Free Baby Safety Equipment

Free Baby Shower Invitations & Theme for Baby Shower Party
Author: Sarah Porter
Selecting the Best Theme for the Baby Shower
Selecting a theme for a baby shower will set the tone for the party and will definitely help in organizing the shower party. There are numerous ideas for themes available. Plus having a theme will selecting the custom baby shower invitations or baby shower announcements cards, decorations and the games to play a lot easier. When deciding on the type of theme, ensure that the Mom-to-Be will like the theme. Read More About Selecting Best Theme for Baby Showers.
If the baby is due around a holiday, such as Christmas, the 4th of July, Easter, Halloween, Oktoberfest, Thanksgiving and so on, planning a theme for a holiday baby shower can be very festive. A spring theme is a great idea because new plants can be incorporated into the shower theme, such as a flowers or even baby animals. Plus, holiday decorations will be more abundant that will afford you more options for the baby shower. Moreover, there will be holiday themed baby shower invitations and custom baby shower cards that will be more available during a holiday season.
Another baby shower theme consideration is using stars and moons, with the theme aa star is borna. The decorations can be silver, to include star-shaped items or stencils with information written on them. A keepsake idea is to have each guest write a message on the stars, such as advice or message of congratulations.
Another baby theme that is a little out of the ordinary is to have a baby shower basket. Using this theme, each guest is ask to bring a gift basket filled with one sort of theme, such as a bathtub theme or kitchen theme. People can be very creative and watching the reaction of the Mom-to-Be will be priceless.
If you are hosting a sprinkle baby shower, a book baby shower is a great way to celebrate the new baby with something different than the other sibling would have received, particularly if the parents already have a lot of the needed items for the new baby. Here, the guests are ask to bring a favorite book. One of the fun things about this is that each guest would have an opportunity to talk about a memory of the book and the new baby’s receives a great assortment of books for their library.
A very popular theme is hosting a diapers baby shower, where each guest is asked to bring a package of diapers. All parents know how quickly babies run through diapers. This is also good for multiples, triplets or twins baby showers or sprinkles baby showers. The printed baby shower invitations or online baby shower cards can include this theme and have a safety pin or baby pin. The baby shower cake can be shaped like a diaper as well.
Other types of themes include cartoon baby showers, animal baby showers or even a mad hatter baby shower. With any of these, the discount baby shower invitations and matching baby shower thank you cards will set the tone for the baby shower. Don’t’ forget to get the baby thank you cards at the same time, so the theme will be consistent. You can view lots of sample baby shower wording ideas, verses and sayings for the baby shower invitations and thank you cards.
Frequently Asked Questions
-
QUESTION:
Can someone with legal experience regarding the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act answer this?
I am a Work-At-Home-Mom. I make custom baby carriers and sell them. Each of my carriers is one-of-a-kind. I buy my fabric from nationally trusted retailers such as JoAnn Fabrics, etc. I do not buy loads of fabric since I make them on an order-by-order basis (so I can customize for my buyer). How is the CPSIA going to affect me in particular? I am not the one importing the fabric or thread. Shouldn’t my supplies be tested before I buy them? Also, even if they are tested, I usually only buy fabric remnants instead of whole reels. It would be ridiculous for me to ask for certificates for 1 yard of fabric. I feel like this whole thing is going to put me, and a whole bunch of others like me, out of business. How can I possibly afford to have each and every one of my baby carriers tested for lead?BACKGROUND INFO:
Congress passed a law in August 2008 called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). This law came about because of the numerous recalls of children’s toys in the past two years and specifically the issue of lead in the toys. While I applaud the attempt at making children’s products safer, the law as stands, will actually remove many of the products that we have turned to in place of those made in China.As of February 10th, 2009, ALL children’s products sold in the United States will need to be certified to be lead free and many products will need additional testing. To be certified, the final product sold needs to have each component on it tested for lead. This sounds wonderful when you think of all of the “Made in China” children’s products that are out there and all of the children’s items that are mass produced (mostly imported). HOWEVER, think of the handcrafted items sold within the US. Think of any children’s item that is a ready made item that has been personalized with a child’s name (it would need to be retested because it is the final sold product that needs to be certified). Think of the children’s items that are sold at craft shows, garage sales, ebay, consignment shops and fundraisers. As of February 10th, it will be illegal to sell any children’s products without certification, no matter when it was produced. Collectible vintage toys and trains? A “banned substance”. You will not be able to donate items for charity because they are a “banned substance” since they are not certified. This applies not only to toys, but all products such as books, shoes, clothing, school supplies, sporting equipment, jewelry, etc. that are possibly intended for children 12 and under.
-
ANSWER:
Write to your congress person and your states senators. Ask them to sponsor a bill exempting domestic craft products from testing provided that the components are lead free.Then contact everyone you know and know of involved in making and selling domestic craft products and ask them to do the same thing.
If enough people write enough members of congress corrective action will be taken.
Hope this helps
Jerry-the-bookkeeper
-