Sunday, January 4, 2009

Baby Shower Centerpieces - Have Your Shower Standout By Unusual

Baby Shower Centerpieces - Have Your Shower Standout By UnusualTable DecorationBy Qing Gu
What is the big hit to any baby shower? The baby showercenterpieces are no doubt-ably the best answers.
Traditional baby shower centerpiece ideas often revolve aroundfloral arrangements with a few balloons, though the modern erawelcomes inventive styles for just about everything.
Floral baby shower centerpieces surrounded with candles areperfect gifts for new baby girls or baby boys. Make sure to useflowers that are in season for greater freshness and use babybottles as vases for fresh flowers.
You can purchase items needed to make centerpieces from partysupply stores, craft stores, Dollar Stores, Wal-Mart, K-Mart,Shopko and Target. Online baby shower stores will carry tablecenterpieces of a much wider variety than the local merchants.Remember to stick your centerpiece to the theme and colorscheme.
Look for something unusual? If you are baking a baby showercake as the centerpiece, have guests arrive early to help thecake decoration - you want to make a surprise for the new momright?
Nothing can be more appealing to have a fabulous diaper cake.It’s a three-for-one baby shower gift (a centerpiece, a babygift basket and its baby items can be used for your showergames).
A gift basket can be a nice centerpiece too. It's lined with areceiving blanket and filled with all kinds of baby items. Tomake your gift basket centerpieces more appealing, add a softtoy with helium balloons attached to the blanket handles, andwrapped in cellophane with a pretty bow.
Putting some glass pebbles in the bottom of a clear glass bowland two-thirds fill the bowl with water. Floating frogs, rubberducks, or any plastic cartoon toys. The coolest idea is to havea family frogs or ducks, and add a few drops of blue foodcoloring to the water to make it like a pond.
For an Asian theme shower party, you can purchase Japaneselanterns at party supplies or craft stores. Use one lantern asthe base of each arrangement and surround it with bamboo pots orvotive candles. And have a traditional Japanese table setting tocomplement your baby shower centerpiece.
Most of baby shower hostesses make their own centerpieces asthey love such a creative activity as well as it shows theirlove and support to the mom-to-be.
If none of the baby shower centerpieces above knock your socksoff...close you eyes. What do you see? A giant Rubber Duck, agreen plant topped with a stuffed Pooh, or any stand alone itemsrelated to your theme?
Just unleash your creativity and open your mind to new andmemorable ideas for unique baby shower centerpieces. Some of themost elegant, unusual and unforgettable decorative touches canexist even within a strict budget.
Whatever you do, photograph your masterpiece before your guestof honor takes it home!
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About the Author: Qing Gu is a party planning expert andprofessional writer for baby related websites. Sign up with theBaby Shower Planning FREE eCourse athttp://www.coolest-baby-shower-idea.com/ecourse, you'll bemastering all the exciting, fun and innovative ways to throw aspecial baby shower.
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