After a fun afternoon playing baby shower games1

1- Crystal Baby Bottle Key Chains

A key chain is something useful and everyone uses it daily. Since favors should be memoirs, key chains will be a daily reminder of the baby for family and friends. You can tie the baby bottle key chain in tulle cloth and have an elegant ivory ribbon around it. For an even more sophisticated look, have the baby's name inscribed in gold letters on the ribbon. If the baby doesn't have a name yet, use the parent's names. Some people will love the favor so much, they won't use it. This is fine too since it can be used to decorate a mantle or another corner of their home.

2- Baby Shower Cookie

If the mommy or daddy to be love cookies, then this favor will please them very much. Choose a theme for the cookies that match the overall theme of the party and of course express something personal about the parents. You can have a variety of different cookies in the same color combination but in different shapes. For example; if you're throwing a fall themed baby shower you can have pumpkins, acorns, squirrels and leaf shapes with orange, yellow, and brown colored icing. A good thing about this favor is the fact that guests don't have to feel bad that the cookie won't last more than a day. They can eat it and feel appreciated for coming: mission accomplished. The perfect favor if you ask me.

3- Porcelain Baby Doll

The great thing about this favor is that it's very pretty and it lasts a long time. Women and girls will be able to decorate their rooms with this favor. You can have the baby doll styled in whatever theme you've chosen for your event. The only drawback is that this kind of favor may not appeal to men in attendance if you're throwing a couples baby shower. In that case, you can always have a different favor for the guys.

4- Cold Porcelain Themed Magnet

A magnet is a useful item and also a great reminder in the home of the new arrival of the baby. Get creative and make different types of magnets in the theme and the color scheme that you've chosen for your shower. For example: if you've chosen to have a nautical baby shower you can have lifesavers, anchors, sailor babies, and boats as magnets. Display your magnet favors on a 3 tiered tray on a special table just for them. That way it will be easier to hand them to guests as they leave the party.

5- Polaroid Favor Idea

Have someone take a picture of the mommy to be and each guest as they are leaving the shower. Make sure it's one of those instant pictures. That way, the hostess hands the picture along with a picture frame to the guest.

I have one more piece of advice when you're thinking about what to do for baby shower favors. Try to be creative and innovate. Give it some heart. It doesn't have to be anything amazing; it just has to be something that shows appreciation and adds a smile to your guests' faces.