Great Baby Shower Gift Ideas

It’s almost time for the baby shower and you have no idea what to get. Don’t worry there are plenty of good gifts out there. This article will share some practical as well as thoughtful baby shower gift ideas.

The Safest Gift

If you are the type that doesn’t like to take many chances you can always go with the old stand by baby shower gift which is the baby quilt. There is almost no way to go wrong if you buy a quilt. In fact, the only way you may go wrong is if you pick out the wrong color.

If you are trying to play it safe you should always go with a pink color for girls and go with a baby blue color for boys. If by chance the parents do not know what they are having, go with a neutral earth tone color. It’s probably a bad idea to go with white just for the simple fact that they are so hard to keep clean.

If you want to take the quilt and jazz it up a bit you can also do so with embroidery. If you have information such as a name, you could get the name embroidered in the corner of the quilt. This makes for a great keep sake. Even if you do not have the name, you could embroider the last name in the corner and leave room for the parents to add a first name or nickname if they so choose.

Scrapbook

What mother does not absolutely love keeping memories of their children? This is why a scrapbook makes a great baby shower gift idea. Here is a great way to set it up.

Fill the first couple of pages with pictures of the mother while she is pregnant. Then leave the rest of the pages blank for her to have fun filling in on her own. You can even label the sections for her to get the ball rolling.

• Hospital
• First Day Home
• First Solid Meal
• First Steps

The list is endless. And there are so many different scrap booking ideas out there to choose from. If you are feeling real adventurous, you can try your hand at putting together a scrap book for her from scratch.

Traveling Gifts

A great gift idea would be anything that would help the mother travel with baby. If you help the mother out with these kinds of gifts, she will surely owe you a debt of gratitude. It’s no secret that traveling with a baby can be one of the hardest things none to woman so items such as a traveling car seat, a jogging stroller and even the baby harness would be greatly appreciated. Ease a mother’s burden and you have a friend for life!

There are many great gifts out there that qualify as great baby shower gifts. You can go the safe route and get the out run of the mill baby quilt or you can help mom out by getting her gifts that take away some of the burden of traveling with baby. Either way if you get creative and give your gift from your heart, be assured that it will be appreciated.