Monday, July 7, 2008

Creating a Baby Shower Gift Basket

Creating a baby shower gift basket can be done in a lot of creative and original ways. You can go for the typical Diaper gift basket where you just stack some diapers up and finish off with a few twisted ribbons of blues and pinks depending on the gender of the baby. You can also go for themed baby shower gift baskets that contain baby items according to the theme you choose to work with.

Look Into Baby Shower Gift Registries

Nowadays, mothers are setting up gift registries for their baby showers. It is more practical and the mother will be able to get the present that she truly likes and that she can use for taking care of her baby.

Before making your baby shower gift basket, it would really help to look into the registry so that you will have a good idea of the things that the mother to be wants. From there, you will be able to choose a theme if you want to work with one and a way to narrow down your choices.

Additional Items

Some baby shower gift baskets contain only particular items of the same kind. For instance, a diaper baby shower gift basket may only contain a bunch of diapers in it but to make the basket more unique, you might want to put additional baby items such as pacifiers, baby bottles, rattles and other little baby items that add to the desired effect on your gift basket.

Themed Baby Shower Gift Baskets

You can work with themes too for your baby shower gift baskets. For example, if you want to work with a bath time theme, you could put items that the baby can use for bathing and grooming such as baby shampoo, baby soaps, a rubber ducky, robe and many more. You might also want to include a disposable camera for a shot of that first bath of mommy's little angel.

Another theme that you can work with is a scrap book theme. For many parents nowadays, making a scrap book seems to be the latest thing that they love doing for their babies as a piece of remembrance. For a scrap book baby shower gift basket, fill it with different kinds of scrap booking supplies and picture frame cutouts. This gift will surely last a lifetime.

The bedtime theme is a favorite. You can put some fairy tale books, soft blankets, musical CDs, puffy cushions, cuddly stuffed animals and other bedtime baby items to fill the bedtime themed gift basket.

You can also make a gift basket for the mother to be. A spa basket perhaps would definitely be something the mommy would appreciate. You can put in a scent that the mom really likes with a few candles to set that relaxing mood and a new robe and slippers to really achieve that spa-like effect.

Designing Your Baby Shower Gift Basket

When finding a basket, take into account its size. Remember that the bigger basket you have means the more you have to fill which entails more costs for you. That is why, most of the time guests prefer a medium-sized gift basket. As filler, you may want to use colorful scrunched raffia or shredded tissue layered at the bottom and the sides of the basket along with the baby items.

It would help a lot if you know the gender of the baby. It will be easier for you to choose the colors to work with in terms of the baby items as well as the ribbons that you will decorate your gift basket with.

Baby shower gift baskets are perhaps the most personalized presents to give the mommies to be in this special and memorable occasion. The moms can use these baskets too for other purposes after they take all of the baby items out and use them for raising the little ones. Choosing the theme to work with as well as the colors and decorative elements that you will put in it as finishing touches is a fun and exciting experience as baby shower guests and if you want your gift to be as unique, you can just mix and match items that are quite outlandish.

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