- Homemade Baby Gifts -
Let's Be Creative!
Let's Make It Personal!

Homemade baby gifts make an awesome present! They are unique, add a personal touch and show the recipient that you care a lot.

Home made or hand made baby gifts are coming straight from the heart and all you need is a bit of your spare time. Just everybody can be creative and most of the instructions are easy to follow.

As an extra benefit, costs for the material are normally moderate to cheap. So here we go - we have the perfect present without a big investment!
To find out more about cheap or even free baby gifts have a look here: cheap but great baby gifts.

No baby craft gift idea at all or not sure what to make? Don't worry, I will present you with a number of baby gifts to make, all with detailed tips and instructions. For some of my homemade baby gifts you will need a little (or even a lot of) experience but others are just so easy that everybody can make them - and yet, they will look simply fabulous!

I have categorized my handmade baby gift ideas for you so you can see right away which one might be suitable for you and your skills.
EASY means that really everybody can do it. MEDIUM requires some skills and DIFFICULT is rather for the advanced.
The instructions provide you with step by step directives and photos so you can easily follow along. Have fun!

MY FAVORITE HOMEMADE BABY GIFTS:

• BABY PHOTO FRAME (handpainted or decorated) / BABY NAME FRAME - easy
  All you need is a wooden picture frame, preferably with a broad border and some acrylic paint. Simply draw some colorful patterns or flowers and you're done! Add baby's name and date of birth for personalization. For a decorated picture frame glue painted wooden letters, painted wooden stickers and / or rhinestones to your frame. Easy, yet very impressive!
  
  
• HOMEMADE DIAPER CAKES - easy
  free diaper cake instructions here
  

• BABY QUILT - medium to difficult
  instructions coming soon

• SOCK MONKEY FOR BABY - medium to difficult
  get your sock monkey instructions here
  

• HANDMADE BABY BOOK - easy
  instructions coming soon

• NURSERY WALL LETTERS (handpainted or decorated) - easy
  Get some big unfinished wooden letters and paint them with acrylic or metallic paint (flowers, patterns, rainbows, etc.). Alternatively decorate finished wooden letters with rhinestones or little wooden stickers.
  
  

• BABY TIME CAPSULE - easy
  get directions and time capsule ideas here.
  
  

• KNIT BABY BLANKET - medium to difficult
  find instructions for cute knit baby blankets here
  
  
  
• CAR SEAT CANOPY - medium
  A homemade car seat canopy is a very practical baby gift. Make it special by ironing on baby's name with ironing on letters or embroider baby's name. Follow this link for your car seat canopy tutorial.
  
  
  
• CROCHETED BABY BLANKET - medium
  go here to see how to make a crocheted baby blanket
  
  
  
  
• BABY GIFT BASKET - easy
  simply follow these baby gift basket instructions
  
  
  
  
• BABY ROOM PLATE / DOOR SIGN - easy
  Buy a ready-made bigger flat wooden shape such as a star, flower, doll, plane, train, car, etc. and paint it with acrylic and / or metallic paint. Add a pattern, glitter or rhinestones, if you like. Get baby's name in wooden letters. If you want paint them, too or leave them just plain. Glue the letters on your wooden shape. Et voila - you just finished a beautiful decoration for baby's nursery!
  
  
  

  More homemade baby gifts, especially suited for baby showers.
  
  
  

My special tip for you to spice up your handmade presents: add a label. The one pictured here says: "MADE WITH LOVE AND KISSES". You can get different MADE WITH LOVE labels at amazon and they can either be ironed on or sewn on (or both to be sure they stick and are no hazard for baby!). They give your present the ultimate TLC!

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