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1 T $40 h e Baby Shower Cute stbabyshowers.com now has over 1,000 pages full of cute baby shower ideas! It would take you hours, if not weeks, for you to scour through all of the ideas! To make your planning easier - We bundled the cutest, most requested ideas from our website, added a few new goodies, sprinkled in a bunch of links to our free printable items... and voila...you are all set to host the perfect (low-cost) baby shower! Disclaimer: This ebook consists of low-cost baby shower ideas, free printable decorations, recipes, etc. It is possible to host a shower for $40 - however, costs may vary, depending on how many of the enclosed ideas you choose to use :)

2 Favor & Prize Ideas choose your favorite favor idea! Print-From-Home Favor Tags Print these customizable favor tags from home & attach to your favors! follow this link to access your favor tags: Hugs and Kisses Fill a small favor bag with Hershey's Hugs and Kisses (a type of Hershey s Kisses.) Attach a favor tag that says "hugs and kisses from baby (last name.)" Free printable Hershey s Kiss Labels - click link to access: Diaper Soap Cut a small triangle out of baby printed fabric. Fold the sides in and form a "diaper" around a scented bar of soap (rectangle or square shaped soap work best.) Fasten with a safety pin or diaper pin. Guests will love these!

3 How to Make Candy Pacifiers These little guys are so easy to make and look adorable sprinkled on countertops! You only need 3 ingredients! Life Savers, White Chocolate (CandiQuik is my favorite!) & miniature Jelly Beans Melt the chocolate in 30 second intervals, stirring in between each one. You really don't need much chocolate, I used 4 squares to make about 30 pacifiers. Dip one side of a Life Saver into the chocolate Place the Life Saver standing up onto another Life Saver. Let dry. cont...

4 When they are dry...it's time to add the jelly beans! Dip one end of a miniature jelly bean into the white chocolate Place the jelly bean into the middle of the Life Saver. Hold there for a few seconds until set. Sprinkle these onto counter tops for cute baby shower decorations or bundle up into a little bag and give away as baby shower favors! Enjoy!

5 Printable Baby Shower Clipart airplane clipart Link to access: baby blocks clipart Link to access: (scroll down the page a bit) baby elephant clipart Link to access: (scroll down the page a bit)

6 Games Safety Pin in Rice Game Fill a small bowl 3/4 full with dry rice. Add small safety pins to the mix. Blindfold each guest and give them the chance to remove as many safety pins as possible in one minute. The guest who finds the most pins wins the game. This baby shower game idea is actually pretty hard to do since the pins and the rice feel the same. Make sure to return all the pins into the bowl before each guest starts. Then everyone gets a fair chance at winning! Preparation: small bowl, small safety pins, uncooked rice, blindfold, paper and pen to record guest results. Take A Mint This is a fun baby shower game idea! As guests come through the door offer them some mints (or any small candy in a bowl.) After everyone has arrived, go around the room and have each person tell an interesting fact (or facts) about themselves. How ever many mints they have taken is the amount of interesting facts they have to divulge.

7 Baby Shower Menu Ideas Salad in Shells Baby Shower Recipe by Lucy C. Brooklyn, NY, USA Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package jumbo pasta shells 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1 cup coarsely chopped cooked chicken 1 cup coarsely chopped tomatoes 3/4 cup coarsely chopped cucumbers 3 ounces Italian hard salami, chopped cont... 1/3 cup roasted garlic vinaigrette dressing Cook pasta shells as directed on the package. Drain and cool. Place remaining ingredients except vinaigrette in a medium bowl. Pour vinaigrette over the salad, toss to coat. Stuff the shells with the salad. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours before serving. Fast, simple & delicious! Fruit Skewers & Meat & Cheese Skewers Get some wooden skewer at the store and put strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, mango & grapes onto them! This is an easy low-cost way to make a great presentation! Do the same thing with cubed salami, ham, cheese, olives and pickles! Easiest Baby Shower Punch 1-2 liter bottle of Sprite or 7up 1 container of any kind of sherbet This is a simple and yummy party punch. Add different sherbet flavors (raspberry, orange etc.) to change the color or flavor to fit your shower theme. Free Printable Pregnancy Punch Tags use these fun pregnancy punch tags! Access here:

8 Baby Shower Decorating Ideas A trick to making your money stretch is to decorate with items that can double as baby gifts! Napkin Rings - use plastic baby keys, pacifiers or beads strung onto bracelet wire spelling out baby's name or baby-themed words like baby/gaga/bottle/ sweet/pink/blue. Give the toys to the mom-to-be at the end of the shower. Baby Bottles For Vases - fill baby bottles with babies breath and daisies and tie a pacifier around the rim with some pretty ribbon. Give the bottles to the momto-be at the ned of the shower. Receiving Blankets Make Terrific Tablecloths - spread them all around for the cutest effect! After the shower, the blankets can go to the new mom! Tea-Light Holders - fill empty baby food jars with pastel jelly bellies and place a tea-light on top Use a white table cloth (disposable or inexpensive cloth) and put permanent markers, puffy paints and fabric paints on the table. Have each guest write a personal note to mommy and baby and maybe draw a cute picture. Write the date of the shower on it and present it to the mom-to-be! Hang a clothesline (heavy yarn or string) across the room and put clothespins on it, and every time the mom-to-be opens a cute outfit, socks, bibs or a blanket, hang it up on the clothesline, so you can all see it. Very cute! Get some fabric squares and have each guest decorate one with permanent marker (and write their name on it, too), then have a crafty person sew them all together and make a baby quilt out of them! Printable Oh Baby! sign that can be framed and used to decorate tables at the shower - and then given to the mom-to-be to use in the nursery! Come in 5 colors! Access free printable signs here:

9 Baby Shower Invitations Use these colorful baby shower invitations and return address label wraps! Here is the link to access and print them (scroll down the page a bit):

10 easy links cheat sheet quick links to popular (& free) printable items on the site Printable Recipe Cards: tuck inside the invitations asking guests to bring their fav easy recipe for the new mom. Or for a favor idea, make a batch of cookies, bundle in a cute bag and attach the recipe Printable Game Sheet For Kids: keep children busy with this colorful printable game sheet Brown Sugar Scrub Favors With Free Printable Tag Cookie Sleeve With Free Printable Labels Paper Favor Balls Printable Bookmark Favors Baby Shower Wreath Pinwheel Template How To Make Sock Lollipops: Drinking Straw Flag Decor: Twin Baby Shower Favor Tags: Printable Baby Shower Checklist: Printable Baby Shower Bookmarks: Printable Boat Decorations (Ships Ahoy! It s A Boy Theme): Baby Shower Gifts Printable Monthly Onesie Iron-Ons (print onto iron-on transfer paper) Baby Is Sleeping Door Sign Wish Sign Hospital Survival Kit with free printable tag cutestbabyshowers.com & printitbaby.com for personal use only