I didn’t have a baby shower for Heidi. I was feeling so fat and blotted by the end of my pregnancy that I didn’t dare go out or see my friends until she finally arrived. I know (for many) it’s not healthy to squirrel yourself away, but I doubt I could have squeezed through the door if I’d wanted to, and the last thing I felt like doing was being surrounded by a cloud of baby pink when Heidi was being so stubborn.
I had a shower (of sorts) for Dex, but this was just family and friends. The gift that sticks out the most by far was a cute little wicker basket crammed full of essentials that I hadn’t even been aware I had needed. Of course, I’d done the whole ‘first-timer’ thing and stocked up the nursery with too many outfits and teddies, but I wasn’t quite up to speed with some of the less cute bits and pieces… gripe water, dummy clips, breast pads, nipple creams… It’s so nice when someone in-the-know steps in and pre-empts your naivety.
In fact, handpicked gift baskets are always likely to score you brownie points if you’re en route to a baby shower anytime soon. But of course it’s not easy to find the time to pop these together.
This is where family run business UK Baby Box come in.
UK Baby Box offer unique baby boxes and baskets at affordable prices and take all the faff out of picking something special that will make the mum-to-be smile . Each box contains handpicked items for babies aged birth to one year. What’s more, you can create-your-own or pick from set boxes, and there’s free UK shipping to boot.
As a celebration of their launch, they’ve given me a unique baby gift box to giveaway to one of my readers. If you’re expecting a baby boy, or know someone about to pop with one, this might be the perfect giveaway for you.
In this cute little box are the following:
- Picture frame - ‘We wished upon a shining star and twinkle twinkle here you are’
- Pair of white mittens with blue star design.
- Three pairs of anti-slip socks 0-3 months
- Three baby hats
- Swinging rattle suitable from 6 months
It’s well worth popping over to their Facebook page too as they have plenty more giveaways for you to enter and details of brand new stock available to purchase.
Entry for this competition is (as always) via rafflecopter so best of luck guys!
- Only 1 option is mandatory (leave me a comment) – the rest only improve your chances of winning so just complete as many as you feel like
- UK entrants only – you must be over 18 too (sorry)
- The winner will be contacted by email and must respond within 1 week of having been emailed (I’ll try all known avenues to contact them) or a new winner will be drawn
- When the giveaway is closed, Rafflecopter will select the winner completely at random
- The winners name will be published on this site
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the most unique gift I received was my childrens footprints framed!
I can’t remember ever having anything unique but strange yes.My husband gave me mud flaps for the car,before we were married,for christmas!
Probably the most unusual gift was a balance bike when my baby was a week old! It eventually got used lol !
I worn got a pair of men’s slippers
unusal, cast made of Summers hand print framed, in plaster, given as a voucher
Aa year’s supply of nappies
My partners Dad and Step Mum bought us a baby socks bouquet. It was so lovely, that I didn’t want to unravel it. I love quirky little things.
So many unique gifts but the best was just a day or so after Tilda died, Esther found an angel shaped branch from a tree in our garden x It has been hanging on our wall all this time and probably always will x I am certain it represents a guardian angel x
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My hubby got me baby booties for our first Christmas together (before we were married). Within 2 years we had filled those booties with a baby son!
We now have another baby on the way!
Nappy Cake and they are awesome but also a Gorgeous Pink heart ring from my Fiance.
a nappy cake
I received a nappy cake in the shape of a little pram. It was fab and unusual as looked like there was a baby in it
very well made
A photo frame complete with a picture of my friend with her dog.
A Pumpkin suit for my unborn baby as I called my baby bump Pumpkin - Came in handy at Halloween
Flowers, but they were made up of rolled up nappies.
My friends dads a chef and he made us some dinners for our first few days. Was a massive help!!
A box full of silver objects
A poster of dogs doing yoga from my fiances sister at christmas
A photo frame with my baby’s name on it, it’s beautiful
earplugs!
A tree to plant in the garden so we could watch baby grow and the tree too!
My workmates bought me a bottle of gin as a leaving present. I happened to be 7 months pregnant at the time but I suppose it’s the thought that counts.
I received a polka dot baby romper which was gorgeous.
A handcrafted silver necklace for my birthday from my sister
A massive hamper with loads of useful bits in.
a little pair of nike trainers that still look perfect
I don’t think I got anything unusual, my sister got a bouquet made out of vest, socks, mits and sleep suits for 0-3 and 3-6 thought that was a really nice idea
A new car from my parents inc. baby seat.
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i recieved a bouquet of rses made out of baby socks
silver spoon
an engraving of my name
We’ve a friend expecting a boy, so this would be perfect. Now, I don’t have any strange baby related gifts to relate, but. When my tomboy partner, Lisa, was 15, her aunt gave her a my little pony skipping rope. How did she think this was a good idea? I mean a boxer type skipping rope would have been acceptable, but pink and cutesy? Oh dear.
a plastercast kit for my bump…. needless to say its till in the top of the cupboard
A book of photos of me in my childhood
was beautiful.
I recently made a gift for a colleague leaving on maternity. She’d seen a babygrow online with wings on the back and wanted to get one but they were very expensive. Being into crafts i decided to make a personalised version for her. I hand crocheted a pair of wings and sewed them onto the back and also embroided and message onto the feet of the babygrow. She absolutely loved it!
Framed adoption certificates from the court for our daughters
An all blue set of clothes for my daughter - she looks nice in blue but that seemed a bit odd!
I’m a big Rolling Stones fan & my best friend got me a lullaby version CD of Rolling Stones songs - it was a great & very thoughtful gift!
A book from all my friends & family with notes from them with tips and info to help me in the first days.
a portrait of my son painted by my brother, it’s amazing!
I never had a baby shower just got given gifts in hospital
A piggy bank with the name Abigail on it, but my daughter is called Isabella!! My mum didn’t notice she just thought it was cute and my dad just thought the pig was called Abigail!
what a fab prize xxx
Flowers made from crafted vegetables and salad
Flower looking bouquet crafted and shaped from fruit, vegetables and salad
Nothing unusual just lots of clothes and nappies etc
For my baby shower present, my friends bought me a beautiful limited edition Quentin Blake illustration
My childrens footprints framed
we got given a twilight turtle light and we love it more than the baby!
I don’t know if I’m having a girl or a boy. We decided that we wanted a surprise rather than knowing but this box looks so good.
A Winnie the Pooh my first curl and my first took trinket set with the family surname on
We always give new parents at work a baby grow that we’ve all signed and decorated with fabric pens instead of a card!
The best present I got was a friend filling my freezer with home cooking.
After I had my first daughter I had a short stay in hospital - and whilst all the other mums were being bought in Flowers and Balloons, My Husband walked in with a huge watermelon, The nurses faces were a picture and when I asked why he had bought me that - he answered well you like watermelon!!!
I got given a lovely Nappy Cake, it was fab!
A photo frame with a list of memories.
a gift basket with lots of pamper items and baby items in.
a nappy cake
I never had a baby shower as my son couldnt wait to come out 2 months early, so i had lots of lovely gifts at the hospital.
A handknitted cardigan when my daughter was christened. She is now nearly 3 and it would still be too big for her and with the design you prob wouldn’t put it on a baby over 6 months. Its the thought that counts
a personalised pillow
I have not had my baby shower yet but i would love a nappy cake
Nappy cake x
My freiend made me a nappy cake. She has never made one before.
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A Bike helmet ….. I don’t own a bike :/
I had a flower bouquet with most of the flowers made of socks, vests, bibs, muslins etc. it was really pretty
Nappy Cake
A beautiful unique nappy cake from CorporateBaby.com x
silver tooth curl and birth certificate holder.
as well as winnie the pooh of the above they were so cute not seen them anywhere since
A painting by my sister
it was a big three tier cake and a bouquet of flowers made of nappies, toys and baby clothes and blankets. Was really really gorgeous.
A lovely personalised clock for my baby’s nursery
A personalised swimbag
One of these make your own babies footprint gift set with frame
Letters, poems, etc I’d written bound as a book. Still makes me teary eyed to think of that one!
A baby cake
WHEN MY MUM WAS PREGNANT WITH ME SHE WAS GIVEN A SEED FOR A WILLOW TREE AS WE LIVED IN A HOUSE WITH A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STREAM RUNNING IN FRONT OF IT. YOU HAD TO CROSS A SMALL WOODEN BRIDGE TO GET TO THESE FEW HOUSES. WHEN I WAS BORN MY DAD PLANTED IT AS A SYMBOL OF MY BIRTH AND SOMETHING TO WATCH GROW WITH ME. I’M NOW 38 ; THE TREE IS MAGNIFICENT AND LOOKS SO LOVELY DRAPING ALONG THE BANK AND INTO THE WATER. IT’S A NICE STORY TO TELL WHEN PEOPLE COMMENT ON THE TREE.
I didn’t have a baby shower, it wasn’t popular back then but when I went to my SIL she received a Nappy Cake and I thought it was fab!
A teaspoon with the queen mothers face on it.
I got given an amazing pram shaped nappy cake
An extensive shoe collection before she was even born!
I’ve not had my baby shower yet!
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A button heart with birth details
hand made personalised blanket
Nappy cake
These teddy things to put on the end of babys feet.
My nappy cake
A nappy cake
My childrens hand and foot prints in silver for my 30th birthday
Framed baby’s footprint
a charm with my only grandson’s handprint on
A garden shed of the family for my junk.
A three tiered nappy cake!
casts of my childrens handprints made into a flower shape
When my little one was born I was given a t-shirt for a 10 year old! bit early i think lol
A framed memory board - a collection of images and items from our time together - I cried !!
Not exactly unique, but the loveliest gift was a week’s worth of meals after my son was born. Lovely thoughtful gift
A hamper full of useful bits from my best friend. She had put in so many thoughtful things like tea bags, wipes etc
A magnifying mirror!
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A FRAMED HAND AND FOOT CAST
framed baby’s handprint
a pregnant barbie doll?!
I received a bouquet of flowers made up of muslin cloths, nappies and bibs, it was really lovely!
A black and white striped romper suit that said ‘Just done 9 months inside’ on it!
i received a personalised baby shoe ornament with my little one’s name on, was beautiful
A ring for my 21st birthday
my wife bought me a mug with a scan pic of our little girl on
A self-help book
a pair of earplugs and a jar of coffee
My Sister In Law bought me a personalised baby box to keep all my pregnancy things in, it is beautiful, hand made, i put in my pregnancy tests, hospital bracelets, scan pics, and all other things relating to my first baby , sometimes i get the box out, and show my hubby to make him more broody
The most unique gift I’ve received is a Star named after my little girl when she was born.
My mother in law made me this awesome motorbike nappy cake and my husband’s first teddy as a baby was the driver.
My most unique gift were reusable breast pads, I thought my friend had gone mad but I can’t live without them now.
I don’t think that you can have degrees of uniqueness e.g. most unique, least unique.
i havent received anything unique when my kids were born
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A beautiful handpainted canvas for Lara’s Christening.
We got a nappy cake from my OHs work. It was beautiful.
A blue St Christopher which was blessed at Lourdes for me when I had surgery as a child.
A hand-drawn picture of our house
A lovely pair of crochet booties in rainbow colours!
A beautiful Mummy bag made by my Sisters friend in Australia
I received a personalised poster when my baby was born, you got to choose how many adults, children, babies (and whether male or female), plus number and type of pets. It’s a lovely and unique way to commemorate our family in that year!
My mum knitted a Noah’s Arc playset for my little girl
A big bundle of knitted items for my baby, so cute
My friend made me a nappy cake!
A beautiful hand painted canvas with my eldest’s DOB, hospital and name on it.
has to be the nappie cake i had it was lovley x
The most unique present I was given when I was expecting my first baby was an antique locket with a clear back to put a lock of my baby’s hair in.
Can’t really think of anything…
I dont’ know, A pen? :/
nothing unusual, just a regular boring stuff
A giant muffin cake coloured baby blue with my sons birthdate on it
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity.
A very pretty wooden engraved keepsake box.
I got a potty at my baby shower - definitely planning ahead
I received a certificate etc that my sons aunt had bought him an acre of the moon, it was lovely and definately unique xx
i give to a friend who having her first baby
A nappy cake
When my husband had done foot prints of our little girl
A beautiful handmade baby quilt with cross stitch embroidered panels
breast pump
an embroidered baby blanket woth my sons name and date of birth
A pamper Mum hamper
a handprint on a tile to add to the kitchen when we were redoecrating
a lovely personalised keepsake box
My best friend brought me a huge dish of Kedgeree. We also got a new “baby girl card” for our first on.
A photo frame with the first 10 weeks of my grandson’s life on his actual due date, he’s gone from strength to strength
My grandad mad me a sweet shop for my birthday, I loved it!
A nappy cake xxx
A stained glass window
A nappy cake
The day I got home from hospital with my 3rd baby my sister in law turned up with bags of food from Cook to fill the freezer and some ready prepared lunch bits for the next day!! It was the best present ever!!!
We did a hand painted plate for my niece and everyone wrote wishes for her on it.
The best gift I received was a maternity photo shoot. I really enjoyed it and I have beautiful pictures of me and my bump to cherish forever
A lovely handstitched card.
There were no ‘baby showers’ when mine were born and they just received the normal gifts of clothing. My son has received the Christening cake from me for his last 2 daughters and will probably get another for his newborn
A canvas print of my friends children! x
An outfit with Chinese symbols on - I had no idea what they meant and wouldn’t let my daughter wear it just in case!
Can’t say I have had anything unique
Cheesecake and Brie from a friend after I gave birth as I missed them so much during pregnancy.
An Iron, on Valentines day lol
A pair of oven gloves for my birthday
A set of hand-painted wooden letters spelling out my childrens’ names, for their bedroom doors
my mother in law did a cross stitch of my daughter
Breast Pump
a nappy cake x