Homemade Baby Shower DecorationsWritten by Cathy Cripps
No baby shower would be same without decorations. While you could spend quite a bit of money buying decorations, an additional option is to make them. The thing is that homemade decorations are not difficult once you know how. In this chapter, we will provide some information about traditional decorations as well as decorations you can make!DIAPER CAKES For table where you will have food and beverages set up, you want to create something festive. Although there are many great ideas, one of most popular is diaper cake. You can learn to make your own diaper cake centerpiece or purchase one online. Since this “cake” is constructed of baby diapers, these would be presented to expectant mother after baby shower. This centerpiece is actually very beautiful, as you can see in photograph and in most cases, very affordable, especially considering that they are fully functional. There are many different variations of diaper cakes so you can be as creative as you like. If you want to try making centerpiece on your own, simply following these instructions: 40 small diapers 2 baby towels or small receiving blankets 1 burp rag 1 baby bottle Rubber bands or scotch tape 3 diaper pins 1 cardboard cake plate 1 roll of colored curling ribbon 1 cake topper (toys, stuffed animals, flowers, etc) Various baby items for decoration such as miniature powder or shampoo, rattle, brush, teething ring, etc
| | 7 Little Things That You Can do to Organize the Kids' RoomsWritten by Karen Fritscher-Porter
1. Sink to their level. Get on your knees in their room to view things from a kid's level. Convenience is an important factor in getting anyone to organize or put things away. Lower clothing racks in closet. Put most frequently used items on lowest shelves and in lowest drawers. Set up decorative, short open bins, crates, baskets and boxes in corners, on closet floors and at foot of bed.2. Hide stuff under bed. Use flat, rectangular storage bins on wheels that are made for under-the-bed storage. Designate one of these for Barbie dolls and another for mini toy cars. Store your children's artwork including construction paper and crayons in one of bins. Older children can store schoolwork and notebooks here. Got music lovers? They can keep a pile of CDs handy here. 3. Make organizing fun. Organizing can be a drag even for "big people." Imagine how your child feels at thought of clearing away his toys, clothes and school work. Get your children involved by letting them creatively label their own drawers and bins. They can make personalized drawings as labels. Or you can take photos of your child with an object that goes in drawer and tape it to front of bin or drawer. Is drawer supposed to hold small toy soldiers? Tape a small clear plastic pocket to outside of drawer that's stuffed with an example of contents such as one toy soldier. You can buy notebook plastic sleeves (also called sheet protectors) from any office supply store. Then just cut them to size needed. Use clear shipping tape to attach labels to bins. Put a laundry hamper under a kid size basketball hoop. 4. Keep drawers shallow. The deeper drawer, more kids will fill it. With a few exceptions for big bulky items, use shallow drawers. Some narrow storage carts on wheels come with five or six shallow drawers. You can roll cart into closet if needed or line several in a row against a wall. Fill deeper drawers with mini-organizers such as small trays, tins, recycled cardboard boxes and more. Don't use lids on mini-organizers; that's just a hassle for kids to find their items and remember to put lids back on each item. Use makeshift cardboard dividers to separate things in drawers--like socks.
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