Baby shower favors are a great thing to have. It gives guests something to remember the day with. You can use these item for prizes, or gifts for all of the guests. Favors do not have to be elaborate, most guests do not expect a large gift. It is just a nice gesture to provide them with something special.
A list of things you can make:
- Soaps: You can purchase small individual soaps, or you can make your own. Melt down any soap, and use a mold to make the shape you would like. Use duckies, bears, or anything that will coordinate with a baby shower. Now wrap with a nice netting, and put a personalized tag on with a ribbon.
- Candy Wrappers: Purchase any candy bar, remove the paper wrapping. Print your own wrappers from your computer. These can be personalized in any way, and wrap the candy bars.
- Potpourri: Purchase nicely colored sachets, and fill with potpourri. Guests will love the scents, and it is very inexpensive. Add baby charms to the ribbon around the sachet.
- Cookies: Cookies make a great personal gift. You can use cutters to make different shapes. Ducks, bears, and babies are very cute. If you want to personalize it a little, add icing. Icing ads a small personal touch.
- Plants: A small plant is a very cute, and creative idea. If you have your own plant, you can use cuttings. Purchase small pots, and plant the cuttings. You can personalize the pots with ribbons, or paint.
- Candles: Purchase small, individual candles. You can use plain candles, the place them into netting. Wrap a nice ribbon around it, and add a small baby charm. You can also make your own small candles, search for instructions online. They are fairly simple to make.
- Seeds: Purchase small sachets, and seeds. Place a small amount of seeds in each sachet, and tie with a ribbon.
- Bookmarks: Use clip art, or personal pictures to make bookmarks. You can print them out, and laminate them. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the top, tie a small charm onto the top.
- Jewelry: Purchase beads at your local craft store. Make small pieces of jewelry for your guests. Pick colors that will go with your part. You can also use baby charms to make it more unique.
- Baby bottles: Bottles can be used for a few things. You can fill with small candies, or chocolates. You can also fill with confetti. Use paint to personalize each bottle for your guests.
- Picture: A personal memory of the day, could come with a picture. Have a Polaroid ready for your party. Take a picture of each guest with the guest of honor. This is a very easy, and cost effective gift. It will give every guest a personal memory of the special day.
All of these make great baby shower favors. You do not want to overwhelm yourself with favor ideas. Pick a couple of things that you will be interested in using. People do not expect to go home with an arm full of gifts. It is just a nice gesture to give them something personal to remember the day.
