Baby Shower: The Gift

Once upon a time I went to a baby shower 

where someone received a baby gift of baby clothes hung up on a little clothesline.  

And I always remembered it.

So, for my sister's shower this weekend I did my best to recreate it:

This is definitely a gift "experience" so it's perfect for a shower.

I got a plastic basket and some roping & clothespins at the dollar store:

 I tied the roping to the basket handle then strung all the clothes up on the line.

 I made a loop at the end of the line and neatly piled all the clothes back into the basket 

with the loop on top of the pile.

How cute are those little maryjane socks?!... 

they didn't have those when my girls were little!

Then I stuffed the basket with tissue paper to disguise the contents 

and tied it up in cellophane:

 Super cute.  

I would 100% do this again.

The hardest part was finding a "clothes" basket
that wasn't humongous!

(I might actually go buy a couple more of these because they are perfect!)

I also like that this is a somewhat interactive gift.

The girls had a lot of fun stretching it out for my sister at the shower.

But heads up that it gets pricey really fast.  

Baby clothes are small... so... it takes a lot to pull off a full clothesline.  

If you want to keep the price down I'd suggest interspersing
receiving blankets or burp cloths.  

The other potential negative,
is that I had to take the tags off a lot of the clothes 

(most are sold in sets or bundles) and so they can't be returned. 

I decided it was worth the risk
because I was so committed to pulling it off.

(P.S. My friend has since suggested buying baby things from a resale shop for this, since you need to cut off the tags anyway... good idea!  Plus, you can usually find tons of never worn baby items)

Here's a picture of Baby participating in the diaper changing contest:

Guess who won?

Mr F!