• Get off to a good start with your baby shower plans when you make DIY baby shower invitations.baby present image by lidian neeleman from <a href='http://www.fotolia.com'>Fotolia.com</a>
  
  If you're planning a baby shower, make the event as individual as the mommy-to-be with DIY baby shower invitations. Make your own invitations to match the theme and tone of the baby shower and your guests will be excited for the big day long before it actually arrives. You will need basic crafty skills for all of these DIY baby shower invitation ideas.
  
  

Invitation to Craft

• Invite your guests to the party and help them get a head start on their gifts as well with this invitation idea from the Holidash website. Send each guest a plain onesie with her invitation. Give her the details of the shower as well as instructions on how to decorate the onesie any way she likes as a gift for the new baby. Purchase onesies in packs at discount stores and send one to each guest; get a few different sizes so the gifts will last the new mommy for a few months. For a similar idea, send some guests baby hats or burp cloths to embellish and decorate instead.
  
  

Scrappy Fun

• Use scrapbooking paper as a decorative touch to basic baby shower invitations. Purchase a set of blank single-sided cards and envelopes in plain white or a color that coordinates with the theme of your shower. Cut baby-themed scrapbooking paper into sheets that are one inch shorter in length and width than the cards you purchased. Glue the baby paper to the front of the card and print the shower details on the back. Add a decorative ribbon bow to put the finishing touch on your creation, then stick them in the envelopes and send them off.
  
  

Baby Bottle Fillers

• If you can hand-deliver your invitations, print the details about the shower's date, time and location onto paper and roll it up and tie it with a ribbon. Insert this message into a baby bottle and hand it to each guest. Instruct the guests to fill the baby bottle with some sort of surprise for the mommy-to-be and bring it with them to the party. Guests might fill the bottles with candies, diaper pins, pacifiers or even baby socks. The possibilities are endless. On the day of the shower Mommy gets a new collection of baby bottles for her little one as well as the fun of opening the bottles to reveal their surprise contents.