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Unique Gifts
If you know the new mother's tastes and preferences and you are not afraid to use your imagination, you can come up with lots of ideas for perfectly unique gifts that she will appreciate.
Food at the Shower
Food plays a very important part in a theme but it can also be used as an idea for unique gifts. All you need to do is host a pot-luck where you invite all of the guests to bring along their favorite healthy dish and its recipe. Then you can out all of the recipes into a binder for the new mother to take home with her. The new mother will be grateful for the simple, healthy meals that she can make for her family.
Unique Gifts
Personalized gifts are perfect for unique gifts. For instance, a simple toy box painted with the baby's name or a monogrammed onesie, initialed socks or bibs work great.
Presenting the Mom-To-Be
With a little research you could create a mini-presentation about the mother-to-be. Some topics would include her habits, tantrums and messiest moments as a baby. Of course, you should include pictures and then put it all into an album
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A Memory Book
Have your guests write their memories down and add them to a book. You can then give the finished product to the mother-to-be. This is one of the unique gifts that the new mother will be able to share with her new baby later on.
Advice and Tips as Gifts
Parents love sharing tips and advice. All it takes is a little creativity and some cooperation from your guests to create a parenting advice album in a scrapbook style. Simply ask everyone that you invite to the shower to write down their best parenting advice, then put all of the quotes together in a pretty book and label it for the mother-to-be who will treasure this while finding good use for the tips and hints.
Have the Parents Register at a Local Store
Sometimes new parents will make unique gifts very easy to find by registering with a local department or specialty store. Herein it is a good idea to personalize these items to make them unique gifts. While you may feel as though your creativity is limited, you can still be creative in the gifting process – and at least you will be getting them something they will actually use!
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