Cherry Delight Salad

1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can cherry pie filling
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
1 12 oz. pkg. Cool Whip
Optional: chopped nuts

Mix mild and pie filling. Stir in pineapple. fold in Cool Whip and nuts. Serve Chilled.

Books for Baby

One trend that is becoming more common at baby showers is buying a small book for the baby instead of a card. Guests are asked to purchase a small, inexpensive storybook for the baby and sign & date the inside cover. It's a great way to start a library for the new baby. A great choice for this is My First Real Mother Goose board book.

Caramel Apple Dip

This is delicious and perfect for fall showers!

1 tub cool whip
1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 jar caramel sauce
1 tsp. vanilla (opt)

Mix caramel sauce with softened cream cheese. Fold in cool whip and vanilla. Serve with apple slices, graham crackers, vanilla wafers and whatever you'd like to use for dippers.

Bellissimo Baby Shower Favors

Baby shower favors are a way for each guest to have a special keepsake to take home. I found some absolutely adorable ones at Bellissimo Favors. They are reasonably priced, unique and they have so many cool choices.

Here are some of them:

A bottle stopper



Baby Shower Lip Balm




Love Beyond Measure Measuring Spoons

Manicure Set (I love this one!)

And if you are having a large number of guests or are looking for budget favors, you can get these adorable baby block favor boxes for 37 cents each and fill them with mints or almonds.

Diaper Pins and Rice Game

Take a large bowl and fill it half full with dry rice. Then take a pack of small gold colored diaper pins and mix them in with the rice.

Each guest will have a turn to find as many pins as they can within a given time (about 1-2 minutes) while blindfolded. After each turn, make sure you put all the pins back into the bowl of rice for the next guest.

The guest who finds the most diaper pins is the winner.

This is a classic baby shower game and while it sounds super easy, trust me, it is NOT! While you are blindfolded the pins and rice feel the same.

*Important tip for this game: make sure the bowl you choose is a LARGE one or else you'll end up with rice all over the floor!

Lemonade Punch

This is an easy punch recipe that can be easily adapted to other flavors such as raspberry or orange by changing the drink mix and sherbet flavor.

1 can frozen lemondade concentrate OR 1 pkg. lemonade drink mix
1 2-liter bottle of 7-up
1/2 gallon lemon sherbet

Mix lemonade according to directions. Pour lemonade along with 7-Up into punch bowl. Right before serving, add scoops of lemon sherbet to float in the punch.

*For one baby shower I hosted that had a pink and yellow theme, I made 2 batches of this, one lemonade and one pink lemonade with pink sherbet and put both punch bowls on the table.

Diaper Cakes

Diaper cakes are my favorite centerpieces for showers. Not only can you customize them to any theme you've chosen, you have the option of making one yourself or ordering one. There are many online vendors who sell them. They are great conversation starters, the guests always comment on them and they are practical for the mom-to-be. Here are some pictures to show how you can customize them:








The first three are from Lil Dumplin Diaper Cakes and the last two are from babycakesinc.com. They make the most adorable centerpieces!