Posted by: babygiftstoys on: August 2, 2010
There have some practical ideas for the added benefit of doing double duty as both a baby shower centerpiece and a shower gift or table décor or shower favors. It’s time for Showing off your creative side with some interesting baby shower centerpieces.
Whether the theme is formal or informal, flowers will create a festive spirit. You can order arrangements from your retail or supermarket, or you can make them yourself from any fresh or silk flowers. Potted plants also work well as centerpieces, especially for a patio party or a barbecue.
Baby clothes bouquets and Diaper cake are a unique modern way to decorate your baby shower party. They are not only served as shower centerpiece, also practical. They are filled with baby essentials. You will never waste your money on this kind of baby shower centerpiece.
The tiered tower of diapers is wrapped in ribbon and frosted with baby products like pacifiers, bottles, shampoo, socks, hats, and a cute baby toys on the top such as crib toys, stuffed animals is a diaper cake. Most of the time, disposable diapers are used, but depending on the new parent’s preference, sometimes cloth diapers are preferred. In the recent time, the organic cotton diapers are very trendy. Cakes can be created with one to five tiers, so they can become beautiful centerpiece.
Baby cloth bouquets were just come out of the market about two years ago or so. And have become very popular baby shower centerpieces. They are filled with infant necessary clothing, very practical, and baby bouquet of Clothes is a natural alternative to flowers.
Sending guests home with a little present is part of the shower tradition. Good theme presentation can make baby shower favors very good centerpiece as well.
You can choose shower favors by the following themes: baby theme, pink, blue theme, natural theme, flower theme, sea life theme, Asian theme, elegant, or whimsical shower theme.
Today you can fond many kinds of baby shower favors, you may choose from scented candle favors, tea lights, candle holders, tea light holders, card / place holder, picture frames, bookmarks, soaps in baby animal or car sharps, cute kitchen timers, salt and pepper shakers, photo casters, cookie cutters, mini piggy banks, coffee kits, plantable wildflowers, cute bottle openers, bottle stoppers, tea infusers, and scented egg soap shower favors, etc.
The rule for a centerpiece is that if it will be used on a table where people are seated, it should be low enough to see over. Taller shower centerpiece can be used as a focal point on food service tables and counters.
If you know the sex of the baby, your baby shower can certainly embrace one of the traditional gender specific color schemes: pink for girl, blue for boy. However, you don’t need feel limited to these tradition rules.
Here have some ways to modernize your baby shower themes. Instead of traditional pink or blue try sophisticated alternatives color like coral, magenta, watermelon, purple, or indigo, navy, slate, royal blue.
Or you may just combine the standard baby shower pink or blue with a more shade. Sage green and chocolate brown pair well with baby blue; dove gray and charcoal are great with cotton-candy pink.
Diaper cake, cupcake, and cloth bouquet are also very good baby shower gifts. The new parents will appreciate these kinds of the gifts. They are practical and can be served as beautiful centerpieces as well.