Baby Blanket Gift

Baby Showers are such an exciting time for Mums-To-Be and the best part about the special day is “Present Time”. Everyone paws over the tiny clothes, remembering just how small a newborn is.

When choosing a gift for a baby there are so many considerations. Is it for a boy or a girl? Should you get something for a newborn or maybe when it’s a few months old? Do you get toys or clothes? etc. But out of all the presents at a Baby Shower I think hand made gifts always have the most impact. Mums will always really appreciate something made especially for their little miracle.

Plus you get the credit for a handmade present for years to come. I have personally made blankies for a few baby showers and a long time later I still get praise for my craftiness. Youre Aunty Tracey made that for you.

If you can sew a straight line - You CAN do this. It’s really easy and here I have listed a step-by-step outline to making a cute blankie.

HAND-MADE BLANKIES!

STEP 1: Go to a fabric shop and find the flannelette material.

STEP 3: Pick out 2 fabrics that you like for either side of the blankie. Get creative and mix and match. If you don’t know what sex the baby is, then maybe do one side pink pattern and the other a blue pattern.

STEP 3: You want to ask for 1.2 metres for each piece of material

STEP 4: When you get home sit down at a flat table and start pinning the material together. Make sure the pattern is facing inwards.

STEP 5: Sew straight lines around all the edges leaving a 10cm hole on one side.

STEP 6: Use the whole to turn the fabric inside out.

STEP 7: Neatly tuck in the fabric around where the gap is.

STEP 8: Flatten out the edges and sew 2 straight lines around the whole blankie. This closes the gap and makes a nice border around the ends.

If you have fancy stitches on your machine then try one for the edging to make it look smart, but rememberto practice on a scrap piece of fabric first!

STEP 9: Roll up your blankie and wrap it. Add an extra note stating it was “Handmade by You”

STEP 10: Present time! Watch the Mum-To-Be’s face as she unwraps her specially made blankie. She’ll love you for it!

Baby blankets are a much needed item in a new moms life.  Quite frankly, I don’t think you can have too many.  There are now so many choices in color and fabric and texture for baby blankets you can find anything you imagination can think of.  If you can’t find it, you can probably order it online or make it yourself.

Here are some unique baby blanket gift ideas.

Handmade Baby Blankets

A handmade baby blanket gift speaks to the heart of any new mother. Knowing someone spent the time, thought and effort to make a hand made gift in this day and age means a lot.  You can crochet, quilt, embroider a baby blanket to make it unique and special. In fact, you can make a baby blanket that requires no sewing at all, and will be just as special because you put yourself into the gift.

Keepsake Kit and a Blanket

Another great baby blanket gift is to add a keepsake with the baby blanket.  You can use a baby footprint kit, or a handprint kit, or tins for their first lost tooth or clip of hair from their first haircut.  This is made even more special if you have the baby blanket personalized with the baby’s name.

Baby Blanket Cake

Diaper cakes are all the rage, cloth diapers are gaining steam and they make a cute cake when all rolled up.  You can do the same thing using baby blankets.  This can also be a relatively inexpensive gift.  You can find fleece baby blankets at most dollar type stores.  You will also need some rattles and other baby toys.

Just roll the blankets up into tight rolls. Then place them in a circle on something solid.  Do this for two or three tiers.  You can tie them in place with pretty ribbon. Then add some rattles, baby toys tied to the “cake”. It makes an adorable and useful baby blanket gift.

Embroidered Baby Blankets

This gift will work whether you know how to embroider or not.  You simply purchase a lovely baby blanket.  This is key to this gift, make sure you get a really nice blanket.  You then simply embroider (or hire someone to do it for you) the baby’s name, date of birth, height and weight on the blanket.  This will be a keepsake a new mom will cherish forever.  She will also save that blanket for her child when they have their first.

As you can see, baby blankets can be used in a variety of ways making wonderful gifts for any new mom.  It’s especially nice since they are so useful, and you can get them in any color fabric and in any price range.

Keepsake gifts mark the passing of a child’s life.  They give you concrete memories of times gone by.  When you combine keepsake gifts with baby blankets you have a winner of a baby gift.

There are milestones throughout a child’s young life, first handprint and footprints, first tooth lost, first haircut an so many more. All of these can be commemorated with something special.  When you put all of them together they make a great gift a parent will remember throughout their child’s life.

Baby Handprint and Footprint Kits

Having a keepsake of your baby’s handprint or footprint is essential.  It is one thing I look back on often.  It still amazes me my daughter was ever that small.

You can get baby footprint stamp kits where you use ink to make an impression of the baby’s foot (or hand for that matter).

You can also get the the kind of baby handprint kit where you imprint the baby’s handprint in a solid material.

In fact, you can buy kits with 5 tins so you can have a memorable hand or footprint for each of the first 5 years of baby’s life.  This is a great idea, and will make an amazing memory for the new mom, and a fun activity for the child as they get older. It will be something they look forward to doing together every year.

Milestone Tins:

Milestones such as losing a first tooth, or getting their hair cut for the first time can be commemorated with small silver or gold tins.  You can find tins that will have first tooth or first lock engraved right on them.  This provides mom a safe place to store these cherished memories.

If you want to create a wonderful keepsake baby blanket gift basket you could put the keepsake gifts all together in a basket, add a couple soft colorful baby blankets and have a beautiful gift any new mom would love to receive.