Baby Footprint Stamp

There are so many things you can do with a baby footprint stamp. You can get creative and let the ideas flow. If you are planning any type of event you can get a lot of use out of your baby footprint stamp.

Invitations:

You can use your baby footprint stamp on your invitations, or even on the back of the envelope. Whether you want to make your own or use a kit this is a fun idea, and will set the mood for your event.

Streamers:

Dress up plain streamers with a baby footprint stamp. Just get a light colored streamer, and then use a contrasting or complimentary color for your stamp. You can do them close together or far apart, whatever you think looks best.

Table cloth:

Take a plain table cloth and dress it up with a baby footprint stamp. You can do the whole table cloth n a systematic pattern or very abstract. You could also do one in each color, or where each place setting will go.

Napkins:

You can also add a little embellishment of a baby footprint to the napkins. This jazzes up the basic napkin allowing you to save a little money, and still look really nice.

Name Cards:

This is a great way to use the baby footprint stamp. Get a small piece of construction paper, in a light color. Add your stamp to one side and then put the person who will be sitting there right next to it. This will keep your seating arrangements right on target with a cute look.

Wrapping paper:

Make your own unique wrapping paper by getting plain white paper, used paper grocery or lunch bags and adding your own personal touch with a baby footprint stamp.

If you want to use your own baby’s footprint the ideas keep coming.

T-shirt:

Using child safe ink add a baby footprint stamp to a t shirt for a very personal gift. This would be great for mother’s or father’s day or even granparent’s day. You can add a thoughtful sentiment with fabric pens. Make sure to run a dry iron over your inked footprint to set the ink so it won’t wash out in the wash.

Totebags:

Same ideas as above. What a great gift for a mom, an adorable totebag with her baby’s footprint on it. this would be a great idea for a diaper bag as well.

Apron:

Whether it’s for dad at the grill, or mom in the kitchen a personalized baby footprint will make any apron a pleasure to wear. This would be another great opportunity to add a sentiment for the person who will be wearing it. You can make these gifts very personal and unique. Again, remember to use a dry iron over your ink to set it in.

The ideas for using a baby footprint stamp are many and if you let loose and let the ideas flow you will come up with many more ideas of your own. I hope we’ve given you a good start.

I know when I had my baby, the little photographer lady came in and took her picture, and then out came the book with all the different ways I could display the pictures just taken of my newborn angel.

Being a first time parent, and my mom being a first time grandma, we went NUTS.  We ended up with announcements and tons of pictures left over, and now they just sit in the envelope they came in on a bookshelf in my house.

If I had known any better, I probably would have skipped all the extras and just gone with a basic picture package.  I wish I had taken the time to make personalized baby footprint announcements.  It would have been more personal, expressed our style, and been a little more memorable.

If I had done that what I would have done was get some paper ~ cute paper from the craft store, with a decorative but muted pattern.  Next I would have taken the extra baby footprint stamp we got when they stamped her foot at the hospital and  scanned it into the computer.

Once the baby footprint stamp was scanned into the computer I would use some imaging software to put the information of her birth around the footprint.  It would be easy enough from there to just print them all out on the decorative paper.

This idea can be played with in any number of ways. You could use markers on the baby footprint stamp and take the page and the paper to your local copy store and just copy it onto the paper.  Instead of using the footprint stamp, you could use one of the first pictures of the baby.  You could even use both if it sounds good to you.

Making decorative and special announcements is easy and can be quick to do. They will stand out amongst the sea of hospital bought announcements on everyone’s refrigerator.  If you plan to make your own announcements it’s best to know that ahead of time and have an idea of what you are going to do, especially if you are a first time mom.  It can be very exciting going through all the pictures of your newborn, and even though it’s a low pressure sale, who can say no to pictures of their new baby?

When it comes to making baby footprint invitations there are a lot of options to choose from. You are limited only by your creativity. Hopefully this article will give you some ideas and get your creative juices flowing.

Let’s start with some of the easiest ideas.

You can get a baby footprint invitation kit to make the invitations. Everything will be included in the kit, the baby footprint stamp, the envelopes, the paper, everything you need. You just have to do the stamping, and some have a spot for pictures, so you’ll add the picture and then fill them out. It’s a quick, easy and cute option for those who don’t have a lot of time for crafting or just don’t have the inclination.

Print out premade invitation paper. You can find tons of different invitations with baby footprints on them online. Many of these sites are made so you can simply print them out on your own paper. You can jazz these up by using fun and interesting paper you get at the craft store. After you print them all you need to do is fill in the information.

For the craftier among you there are options as well. You can get a baby footprint rubber stamp, and other baby related stamps or add ons. (these are easy to find at your local scrapbooking or craft store). Find some cute paper, either colored or with a muted pattern, and begin to add your design.

You may want to have one baby footprint or you could even have a few of them so it looks like the footprints are walking, it’s really up to you. Let loose, get creative and have fun.

If you wanted to do the entire invitation in the shape of a baby footprint you can find a template in a magazine ~ just cut out a baby foot from an advertisement. Once you have the foot you want to use, simply draw around it on a piece of heavy duty poster board. This will serve as your template. Then choose the paper you want to use for your invitations and cut around your template footprint. You can embellish these invitations with stickers, or even just sparkly pens. Just remember, a little goes a long way.

If you are creating invitations for a celebration where a baby is involved baby footprint invitations are a fun and creative way to go. I hope you have gotten some interesting ideas. Now get out there, and have some fun!