Crafts For Baby Shower Decorating
By Criss White, Fri Dec 9th
/p> Planning a baby shower? Baby showers are a great opportunity forartistic people to make their own decorations and gifts. Hereare some fine ideas for baby shower crafts: 1) Baby shower gift baskets - Gift baskets are a great centerpiece or gift. Many of the items in the basket canbe handcrafted. Some ideas include candles, soap, ceramicfigurines, and personalized jelly jars. 2) Diaper cakes - A diaper cake is an easy to make gift orcenterpiece for a baby shower. This is a great gift idea for theperson hosting and planning the shower. Basically, get a lot ofdiapers and attach them together with pins or glue. You can usetowels or blankets to wrap around the outside of each layer andadd a teddy bear or other centerpiece on top of the diaper cake.The new mother will have plenty of diapers and gifts she can usefrom the diaper cake and it looks great as a centerpiece too.
3) Baby Bottle centerpiece - A large baby bottle centerpiece isa great idea for baby showers. The bottle can be filled withcandy, nuts, and other treats for your guests. The bottle can bemade of clay or ceramics and hardened in an oven. It can then bepainted and glazed. You can also purchase plastic bottlecenterpieces and then use artwork to design a personalizedlabel. 4) Baby shower candles - Another fine idea for baby showercrafts is making themed candles.
A simple way to do this is getsome cookie cutters or molds shaped in baby themed items, likerubber ducks or teddy bears. Instead of cookie batter, fill themolds with hot wax and insert wick. The candles can also bepainted and make great decorations for the dinner table. 5) Banners and streamers - You can design your own banners andstreamers for baby showers. With a graphics program on yourcomputer, play around with different colors and fonts to seewhich ones look best. You can save your artwork to disk and takeit to your local printer to have them print out full sizebanners. For an added touch, attach pacifiers or mini pacifiersto the banners when you hang them around the walls. There are so many great ideas for making your own baby showerdecorations and gifts. With just a little time and effort, youcan make your baby shower a memorable occasion. About the Author - Criss White is a professional web writeron baby and new mother topics for baby and pregnancy websites.To see other related items, go to BabyShower Crafts(http://www.101babyshowerideas.com/bscrafts.htm) and BabyShower Favors to Make(http://www.101babyshowerideas.com/makefavors.htm). Note: If youfind this article useful, you may reprint it on your website,e-zine, or in your newsletter as long as the credits aboveremain in tact and the hyperlinks stay active. About the author:None |
