Do it Yourself Gifts For Baby - Your Ultimate Guide

Invited to a baby shower or first baby's birthday celebration by a dear friend? You're thrilled to go and have a special gift in mind. However, after doing your window shopping rounds, you can't seem to find exactly what you've envisioned in any store. Your best alternative is to put your creative energies to work and do it yourself (DIY). Now, before buckling down to making that special something for your friend's bundle of joy, gather your thoughts - and materials - to see if you can really create a beautiful, presentable item. Try to focus your efforts on something that will utilize your special skills and which can be of use.

Remember also that you are making a gift, not really for the expectant moms or parents of toddlers, but for the child. However, if you can make unique presents for both the mother and child and time permits it, then go ahead and let your hands craft something special. It can be baby & mom accessories, like handcrafted bracelets, or you can embroider a cozy and soft piece of apparel or swaddling blanket with a nice pattern and the baby's name, along with a small accompanying terry cloth bath item that says "mom" for the child's mother.

If you have the patience and time, you can even work on a baby quilt. The parents of a newborn baby will appreciate not just the originality but the effort that went into making such a special gift. A colorful patchwork quilt will be nice but requires much work - you have to sew well-measured plain squares together. Certain elements must also hold up in the wash. If you have what it takes to create a great heirloom gift like a hand quilted gift like this, go for it. Try not to get carried away, though, in adorning it with beads or buttons that may be choking hazards for the baby.

In choosing colors for baby gifts, you need not stick to the usual practice of going for pink for girls or blue for boys anymore. Yellow, green, and a combination of other pastel shades and contemporary colors are suitable alternatives.

In considering DIY gifts for baby, be sure you can craft something durable, usable, and of course, safe (no pointed edges or other hazards for the baby) and presentable.

When you feel like making a toy, choose non-toxic materials. An organic doll made of recycled materials may be an option. Use organic cotton for the doll's hair, and recycled eco fibers for the clothes, and maybe durable hemp fiber for the skin. The doll's soft stuffing can consist of recyclable materials. There are many tips for DIY gifts for baby available on the internet. You can use them as references or jump-off points for your own special gift. Or you can supplement your handcrafted gift with some ready-made items. For the eco doll, a tree planting kit with real seeds and specific planting instructions may be a really unique gift.

Feeling like a handyman? Among the lasting DIY gifts for baby are things that the dad or uncle with some carpentry skills can construct. An example is a step stool that can be turned into a toddler's chair. There are many other nice gifts that will fit nicely in the baby's room as décor, or as something that the baby will be able to use during waking or sleeping moments.

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