shower hostess gifts (for a SMALL shower)

kgail11 · February 2011

what would you get two shower hostesses, for gifts, for a VERY small shower? It's seriously like 6-7 people, at my own home (bc it worked out that way for a few practical reasons) and VERY simple stuff - like, pizza.. hanging out and whatnot. I'm a simple gal.

If you are having a shower w/70 people and you're getting them champagne gift baskets, move it right along! Our budget doesn't allow for that... For those having SMALL showers, what are you doing for gifts?

carishabob · February 2011

For my wedding shower, I did small baskets from Bath and Body Works in their favorite scent. I may end up doing that again because my showers aren't too big either (under 25 people).

I'll be interested to see what others say!

ablabs · February 2011

i once threw a shower for a colleague and received a basket she made up with a bottle of wine, chocolate covered strawberries she made herself, and pretzels. you could skip the bottle of wine if your budget doesn't allow and customize the basket with different homemade goodies. i loved receiving this gift!

pinkpear · February 2011

For my bridal showers I sent the hostess who was having it at her house flowers. I had them arrive the morning of the shower so that she could put them out if she wanted. I just did scented shower kits for the other hostesses. I'm honestly thinking that this time around I'll just send flowers to every hostess. I hate shower gels and despise the thought of giving them out as gifts.

tokenhoser · February 2011

For such a small gathering, I'd just take the hostesses out for lunch another day. Or a small coffee gc sounds good.

Mine is a bit bigger (10-20 people). I'll probably send flowers or an edible arrangement.

LovelyLou23 · February 2011

gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.

MeredithElese · February 2011

I had about 30 people, but a small budget. I gave them personalized note pads. I've received a a little jar with a cookie cutter, recipe, and teas. You could do something simple like a coffee mug with individual coffees/teas, instead of a huge gift basket.

JNBrickey · February 2011

LovelyLou23:
gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.

S

Same here. Me and others in my family have thrown plenty of showers and not a single one of us has ever received a gift. A thank you card, yes, but the thank you for the gifts was included in the card too.

MaybeBaby2 · February 2011

I like the thought of sending an Edible Arrangement and/or a Starbucks gift card. For DD's baby showers I gave all my hostesses personalized stationery sets of 10 from Swoozies.

kgail11 · February 2011

JNBrickey:
LovelyLou23:
gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.
S
Same here. Me and others in my family have thrown plenty of showers and not a single one of us has ever received a gift. A thank you card, yes, but the thank you for the gifts was included in the card too.

It's not a thank-you gift for other gifts.. it's for the time/energy/money put into the makings of the shower. Since the hostesses put their own money in to all the food and decorations and whatever else, they get a little item of appreciation..

megsy21001@yahoo.com · February 2011

What about a movie basket. You could go to the dollar store and get a couple different kinds of boxed candy and popcorn. Plus target always has cute popcorn containers in the dollar section. Then I always see movies at target or walmart for like five bucks a piece. Just grab one or two!

pinkpear · February 2011

kgail11:
JNBrickey:

LovelyLou23:
gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.
S
Same here. Me and others in my family have thrown plenty of showers and not a single one of us has ever received a gift. A thank you card, yes, but the thank you for the gifts was included in the card too.

It's not a thank-you gift for other gifts.. it's for the time/energy/money put into the makings of the shower. Since the hostesses put their own money in to all the food and decorations and whatever else, they get a little item of appreciation..

It's similar to how if someone invites you over for dinner it is appropriate to bring a bottle of wine or small token of appreciation. The gift for hosting a shower is a bit bigger since it is a bigger party for you.

JNBrickey · February 2011

pinkpear:
kgail11:
JNBrickey:

LovelyLou23:
gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.
S
Same here. Me and others in my family have thrown plenty of showers and not a single one of us has ever received a gift. A thank you card, yes, but the thank you for the gifts was included in the card too.

It's not a thank-you gift for other gifts.. it's for the time/energy/money put into the makings of the shower. Since the hostesses put their own money in to all the food and decorations and whatever else, they get a little item of appreciation..

It's similar to how if someone invites you over for dinner it is appropriate to bring a bottle of wine or small token of appreciation. The gift for hosting a shower is a bit bigger since it is a bigger party for you.

It makes sense, I'm not saying it doesn't. All I was saying is it's just never been done for me. Two of my SILs and I threw a shower last February and all we got was the thank you card!

disneyfan0511 · February 2011

I gave my bridal shower hostesses a basket of gardening tools and a cute plant for their garden (they both love to garden). They loved it and thought it was really unique. The basked included: gardening gloves, an apron, a few packets of seeds (herbs and veggies) and the basked itself was a watering can that I found at TJ Max, one of those cute metal ones.

LovelyLou23 · February 2011

JNBrickey:
pinkpear:
kgail11:
JNBrickey:

LovelyLou23:
gosh, i feel kind of stupid for admitting this, but i have never in my life heard of this!! and i've been to plenty of showers...and thrown several, but never heard of the hostess receiving a gift.
S
Same here. Me and others in my family have thrown plenty of showers and not a single one of us has ever received a gift. A thank you card, yes, but the thank you for the gifts was included in the card too.

It's not a thank-you gift for other gifts.. it's for the time/energy/money put into the makings of the shower. Since the hostesses put their own money in to all the food and decorations and whatever else, they get a little item of appreciation..

It's similar to how if someone invites you over for dinner it is appropriate to bring a bottle of wine or small token of appreciation. The gift for hosting a shower is a bit bigger since it is a bigger party for you.

It makes sense, I'm not saying it doesn't. All I was saying is it's just never been done for me. Two of my SILs and I threw a shower last February and all we got was the thank you card!

same here. I've received a thank you for throwing the shower.

but I've also never taken any type of gift to someone when I'm invited over for dinner. maybe I have really poor ettiquete. but then again in my group of friends, we have people over all the time to just socialize/live life together, so we'd all be broke if we brought presents for each other every single time! lol

jld0321 · February 2011

Same here I've thrown a shower and never got anything.......A thank you was/is enough, no?

wolfchik9 · February 2011

I was interested in the responses too... my wedding shower was a surprise, I sent each lady a "Thank you for taking the time to do something so very nice" with a personalized message inside. Thank yous for the gifts were separate. I don't see them often so it didn't make sense to mail them a gift although I guess I could have done a gift card.

For my baby shower I will know the date and who is hosting. I planned on baking something, making something, something personal. They all like to eat so baked goods seemed like the best option. Maybe something unique like the very time-consuming lace cookies or my fave sweet conbread muffins. One lady would kill a plant so I'm def not doing that although it would be a perfect gift for another.

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