Baby Shower Favors Ideas and Tips

By: Susan Whitehead

Cute Ideas for Baby Shower Favors.

Even though guests shouldn't expect to leave any party with anything, it is always a nice gesture to give parting guests baby shower favors. Here are some instructions for simple and easy baby shower favors that you can make at home. By making the favors yourself, not only can you save money, but the handmade baby shower favors can be personalized easily to reflect the tastes of the mom-to-be and the theme of the shower!

Baby Bottles - Even your local dollar store can be a great place to find favor ideas. Plastic baby bottles can be filled with chocolate, candies, Jordan almonds, jelly beans, bath beads or bath salts. Tie some ribbon around the neck with a tag that says "Thank You" with the mom's and baby's names on it.

Baby Booties - Filled with candies, wrapped chocolates, gum balls, you can tie these at the tops with ribbons and a tag, much like the baby bottles.

Organza or Net Bags - You can find these in the wedding section of most major craft retailers. Fill with candies, bath salts, chocolates, etc.

Plastic Bottles or Glass Jars - It's not too hard to find these types of containers. If you don't see them locally, search online and you can order them in large quantities. Fill them with bath salts, bubble bath, shower gel or even baby powder. You can tie a tag on them that has a cute verse about showering them like they showered the mom-to-be!

Tea Cups - Some baby shower hostesses have purchased tea cups and a flat of flowers and put one flower in each mug for beautiful baby shower favors. A great place to find odds and ends tea cups is at local garage sales and thrift shops. Find some with pretty flowers painted on the sides. You can also fill the tea cups with candle gel and a wick for another fun favor idea.

Flower Pots - With a cute tag telling the recipient to nurture their plant as the new mom will nurture her new baby, you could give guests small flower pots and seed packets or bulbs for tulips or daffodils for them to plant and grow some flowers. If you want to do more, decorate the flower pot with acrylic paints or rub-on sayings or pictures found in the scrapbooking section of craft stores. You can even get a simple foam stamp to decorate them.

Candy Bar Wrappers - You've seen those expensive candy bar wrappers you can order, but why not make your own? These are perfect baby shower favors for parties that take place after the baby has arrived! Just purchase a large quantity of candy bars from your local warehouse store like Sam's or Costco and take one wrapper off to measure the size of the wrapper. Now you have a template. Create a wrapper using your favorite software and add special details like the baby's name, birthday, weight and length and don't forget to add the parent's names as the "manufacturer". For ingredients, try words like "sugar and spice and all things nice," "love," "snips, snails and puppy dog tails."

There are so many ways you can make inexpensive baby shower favors that your guests will really love. Even something as simple as a bar of glycerin soap tied with a pretty ribbon is a nice gift most people will enjoy. Look for sales and clearance items to really save money, but have the look of an expensive gift.

Baby shower favors that you make at home are personal gifts that add a great touch. Not only does it make your guests happy, but it shows the mom-to-be that you care for her friends, too! Have fun making your homemade baby shower favors!