CRAFT: Baby shower or gift idea for the new bundle of joy

There is nothing better then doing and completing your own craft! I find it so gratifying to give someone a gift so personal and so from the heart! Recently i decided to try out a craft idea and make my friend (and soon to be beautiful daughter) a cute flower basket which is filled with baby onesies! I figured it was a great way to give a gift that a baby needs while making the gift look fancy and unique! I am all about being different so i love to do special things for friends while putting my own unique twist on it!! Below i will post pictures of the finished product and also explain how you can make this cute baby shower/ gift idea yourself! Any questions please feel free to comment I will be glad to help!

Make a baby Onesie Bouquet craft!

 Instructions

1.  Purchase some baby onsies (it seems the smaller the better). The solid color ones are best but i decided to go with different onesies with cute sayings so my "flowers" aka onesies were all different colors. For a girl, choose white and pink onsies. For a boy, choose blue and white onsies, or all white.

2. Once you have your onesies it's time to make them look like flowers. To make the "roses," take each onesie and fasten the snaps at the bottom. Then, fold the sleeves in and roll it up from the side so that you have a long, thin tube. Fold the tube in half so that you have two rolled ends on top and the fold at the bottom.

3. Tape the onesie using floral tape. Floral tape will not leave sticky marks on the fabric! How awesome?! I bought my floral tape at "Micheal's craft store" get the clear or white kind! Start at the folded end of the onesie and tape it together. You should only need to loop the tape around once or twice but i did it a couple times around because the tape didn't seem to stick so good!

4.  Take some ribbon and wrap it around the floral tape on the onesie and tie the ribbon into a bow. I added this little flare to the craft not only to cover up the eye sore aka floral tape but to also make sure the onesies don't unfold! You can get a whole roll of ribbon at the dollar store!

5. Prepare the basket. Line it with pretty tissue paper. (If your basket isn't lined with a nice inside) Save some paper to use as filler ( if your basket has extra space to fill after everything is complete).

6. Place the folded end of the onsie in the basket, so that the rolled ends are sticking up. Then, fold the rolled ends down so that they give the appearance of roses.

7. Continue to fold and fill the basket with the onesies. Use wadded-up tissue paper in between the onsies to keep them standing upright. If you use a lot of onesies you will not have this problem. I personally did not have to fill in spots with tissue paper.

8. Place fake flowers in between the onesies (you can buy fake dollars at the dollar store) I had to cut the stem of the flower to the height of the basket and around the height of the onesies, or, for a boy, place some cute rubber balls or stuffed animals in between the onesies. Tie a ribbon on the handle and add a gift tag.

EXTRA TIP:  Use rolled-up baby socks for tiny rosebuds in between the onsies. I personally did not use this idea because i used 9 onesies and had enough space filled.

SUPPLIES:

Small basket

Fake flowers

Tissue paper

Ribbon

Floral tape

5-pack (or more) of newborn or 0-3 month size onesies 

I hope you enjoyed this simple way to be crafty and make a friend smile! There are so many nice unique, crafty things you can do without spending a arm and a leg price wise! When you see the finished product i am sure you will be proud of yourself! What do you think of this craft? What do you think could be added to make this craft even better? Would you use this craft idea for a baby shower?