Baby Gift Baskets For Showers And Newborn Gifts
If you are wondering what to buy for a baby gift or baby shower
gift, then you may be faced with something of a dilemma. You
will know that the parents probably need practical things, as
does the forthcoming or newborn baby. The parents will probably
also like items that are attractive, while a new baby will not
care one little bit what their clothes, bedding or any other
baby items look like. An attractively presented baby gift basket
helps the gift buyer to reach a compromise, and solve their
dilemma.
It is certainly fine, if not desirable, to focus on practical
baby gifts, whether they are to be presented at a baby shower or
directly at some other time; before or after the new baby is
born. That then leaves the desire of the parents, and the person
giving, to receive or offer a gift that is attractive. With a
gift basket, you can combine the practical gifts with some
pretty and attractive necessities, thus making an ideal gift
offering to celebrate the birth.
Many of the things parents will really need for a new baby are
quite mundane, to say the least. Diapers, baby powder, baby soap
and other seemingly trivial items are really necessities, and
will be welcome gifts for a new baby. However, individually they
do not make gifts that most of us would like to give. Despite
that, mixing the baby powder, diapers and wet wipes with some
toys, and then presenting them nicely, can bring about a
transformation. That is where baby gift baskets really come into
their own.
For example, you could have a diaper bag as a "basket" and
include a few baby toys, such as plastic ducks, baby rattle, and
cuddly bear, together with more practical items like a wash
cloth set, baby manicure set, picture frame, flannel baby
blanket, gel teether, comb & brush set, and baby wash.
Another type of example would be an educational mix in a
coloured wicker basket. You could use blue, pink or neutral
colours for the basket, then for the gifts choose items like
board books, soft toys with classical sounds, colouring crayons
and a colouring book. Such gifts will be appreciated more later,
of course, but they are good to have in hand when the baby is
born as babies soon take an interest in pictures.
There are many permutations of gifts once you have made that
decision to give a baby gift basket either at a shower, or after
the baby has been born. There is also one plus for you: it can
be great fun making up a basket gift yourself, or even choosing
one online. For a baby shower, a cookie gift basket could
offered as an additional basket, to provide part of shower
feast.