baby - Unique Baby Shower Favor That Changes Lives

Presenting your guests with a baby shower favor is a nice way to show them appreciation for joining you in celebrating the upcoming arrival of a new baby. No longer do you need to give out the same old boring types of baby shower favors. Below is a really unique baby shower favor idea that is new, fresh and different. This is a really great unique baby shower favor for animal lovers, and people who are interested in helping their community. What you will need: - Polaroid camera and film - Receipts for donations to the local animal shelter. You will need to donate a small amount in each guest's name. You can make the donation as small or large as you would like. Anywhere from $5.00 to $50.00, whatever is comfortable for you. - Purchase a small animal toy, like a kitty or a puppy, one that is small enough to fit in a large coffee cup. - Purchase a really cute coffee cup. It would be adorable for your unique baby shower favor if you could find a cup that would match the animal you have purchased. Something that would coordinate well is a great idea. How to put this unique baby shower favor together: 1. You should make sure that each donation receipt is in the name of the guest which you will be giving it to. 2. At the animal shelter, take some pictures of the cute and cuddly animals! Make sure you take a picture for each guest. If you can get a different picture for each guest that is good. If you are forced to take the same picture for each guest, that is great, because it means that there are less animals in danger. 3. Once you have all of this assembled, place the small stuffed animal in the coffee cup. You can place some tissue paper in the bottom of the cup if necessary, to make sure that the animal sticks up out of the cup. Beside the stuffed animal, you can place the Polaroid picture of the real animal which you have helped out. 4. On the other side of the stuffed animal, place the receipt for the donation to the animal shelter. You can add a bow and nametag to each coffee cup if you wish. This unique baby shower favor is great for a couple of reasons. While you and your guests are celebrating the arrival of a new baby to love and cherish, you will all be able to remember that not every living thing is loved and cherished. You and your guests will feel good about helping the animals out. This unique baby shower favor idea is very different from other favors. It is helpful and will actually do some good opposed to a candle or something that will be gone in a few days. Your guests will love the fact that you and they have helped out an adorable animal, and your gift and pictures may just inspire them to continue to help the animals at the shelter. What better way to celebrate life, than to help another living thing have a chance at a good one? Visit Baby Shower Game Idea to discover more fantastic and creative baby shower ideas for games, favors, cakes, invitations, gifts and more. Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Amy_W baby - Preserving Your Babys' Treasured Keepsakes Have you ever wished your Mother had kept all of your baby and special mementos from your childhood all in one place? As the second child in my family, I discovered that all of my baby items had been stuffed in a bag along with a baby book that had one page filled out. My older sister had a lovely baby book and all of her baby keepsakes were stored in a large white box. I used to kid my Mom about how I was "neglected" as the second child. She would always say " Just wait until you have your own children and you will do the same." After my son was born, I was so meticulous about keeping his baby items and I accumulated so much from his first year, that I could never fit it all into the tiny keepsake boxes that I would see in the baby boutiques. Fourteen months later when my daughter arrived, I just threw all of her things in a pile that I wanted to keep and one day, stuffed them into a plastic bag. I had become my Mother. Not long after, a friend of mine was having her first baby and I decided to use my artistic talent and paint a chest for her that matched her babys' room decor. It was so well received at her baby shower, that I started getting orders for the small chests. This led me to develop a generously sized keepsake chest where parents could store ALL of the baby items they wanted to keep. I researched several different kinds of material for the construction of the chests and after many different models, decided to use 100% poplar wood for constructing the chests and base coating the chests in white or ivory solvent based paint. I would then paint whatever design a customer requested to match their decor. Now, I present my own designs on my website http://www.staciedaledesigns.com and have also added a line of specialty chests and wedding keepsake chests. The wedding keepsake chests fill much of the same need as the baby chests. I realized that after our wedding, we were left with many small items that we wanted to preserve and show to our children some day. The sizeable wedding chest is both decorative and functional. The designs include the bride and groom's name and wedding date along with painted flowers or other items from their wedding day. Inside, their is plenty of room for storing items such as marriage license, garter, toasting goblets, cards, photos, dried flowers, guest book and many other special mementos. Each keepsake chest is lovingly hand painted in my Pennsylvania studio and is delivered within three weeks of placing the order. I also now wholesale a line of baby keepsake chests to other baby boutique websites. To see the current designs of baby, specialty and wedding keepsake chests, visit http://www.staciedaledesigns.com