Small footprints are the lasting symbol of a newborn. And it is only right that you use it as the primary design of your invitation. Besides, your recipients would know right away what the party is all about the moment they see the small foot right outside the envelope. Well, you can always get pre-made invites from the store and just mail it to everyone you know. But that's not going to be as special as the one you made yourself. Start your quest of being a doting mother with the very first invitation you make for your baby.

If you're still thinking as to how you'll go about the design of your baby footprints, here are good suggestions:

1. Use your computer and print out little footprints on colorful paper.

The decorative paper where you'll print the foot on will be your base. You can use it to cover the cardboard that would serve as the invitation itself. There are different types of paper to choose from. You can use printer-friendly transparent paper, neon papers, and even shiny gift wrappers. Just make sure that the paper you'll print on is thick enough not to ruin your printer.

2. Make hand-drawn invitations.

If you know that you have talent when it comes to free-hand drawing, why not make a baby shower invite involving your artistic drawing skills? You can simply draw a big baby footprint on the cover of the card and maybe add a few small details inside like a stork carrying a newborn baby with its beak or a smiling baby with a feeding bottle. With your exceptional drawing abilities, making hand-drawn invitations becomes a very simple task.

3. Make yourself busy with paper cut-outs.

You can make an attractive invitation by simply cutting out patterns of baby footprints on colorful papers. Just get a master pattern from baby magazines or old books. Cut your selected pattern then paste it on a thick cardboard. Then cut out the footprint shape from the thick cardboard. That would serve as your master pattern. Trace it over your choice of colorful papers. Make several of them, preferably in different sizes. Paste them all over the cover of the invite. You can also put some text outside for added effect. This is the simplest baby footprints suggestion yet. Everybody can do it, regardless of one's level of creativity.