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Easy to make/cheap Birthday ideas for mom?!?

My moms birthday is in a few days and i have nothing planed, and i dont have a present. I need easy to make or nice cheap gift ideas for her. I only have like 10 or 15$ and i still have to get the cake stuff so it cant be exspensive.

I cant soe or knit or anything like that, i can cook and i was gonna make her breakfast and dinner ect, and please dont say draw her something i can draw but im not super good and i was already gonna make her a cool hand made book mark since she likes to read. Dont say buy her a book couse she only reads them once and give them away so its kinda pointless.

Ok so, she likes gardening, and craft stuff, she hates cooking, and i dont really know anything else. Dont say a relaxing thing either cause i have simblings and relaxing is kinda out of the qestion.
So anything i can make, something creative, or something cheap i can get her that she will like and can use for a while?

Bonus qestion!:
Any easy to make birthday cake designs? Or simple dinner ideas or something :/

10 points to best answer!?

Can you help me estimate my costs? Easy Points!?

We are planning a family style dinner that we are catering ourselves. The dinner will be made up of: Penne Pasta with mixed vegetables in a Garlic Cream Sauce, topped with grilled chicken; Tossed Garden Salad, Dinner rolls. We will be buying the ingredients from Costco or BJs Wholesale.

What do you think the estimated costs of the food would be? We have about 100 guests – Mostly Adults.

Thank you in advance.
I’m in VA, if that helps also.

Sometimes being a blonde isn’t easy, especially if you’re cooking…?

MONDAY
It’s fun to cook for Bob. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
TUESDAY
Bob wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when Bob brought a friend home for supper.
WEDNESDAY
A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kinda of silly but I took a bath. I can’t say it improved the rice any.

THURSDAY
Today Bob asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Which is what led up to Bob asking me why I was rolling around in the garden.

FRIDAY
I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put all ingredients in bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left.

SATURDAY
Bob did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy). For some reason Bob keeps counting to ten.

SUNDAY
Bob’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast. All I could find was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.

GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY
This has been a very exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Bob. If we could just get a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with Chocolate Moose.