12 Baby Gift Basket Tips To Make Your Gifts Special

We all want our gifts to be remembered as special. A baby gift basket is one of the best gifts to accomplish this and at the same time express your love and friendship to a new mommy and her new baby. It contains items that are of immediate value to the recipient. And it can be customized to your own specifications. The task becomes easy and simple when you begin with a purchased baby gift basket and personalize it by adding items until your basket make your desired statement.

A baby gift basket may contain items such as:

1. Rattles, pacifiers, teething rings, feeding bottles, infant cups, bibs and spoons.
2. Baby bath products: baby shampoo, baby powder, baby towels, wipes, bubble bath, brush set and tub toys. The toy items should suit the baby's.
3. Baby clothing is considered one of the best baby gift basket items to give. It is good to give clothing that the baby will grow into.
4. When the baby gift basket is given as a baby shower gift, it is appropriate to include baby cookies, baby cakes, jellybeans and other baby foods.
5. Small picture frames and albums will also add more fun to your baby gift basket.
6. Handmade items add a personal touch to your basket. They could be in the form of sculpture, small painting, woven or knitted items, etc.
7. It the baby gift basket is for a christening or baptism celebration, a small bible, silver cups or other symbolic item that adheres to the theme may also be placed in the basket.
8. Gift certificates are always great additions when you don’t have the time to shop or are not sure what to get.

A deluxe baby gift basket may contain nursery room items such as:

1. A colorful mobiles to keep the baby busy, with lullaby music to soothe the infant,
2. Nursery rhymes CD's,
3. Bigger items like:
   a. Changing mats for tables and cribs,
   b. Furniture
4. Educational toys are good for stimulating the baby's mental development.

A little thought put in to creating your baby gift baskets will go a long ways and create memories for both baby and mommy that will last a lifetime.