A great touch to your baby shower is baby shower favors. This is a way to thank each of the guests for attending the shower and show how grateful you are for their participation. You can also use baby shower favors as game prizes for the games played during the shower by the guests.
Depending on your schedule for the shower, when to hand out the favors is completely up to you. You can use the favors as decorations, then hand them out at the end of the party, as the guests are leaving. Using favors as decorations can give the party some extra color and texture. Plus it is one less thing you have to clean up after the party! If you want to make all of your decorations into favors, feel free. The only limit you have is yourself.
It is probably best to hand out the favors near the end, as you wouldn’t want any of the guests to leave their favor behind.
Some cute baby shower favor ideas are:
- Bottles of assorted candies – their secondary purpose can be centerpieces as well as balloon weights during the party!
- Scented candles, in appropriate baby shower colors
- Candy filled baby socks with ribbon ties
- A baggie of baby items shaped cookie cutters
- Luxurious bath and body soaps, lotions, bath salts wrapped in baby clothes or in baby bottles
- Small photo frames
All the above ideas can also be used as decorations during the shower itself as well. Try making the favors into table decorations or center pieces so it is the first thing guests see when they enter the room.
You can also order personalized candy bars, with the mom to be’s name and tentative due date. Be sure and pick the mom to be’s favorite candy bar! You can also order baby shower favors prepackaged if you are short on time. Either way, be sure to pick a gift that is cute, creative and interesting.
