Yes, I’m the first to admit that I absolutely do not look forward in attending baby showers, bridal showers or any sort of party that even remotely resembles those ideas. And I know that everyone did the same things over and over again. remotely resembles those ideas. Everyone does the same things over and over again. I hate having to introduce myself and tell everyone how I know the bride-to-be or mother-to-be. I don’t enjoy playing the silly games and smelling baby food to guess what it is. To me, that’s just very strange. But, it is tradition and those are the majority of the baby shower ideas that circulate. I have done plenty of research in trying to come up with new baby shower ideas that fight the traditional silly ones, but haven’t had too much luck. As I said, most baby shower ideas that I’ve found are simply boring and tacky.

However, one of the baby shower ideas that I implemented was a ‘time of day’ theme. Each invitation I sent out had a specific time of the day written on it. Whatever time of the day that was, the guest was to cater to that time. Whether it be the morning and playtime attire or evening bath attire, everyone had their own time period that they were responsible for. I had found a suggestion for a time capsule when I was searching to find a baby shower ideas. And I turned that into making a memory box for the baby. So I enclosed an index card for all of the guest with instructions on bringing something that is relevant to the year that the baby is due. It could be a coin with the year, a newspaper article, current music - anything that would be representative of the birth year. It is one of the baby shower ideas that doesn’t cost anything - just requires creativity. Some of the other baby shower gift ideas that I came upon suggested having everyone bring a picture of the mom-to-be that they didn’t mind not getting returned. I took all of those photos and made a collage of them at the shower. The mom-to-be loved it.

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