Baby Shower

This past Saturday, I gave a baby shower for my sister-in-law, Rena. Her baby is due November 10th and I can't wait to have a little niece to spoil!! They are going to name her Surilla Danae Dearden (Surilla is Rena's grandma's name) and they will call her Danae. Rena is a very talented artist and painted this cute mural from "Toy Story" on her wall. Isn't it adorable?! Her colors are pink and brown.

We had a great turn-out for the shower and she got some wonderful gifts. Below are some of the "crafty" items I made.

The Invitation:

Games:
**Rena had gone to one of those ceramics places where you can paint pieces and then they fire them for you. She did this cute little Hippo Bank. We then went around the room introducing ourselves and then telling one thing we had never done before (ie: I've never been skydiving). Then everyone else in the room who had never been skydiving had to put a coin into the bank. Then it was the next person's turn and so on. (we had a big jar of coins for those who didn't have any change with them.) By the time we were done, baby Danae's college fund had officially bee started :)

**Baby item scramble: cpafiire = pacifier etc.
**Bingo!: This was done while Rena opened her gifts. Everyone filled out their own Bingo card with words they thought Rena would say while opening gifts. When she said a word on your sheet, you got to cross it off.



Here were the prizes for the games. I used plain brown bags and decorated them with plastic water bottles dipped in pink and cream paint. I thought they turned out cute!

There was lots of yummy food and the cookies Rena and her mom made were so cute!


Favors:
Chocolate suckers with seed packets attached. I couldn't find any little envelopes I liked, so I made my own. It gave me something to do while I stayed up late watching the Olympics a few weeks ago.



Of course, I had to get a little crafty with her gift too.

Burp Cloths:
Made out of washable diapers.

Boo Boo Bunny:
I got the idea from my Grandma who gave me one years ago. I crocheted a square and here are the instructions on how to fold it.


Hooded Towel:
I made it out of a full sized towel so it can grow with her. My Aunt Kapi made towels like these for my 3 kids and I LOVE them! They are so much better than the store-bought baby towels that are thin and hardly absorb anything. And now, 6 years later, and my boys can still use theirs!

Pacifier Clip:

Complete with her name.