Friday, February 20, 2009

Eye-Catching Centerpieces for the Mom-to-Be

By Sophia C.

Are you hosting a Baby Shower for some special parent's-to-be? If so, here are some quick and cute ideas to create baby shower displays for the event:

Diaper Cake This is one of the cutest baby shower centerpieces ever imagined. Using a bag of disposable diapers, you create round "cake" layers by binding together handfuls of the diapers. Then stack the layers into a layer cake shape and attach them together with tape or ribbons. Once you've done that, you can add small baby accessories like pacifiers, baby bottles, rattles and small toys all around the sides of the layers or hanging off the sides. Then add a top to the cake with a small stuffed toy, baby bank or balloons. The parents can take the diaper cake home with them at the end of the shower and use all the items for their new baby.

Baby Gift Basket What a practical and sweet centerpiece to make for the baby shower. Find a nice sized willow or wicker basket with a sturdy handle and decorate it with ribbons or fabric in baby prints or pastels. If you know the sex of the baby, use either pink or blue, if not then use a pale yellow or green. Once you have it all decorated, simply set it in the middle of the table and place baby gifts inside. As the guests of the baby shower come in, they too can add to the basket to fill it up. The basket will get years of use after the shower ends as it can be used to stack diapers, clothes or toys for the baby's room.

Noah's Ark This super cute baby shower centerpiece is suitable for anyone expecting twins or multiples. As you shop for the baby shower, pick up several of the same stuffed animals, baby animal toys or other baby toys and tie them together in bunches of two of more. Then tie each bundle to a helium balloon, which are then placed together in a grouping or box on the table to be used as a centerpiece. The parents can then take them home the tie them to each of the baby cribs or bassinets to decorate the nursery. Each child will have their own special toy to enjoy.

Rubber Ducks- A fishbowl filled with various rubber duckies makes a cute centerpiece for the baby shower. Guests, including any siblings-to-be, can take home a rubber duckie as a favor. You can even plan your shower games or door prizes ahead of time by writing a number on their underside. To make it even cuter, you will want to make sure there is a larger "mommy and daddy" duckie in the bowl for the parents-to-be to take home with them to enjoy. An adorable alternative to the glass fishbowl is to fill a baby bathtub half full with water and let the rubber duckies "swim" in the water.

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