Don’t panic if you’ve left Mother’s Day preparations to the last minute — there are plenty of ways to celebrate without leaving the house, even if your family is spread across the country.
While the rolling back of coronavirus restrictions will come too late in most states for Mother’s Day this Sunday, some families have come up with creative ways to celebrate.
Robyn Adams lives with her husband in Brisbane; her mum, dad and sister are in Melbourne and her brother is in Perth.
They haven’t been together for Mother’s Day in five years.
“In our house Mum was working and then she came home and had another full-time job so it’s nice to do something special and acknowledge when you can.”
She saw a local art studio offering online paint pouring classes and ordered a kit for everyone in her family.
They will all do the class, produced by the Montana Art Project, via video conference this Sunday.
“They put silicon in the paint so it bubbles up, then y