OT - baby shower centerpieces the mom-to-be can actually use

[tms295psu]

My younger sister is expecting her first child this summer. (Excited for her but also know its going to be a challenge financially, she is only 20!!)

I've volunteered to host her baby shower... I was hoping to not waste money on decor that will end up in the trash. Centerpieces seem to cost $$ so I was looking for ideas that would make them useable for the new mommy.

My experience with giving them to guests as a prize is they end up shoved in a closet or tossed soon after, what do you really do with a floating rubber duck candle centerpiece at home. Lol !!!

 

[Fort Bordeaux]

Totally agree with you. Could you do one table with 3 small bottles of whatever brand she is using with a ribbon around it another table with a mini diaper cake. You could do a medicine table with baby tynleol and oral gel. Good luck

 

[java]

Make mini diaper cakes for the tables for your sister to take home. There are tons of tutorials online - and you can add as much "stuff" as you want making the cost up to you.

Does she have a nursery theme?

 

[Canooknic]

How about something like these? http://www.thebumpcompany.co.uk/baby-clothing-bouquets

You can make little flowers out of socks, bibs, washcloths and onesies (I just included the website so you could see what I mean)

 

[mrzrich]

Absolutely. Small versions of diaper cakes. I used siz 2 diapers because me DD got lots of newborn and size 1 as gifts. A few months later she had some size 2 diapers to use.

 

[momto3pirates]

Diaper cakes!! Then decorate the "cake" with other baby goodies-pacifiers, small bottles, bottle brush in the middle, digital thermometer etc. I did my sister's and used cloth diapers, can be used as burp towels, for the bottom layer. I used newborn disposable diapers for the second layer and made sure to leave the rest of the pack. It turned out really cute and all of it was used after the baby was born.

 

[stsomewhere]

You could use plants/ flowers for center pieces and give them away as prizes.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

Diaper cakes! The girls that hosted my shower made beautiful diaper cakes as centerpieces (full size, not the mini ones) and they were the best possible thing I could have asked for I ended up with hundreds of diapers They used sizes from newborn - 3 and decorated the cakes with small sample size packs of diaper rash cream, soaps, creams, powder, etc (babies r us has small boxes of these for about $3 on the end caps, they work great or sign up for free samples in the mail). The base of the cake, or cake "plate", was a piece of cardboard wrapped in a receiving blanket. Everything about them was perfect! I plan on doing the same thing for my cousin for her baby shower this spring

 

[sayheyrenee]

At my shower, the center pieces were baby products wrapped in cellophane with pretty bows and a latex balloons. For example one was baby shampoos, another baby wash, and year another were baby food jars. They all came home with me and were not waisted. I figure its not a huge expense compared to flowers or crafty it's that will get trashed.

 

[secretpantssam]

I love the diaper cake idea!

 

[DVCBELLE]

Check pinterest...you could also do baby bottles made out of diapers or onesies and onesie cupcakes...that would make a variety of centerpieces all baby themed.

 

[Manders77]

Love the diaper cake ideas. When I had my baby shower my mom did the centerpieces in kids beach toys. We lived in Florida at that time so those toys came in handy for us.

 

[MSSANDRA]

We have done large clear, crystal bowls filled with color appropriate baby items. Pink or blue, socks, bibs, toys, anything really and add ribbon, tissue paper or bows to fill it out.

 

[lady9]

How about baskets with children's books? At my sister's shower, we asked each guest to bring his/her favorite or children's favorite book for the new baby. It was a nice start to their library.

 

[chris31997]

Along with the basket idea, you could fill one with what she would need for baby like soap, food, bottles, wipes, lotion, etc.....

You could even turn it into a game and remove it and see who was paying attention to it

 

[bababear_50]

A whole basket of these would be soooo cute
need -diaper .washcloth. baby sock, googlie eyes.



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Hugs Mel

 

[pls5286]

My mom always wraps the gifts in receiving blankets and uses baby wash rags for bows secured with diaper pins. She passed this idea on to me.

Another thought is if there are several family members or close friends willing to go in together to help her get the big things like a crib etc they could put in the normal of what they spend and she will get what she needs.

Most of the larger hospitals will help with infant safety seats.

Check around the area for pregnancy centers. They will help her with items she need too. When an unexpected job loss hit me during a complicated preg. finding resources available was a life saver.

 

[zuzu310]

Ooohhh....I found this on pinterest just the other day!!! Cupcake onesies! These are just so cute!

http://club.chicacircle.com/cupcake-onesies-gift-idea/

 

[holycow]

This is perfect! I'm hosting my DDil baby shower on the 19th and needed ideas for center pieces.

Thanks!

Bababear! Those are super cute!

 

[mrzrich]

Just wanted to share a game that I made for my DD shower. There are lots of games available for free if your search the web. This one is my own creation. Feel free to use and share.

http://pdfcast.org/pdf/tv-moms

Answers

1 -M
2- K
3 -O
4- G
5- C
6 -E
7 -I
8 -L
9- N
10- Q
11-J
12- B
13- T
14- F
15 -S
16 -D
17 -H
18- P
19- A
20- R

It went over well because the older guest knew the old shows and the younger guests knew the newer shows. Our group had a tie, which we resolved by having the two tied players name the TV shows that the characters were from.