Baby Shower DIY

Simple stuff that you can make for a baby shower or any party! Here are some that I made for my baby shower and my friend's.

Fabric tassle backdrop for the Photo booth 

Very simple. Follow these 5 steps: 

1. Snip your fabric whatever width you like. Mine was an inch. 

2. Tear the fabric straight down using your hands to give a frayed look. It might not end up being straight, but it looks better that way. 

3. Tie the strips to a string. 

4. Tie knots at both ends of the string. 

5. Hang it up. 

The photo booth props

For the mustache  and bow:

1. Mustache - trace a mustache on a piece of felt. Cut out the mustache. Can print mustaches from catch my party.

2. Bow - Cut out a strip of felt (6 inch long by 1 inch width). Fold both ends so that they touch each other in the middle of the strip. Glue them down with glue gun or fabric glue.  Pinch the middle of the strip. Cut out another 1 inch width 4 inch length strip and wrap around the middle of the other felt piece. Glue it down. You can also follow this tutorial to make a fancier one.

3. For both mustache and bow, spray a fabric stiffener and place them in the microwave so that they harden.  Follow instructions on fabric stiffener bottle. 

4. Hot glue them on dowel.

For the other props (crown, eyeglasses, crown), download and print images  from oh happy day and follow the super easy instructions on how to make them. 

Mini pillow ornament

Refer to my post on how to make a mini name pillow ornament.

"You are Loved always" wood quote for guests to sign

Take a look at my post you are loved for how I made the sign.

Pom Poms

I didn't do the pom poms for my baby shower, but I did some for my friend's. You can also buy them folded up already from Martha's Stewart, Michaels and other craft stores, and fluff them out yourself.  However,  it's very easy to make and cost maybe $2 each. Buy your strings and gift bag tissue paper at a 99 cents store. You can actually make two pom poms from one bag of tissue paper, depending on how full you want it to be. 

Here is a great tutorial on how to make them. She's making a small pom pom flower, but to make a big one  you just need to use gift bag tissue papers. 

You might also find this tutorial from martha stewart helpful.

Dots photo booth backdrop:

Follow these three steps:

1. Get free paint swatches from your favorite paint or home improvement store. 

2. Use a hole puncher (2 inches) and make circles out of the swatches. 

3. Glue them on a piece of fabric. Here I used a felt fabric, but you can put it on whatever you want.