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.

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.

We received a few crocheted baby blankets when my daughter was born. They meant the world, especially knowing some family members had very little experience crocheting and the effort she put into it.  Some of our crocheted blankets were made of your basic cotton, and others were made of chenille, and other very soft and fluffy materials.

If you are thinking about crocheting a baby blanket for a new mom in your life and don’t know how to crochet you will first have to learn.   There are a variety of stitches, but they are easily learned and very clear directions are readily available at a number of websites.  If you want a little more direct instruction you can check at your local craft store. They often have crochet classes.  Learning to crochet with a teacher is nice because you get immediate feedback and can quickly correct any mistakes you make.

Once you have learned to crochet, you just have to find a great baby blanket pattern. You can find patterns for free online. You can often print these patterns out so you have them for reference. If you would prefer you can also check your local library.  There are complete books of crochet patterns for you to check out.  You can also get pattern ideas from craft magazines, don’t forget to check back issues.

Once you’ve sewn your first baby blanket gift you may find you enjoy crocheting so much you want to move on to something a little bigger.  You could then move up to throw blankets or even a bedspread.  The options are limitless, but it is sure to be a treasured gift.