Baby shower favors are often overlooked when it comes to planning a baby shower for an expectant mother. With the hustle and bustle of organizing and coordinating a baby shower, it can be extremely tempting for the hostess to skip this detail. People tend to forget the importance of favors as a discreet way to say thank you to your guests for being able to show up at your party, it also gives them a small memento to remind them of the party itself. These baby shower favors need not be expensive or elaborate, they can be simple and cheap but just as meaningful it all just goes to show the appreciation of the hostess and mother to be towards all the attendees of the event. Like they say it's the thought that counts and these small gifts shows that the guests are most welcome and remembered.

It is easy to get all stressed up when organizing celebrations and parties. There are so many things to prepare and look into. One of these is writing thank-you cards and preparing gifts for the guests. If one has the budget, one can hire a party planner or gifts specialist to handle this department. That is normal for big celebrations such as weddings and company dinner, but for smaller parties such as baby shower and birthday bash, the host/hostess would normally prepare the gifts themselves. If the party is for 25 people, no point of wasting one's resources in hiring a specialist just for selecting and preparing presents for the guests. The host/hostess can add personal touches to the gifts by customizing them according to their own styles or guests' preferences. If they are creative enough, they can make use of materials that can be found easily at their own home. Silk, faux fur, lace, ribbons and velvet materials could be used to decorate gift boxes and wrapping papers. Colors can be used to invoke specific moods. Therefore one may use brightly colored wrapping papers to convey the moods of joy, exuberance and vitality.

If the hostess decides to give the same gift to everyone, she must make sure that the gift is something neutral suitable for everybody. Some examples include chocolates, sweet-smelling potpourri, scented soaps, scented candles and cookies. These are nice baby shower favors to consider. However she must be sensitive to a few matters such as the ethnic backgrounds of her guests. For example, some eastern cultures particularly in the practice of feng shui, dried flowers or plants are believed to have negative connoctations to them because they emit excessive yin energy and may symbolize stunted growth or death. To show respect for this culture, the hostess may want to avoid giving dried flowers as gifts, no matter how beautiful or creative the arrangements may be.

If you decide hand out baby shower gifts to the guests there are a few suggestions which may come in handy to ease your burden. You should wait until all the guests have arrived and have handed over their baby shower gifts, if possible make the mother to be the one who hand out the favors. This ensures that the guest gets the special touch of receiving the gift directly from the event's honored guest. A good time to hand out the favors would be just as the guest is about to leave as this would avoid any misplacement during the shower. Also try to make a little extra favors just in case there are any extra guests or some of the favors get spoilt. For edible favors keep them in a cool dry place away from harm till you intend to use the, If you truly couldn't prepare any baby shower favors for the event itself it could also be possible to send out the favors using the postal service along with the thank you notes from the mother to be for the baby shower gifts. Lastly make sure that none of the guests are forgotten.