Trying to think of a fun and unique baby shower gift basket idea for your friends baby shower? There are so many ideas out there and so many things you can do. The important thing is to think about the person you are going to give it to and what they like!
A really unique shower gift basket that you can easily make yourself is a gift card basket. Why a gift card you ask? Well, often the baby is the first to be born and the parents have no idea what things they need. They will also often get duplicate gifts and then be forced to exchange and return gifts. So a fun and unique idea is to put together a gift basket out of gift cards.
flexibility
By giving out a few different gift cards, you’re allowing a lot of flexibility. They can go shopping whenever they want after the baby is born. They are not obligated to buy a certain item or keep a gift that they will not use. The gift card can be a practical and easy way to tell someone to go out and get whatever they need.
For example, with our firstborn, we recorded a series of bottles that we later decided were useless. However, we had tons of them as they were on our check-in list, many people were kind enough to buy them for us. However, everything was wrong and we didn’t know about it until after our baby was born. We then got stuck swapping the bottles and trying to find something from that store that would work for us using store credit. Then we had to go to another store to buy the bottles we wanted.
By giving a gift card, you allow the couple some flexibility in their purchases and they can find items that work for them.
no returns
With a gift card, you can be sure that the parents-to-be won’t have to return the item you gave them. This saves them a great deal of time and the great hassle of a return. It also eliminates the gift receipt and the attempt to retain and track all the receipts for the different gifts they received.
fill in the gaps
Often, after the baby shower is completely over and the baby has been born, there are inevitably other things the couple will find they need. At this point, it would be nice to have a gift card and be able to fill in the missing items they need without having to worry about money.
Weather
By giving a baby shower gift card basket, the couple can use the gift cards at a time that works best for them. This is often after the baby has been born and they can be a great first outing. They can also keep the card for longer and decide to use it whenever they want.
A random sample
If you’re putting together a gift card baby shower basket, it’s nice to get what I call a random sample of gift cards. While this isn’t really a random process, it helps make sense of the idea. In fact, this is an exact science. You’ll want to get a variety of gift cards so they can be used at different times when needed. For example a gift card to any of the following places would be very useful
Bookstore: This card can be used to purchase a parenting book or even a leisure reading book. Or it could be used to buy some baby books like the “Baby Einstein” series.
Food To Go: This is a real lifesaver. After the birth of his first child and after waking up every three hours for the first few nights, he will discover that he is too tired to cook and is in no condition to go out to eat. This is where a gift card from a local restaurant that offers takeout can be a very useful gift and, in fact, saves lives. They can just place an order over the phone and then let Mommy pick it up while Dad watches the baby for a while. This allows mom a little outing and dad a chance to spend time with the newborn while she feeds her hungry tummies.
Baby Store: This one is a bit of a no-brainer, but providing a gift card to your local Babies R Us or other baby supply store can also be a real lifesaver. It will help to buy formula, diapers, or items they need, like a bottle warmer or a different stroller.
By collecting cards from a few different places and putting them together in a fun gift basket, you can make a very practical and very fun gift. Try giving out a basket of baby shower gift cards at your next party and watch people’s faces light up. It’s definitely a unique baby shower gift basket idea and useful to boot.
