The next time you throw a baby shower, make it green!
1. Invitations- Go paperless! Sites like evites offer thousands of adorable templates or you can design you own. Another idea is to use recycled invitations or plantable paper invitations. You could even get a pretty pack of pea seeds with the details of the party written on it. It's really cute to use a "little seed", "pea in a pod", or "something's growing" theme.
2. Give green gifts - Limit plastic toys. Buy organic baby clothing for the mom-to-be. If you make a diaper cake, use chlorine-free diapers. Who knows, your green gift may just be the nudge she needs.
3. Use reusable giftwrap - Wrap your gift in a colorful reusable tote bag, baby blanket, or cloth diaper. Cloth diapers can be used for diapering, burp cloths, cleaning pads, etc., and you can never have too many!
4. Decorations- Decorate with fresh locally grown flowers and baby items that will be given to the new Mom when the shower is over. String twine along a wall and clothespin organic cotton onesies. Place bottles and bowls on the table with candy in them. Place votive candles in clean baby food jars.
5. Games- Buy containers of stage 1 organic baby food and remove the labels. Make sure to number the jars and list the fruit or vegetable on a sheet of paper. Pass around the jars and let guests guess what is in the jar. Whoever gets the most correct wins! And Mom-to-be gets to take home the jars to use with her little bundle.
6. Use real silverware, glasses, china, and cloth napkins. Come on, what are you saving it for anyway?
1. Invitations- Go paperless! Sites like evites offer thousands of adorable templates or you can design you own. Another idea is to use recycled invitations or plantable paper invitations. You could even get a pretty pack of pea seeds with the details of the party written on it. It's really cute to use a "little seed", "pea in a pod", or "something's growing" theme.
2. Give green gifts - Limit plastic toys. Buy organic baby clothing for the mom-to-be. If you make a diaper cake, use chlorine-free diapers. Who knows, your green gift may just be the nudge she needs.
3. Use reusable giftwrap - Wrap your gift in a colorful reusable tote bag, baby blanket, or cloth diaper. Cloth diapers can be used for diapering, burp cloths, cleaning pads, etc., and you can never have too many!
4. Decorations- Decorate with fresh locally grown flowers and baby items that will be given to the new Mom when the shower is over. String twine along a wall and clothespin organic cotton onesies. Place bottles and bowls on the table with candy in them. Place votive candles in clean baby food jars.
5. Games- Buy containers of stage 1 organic baby food and remove the labels. Make sure to number the jars and list the fruit or vegetable on a sheet of paper. Pass around the jars and let guests guess what is in the jar. Whoever gets the most correct wins! And Mom-to-be gets to take home the jars to use with her little bundle.
6. Use real silverware, glasses, china, and cloth napkins. Come on, what are you saving it for anyway?
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