Creating Amazing Baby Shower Centerpieces
If you have the special honor of hosting a baby shower for a friend or family member, you're well aware that there are many important aspects and details that will need taking care of before the big day arrives. Making the baby shower centerpieces is one of those tasks that will definitely require a bit of creativity and some patience, but luckily, it isn't one that has to cost a fortune either.
Edible Baby Shower Centerpieces
Candy Topiaries: Build candy topiaries using Styrofoam balls and blocks, decorative or plain flower pots, toothpicks, a glue gun, some large cinnamon sticks, candy corn or other similar types of semi-hard candies.
The Watermelon Buggy: If you're feeling extra creative, carve a watermelon into the shape of a baby buggy or carriage, which actually isn't as difficult as it first looks, and then fill with all sorts of delicious fruits such as grapes, melon balls, and cherries. Use orange slices with cherries in the center for the "hubcaps" and place lettuce underneath as a garnish.
Non-Edible Baby Shower Centerpieces
Baskets: Your local dollar store, craft or discount store should all have a variety of baskets to choose from that could be easily turned into adorable centerpieces. These could include items that are either geared toward the new mother, or for the guests to take home as gifts. Remember to be creative when it comes to choosing a "basket," as just about any type of container can be used as such.
Some fillers for the basket could include bottles, toys, socks, pacifiers, teethers, lotions, and bath toys, or if the centerpieces are for the guests, add candles, aromatherapy items, coupons for book stores, spas, and hair salons, as well as bubble bath, books, nail polish, chocolates, and useful items for the kitchen.
Baby Sock Roses: Using simple vases, some artificial flowers, baby's breath, floral wire, and several pairs of baby socks in the colors of your choice, you can easily make "roses" arranging them in the vases with the greenery. Tightly roll each sock, thinner fabrics work best, starting from the toe working to the open end, and then fastening with double-sided tape.
Experiment with rolling or folding the socks to achieve the desired look of petals, and then insert the floral wire and wrap the bottoms of the "flowers" in green floral tape before arranging in vases.
Diaper Cakes and Wreaths: Don't dismiss diaper cakes and wreaths as old favorites that have been overdone, as both of these creations can be easily turned into one-of-a-kind masterpieces depending on the decorations you use to "ice" the cake or finish off the wreath. The idea could be used to make diaper cupcakes, also using either disposable or cloth diapers.
Some other ideas include using colored balloons either alone or with flowers, or attached to cute stuffed animals with pretty ribbons. Any ordinary plush toys can be turned into one that would make a great baby shower centerpiece by adding a few embellishments such as diaper pins, baby bottles, bibs, and little blankets.
Plain and inexpensive flower pots can be painted in any color and easily stenciled with pretty designs, pictures, or sayings. Instead of buying costly flowers from a florist, head to the supermarket the morning of the shower and purchase a few seasonal bouquets for a fraction of the price. The bouquets can then be broken down and added to the painted pots, or placed singularly in clear glass vases.