How to Make a Diaper Favor for a Baby Shower
Parties are a perfect time to show off your creativity with decorations and favors. Diapers and babies go together like flowers and springtime. For your next baby shower, put diapers to work in a lighthearted way and use them to make floral bouquet favors. Follow a pink and blue theme or use a rainbow of colors to create a party table that will delight your guests. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Disposable diapers, newborn size
- Permanent marker
- Pink and blue streamers
- Scissors
- Pink and blue jelly beans
- Cookies
- Pink and blue ribbon
- Plastic wrap
- Candy pacifiers
- Chocolate kisses
- Fresh flowers and baby's breath
- Pink and blue confetti
Instructions
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Form a diaper into a ready-to-wear shape, and use the adhesive tabs to secure it on both sides. The diaper will serve as a container for candy and other goodies. If you need a form to help shape the diaper, wrap the diaper around a teddy bear or a doll, then slip it off the model. Form as many diapers as you will need for the favors. Write consecutive numbers inside each diaper, beginning with number 1. These numbers will be used later for door prizes.
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Unfurl the pink and blue streamers. Cut into 2-foot lengths. Put several handfuls of each color into each diaper, just as you would fill an Easter basket with straw. The streamers will keep the candy from falling out of the leg holes and will help hold the flowers in place. Let some streamers cascade over the sides and poke out of the leg holes. Hide the numbers inside the diapers with the streamers so guests won't see them until you tell them to look.
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Place jelly beans and cookies in plastic wrap, and tie the package with pink and blue ribbon. Place the packet, along with candy pacifiers, chocolate kisses and other goodies, in the diaper "basket."
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Insert fresh flowers and baby's breath between the streamers and candy to create a bouquet.
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Set a diaper favor in front of each place setting. Press down to flatten the bottom and steady the diaper on the table. Add some extra candy on the table, next to the leg holes and around the diaper. Sprinkle blue and pink confetti on the table as well.
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Tips & Warnings
If you plan on playing party games using paper and pencils, place them into the diaper favors so they're handy when it's time to play. Buy small gifts, such as soap, candles and stationery, to hand out as door prizes. Purchase one grand prize -- perhaps a gift basket or movie tickets -- for one lucky winner. Tell guests to look inside their diaper favors to find their number. Draw numbers from a hat to determine the winners of the door prizes and grand prize.
Offer plastic bags for guests to transport their diaper favor home.
Use larger diapers to make matching centerpieces.
References
- Photo Credit babywindeln image by Daniel Fuhr from Fotolia.com
