Planning a baby shower? Baby showers are a great opportunity for
artistic people to make their own decorations and gifts. Here
are some fine ideas for baby shower crafts:
1) Baby shower gift baskets - Gift baskets are a great baby
shower centerpiece or gift. Many of the items in the basket can
be handcrafted. Some ideas include candles, soap, ceramic
figurines, and personalized jelly jars.
2) Diaper cakes - A diaper cake is an easy to make gift or
centerpiece for a baby shower. This is a great gift idea for the
person hosting and planning the shower. Basically, get a lot of
diapers and attach them together with pins or glue. You can use
towels or blankets to wrap around the outside of each layer and
add a teddy bear or other centerpiece on top of the diaper cake.
The new mother will have plenty of diapers and gifts she can use
from the diaper cake and it looks great as a centerpiece too.
3) Baby Bottle centerpiece - A large baby bottle centerpiece is
a great idea for baby showers. The bottle can be filled with
candy, nuts, and other treats for your guests. The bottle can be
made of clay or ceramics and hardened in an oven. It can then be
painted and glazed. You can also purchase plastic bottle
centerpieces and then use artwork to design a personalized
label.
4) Baby shower candles - Another fine idea for baby shower
crafts is making themed candles. A simple way to do this is get
some cookie cutters or molds shaped in baby themed items, like
rubber ducks or teddy bears. Instead of cookie batter, fill the
molds with hot wax and insert wick. The candles can also be
painted and make great decorations for the dinner table.
5) Banners and streamers - You can design your own banners and
streamers for baby showers. With a graphics program on your
computer, play around with different colors and fonts to see
which ones look best. You can save your artwork to disk and take
it to your local printer to have them print out full size
banners. For an added touch, attach pacifiers or mini pacifiers
to the banners when you hang them around the walls.
There are so many great ideas for making your own baby shower
decorations and gifts. With just a little time and effort, you
can make your baby shower a memorable occasion.
About the Author - Criss White is a professional web writer
on baby and new mother topics for baby and pregnancy websites.
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