There are few things more worth celebrating than a birth. And when you're celebrating it as it deserves to be celebrated, we think it's much more special to create a gift yourself than to buy one: with your hands and your heart, of course. If that's your situation but you're not feeling very inspired, maybe we can help with some ideas: original baby gifts you can sew yourself.
Personal, one-of-a-kind objects that become part of a baby's first contact with the world—things worth keeping for their sentimental value. The kind of things you look at nostalgically when you're an adult and they make you feel like a child again: the blanket from your crib, your favorite stuffed animal…
That's the kind of gift we want to make, which is why we've gathered these lovely ideas. Bibs, pacifier clips, bandanas, and baby clothes are always useful, but we want to suggest some more special things.
We hope you find one that inspires you!
Original Baby Gifts:Make It Yourself!
Cloud-Shaped Light Curtain
Lights, colors, textures, sounds, movement… For a baby, everything is new, interesting, and fascinating. This gift will appeal to both the baby and the mother. Hang it in the baby's room or over the crib, like a mobile.
We think it's a fabulous idea to play around with this design even more. Add a musical or sound mechanism, give the little drops different textures, make the lights different colors… Whatever you can think of to make it even more original.
You can find the tutorial and pattern for the light curtain in Lulu Ferris.
Baby Sleep Sack
Giving blankets or quilts is very common, but… have you ever seen a baby sleep sack? More restless little ones can move around a lot while they sleep and easily kick off their covers. But with this idea, you know that, no matter how much they move, they'll stay warm and bundled up.
It's an unusual, very useful, and also beautiful gift! Learn how to make it in Lulu Ferris by clicking this link: baby sleep sack pattern and tutorial.
Sensory Toy
Often, that object we keep so lovingly from the crib is a stuffed animal. Throughout childhood, we have loads of toys, dolls, stuffed animals, and so on, and they all eventually disappear. Except that one. And if we're able to form that bond with a stuffed animal bought at just any store, imagine if you make it yourself—if it's entirely your own creation.
We suggest making that special toy like our sensory little elephant: colors, textures, and sounds for the baby to discover and explore with their senses.
Personalize it with their name or with something that makes it even more special so it clearly stands out from all the other toys they'll be given.
Want more ideas? Then visit our tutorials section and take a look at all the cute, useful, heartfelt things you can sew. For babies, mothers, and the whole family :)