Fae Savignano, EVP, Honorary Office Mom, and sweepstakes expert extraordinaire, provided this Mother’s Day sweepstakes post.

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Now if you are considering running a traditional Mother’s Day Sweepstakes, please take a look at our previously shared Mother’s Day ideas and blogs, Double The Mother’s Day Fun! and Mother’s Day Promotion Ideas for inspiration and thought starters. However, if you want to “step outside the box” consider adding some Mother’s Day humor into your next sweepstakes. Here are some creative and fun inspired ideas that you can promote as a Mother’s Day sweepstakes with a random drawing from all the entries you will receive from your website, social media channels, text and/or at point of sale, plus your brand will gather some fun user generated content in the process.

1. Your Mom Said What? Send in your best Mom Quotes, you know you have one!
2. A picture only a Mom could love! Send in the worst photo of yourself that your Mom thinks is just beautiful. An old school photo, maybe?
3. My Mom can do it all! Send a picture of your Mom doing it all or tell us about the incredible Herculean feats she has accomplished.
4. My Mom picked this out for me! Send in a picture of the worst outfit your Mom made you wear. If you can’t find the picture because you threw it out, tell us about it and be descriptive.
5. Funny Mother’s Day messages! Send in a copy of the funniest mother’s day message you wrote to Mom or a really funny card you sent her.
6. Funny Mother’s Day family photo. We all have to get in the photo, or do we? Why are we dressed the same? If you have that picture you just have to share it with everyone.
7. Yep, I made it all by myself! Handmade presents are the best, aren’t they? Well Mom loves them and that’s all that matters. What did you make/bake for your Mom that was truly not edible but she ate it anyway, or was indistinguishable but she loved it no matter what, because she’s a Mom.
8. We all chipped in and bought you this! Send in a photo of the funniest present you gave your Mom which she loved of course and proudly displays it every year.
9. No, this was the funniest Mother’s Day ever! Send us your story about your personal funniest Mother’s Day. Come on share it, please.

For any sweepstakes you plan on running, remember that there are rules and regulations that you must follow in order to be compliant with all local, state, and federal laws. And, you should always double check every element of the sweepstakes before releasing it to the general public. Therefore, we highly recommend that you contact us to assist you in administering your next Mother Day sweepstakes and authoring the official rules that will ensure a successful and legally compliant promotion.

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