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For people who have the time to spare, making baby shower favors at home has become a popular option. The main reason for this is that they can not only save the money they would have paid to buy those favors, but also occasionally make money doing favors for others. They also noted that buying all the materials needed was only necessary the first time as there would be leftovers in succeeding times.

Washcloth lollipop baby shower favors are among the favorites to make at home. The materials needed are available anywhere and the method of making these favors is extremely easy. You will require a few washcloths (two for every lollipop), transparent tape, some light colored cellophane, ribbons and some sticks. Note that the washcloths for these baby shower favors have to be in different colors.

Fold up each washcloth along its longer side. Make sure that each pair of washcloths matches in size. Fold both edges again in such a way as to meet along the middle, then fold up the middle of the washcloth. Fasten the ends of the washcloths with strong adhesive tape. Overlap the two washcloths slightly end to end. Tape up the junction securely. Roll up the combined washcloth until it forms a tight spiral. Fasten the end to the body of the spiral, fix the wooden stick into place with tape. Wrap the lollipop with cellophane and tie up the cellophane with some lace.

The right combination of shades, patterns and textures will give you a lollipop collection that is suitable to set as a decorative piece on a table. You can also experiment with various light shades of cellophane to create subtle variations of color. These baby shower favors are ideal of giving the hostess of the baby shower or the guests attending the baby shower. If you are hosting, be sure and invite other mothers to come with their babies. Prior to giving them out to the guests, they can be used as bouquets to liven up the room.

If you like assembling things like cardboard boxes, you will like doing baby shower favors boxes to hold chocolates, candies or small cookies. These are quite easy to do. All you will need is some cartolina paper, adhesive tapes and a decent pair of scissors. The instructions and the template for cutting the cardboard may be downloaded from various Internet sites, some for free. As soon as you have mastered one technique of making baby shower favors boxes, you should be able to create variations on the original and eventually produce other shapes of boxes. You have to print out the template and use it as a guide for cutting the cartolina paper. The instructions for using the template should also be printed out.

The best material to use is cartolina paper although thinner types of paper may also be used to contain fewer goodies. Of course, you have to buy the sweets and cookies you intend to place there. It might be a nifty idea to wrap the individual goodies in a plastic or cellophane bag before placing them into the box. Depending on whether the box has a lid or not, you may have to wrap everything again with lovely wrapping paper.

Bennetta Elliott is a writer for Personalized Gift Express,which offers baby shower favors , baby gifts ,and personalized gift baskets .