Congratulations, you’re having a baby! Now it’s time to gather your friends, family, and loved ones and enjoy a lovely afternoon of hors d’oeuvres, pastries, games, and gift opening.
Of course, you can always get a few generic baby shower invites from the gift shop down the street and mail them over to your party guests. But it can be so much more fun, special, and cost effective to make your own invites. This is a chance for you to get creative and announce your party in style.
Below are some fabulous DIY invite ideas for your baby shower. Check them out!
1. Make cute, digital invites
If you want to save on printing costs and also don’t want to waste paper, make some colorful digital invites and email them to your guest list. Your colors will be bolder, your graphics will be prettier, and you’ll be able to customize each invite for your guests.
If you’re not big on graphic design, don’t worry. Sites like PosterMyWall have thousands of baby shower invites that you can choose from and customize according to your preference. Are you going for a pastel theme? Great! Simply pick your colors, add them to your design, and you’re golden. Want to add adorable stickers and pictures to your invite? You can do that too!
Using PosterMyWall will also save you hundreds of dollars in graphic design fees and printing costs. So go wild and create something that goes with your theme, is incredibly personal to you, and is able to get your guests hyped for your shower.
2. Create little baby onesie cards
Tiny onesies are absolutely adorable and the perfect way to invite your guests to your baby shower. Making onesie cards is incredibly simple. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Chart paper in different colors (or according to your theme)
- Scissors
- Colored markers
- Glitter glue
- Regular glue
- Tiny buttons
- Ribbon
Cut out the chart paper sheets into tiny onesies. You can find a stencil for onesie outlines online, or you can print and use the one below.
Twist the ribbon into tiny bowties for some of your onesies, and paste them at the neck. Switch it up by pasting buttons on some of the other onesies. Now, with a colored marker (make sure the color of the marker contrasts the chart paper color so that the text is readable), write down the details of the shower and invite your guest. Once you’re done, embellish the empty space on your onesie card with glitter glue and ribbons.
And that’s it! You’ve created a special little baby shower invitation for your guests.
3. Decorate baby bibs
This is a really cute way to invite your guests to your party. You’ll only need the following items:
- Plain colored fabric (preferably cotton)
- Marker
- Scissors
Cut up your fabric into tiny squares, preferably 5×5 inches. Then, take each square and cut it into the shape of a baby bib. All you have to do is cut a half-hole for the neck, and round out the edges opposite to the neck hole. Now, use your marker to write down the details of the shower and invite your guests.
The baby bib invitations can be recycled as napkins or as actual bibs for your friends’ babies. You can also pick the fabric color depending on whether you’re having a boy or a girl.
Final thoughts
Making your own baby shower invites is a way for you to express your creativity and show your guests how much this event means to you. It also gives you a fun little DIY project to work on while you wait for the little one to arrive. Finally, DIY invites give you an opportunity to create themed invites that are uniquely you.
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