If you are throwing a baby shower for an expectant mother, why not help her off to a great start by supplying her with a bunch of diapers and wipes.

A cute idea is to ask each guest to bring a package of diapers or baby wipes with them to the baby shower.  You then give each person who brought a package a raffle ticket. 

At the end of the baby shower, you draw a raffle ticket and award the winner with a special prize.  The winner is happy to have won a gift and the expectant mother is happy to have a large supply of diapers and baby wipes... which is an absolute necessity for all newborns!

So, you had your first baby and threw a baby shower....and now you're pregnant with your second!  Many women in this situation wonder if it's acceptable to have another baby shower.  The answer is YES!  However, there are a few things to consider...

Depending on how far apart your second baby is from your first determines quite a bit.  If you children are far apart in age then there is no issue at all with having a second large baby shower.  Chances are you don't have any of the major essentials anymore (stroller, carseat, play pen, crib, etc.) in which case you are in dire need of once again. 

If your first child and second will be close in age and you do have your major essentials, then the popular trend  today is having a "Sprinkles" party.  A "Sprinkles" party is not as large as a shower.  You can still create a baby registry for a sprinkles party just as you did for your baby shower, however, with less items.  You would just register for necessities such as diapers, bottles, clothing, bibs, etc, since all of your larger and more expensive items are already taken care of. 

Another name for a sprinkles party is a "Bare Necessities" Party....which is exactly what you are in need of...the bare necessities!  A cute idea is to send out invitations with teddy bears on them inviting guests to your "Bare Necessities" Party. 

Congratulations on your pregnancy and best wishes!

If you are hosting a baby shower and are in need of some fun games to play, take a peek at a few of our favorites:
 

• Guess The Width of The Belly - Pass around a roll of ribbon to all of your guests.  Ask your guests to guess the width of the mom-to-be's belly.  Cut their ribbon at their estimate.  After all guests have ribbon in their hands, one by one have them wrap their ribbon around the expectant  mother's belly.  Who ever comes the closest is the winner!
• Name That Jar - Gather approximately 8 jars of baby food.  Remove the labels.  Have your guests participate in a taste test and write down their answers.  After all jars have been tasted, reveal the answers.  Whoever had the most correct wins!
• Clothespin Game - Distribute three clothespins to each of your guests and have them attatch them to their shirt.  Choose a "DO NOT SAY" (Baby works best).  Whenever someone says "Baby" or whatever word chosen, another guest steals their clothespin and attaches it to their own shirt.  At the end of the shower, the guest with the most clothespins wins!
• Baby Bingo - Create bingo cards prior to the shower using baby-related words.  Examples are: baby, crib, bottle, pacifier, rattle, bib, etc.  Have each answer written on a piece of paper and placed into a hat or  basket.  Pull one at a time and reveal.  The first guest with BINGO is the winner!
• Dirty Diaper Game - Purchase various types of chocolate bars and a small package of diapers prior to the shower.  After your guests arrive, melt one chocolate bar in each diaper.  Pass around the "dirty" diapers and based soley upon looks and smells, have your guests guess what's in the diaper.  The guest with the most correct answers wins!  Chocolate bar suggestions are Hershey with Almonds, Baby Ruth, Milky Way, Three Musketeers, etc.
• Melt The Ice - A day or two prior to the baby shower freeze miniature plastic baby pins, bottles, or other accessory into ice cube trays.  As your guests arrive, pass out drinks with one frozen cube in each glass.  The first person to have their ice cube melt and their item freely floating at the top of their glass wins, but only after standing up and shouting "MY WATER BROKE".

If you have any additional fun baby shower games to play, we welcome all suggestions!  Have fun and enjoy!!

I am asked quite often the notorious question of how The Diaper Baker was created.  I would like to share the "birth" story....

Ten years ago I attended a baby shower where the mom-to-be received a diaper cake.  It was a tower of diapers.  I thought to myself "Now there's a gift that she REALLY needs".  Diapers Diapers Diapers!!

A few years later my daughter found out she was pregnant with my very first grand-daughter.  As a proud grandma-to-be, I wanted to give my daughter the most memorable baby shower EVER!!  I went out and bought everything you can think of....new baby clothes, socks, shoes, booties, hats, mittens, toys, teethers, rattles....and let's not forget the diapers!!  You name it and I probably bought it!!

I decided I was going to create a diaper cake for my daughter's baby shower. I did it just as I had seen years prior at the shower I attended.  As I placed the final tier of diapers on top of the cake I stepped back and thought to myself "Not the most ATTRACTIVE thing, now is it?"  Yes, it's definitely useful, but very boring.  It was then that I glanced down at all of the shopping bags I had accumulated filled with the items I mentioned earlier (bibs, socks, shoes, teethers, etc.) and thought "What if I could make a diaper cake FILLED with all of these items that radiated beauty???"  My mind was racing with different thoughts and ideas.  I wrapped the tiers of the cake with plush blankets and hooded towels, the top tier with burpcloths and washcloths.  I placed an 8 oz bottle in the center of the diapers, holding the tiers together.  I began adding on all of the items, plus more, and when all was said and done I had this absolutely adorable, beautiful diaper cake before me. 

I placed it on the table as I began decorating for her baby shower.  My younger daughter was the first to arrive and continuously complimented me on the CENTERPIECE I had made.  Centerpiece????  Wow...she was right.  Not only was this a unique gift, but it was a gorgeous centerpiece!!  Two gifts in one!  FANTASTIC!!

The guests started to arrive and one-by-one I was getting asked where the centerpiece was purchased from, where did I find such an exquisite gift, was that a cake made of diapers???  Everyone was amazed at my work!!  My daughter was the last to arrive as it was a surprise shower for her.  The look on her face was priceless when she saw the gift / centerpiece I had made for her.  Tears filled up in her eyes with a smile ear-to-ear.  I must admit as a mother, seeing your child (regardless of their age) that happy gives YOU complete joy. 

I decided then and there that I wanted to give others the same feeling that we had....and The Diaper Baker was born!!