much as the next Mom, but just because you can stick a photograph on something doesn’t mean that you should. When in doubt, go with a traditional frame, and don’t turn Mom’s treasured pictures into creepy keepsakes.
2. Chinchilla Apron $39.95 – Even though this Chinchilla Apron is faux, it has no place in the kitchen…or anywhere else.
3. Face Slimmer Duck Mask sold by the Japanese Trend Shop $78 – There are so many things wrong with giving this to Mom as a gift, or to anyone at anytime, that I really don’t know where to start. Let’s just state part of the obvious and say that you should avoid gifts that insinuate that Mom needs to do exercises to slim down her fat face. Also, look at this thing! It looks like a …WTF?
4. Picnic Pants – Have you noticed that your Mom rarely picnics anymore? Is it because she’s too busy? Is it because her arms are full with diaper bags, purses, etc. and she just doesn’t have a free hand to tote around the necessary picnic blanket? Or perhaps it’s because her regular Mom jeans don’t allow her to eat off her lap with ease? Well, have I got a product for you! Picnic Pants! Mom can enjoy eating out of her lap anywhere she can sit cross-legged (BONUS cup holder on her pant leg too)! I have no idea how much these cost because I could only stand to look at this site long enough to copy the link and the ridiculous picture.
5. Assorted Chocolate Crocheted Satchels $25- Really? Crocheted Chocolates? These were being advertised for Mother’s Day specifically, and what’s the message this gift sends to dear old Mom? Hey Mom, I know you love to eat chocolate, but maybe you should just look at it instead. Oh, but don’t worry, it smells like the real thing! Enjoy! For $25 go buy your Mom some real chocolate…seriously. I’m sure she’s earned at least that much by being your mother.
6. Subtle Butt Gas Filters 11.95 – Leave the fart jokes and these gassy ass filters for Father’s Day. Please.
7. Houreisen Face Exercise Mask $92 -Last year’s hockey mask made such an impression on you, I had to include another this year too. This one makes Mom look like she should be a professional wrestler…if you really want to give her a great gift, how about an actual facial? A spa treatment says you care, whereas a facial exercise mask says you’re kind of an ass.
8. Hand Dipped Roses 19.99-799.99 – For $19.99 go buy a beautiful, real bouquet for Mother’s Day…fresh flowers are always a nice gesture. And if you’re planning on shelling out nearly $800 for Mother’s Day, you could get some fabulous gold bling (and score some major points) with jewelry, instead of this odd, expensive floral thing.
9. Cooking For the Clueless DVD $18.99- I know someone who once received cooking lessons for Mother’s Day. Now, I’m not saying this was the reason, but she is divorced now… Even if Mom really, truly needs them, Mother’s Day is not the time to give the gift of better cooking.
10. The Emergency Bra $49.99 - Is your Mom constantly worried about being in an emergency situation without a gas mask? Does the gas mask she owns take up too much space in her purse (who’s doesn’t)? Well, Mom can relax and look stylish in her new Emergency Bra. If the moment arises, these safety cups can cover her mouth and allow Mom to breathe with ease. Whew! Function meets fashion with this handy under garment!
So would you give or like to get any of these gifts? Leave me a comment and let me know!
You might also like last year’s Bad Mother’s Day Gifts, or you can read some of my other Bad Gift Guides too! I promise there’s something awful for anyone on your list!
i think the roses would be the only thing worth getting on that list haha and the facial exercisers are rediculous who in the world came up with that idea!?!
I always have one thing that I’m “wrong” about and I think it’s the roses on this list
But I’m glad we agree on the facial exerciser! I’m sticking to my guns on that one!
No the roses are a bad idea, just another dust gatherer, maybe I am just too old–LOL
I agree about the dust-gathering roses. Not a welcome gift. Real, fresh flowers, please!
I can only see one use for the roses…smashing them over the head of the giver!
Dusting those things would be a nightmare, you’d lose a petal here and there and a few years down the road you have a sad dusty stem left.
The Face Slimmer Duck Mask…it looks like…dear Lord, Susan….you know exactly what I’m talking about. SMH.
Seriously. It does. WTF?
Maybe Joe would like one for Father’s Day?
BAHA, I’m with you, when I looked at the face exerciser I was thinking it was going to to a, errmmm..well, used in the bedroom anyway ~ I would be deeply embarrassed if my mum put that on her face LOL
I’m with ya…that’s a Father’s Day Gift from mom idea.
They are all awful.
I’m glad you agree
I totally agree…… I would not even know how to respond to most of those….. I’d much rather have a hand made craft from the kids then something horrific from my hubby
You are awesome! I love these!!!
I hope you don’t get ANY of them, Joy!
The funny thing is I have a friend at school that buys his wife a gold dipped rose every year. ANd I totally thought it was dumb and that I would never want that for Mother’s Day but thought maybe it’s just me. No, you solidified that it’s as stupid as I thought. THank you for the verification. Oh, and the tissue box photo cover. I laughed out loud.
Don’t go getting me in trouble at school
Every “bad gift guide” I do I get one gift people tell me they actually want….I’ve had a few positive responses for the roses, so maybe it’s us? And the tissue box is awful. Who the hell would want that??
Nope. I’m totally with you on the rose thing. Looks like something a 7th grade boy would give to his girlfriend.
What’s worse than the fact that people came up with these ideas is that there are clearly people who buy them. I hope only as joke gifts. I hope.
Marta, I’d like to believe that too. It’s the only way I can retain any hope for humanity.
jesus. where in the hell?
Jesus had nothing to do with anything on this shit list…lol
I’m thinking hell may have done tho…lol
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!! The weirdest thing is that these are REAL things!!! Although I must confess… haven’t you actually thought about those fart filters???????????? LOL Hasn’t EVERYone in the world found themselves walking thru the stores, and having a bad, gassy day? hahahahahaha Might be a good gift to give to some husbands….
I’ve been trying to make sure that all the things on my “bad gift’s lists” are not only real, but also for sale…you never know! LOL
I think the gas filters are awesome!! I always tell my niece I am going to take a fabric softener sheet between her pants and panties because she farts so much, lol!!
my daughter and I where just laughing saying those fart filters would make a great fathers day gift for my husband this year… LOL these are all horrable… made me laugh till my eyes wattered…
Ok, so the only potentially USEFUL gift on the list wouldn’t be for me, but for Stanky. Can those fart-filters be sewn in? Maybe I can make a special pocket in his underwear and just slip them in every morning…
For me? Um, just a gift certificate for a pedicure please. It’s really hard to mess that up.
This will most likely make an appearance on my Father’s Day Gift List
Some of my bad gift items may be useful, just not as gifts for certain occasions…case in point. lol
I have gluten intolerance, if I’ve eaten anything containing gluten, then I would certainly NEED those filters. However, giving them as a gift for any occasion would not win you any brownie points. Just wait until you catch me stealing a slice of fresh white bread, and then pass them to me. I MIGHT see the funny side at that point. lol
I totally want to pin these on my Pinterest board titled “WHAAAAAAAAAT?” Wish I knew how to do that!
You can repin a few from my “WTF” board here: http://pinterest.com/divinesecrets/crazy-funny-wtf-products/
I am so getting picnic pants for my whole family! Then maybe they will stop dropping food and other crap on my floor.
Oh my , I didn’t even think of that!! My middle daughter REALLY needs a pair, lmbo!
Now when you put it this way, I do like the idea. Instead of dropping food on the floor my kiddo could collect it on her lap. BUT of course that would just mean she’d stand up and drop it all at one time!
My husband buys me those gold dipped roses for special occasions. I have at least half a dozen and I love getting them,trying to guess which color I will get next. They are the perfect gift because they never die. I love them!
I must say that…I was almost happy to know that there is such a thing as fart filters….but not for me, for my husband. And i’ve must have watched WAY too many Doomsday Prepper’s because I was kinda interested in the emergency bra lol
My husband has bought a gas mask and plans to buy more for the whole family…sigh..maybe I should just direct him here instead, smh.
I think the picnic pants may be the one thing that would complete me as a mother. The drink holder bit sold me. I never know where to eat my lunch when I am wearing my regular jeans and those just cut down on the confusion. I will forward this to my husband and kids so they know what to get me this year.
This is hilarious! These gifts are awful! Can’t wait to share this with my friends they are going to die laughing! Thanks for all you’re great post. They are hilarious!
Maybe I am just too much of a flower loving collector, but I think the roses are gorgeous. Way too expensive of course and if I found out someone spent 800 on flowers for me instead of just giving me the 800 bucks, I’d probably freak the heck out, lol, but they are still pretty. As for the face slimmer…yeah…much better suited to a bachelorette party than mother’s day, lol.
Umm…I kind of want the picnic pants. They would coordinate nicely with my SHIRT PLATE. I am a bit of a foodie….so the obviously slimming pants (sic model) would be most helpful lol.
Ok, so the emergency bra leaves me wondering, “is it a spare cup or does it leave you hanging?” I mean, I guess if you often find yourself in a situation where you need a mask why not get a stylish one? But honestly, it looks like by the time you unhook the thing, thread it through your shirt, and put it on you’d already be dead or passed out on the floor. Fun list, btw.
This list is HA-larious!!!!!!!! If I received the cookbook I would intentionally cook really really really bad for a whole year!!!!!!! Like Fish w/ peanut butter and onions or something like that!….lol sorry to the Fish w/ peanut butter lovers out there.
I’m pretty sure I own an emergency bra, but that’s just because rarely actually wear one. You know emergencies like baby showers, last minute mom visits, and trips outside when it’s cold. That’s a true emergency bra! Who the heck would want to wear a dirty bra on their face…and who would want their mother doing the same thing? “Ma, you’re wearing your bra on your face again…there’s no emergency, and we’re in Walmart.” “Well, honey, you know that swine flu is still going around…” Yep, I don’t think I’d wanna walk around with the weird bra-face lady.
That’s a BJ Box, not a tissue box. Unless you are a blow-up 3-orifice doll, then it matches you so well, you can use it to hold the tissues you use to clean up with once the creepy dude who keeps you in his closet is done leaving his evidence behind.
The Picnic Pants make me think of Anchorman. “Do you want to come to the picnic…IN MY PANTS?”
Those crocheted chocolates look like itty bitty alien boobies. Ew.
I swear I thought the Emercengy Bra was something inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey.
Um, so no. I don’t want any of these. But thank you for asking.
Ok, inspired by the picnic pants, I would add: Pajama jeans (just for the name). And a trash compactor, which a friend of our’s once got from her husband on her b-day.
I give my wife a facial every Mother’s Day.
I think you are all wrong about that duck face thingy. I can see me “exercising” while Hubs goes off on his usual “News Hour” tirade…. “I’m NOT making faces dear, I am exercising!” On second thought – maybe not… I will go with the exercise mask instead. It does have those fetching flames… and no mixed signals!
I found this little gem, and I thought what new mother wouldn’t LOVE to have some of her precious alone time taken away for a little more baby bonding with the JujuRoo Shower Carrier! They’ve got a ‘great’ video on youtube…. But my question is this: What happens while wearing this in the shower and baby pees (or worse?) Doesn’t that negate the shower in the first place? And now that you’ll need a second shower, what do you do with the soaking wet baby and soiled carrier while you do so? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDHXju3UFzM
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