Wrap Adorable Baby Shower Gifts

By

LuckyStar

I normally get baby wash cloths and bottles from dollar tree and put the wash cloths in the bottle. The ones I've gotten before come 4 or 5 wash cloths to a packet. they're normally rolled up and taped. I take the tape off and unroll them, lay them down overlapping (1-2 inches showing only) and then roll from the side, where you will see all of the colors. then take the top off the bottle and slide them in, it takes some adjusting ( sometimes the "roll" of wash cloths is too fat or too long lol ) but finally you get 'em in there and then put the top back on the bottle and there you go!

By Tawnda (Guest Post)

I used to make a "baby cake" from a receiving blanket and diapers. You can use cloth diapers or three to four pampers. Lay the diapers in a line down one side of the blanket, leaving about two inches between the edge and the diaper. (Aprrox. 4-6 inches in height depending on size of diaper or size of cake cover if you use one.) Fold the blanket over the diapers with the print showing on the outside. Keep folding unti you run out of blanket. Safety pin the blanket on the seam side. This will be the inside of the "cake". Turn up on its side and wrap around in a circle to desired size bringing ends together. Safety pin ends to inside of cake. You can use a piece of cake cardboard, or what I used to do is go to the grocery store and ask for an unused top and bottom to one of their round cakes. Not the short ones, but the taller ones. Some stores charge 25-50 cents but it usually isn't much. I set the "cake" on the bottom tray and fill with goodies like trial size baby lotions, shampoos, etc. Toys, washrags, etc. Whatever will fit. Then I get a small drooler bib to make the decorative top of the cake and lay it over the stuff inside the cake with the strings hidden underneath the bib. I then place the top of the cake plate over the "cake" and use curling ribbon to decorate the top. I actually ran out of people having babies so I havne't done one in a while, but they are so fun!

By Cheryl from Missouri (Guest Post)

Instead of buying and wrapping a usual gift, I buy a diaper bag as a gift and fill it with small odds and ends like safety outlet plugs, medicine spoons, disposable camera and photo album. Even if the new mom gets another diaper bag, its handy to have two bags packed and ready for less hectic mornings.

By Kim (Guest Post)

I have always wrapped baby shower gifts in a receiving blanket and secured with diaper pins. I once wrapped a big gift in a crib sheet. No wasted paper :)