Baby Shower Crafts: Welcoming the Newcomer
Baby shower crafts are a great way to convey to the parents your
hearty and welcoming attitude towards the expected arrival.
Crafts are the things that put a personal touch to your
participation. Gifts and monetary contributions are good things;
crafts lend human warmth and feeling to the whole affair.
There is virtually no end to baby shower crafts - the
possibilities are endless if you are creative and inventive
enough. Here are a few tips for the next baby shower you are
invited to.
Guess what single item the would-be mother is sure to need in
great numbers? That's right - diapers. She'll soon find out in
the coming days that hardly any item is more useful to her, at
least until the baby is old enough to receive toilet training!
Well, could this fact somehow be used for baby shower crafts?
Now, you could make a gift of diapers interesting by making it
look very nice. They can be arranged on a tray in a circular
fashion, held together by pins and glue, and you can use a toy
or a doll as the centerpiece to the whole arrangement. This is
known as a diaper cake. Diaper cakes are a popular and accepted
item of baby shower crafts.
Personalization is the key to successful and impressive baby
shower crafts. If the baby's name is already fixed, then find a
way to add it to the items. If you're planning on a spectacular
centerpiece like a ceramic baby bottle, glazed and decorated,
then paint the baby's name on it - and the date of birth too, if
it is known. Get it done in attractive lettering, or have one of
your artistically inclined friends to do it for you. Fill the
bottle with attractive tit-bits like fruits and nuts,
chocolates, toffees, and candies.
You should of course aim to provide the would-be parents with
stuff they'll need, but remember that utility alone is not
everything. Usefulness is good, but it is even better when
accompanied by love and warmth. Always try to express your
appreciation for the expectant couple's situation, and let your
baby shower crafts be guided by that - and, of course by your
fine artistic sense.