Question about gifts for a friend's shower

stephl3055

I've been invited to a shower next month for one of my husband's long time friends.  She has registered for a jumbo pack of newborn sized diapers.  I have a 20-pack of newborn diapers in the same brand and I was wondering if it would be tacky to give them to her?  They are unopened, but it's not exactly what she registered for, so I don't know if people will side-eye it. 

Also, I do have some loose newborn diapers from an opened pack and I'm not sure what to do with those.  I've seen where people will write notes on the diapers and give those as a gift, but what does everyone think of that idea? 

I will be getting her something else besides giving her our excess diapers.  I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't be frowned upon, like "Oh, she just had a baby and now she's passing on her leftover crap to me/pregnant friend."

ktlucas

I didn't register for any diapers and I received 3 different brands.  I didn't mind.  I'm not sure what's going to work best when LO arrives so having options are good.  If the pack is brand new/unopened I would gift it.  As far as your open pack, maybe roll them into a small diaper cake or something creative like that.  

Helenahhandbasket

I accepted all diapers from anyone.  I even had a friend that has a DD about 9 months older than my LO send me a box with exactly what you are describing-- loose diapers in newborn size.  I was thrilled.

I realize not everyone would have the same reaction, so I would only gift the loose diapers if you could predict her reaction.

I would absolutely gift the 20 pack of unopened diapers to her without question.

stephl3055

Thanks, ladies!  I'll give her the unopened pack at the shower and ask her about the loose ones later. 

VOR

Bliss+Berry said:

It's not mandatory that you only purchase gifts from her registry list.  I would get her whatever gift you planned on getting and add the unopened pack with it.  

100% this! 

sschwege

I would re-gift the unopened package for sure!  To me when someone registers for diapers, they are not saying, "Get this specific number of diapers for me", just merely saying this is the brand we are hoping to use.

nah82

You can make a lot of cute things with the loose diapers to make them "giftable" for the shower if you are crafty.  If you only have 4-6 loose ones, you can make diaper "cupcakes" by rolling them up with a little red or pink sock in the middle for the cherry and put them in cupcake liners and a cupcake box.  If you have more than that, you can make a small diaper cake or diaper wreath.  I have also seen little diaper "babies" made out of a rolled up diaper with a sock as a hat and put in a basket with things like baby lotion, baby wash, etc. on Pinterest.  Nobody has any idea if you had them leftover or opened a brand new pack to make these things and it looks more presentable as a gift.  I would probably just leave the 20 pack intact and put it in a gift bag along with whatever else you plan on giving, any amount of diapers is fantastic!

I probably would not "gift" just plain loose diapers at the shower if you don't do anything crafty with them, just pass them along as hand-me-downs at another time when nobody is watching them be opened.  I had a friend who handed down half a pack of loose diapers and a friend who gave me 1 loose diaper, unopened formula samples, and a couple containers of baby food that her baby ended up not liking the flavor of that were not expired, and I was grateful for all of it.

MamaLlama14

I would definitely give the unopened box- you don't need to purchase direct from a registry from a shower- but I wouldn't give the loose opened diapers.  You can make something cute like a mini diaper cake with them, but I'll be honest- I wound up throwing away the diapers from my diaper cake b/c of the glue and glitter and whatnot that was all over everything.

nah82

MamaLlama14 said:

I would definitely give the unopened box- you don't need to purchase direct from a registry from a shower- but I wouldn't give the loose opened diapers.  You can make something cute like a mini diaper cake with them, but I'll be honest- I wound up throwing away the diapers from my diaper cake b/c of the glue and glitter and whatnot that was all over everything.

If someone was using glue to make a diaper cake, they fail at making diaper cakes.

MamaLlama14

namcgee said:

MamaLlama14 said:

I would definitely give the unopened box- you don't need to purchase direct from a registry from a shower- but I wouldn't give the loose opened diapers.  You can make something cute like a mini diaper cake with them, but I'll be honest- I wound up throwing away the diapers from my diaper cake b/c of the glue and glitter and whatnot that was all over everything.

If someone was using glue to make a diaper cake, they fail at making diaper cakes.

100% failed.  Wish I had a picture to prove it but you can use your imagination.

veetveet

You could make a diaper cake with the loose ones.