Recently, it seems as if all of my friends are throwing baby shower’s where you “bring a book instead of a card,” and I absolutely love the idea. For those of you who haven’t heard of this before, at the baby shower each person invited brings a book to help build baby’s first library. You sign the book and then it’s their for baby and parents to read together. If you’re planning a shower, I highly encourage you to incorporate this into your party.
You want everyone to know about this before they come to the shower, so make sure you include something in the invitation about bringing a book to fill the baby library. Some examples of invitations you can include are below:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/214680912/instant-download-yellow-elephant-book
https://www.etsy.com/listing/236542565/digital-book-in-lieu-of-card-insert-for
https://www.etsy.com/listing/225424808/baby-shower-bring-a-book-instead-of-card
Create a baby bookshelf at the shower
Make sure to have a bookshelf at the shower where everyone can place their books. You can even have labels for each of the books that say “This book belongs to the library of _______” as an additional special touch. Below are some ideas of how you can set this up at a baby shower.
Place a
, as pictured above, anywhere in the place you’re having a shower. You can then just move it right into the baby’s nursery.
Another option is to have
that parents can later transition into their nursery and place the books between them.
Pick up a
at a garage sale and incorporate it as part of the baby shower decor and give it to the parents.
Books to bring to a baby shower
Not sure what books are good to bring for a baby’s first library? These are some of my favorites:
https://www.amazon.com/Very-Hungry-Caterpillar-Eric-Carle/dp/0399226907/ref=pd_sim_14_42
https://www.amazon.com/First-100-Words-Roger-Priddy/dp/0312510780/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_swatch_0
https://www.amazon.com/Treasury-Childrens-Literature-Armand-Eisen/dp/039553349X/ref=sr_1_3
https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Love-Tacos-Adam-Rubin/dp/0803736800/ref=pd_sim_14_12
https://www.amazon.com/Cloudy-With-Chance-Meatballs-Barrett/dp/0689707495/ref=pd_sim_14_34
https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Mouse-Cookie/dp/0060245867/ref=pd_sim_14_11
https://www.amazon.com/Oh-The-Places-Youll-Go/dp/0679805273/ref=pd_sim_14_6
https://www.amazon.com/The-Giving-Tree-Shel-Silverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=pd_sim_14_12
https://www.amazon.com/Blueberries-Pearson-Early-Learning-Group/dp/014050169X/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.amazon.com/Neighbor-Totoro-Picture-Book-New/dp/1421561220/ref=sr_1_1
