How Do You Create Cheap Baby Shower Decorations?
Hosting a baby shower is a fun event that helps get new parents off to a good start. But without careful planning, a baby shower can end up being very expensive for the person throwing the party. Costs to consider include invitations, stamps, food and beverages, prizes for games, and decorations. Following are some ideas to help you keep costs under control while decorating. Since baby showers typically include a lunch, make the food do double duty by having it serve as decorations. Make a simple pink punch with 7-Up and cranberry juice or pink sherbet. Mix whipped cream into blue Jell-O to make a pretty pastel blue side dish. Splurge a little by making a fruit salad in a watermelon shaped like a baby buggy. Cut an L-shape down and across the watermelon to make it look like a buggy with a hood. Hollow out the watermelon and fill with fruit pieces. Peel a cantaloupe to resemble a baby’s head. Carve gentle U shapes into the “face” to look like closed eyes. Where the baby’s mouth should b
