Make Your Gift Unique

Baby showers are a joyous occasion for both the parents and the guests. It’s a time to celebrate the creation of life, and no celebration is complete without gifts. Of course, you can purchase items off of the baby shower registry, but what if you want to give something more personalized as well? To ensure that your present is unique, you can either make the entire baby gift at home, personalize a store-bought item or buy something online that you wouldn’t find at your typical baby department store.

Homemade Baby Gifts

Crafty folks can use their skills and create some rather interesting gifts, right at home. To create a homemade gift you need time, talent and oh yes! patience. If you know how to knit, sew or crochet, you can make a baby blanket, a pair of booties, a cap etc. If you love scrapbooking, you could create a decorative scrapbook. The parents can then fill the scrapbook with wonderful memorabilia once the baby arrives. If you are good at baking, why not ask the the person throwing the baby shower if you could bake the cake for the party?

Buy and Personalize Baby Gifts

If you think that none of those ideas work for you, you can still make a homemade baby gift. There are homemade baby gift sets/kits, which provide you with step-by-step instructions. Apart from patience and time, nothing much is required to create homemade baby gifts using these kits. The internet is a great place to get some creative ideas on how to make your own photo frame, photo albums, baby toys and more.

Personalized Baby Gifts: If you don’t have too much time on your hands but still want to make a homemade baby gift, you could pick up a baby item from the store and personalize it. All you need for such a project is a little imagination, so that you can turn a regular looking store-bought baby product into a unique gift.

Ask the mom-to-be the baby’s gender, and the name that the parents have decided on. (You might also want to wait until the baby is born to add any personalized elements and give the gift later.) It is also useful to know the theme that they are planning to use for the baby’s nursery.

Once you have this information, you can shop for things like a bib-set, blanket, baby clothing etc. Get the baby’s name embroidered on them. You need to be sure of how the baby’s name would be spelled. You can also have personalized messages embroidered on the item. For instance, “Aunt Jessica’s favorite niece.”

If you buy a wooden toy, you can also paint the baby’s name on it somewhere, but be sure to use non-toxic paint.

Yet another great idea is to get toys and furnishings for the nursery, as per the theme. You can get the baby’s name printed on the furniture to give it a personal touch. Make sure that the stuffed toys and furnishings that you get blend with the theme that the parents have chosen.

Baby Shower Gift Basket: Create your own delightful gift basket with a handful of small items requested on the registry and/or add some of your own personally chosen items. For example, you can make a feeding-themed or bath-themed basket. Try to match the color of the basket to the nursery theme for an added touch. All you will need is the basket, cellophane, ribbons and tissue paper or other fillers.

Unique Baby Gift Ideas

If you just don’t have enough time to personalize it yourself but want to give a unique gift, you can search for some unique baby gift ideas online.  There are many online stores catering to baby gifts and personalized items. Here are just a few with highlights to get you started:

• Bama Babies & Birthdays: unique gifts, personalized items, Melissa & Doug wooden toys
• Take a Stroll Baby Gift Gallery: personalized gifts, nursery items, baby clothes
• Pretty Baby Gifts: unique gifts, personalized gifts, gifts on a budget
• For Baby Gifts: handpicked baby gifts from the web’s best stores

Be sure to allow enough lead time to order them in time for the baby shower.