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Have a baby shower or gender reveal party coming up? A quick stop by your neighborhood DG is the easiest, most budget-friendly place to start the new-baby celebrations. Whether you’re the party planner or a guest, use these tips to help make the day extra special—and score some extra savings too. If you didn’t know it, Infusible Ink will work with any 100% polyester surface. Take a look around your dollar store as I bet you can find some baby blankets that will work with this product.
Then add your design and press at the recommended temperature for the time indicated. You will want to press from the front and the back if your material calls for it. Then allow to cool and remove the carrier sheet. Once again, I use a protective sheet and press once more after removing the carrier sheet to make sure everything is stuck. You can get these 100% polyester blankets for $1 and personalize them easily with Infusible Ink sheets. A star and moon centerpiece is an adorable idea for a gender-neutral shower.
Baby Elephant
With Infusible Ink, you don’t have to worry about the product coming off as it is infused into the fibers of your blanket. First up is making those cute baby socks with sayings. I came up with four designs for these and ended up making three pairs of socks.

Be sure to put the material shiny side down on the mat and mirror your design before cutting. You can see the basics of working with this material here. Once on my profile, find the image of the project you want to create, click it to open it up, and then you can make it yourself. Rachel enjoys collecting beautiful, elegant ideas for all of life's wonderful occasions. Pop the whole thing into a large gift bag or cover with basket wrap.
Baby Shower Dollar Store Crafts
Then peel back transfer tape leaving your vinyl decal on your photo album. It only takes minutes to make a photo album something extra special with your Cricut machine. Again, you will follow the same basic instructions as for the baby socks above. Put your iron-on face down on your mat and mirror your cut.
Press for a few seconds with your EasyPress then add your design to the right location. How adorable is this teddy bear with a hot air balloon centerpiece idea? Hook a teddy bear to gold and white balloons . To recreate this idea, purchase a large fish bowl for the center and smaller ones to go around it. Place pink glass tones inside and adorn the outside with pink ribbon.
DIY Baby Banner
All you need is your Cricut machine and a little imagination. Add all of your projects to the memory box then you can add ribbon or wrap in a clear wrapping. Add Infusible Ink Transfer Sheets to baby blankets from the dollar store for a cute addition to any baby gift basket. You can use the same instructions as for the photo album above to make a cute memory box that is perfect for a baby shower. This will also serve as our basket to put the rest of the gifts in. You can add this same design using this Cricut cut file or make a design of your own.
Seriously, vinyl is one of the easiest ways to customize any surface. It is easy to use and you can cut it into just about any shape. Apply the vinyl to your photo album and burnish well. Be sure to use tweezers if you need help lifting the pieces for this one as weeding tools can damage the ink.
Striped Baby Canvas
Once cut, weed away all of the excess from your design. Want to see me make each of these crafts in a video? You can watch below as I walk through the steps for creating each of the items and putting them together into a gift basket.

My passions include teaching others to be creative and learning as many new things as possible. Weed away all of the excess from your design including around the outer edge as well as the centers of any letters. Cut your iron-on into the design of your choice.
Then we threw in a fun ceramic piggy bank so mom can start a college fund. Use some basket wrap and a pastel bow to complete. The zip code you entered is eligible for this offer, but does not match the zip code in your profile. My Baby Doo is a website where parents of young children go to find the best product and style reviews on the web. For over a decade, I have been sharing Cricut tutorials and craft ideas here as well as on my YouTube channel.
Preheat your blanket for a few minutes then lint roll it before adding your design into place. The bibs were $1 each and you will want to make sure these are cloth bibs that do not have a plastic backing. Socks with cute sayings on the bottom with iron-on. These socks were 2 for $1 so super affordable.
These Cricut dollar store crafts are all easy to make and perfect for baby showers. If you are looking for an inexpensive baby gift, look no further than your local dollar store. Pick up a few items then personalize them with your Cricut for something they will never forget. Add this painted acrylic sign to your gift basket as well to record baby’s stats. Do you have any other Cricut dollar store crafts that you would add to this baby shower gift basket? There are so many possibilities for fun things to customize at the dollar store.

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