Affordable Tips on Creating Baby Shower Gift Baskets

You've maxed out your credit card spending for the food and decorations for your baby shower, leaving you with a very tight budget for shopping for baby shower gift baskets. Have no fear, though, because there are still ways for you to create affordable gifts your guests will be happy to take home.

Handmade Crafts
They can range from knitted mobile phone cases to cross stitch works and hand-painted ceramics. Most of these will require materials you can readily find at home. The greatest cost it will require from you is a portion of your time and effort, but surely that's better than having to further dent your pockets?

Homemade Delicacies
If you're not good at crafts then maybe your talents lie in the kitchen? Baking artfully cut and designed cookies and other delicacies are another excellent idea to make up your baby shower gift basket.

If you choose to please your guests through their stomachs, make sure of course, that you stick in line with your baby shower theme. Cookies can be shaped like rattles while brownies can be placed in colorful handcrafted carriages. Make sure they're packaged properly so that they won't end up spoiling before your guests even reach their homes.

Trinkets
Visit thrift shops and other small stores that specialize in selling accessories and trinkets. You'll usually enjoy discounts by buying them in bulks. Choose items that you think would make a great addition to your baby shower gift basket. Consider buying at least four or five types of items. When you get home, take one of each then bundle them all together in your baby shower gift basket.

The important idea to remember here is that more is better. Rather than give away one expensive item, settle instead for several less expensive items. One item, no matter how expensive, won't fill up a baby shower gift basket.

Confetti and Decor
Use crushed flowers, confetti, and colorful strips of paper as filling in your baby shower gift basket. These not only add to the visual appeal of your guests take-home gifts but they also make the gift basket seem fuller than it really is.

Handwritten Messages
Rather than spend more money on printing out cards for your baby shower gift baskets, summon your skills in art and writing to design your own cards and personalize your message for each guest. All this will add up to a thoughtful gesture that your guests are sure to appreciate.