Top 10 Handmade Baby Shower Gifts

Newborns deserve special things – things made with care by someone who likes new babies and their tiny little feet. If you have a baby shower coming up, consider a handmade present. And don’t worry about learning how to knit, as long as you know how to click your gift will have a shot at heirloom status.

| Posted: 10 May, 2010 by Margaret Mason

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• Cabin and Cub Bookplate Set

  

  Tie these quirky handmade book plates atop a stack of your favorite stories from childhood.

  $6 at Cabin Cub Design | Buy

  

  | Posted 10 May, 2010 by Margaret Mason

• Tetra Nightlight

  

  If you could also arrange a year’s supply of freshly baked cookies, that would ideal.

  $42 at Children's Furniture Company | Buy

  

  | Posted 07 May, 2010 by Margaret Mason

• Organic Ryder the Rhino Teether

  

  They start biting early.

  $14 at Little Alouette | Buy

  

  | Posted 06 May, 2010 by Margaret Mason

• Swaddle Me Handknit Blanket

  

  Doesn’t this look like something Gwyneth Paltrow owns? It does.

  $220 at wobabybasics | Buy

  

  | Posted 11 Jun, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• 1-2-3 Grow With Me

  

  Now you don’t have to rip the doorframe out of your rental when you move.

  $44 at Inklore | Buy

  

  | Posted 14 Apr, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Baby Boat Cradle

  

  A gift the whole family pitches in on – the cradle that will rock your family’s babies to sleep for a hundred generations.

  $2,200 at Beaver Boatworks | Buy

  

  | Posted 10 Apr, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• The Gnome Hat

  

  The baby? We found her in the garden.

  $34 at Pumpkin Haus | Buy

  

  | Posted 17 Jan, 2009 by Margaret Mason

• Baby Birth Plaque

  

  It’s a little like bronzing the birth announcement.

  $75 at Rae Dunn | Buy

  

  | Posted 17 Dec, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Days Of The Week Onesie Gift Set

  

  A perfectly impressive shower gift that helps new moms remember what day it is.

  $75 at Handmade Jig | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Sep, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Cowboy Boot Baby Booties

  

  Get along, little baby.

  $30 at Mahar Dry Goods | Buy

  (These also come in brown.)

  

  | Posted 11 Apr, 2006 by Margaret Mason