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Baby shower favors

No one should come to a party assuming they'll receive anything except good company and a bit of refreshment. But it's common — especially at showers — for the host or hostess to give the guests favors and/or prizes for winning games. You can give everyone the same favor at the end of the party (that way everyone's covered, even those who didn't win a game) or award different prizes throughout the event.

And here are some personal recommendations from experienced baby shower planners and guests:

For a friend's baby shower, I bought a bunch of baby socks and filled them with assorted candies and chocolates. Then I tied each pair of socks together with a ribbon bow. Everyone thought they were very cute. Some of the guests even gave the socks back to Mom a few weeks later so she could use them.
— A baby shower hostess

I had baby-themed crossword and word search puzzles for guests as part of their "favor pack."
— Stephanie

I went to a shower and the hostess had a craft table set up with cloth diapers (14x20 size) and craft paints, paintbrushes, and chunky stamps, all garden themed: ladybugs, caterpillars, bumblebees, leaves, and flowers. Each guest decorated one for the expectant mom to use as a burp cloth and the mom-to-be decorated a little canvas tote bag. It was a fun time to sit around and be creative. And the guest of honor got a great and useful memento of the day.
— Kristina

At my baby shower we had gingerbread cookie cutters with blue ribbon & lace glued on. Attached was a cookie recipe to inspire the guests to use their cookie cutter.
— Janet

My favorite is sugar cookies in the shapes of bottles and babies, packaged in colorful plastic wrap or tissue paper. You can use a gingerbread man cutter for the baby-shaped ones.
— Carlen Bowie

My cousin gave out mini-ivy plants with a tag saying something along the lines of "Keep this plant and nourish me in honor of the soon-to be baby."
— Marilyn

For my baby shower my mom and I bought coffee mugs and a flat of flowers. We put one flower in each of them — like a flowerpot. Everyone thought it was the neatest idea!
— Heather

I've given many baby showers and the favor that's the biggest hit is a bar of glycerin soap in the color theme of the shower with this attached little poem: "We showered (mom's name) in pink and blue. Now this 'shower' gift is especially for you!"
— Joanna

I bought net bath sponge and baby-shaped soaps. I put the soaps in little plastic bags and bought large gold safety pins and nice ribbon. I pinned a soap to each net sponge and tied a nice bow thru the pin.
— Beverly

For my shower, my girlfriend had magnets made with "Donna's Baby Shower" and the date stamped on them. It was a nice favor and a year later I still see them used on friends' and family's refrigerators! It's a memory and a useful item.
— Donna

I bought scented votive candles (in sets of 12), pre-cut circles of blue tulle (25 per package), 10 yards of white ribbon, and a package of 25 blue-topped mini-baby bottles. The candles smell wonderful and look great wrapped and tied with the tulle and ribbon. The final touch: Hot-glue the baby bottle to the ribbon. Goes great with any theme — just change the color of the tulle to pink for a girl or mint green and yellow for an unknown bundle of joy.
— Elijah's mommy

I used baby bottles filled with candy as balloon weights. After the shower I gave them away to the guests.
— Rolanda

I took mini-baby bottles bought from a local craft store. Filled them with hand lotion. Slapped a blue ribbon on each one with the mother's name and shower date and bam!, There's a favor.
— Expecting Father

For my shower we made baby booties out of Styrofoam cups. We cut off the tops of the cups and cut two slits on one side of what was left to make it look like it had a shoe's tongue. Then we poked tiny holes on either side of the tongue and used thin pink or blue ribbon in the holes to "lace" it up. Then we put pink or blue tissue inside and filled them with pink and blue M&Ms. Everyone loved them.
— Jennette

We want to hear what's worked for you: What favors have you and your friends loved? Which could you have done without? Add your suggestions to our baby shower idea

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