Homemade Baby Shower Favors
Posted by Babies - 08/07/10 at 01:07 amHomemade baby shower favors are getting more and more popular with people who have the time to devote to making them. The advantages of knowing how to make these baby shower favors is that all you need to spend for are the materials you will need to create them. And of these materials, some like tape and glue you may already have at home.
Washcloth lollipop baby shower favors are among the favorites to make at home. The materials needed are available anywhere and the method of making these favors is very simple. You will require a few washcloths (for every lollipop, two), good transparent tape, some light colored cellophane, ribbons and some sticks. Note that the washcloths for these baby shower favors have to be in different colors.
1. Along their longer sides, fold the washcloths.
2. Fold along both longer sides once more so that the ends of the folds meet at the middle. Then fold the entire thing at the middle to hide the ends.
3. The short ends of the cloths need to be held together by the tape.
4. Place two washcloths, one short end over the other.
5. Apply plenty of tape at the junction.
6. Roll up everything into a bun.
7. Tape on the stick to one side of the bun securely
8. Cut out a square portion of the cellophane, just enough to wrap the bun with some allowance for the frills and tie in with ribbon.
The right combination of shades, patterns and textures will give you a lollipop collection that is suitable to set as a decorative piece on a table. You can also experiment with various light shades of cellophane to create subtle variations of color. These baby shower favors are ideal of giving the hostess of the baby shower or the guests attending the baby shower. If you are hosting, be sure and invite other mothers to come with their babies. Prior to giving them out to the guests, they can be used as bouquets to liven up the room.
Alternatively, you may want to create baby shower favors boxes and place candies, chocolates or cookies in them. There are free templates for creating favor boxes of all shapes and sizes on the internet. If you are resourceful, you may even make your own variations based on those free templates. Simply print out the template and the instructions for making the box and you can get started making your favor containers.
You will need thick paper to make the boxes. Additionally you should purchase the sweets and cookies that you intend to place in the boxes. Usually too, you will need to plastic or cellophane bags to place the goodies in before putting them in their boxes. To create the box you merely have to follow the instructions of the template. There should also be instructions about attaching the plastic bags to the box if the box has no lid. In such cases, all you will need to do is to wrap the box itself in colored cellophane and secure everything with a laced knot.
Besides those mentioned above, there are other baby shower favors that you can create at home. Bookmarks decorated with long tassels are among the easiest to do. For more ideas on homemade baby shower favors you should do research on the internet.
Bennetta Elliott is a writer for Personalized Gift Express, which offers unique baby shower favors, baby gifts and unique baby shower favors.
