Cheap Baby Shower Invitations By Making Your Own Home Made Invites

The invitations can be a rather hefty expense, but it doesn't have to be when you make your very own baby shower invitations using your home computer and printer. Don't worry if you aren't the artistic type as today there are complete kits you can purchase at a mere fraction of the cost of already printed shower invitations, or simply print your own.

Don't worry if you don't have a graphics program or images to use on your computer as there are plenty of free ones along with complete invitation templates to download online. Simply do a search for baby shower invitation templates or free printable invitations and be prepared to spend some time looking through the results. But, in all actuality, a simple word processing program and card stock are all you really need to make the invitations, that and your own imagination, of course.

Some of the templates to print that you will find are basic, text only invitations, which is actually ideal as you'll then be able to add anything you like to truly personalize it for the new mom-to-be. There are literally thousands upon thousands of free images to fine online related to babies and baby showers, or simply use stickers and little embellishments to the front as you would while making a scrapbook page.

If you're good with a pair of scissors, or have a paper cutting machine for scrapbooking and paper crafts, cut the card stock out into shapes such as baby bottles, diapers, or bibs, or the ABCs or 123s, which are all ideal for either a baby girl or boy.

Whatever design or ideas you choose, just be sure to include the following pertinent information:

- The date and time of the shower
- Location and directions
- Name of mother-to-be and host(s), if any
- R.S.V.P. date and phone number
- If the guest of honor is registered anywhere
- Sex of the baby if known
- Any extra details guests should know such as specific gift instructions or a set theme to follow

You may also want to include a few, cute poems or sayings about babies such as one of these:

1.
John and Jane's new baby is on the way!
Let's help them prepare for the big day!

2.
Ten tiny fingers,
Ten tiny toes,
Girl or boy?
Nobody knows!

3.
It's raining, it's pouring,
Soon, a new baby we'll be adoring!
Join our celebration at a baby shower for Jane Smith!

A relatively new idea to consider for your baby shower invitations is using one of your ultrasound photos on the actual invitation. The images produced by ultrasounds today can be incredibly realistic, and what better way to let everyone know of the upcoming event by giving them all baby's very first picture?

If you want to add yet another truly modern spin to your baby shower, consider eschewing traditional invitations altogether and send them electronically via email. Many people are doing this not only out of convenience and to save money, but also as an environmentally friendly way of throwing a "green" baby shower.