Hosting a baby shower can turn out to be a big strain on your budget especially if you have a number of people attending.
One of the things that cost the most is prizes and favors.
Not only can the prizes and favors cost a lot, it is hard to find the type items that most anyone would like.
There was a time when your selections were a little easier because the attendees were typically all females.
Today baby showers often have males and females, which tends to make it even harder to get acceptable prizes and favors for everyone.
Hopefully the ideas below will help you out with this task on your check list for your upcoming baby shower.
Scenic Calendars There are a lot of calendars with beautiful scenic pictures or cute pet pictures.
These serve as a good item for both males and females.
Wall calendars are not very expensive and can be used by most everyone.
Picture Frames Another item that works well for both males and females are picture frames, especially if the recipient is also expecting to receive a picture of the new baby.
Fresh Flowers This might also be considered a homemade gift.
If you have fresh flowers in your yard then add them to an inexpensive vase, add a bow with trailing ribbon and you are good to go.
They can also be enjoyed by everyone during the baby shower and then taken home by the winner.
Decorative Candles Take a rubber band and use it to hold small baby toys, pacifiers, etc.
around a nicely scented candle.
The person receiving the prize can leave the small baby items behind for the mother and take the nice decorative candle home for themselves.
Handmade Gifts If you are handy at sewing, kitting or crocheting then any gift you make will be treasured by the receiver because they will understand the labor of love that went into them.
Filled Baby Bottles Fill several baby bottles with some tasty Dark Chocolates or other tasty candies.
Place the bottle in a Ziploc bag so the recipient can dump the candy into the bag and leave the bottle with the mom to be.
A Comfort Gift Bag Fill a gift bag with comfort items like hand soaps, lotions, bath salts, foot cream, etc.
These type items are often on sale which will help keep this prize from being a very expensive item.
Gift Wraps Some cute ideas for gift wraps are booties, disposable or cloth diapers and shower theme related gift bags.
Hope this started those creative juices flowing.
Even if you don't like the specific ideas above hopefully they will help you come up with some spin-off that will work for you.
One of the things that cost the most is prizes and favors.
Not only can the prizes and favors cost a lot, it is hard to find the type items that most anyone would like.
There was a time when your selections were a little easier because the attendees were typically all females.
Today baby showers often have males and females, which tends to make it even harder to get acceptable prizes and favors for everyone.
Hopefully the ideas below will help you out with this task on your check list for your upcoming baby shower.
Scenic Calendars There are a lot of calendars with beautiful scenic pictures or cute pet pictures.
These serve as a good item for both males and females.
Wall calendars are not very expensive and can be used by most everyone.
Picture Frames Another item that works well for both males and females are picture frames, especially if the recipient is also expecting to receive a picture of the new baby.
Fresh Flowers This might also be considered a homemade gift.
If you have fresh flowers in your yard then add them to an inexpensive vase, add a bow with trailing ribbon and you are good to go.
They can also be enjoyed by everyone during the baby shower and then taken home by the winner.
Decorative Candles Take a rubber band and use it to hold small baby toys, pacifiers, etc.
around a nicely scented candle.
The person receiving the prize can leave the small baby items behind for the mother and take the nice decorative candle home for themselves.
Handmade Gifts If you are handy at sewing, kitting or crocheting then any gift you make will be treasured by the receiver because they will understand the labor of love that went into them.
Filled Baby Bottles Fill several baby bottles with some tasty Dark Chocolates or other tasty candies.
Place the bottle in a Ziploc bag so the recipient can dump the candy into the bag and leave the bottle with the mom to be.
A Comfort Gift Bag Fill a gift bag with comfort items like hand soaps, lotions, bath salts, foot cream, etc.
These type items are often on sale which will help keep this prize from being a very expensive item.
Gift Wraps Some cute ideas for gift wraps are booties, disposable or cloth diapers and shower theme related gift bags.
Hope this started those creative juices flowing.
Even if you don't like the specific ideas above hopefully they will help you come up with some spin-off that will work for you.
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