Baby Shower Centerpieces to Admire

If you're organizing a baby shower, you have lots od details to think about and plan for in advance. Creating a baby shower centerpiece may need some creativity, but fortunately it can be done at a reasonable price.

Baby Shower Centerpieces - Edible

- 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. Using a lettuce garnish as a base, you can add slices of orange plus cherries as a "hubcap" in the center.

Baby Shower Centerpieces - Non Edible

- Baskets: There are many styles and designs of baskets you can use for centerpieces, and these could be available in local discount stores. These can be gifts for the guests to take home, or more for the Mom-to-be herself. The possibilities for "baskets" is endless when you realise that a "basket" these days can be just about any container.

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. Each sock should be tightly rolled, with thinner socks working best, by starting from the toe, working towards the opening, and finished by fastening with double sided tape.

You could play around with folding or rolling the socks, in a way that gets the best result for a "petal" appearance, then inserting the wire before wrapping the flower bottoms in green floral tape, prior to arranging in a vase.

- 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.

Other ideas could include displaying colored balloons, either on their own or with flowers, or with stuffed animals that look cute to babies. A cute plush toy can be transformed into a centerpiece with imaginative decoration, useing things like bibs, baby blankets, baby bottles and so on.

Cheap and plain flower pots can be decorated in your color choice and then stenciled with attractive designs, displays or even text. Flowers from a florist can be costly, so on the day of the baby shower can could pick up a bouquet at the supermarket at a lower price. You can then break down the bouquets and added to the pots, or even displayed singularly, each in a clear glass vase.

Once you have made your decisions on baby centerpiece then you can think about getting organized and sending out those baby invitations.