Baby Shower Gift Basket Tips and Inspiration

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Posted on August 11, 2020 by Roeshel

There’s nothing more precious than a new baby and putting together a collection of sweet baby gifts can be so meaningful for parents-to-be! I love shopping and gathering up gifts to create a beautiful arrangement and I’m all about a pretty presentation. I thought I’d share a few I’ve made this past year to help inspire you if you’re stuck or looking for some examples to go by. Some affiliate links included.

Baby Shower Gift Basket Tips

Tips for personalizing a gift for a new little person makes if feel so special, right? Here are a few tips to help:

Registry – most parents-to-be will share their baby shower registry. Try to choose a few items from their hand selected wish list when possible.
Gender – it’s rare that we don’t know this ahead of time and completely unnecessary but if you do know, it does narrow down options.
Name – even more rare, but if it is known, I love to add something monogrammed – specifically, I love adding a wall art letter or creating a personalized iron on decal.
Theme – a lot of the time, the baby shower invitation will give a hint to the nursery theme or design style … elephants, owls, woodland, boho, Noah’s ark, etc.
Parents’ hobbies, collections, lifestyle. Do they love the outdoors (fishing? hunting?), love their dog(s)?, have a favorite sport’s team?
Your signature piece – for example, I’m all about wellness so I try to include chemical free, natural, organic options when I can.
Diapers & board book – baby showers now will often host a special raffle for bringing one of these items. I always use a pack of Honest newborn diapers in the bottom of the basket to lift the gifts. Either way, diapers are SUPER helpful and adding a favorite children’s story or baby board book to create a library of bedtime stories is one of my favorite things to add.
Gift wrap a few of the items with coordinating wrapping paper. I often use what I have on hand. It doesn’t have to be specific baby shower themed.

Baby Shower Gift Basket Inspiration

Here are 5 baby shower gift baskets I’ve put together to help inspire your next baby shower gift.

Girls:

EMMA

Emma’s mommy’s favorite color is purple and she designed an owl themed nursery. My dear friend waited a long time for this precious miracle and I am so happy for them!

Gifts I selected:

Hoot Board Book
Seedlings Calm essential oil (also check out Feather the Owl diffuser at Young Living)
Gentle Baby essential oil
Ruffled Romper & Headband
Newborn Swaddle Blanket & Beanie
Tulle Tutu and Headband
Milestone Stickers
Owl Teether and Rattle Socks (no longer available)
Purple Owl Squishmallow
Owl Diaper Caddy is no longer available (here’s a neutral owl diaper organizer option).
Organic Cotton Gowns
Floral Romper Bodysuite & Stockings
Lavender Woods Crib Sheet Set (no longer available)
My 1st Halloween Outfit

SOPHIE

– a pink themed collection fit for a princess!

Gifts I chose: {some substitutions pictured)

Gentle Baby Essential Oil
Gentle Babies Book by Debra Rayburn
Pink Bunny Mist Humidifier
The rest of the collection of pink bibs, stuffed unicorn, canvas basket, floral swaddle, pink tutu, headbands, etc. were purchased from TJMaxx

Boys:

TOBIAS & ELIAS

– shopping for twins is so much fun! I didn’t go with completely “identical” but it was fun to put a woodland theme gift collection together for two!

Gifts hand picked by me:

CONNOR

– this little guy’s mom and dad are parents to two German Shepherds. What fun it was to include the ‘fur babies’ too!

Gifts I included:

Baby Wash & Shampoo, Diaper Rash Cream, Baby Lotion from Young Living Seedlings Collection
Diffuser/Cool Mist Humidifier
Baby and Pet Bib Set (black and white)
Baby and Pet Bib Set (gray)
Plaid Flannel Jumpsuit
Plush German Shepherd (decor only)
Hot Dog, Cold Dog Board Book
Diaper Organizer

MARINO

– a blue teddy bear/sweet dreams collection for this precious boy.

Gifts I selected:

What are some of your favorite go-to baby gift ideas?

12 Days of Christmas Essential Oil Infused Bath Soak Ornament Gifts

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Roeshel

Every time of the year is a good time to share essential oils and Christmas is the perfect time to whip up your own DIY homemade gifts.

12 Days of Christmas

essential oil infused bath soak ornament gifts

Supplies: (some affiliate links included)

epsom salt
your choice of essential oils (I only recommend Young Living brand)
12 mini fillable glass ornaments (only use glass ornaments when using citrus essential oils)
small decorative Christmas tree
battery operated lights
ribbon and twine
Sharpie
mason jar
funnel (paper cones work well because you can snip the point to fit into the small ornament opening)

Instructions:

1. Add 2 level (or just under level) tablespoons of epsom salt to a mason jar.

2. Add 1-3 drops of essential oil.

3. Screw on lid and shake, shake, shake it up!

4. Remove top from glass ornament. Using the funnel, transfer contents of mason jar to glass ornament. You’ll have to tap. I recommend holding the ornament/funnel over the mason jar.

5. Attach ornament lid and embellish with ribbon.

6. Label ornaments using a Sharpie.

7. Tie ornament onto tree with a piece of twine.

*Repeat steps 1-6 for each essential oil. You may want to wash/rinse/dry mason jar between each use when creating a different batch.

Gift giving ideas:

1 – Give the entire 12 days of essential oil infused Christmas tree to a busy friend who could use some quiet ‘me’ time. Yes…it’s perfectly acceptable to keep it for yourself! Display the tree on the bathroom counter! The battery operated lights provide just the perfect glow for a relaxing bath soak. Set the mood with soothing holiday music.

2 – Or display the tree at your next holiday essential oil 101 class or holiday party. Bam! Instant guest favors, gifts or prizes.

3 – They make cute gift-toppers/accessories too!

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See more fun holiday essential oil gift ideas from these sweet blog friends:

Check out these other great DIY gift ideas using essential oils!

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Essential Oil Gift Basket Ideas Blog Hop

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Roeshel

Gift giving can be a challenge sometimes, right? I love coming up with creative ways to give gifts. So I’ve gathered a few of my essential oil loving blog friends to create and share essential oil gift basket ideas. Follow the blog hop below for lots of essential oil gift ideas!

I recently created and donated two gift baskets for a local humane society fundraiser. Both work for many different occasions: “cheer up”, “feel better”, “thinking of you”, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Mother’s Day”, etc. {some affiliate links below}

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