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Baby Shower Gift Ideas

There’s not another occasion that calls for a celebration more than the ushering of a new child into the world. Children are truly a gift and a wonder!  But children won’t always be little kids forever.

One day their parents will wake up, and realize that their kids are bigger than they are. Pretty soon they willl go away and the house for good, to make their way into the world.

So this is all the more reason to celebrate children when they are still young and
still consider their parents their closest pals. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

You see, even before these beautiful children arrive, mothers-to-be are treated to a festive occasion that celebrates the coming of her new baby. This celebration is called a baby shower, and what’s a celebration without good food, some good time, and tons of presents?

This is where the guests come in. The guests are in charge of the gift-giving duties. Baby showers are a wonderful occasion for gift giving. It’s always fun to shop for things that a newborn baby will need. Just think of yourself as a modern day fairy godmother/father without the wand. This way, you will surely have a good time choosing just the right baby gift. Maybe, you might even get generous and buy two gifts!

There are so many baby shower gift ideas that you can chose from, that you will have trouble choosing just one. Some of the more popular baby shower gift ideas are:

baby shower gift basket- This includes everything. A lot of items that a baby will need, such as: blankets, towels, bottles, toothing toys, soft toys, comb and brush sets, etc.

baby savings bond- This is such a meaningful gift, a bit on the extravagant side. But if you can afford it, this is a gift that mother and child will both appreciate. Also, this will go a long way in taking care of the child’s financial needs.

baby gift registry-  This is the easiest way to buy a baby shower gift. Just browse through the list of the owner, it should tell you exactly what the mother wants. This way, you would not have to wrack your brains trying to guess what kind of gift the mother-to-be wants.

diapers- This may not seem like much, but baby diapers are essential to babies!
They need an endless supply of diapers. They go through them so quickly. Even if you are presenting a gift, you might also want to bring along a pack of diapers.

baby toys- Baby toys are such a fun gift! Plus, you can’t go wrong with baby toys. For newborn babies, less complicated toys are best such as: soft toys, baby rattles, books, etc. The more fancy toys are more suitable for toddlers. It is best to stick to the basic when buying toys for babies. Also, their safety must be considered. Stay away from toys that have pointed edges, are toxic, can be easily swallowed, etc.

gift certificates- These are a great gift to give, since gift certificates are very flexible. It allows the recipients to purchase things that they want, or things that they need, but didn’t received as a present. Gift certificates should not only be limited to baby products. A mother-to-be will also appreciate receiving a gift certificate that attends to her needs.

There are so many baby shower gift ideas to choose from that you are sure to find something that the baby and mother will love.

First Birthday Party Game and Activities

Do you want your baby to be thrilled by his or her first Birthday Party? Then you need to come up with interesting ideas for party games and activities. It’s not a problem to entertain one child, but if your guests are brining their babies too, then you better plan party activities in advance. Here are some ideas of the games to play during the party.

Rubber Ducky Bathtime

This little washing game will delight the children and parents with its emphasis on good, clean washing fun! All you need is a rubber ducky and a washcloth for each child, a washing basin, bars of soap and either some flour, breadcrumbs, syrup or molasses. Before the party take out the rubber ducks and make them look as dirty as possible. Dip them in molasses or corn syrup and roll them in flour, cereal, breadcrumbs, or whatever you’ve got (you get the picture). Store them in a tray in the freezer. Once the children are ready, round them to come around the washbasin and give the rubber ducks a bath. Pass them out on a tray and put each child to work (help them out, of course, if they need it). Once they’ve cleaned their ducks they each get to take their clean ducky home with them!

Animals and the Sounds They Make

Gather up an eclectic mix of stuffed animals, plastic animal toys or animal puppets into a toy basket. With each animal, hold up the toy and ask the children, “What’s this?” and “What kind of noise does this animal make?” Go through all the animals at least once. Soon the children will be meowing and bowing and hissing and mooing in unison. Let the children play with the soft animal toys afterwards!

Bubble Popping Contest

Use either a bubble machine or get someone to blow bubbles so the children can catch and pop them by clapping their hands. If you have a cat that’s safe around small children, you may want to let him or her join in! Put on some fun music and let the popping begin!

Sandbox

If you have a sand pit, hide toys (small trucks are ideal!) and sweets in plastic containers and have the kids dig for them. They can go one at a time for say a minute each and keep what they can find and place in the bucket (but make sure you have enough to go round if clever diggers uncover most of the goodies early on!) If you have no sandpit, you can fill a large box or paddling pool with sand instead for the day.

It’s a Story Time

Gather the children around for a cozy story time or, if you’re feeling creative, coordinate a puppet show for the kids. Use bought or homemade sock puppets or your child’s toys, and try to get at least one other person to help out. Hang a portable coat rack with a red blanket or curtain as a partition and stage the puppet play just above it. Sure to capture the awe and giggles of the children! Narrate and act out one of your child’s favorite educational storybooks. Remember to read with lots of expression to keep them enchanted!

See other First Birthday Party Ideas including games, party decoration tips, and free printable invitations.

About the Author: Oleg Khasimkhanov is a father of two loving children. He thinks kids are our future and we should constantly learn how to contribute to their development. He was amazed when discovered that building a themed website is a great way to learn and share knowledge at the same time. Look at his website about Ideas for Kids Birthday Parties.

Baby Showers To Remember

Every mother wants an enchanting baby shower for her new baby ranging from shower decorations to invitation. These baby showers are a mere cakewalk essential for the baby care by both the parents. Not only baby shower themes revolve around Rubber Duckies, Diapers, and Bottles but also involves like shower decorations, shower recipes.

Well there is a difference between extra and extraordinary and that is ‘extra’. This baby showers is truly an extraordinary achievements that help parents achieve their goal for their babies. Special baby shower includes decorations to the food and favors, special touches that will mother’s baby extra especial.

Baby showers nowadays start getting into progress during the mother’s pregnancy time only. All kinds of nursery colors can be used for baby especially for its napkins. The mother decides the colors. Usually pink is the opted color. The baby shower can have themes like bottle, diapers, etc. The guests are assigned a specific time and asked to come with gift and present it to the newly born baby or its mother. All parents must ensure that all babies clothing will be in multiples.

Babies theme can be given a green signal by introducing classes for babies; for instance the babies can start by learning their first school lesson through the alphabet letters. Baby shower really offers the theme required by the babies as they are born and brought up. Without this theme it would be difficult for parents to curl their babies.

There are various showers here like Office Party, Shower of Multiples, Baby Quilt Shower, Teddy Bear Shower, Baby Quilt Shower, Diaper Shower. Like in office party showers parents expecting more number of babies are advised to throw party upon guests and being given the multiple babies photos and asked to recognize who’s who and as they win in recognizing the respective babies; they are given prizes.