When you’re looking for unique gift ideas for a baby shower, you can’t go wrong with a gift basket – it’s a fun way to put together an endless combination of presents, while giving it your own personalized touch! Whether you’re putting one together for a baby girl or boy, it’s a thoughtful gift idea that you can customize down to the last cute detail, while making a wonderful impression at a baby shower.
If you’re feeling creative, it’s easy to put your own gift basket together for a new baby – craft stores are a great place to start, offering a host of different-sized baskets, whimsical decorations and trimmings, tissue paper, ribbons and other special touches you can add to make your very own personalized baby gift. Here are a few tips to get you started:
- First, you’ll want to purchase the items you’re putting inside the basket first; that way, you can determine how large a basket or other container you’ll need.
- Next, decide upon a theme: do you want to make it an all-pink and super-girly basket for a baby girl, or is it a gift basket for a little boy, where maybe a baseball-themed basket (complete with tiny baseball cap or team t-shirt) might be an adorable option? You can also create the gift basket by choosing a specific category of items – clothing, toys, baby grooming items, bath-time, and so on.
- Choose what kind of container you want to present your gifts in – it doesn’t necessarily have to be a traditional woven basket. Use your imagination – if you’re doing a bath-themed gift basket, opt for a baby bathtub and trim with rubber duckies; if you’re giving the mother-to-be a wardrobe for the baby, use a little laundry basket or diaper bag. Selecting items other than actual baskets to give your gifts in is not only a fun alternative, but practical, as the parents can use these items long after the gift has been unwrapped!
- Finally, the fun part – decorating your basket! Once you’ve got all of your gift-items gathered together, you’ll want to arrange them inside the container. Craft stores carry a wide range of miniature ornamentations (such as tiny plastic baby bottles and dolls, rattles, toys, flowers, etc.) that you can easily glue on to the basket itself or onto the wrapping – you may want to use clear or colored cellophane so that the contents of the basket are visible; it also makes for a great presentation! Secure the wrapping with a bow and some tape and voilá – you’ve got a memorable baby shower gift that your hostess will remember for years to come!