The Daniels here and now: Baby shower gifts

Our church is a fruitful church. That means we have about 4 mums expecting in a year. When one falls off the list, another one comes on! Our creche, kidzchurch, and teen groups are bursting with kids.
So with these babies on the way, comes baby showers. And with baby showers comes the question: What do I get for this Mum? There are new mums, second timers, third timers....

There are cute things , and the essentials...
I am definitely sure , no mum would say " no " to diapers. And why not gifting them diapers? It may look boring , but there are tons of ways to make them look "gift type". There are tons of ideas you can find on the internet. Here are a few that I have done.

Here is an example of a gift basket I made for a recent baby shower.

A cute pink basket (with diapers, pacifier, baby bath, baby bath oil, body cream for the mum, bibs, spit cloth). Wrap in clear plastic and tie a bow. Use baby stickers to glorify the basket.

A diaper cake with a cute teddy bear and essentials

Diaper cake with a pink pair of booties

simple diaper cake

Diaper tractor with bibs

Diapers can also be arranged as a cake or any other meaningful shape. This also turns out to be a beautiful decoration piece for baby showers. We always have one on the table.

A mum can never have enough bibs and spit rags.Another way to present bibs and spit rags are arranging them to look like cupcakes.Here is how to do them.

Bib cupcakes

I also got through Etsy stick ons on rompers/onesies with numbers from 0 to 12 for months. Bought a range of 12 white onesies/rompers pinned the stickers on them and hung it on a clothes line for the baby shower . The mum can stick them on, every month for a memory photo, at the beginning of every month. Here is an example of how it would look.

(Picture copied from Etsy shop)

Onesies hang out

If there are siblings, I always get a small gift for them too, since its a huge change for them too. And especially when mum and baby are getting all these gifts, the biggie is definitely going to be grumpy.I get them a big sister/brother T shirt. I use fabric glitter pens to write out the name of the child and "Big sister/brother " at the back or on the front. You could always buy it too, if you think you are low on creative juices.I also get them a book about a new baby in the house, or being a big brother/sister .You could also make a basket of small things that they would enjoy. Like stationary and cuddlies. Small cars and coloring books.