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Finding Unique Baby Shower Gifts That the Mom-to-Be Will Surely Love

Receiving an invitation to a baby shower usually means that you have to bring a gift to grace the occasion. And choosing unique baby shower gifts can seem to be a challenge, especially if you don’t have children of your own. But contrary to popular belief, everyday baby items can make unique gifts -- you just need to find ways to give them a more personal touch to show just how special these items are and that you are giving them to a very special person.

Take diapers, for instance. By themselves, they don't seem to be very glamorous. But there are some companies that offer diaper services; you can buy a "subscription" for the mother-to-be and she will receive a supply of diapers for several months, depending on the package you chose. These unglamorous diapers then become unique baby shower gifts because of the manner in which they were given -- not to mention the fact that you so are so thoughtfully freeing mommy from the problem of having to buy diapers for a number of months!

Other unique gifts for babies involve the creation of memories. You might consider giving the expectant parents a bronzing kit so that they can immortalize their baby's handprints or footprints and keep it as a memento of the early days of their child's life. Some companies offer elegant keepsake boxes where the parent can store a lock of their baby's hair, the baby's birth certificate, and other memorabilia. Or you can give baby jewelry, such as a bracelet or necklace. You can personalize these gifts even more by having them engraved with the baby's name. But if the parents haven't decided on a name yet, there's always the option of going back to the merchant to have the keepsake box or jewelry engraved after the baby arrives.

Practical and useful infant items make great gifts for babies. Give a set of towels, wash cloths, bibs, or onesies with the baby's name embroidered on them, or perhaps any message or saying that has a personal meaning for the parents. You can also gather baby supplies like feeding bottles, booties, bath soaps, baby powder, and bath toys, and arrange them in a basket or a baby tub; wrap the whole thing in colored plastic or fine netting, and you have a unique yet practical baby shower gift.

It takes just a little stretch of the imagination and a bit of time and effort to find unique baby shower gifts. But seeing and feeling the recipient's appreciation and pleasure at the gift you give will more than make up for any inconvenience you had to undergo to get it.

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Options for Practical Yet Inexpensive Baby Shower Gifts

Finding an appropriate gift to give for a baby shower need not be a harrowing, time-consuming, and expensive. There are countless options open to you if your budget only allows you to give inexpensive baby shower gifts. And many of these gifts, though inexpensive, are beautiful, useful, and will be highly appreciated by the recipient, especially if they are presented in a pleasing and attractive manner.

Instead of giving just one high-priced gift, you can break your budget down to allow for several inexpensive baby shower gifts. Small but useful items like diapers, diaper pins, feeding bottles, bibs, baby socks, and wash cloths are very inexpensive, costing just a few dollars each. To maximize cost-effectiveness, you should make a note of any special sales that stores hold regularly because items will be marked down, making them even more affordable.

As mentioned earlier, presentation counts for a lot if you're giving cheap baby party gifts. You could try this idea: get a small baby tub or basin and fill it with bath products for the baby: shampoo, soap, wash cloths, rubber ducky thermometer, and an assortment of bath toys. Or maybe you could choose items that an infant would need for a day at the beach and arrange them in a pail: a swimsuit, towels, sun screen, even baby shades! Even if the infant isn't able to use these items immediately, they will come in handy months later when the baby is old enough and when summer comes.

A gift basket is also an attractive way to present cheap baby party gifts. Just get a basket -- plastic or wicker will do -- and fill it with the kind of baby supplies that you know the parents will be able to use during the early part of their baby's life: diapers, feeding bottles, pacifiers; as well as something fun too -- a rattle or a small plush toy. If your budget allows it, you should include an inexpensive item or two for the mother or father as well.

If you are the type of person who is handy with a sewing machine, does fine needlework, or is otherwise gifted in the talent of making handicraft, making your own present to give as cheap baby party gifts would be best. In addition to saving on cost, your gift will surely be accepted with pleasure because the mom and dad-to-be will appreciate the fact that you spent time and gave something of yourself especially for them and their coming baby.

Inexpensive baby shower gifts can be just as appealing and will be appreciated by the recipients as much as their more costly counterparts. They will be even more so if you devote a small amount of your time to making the entire package look as attractive as possible.

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Using a Baby Shower Footprint Invitation to Add to the Infanticipation

Using a baby shower footprint invitation to ask special friends and relatives to participate in the celebration of the arrival of the latest addition to the family has been popular among many people for many years. Nearly everything associated with babies can bring out expressions of tenderness in a large number of individuals, and seeing the image of a baby’s footprint on a baby shower invitation brings home the fact to the guest that yes, a baby is arriving and yes, you are being invited to celebrate its coming.

There are numerous ways to make a baby shower footprint invitation. It can be drawn by hand using various art materials. Watercolors, crayons, colored pencils – all these are suitable for making this baby shower invitation design come to life. It can be just the silhouette of a baby’s foot or it can look like the imprint of real feet, complete with the lines and whorls seen on the skin.

You can also opt to print baby shower footprint invitations and you can make use of various computer software and hardware tools to make the task easier yet be no less creative. Using image editing programs, you can create baby footprints as the highlight of the baby shower invitation design. Alternatively, you may also download free ready-made images; there are numerous sites that offer baby footprint clip arts at no charge. Once you have the design you want, all you have to do is add the text and print the finished product on your desktop printer.

Another good way to make baby shower footprint invitations is to buy a set of rubber stamps of various shapes and inks of different colors. This can be an especially fun project because it can involve the efforts of other children. If the expecting mother already has older children and if she is the one holding the shower, she can ask them to help her stamp the invitations; this will make them feel that they have a greater role in the preparation for the coming of their baby brother or sister.

An embossed baby shower invitation design is also an attractive option. You can either do this yourself or pay a professional invitation designer to make them for you. Here, the baby footprint seems to be raised, giving the card a three-dimensional feel. This is an especially elegant idea, more so if the paper used is in muted colors. In any case, commercial invitation providers usually have an array of designs and materials from which you can choose to suit the theme of the baby shower.

The method of asking guests to come to a special occasion like a baby shower can be made even more meaningful with a baby shower footprint invitation. It is not only a piece of paper that is admired for a while and then discarded; it can also be a keepsake of an exciting prelude that is to come.