Bridal Shower Gifts

Get everyone’s creative juices flowing and suggest kit and caboodle bridal shower gifts. It means you have to come up with a kit of some sort, to be about anything the bride might need for her married life. So many couples live together these days that they already have lots of the practical essentials such as toasters, pot holders, regular glassware and sheet sets.

Kit and Caboodle

It’s really easy to walk into a department store and buy a single item but if you challenge the guests to make up a kit, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the kinds of things they conjure up. It’s a great way to create a buzz while ensuring that the bridal shower gifts are useful, suitable and bought with much thought for the bride’s personality and needs.

Stationery kit

A medium sized, brightly colored, enamel-coated metal bucket filled with all manner of stationery items would inspire just about anyone to do their taxes, write a mean shopping list or start on that bestseller they’ve meant to begin.
Fill it with notepads, pencils, crayons, pens, rulers, erasers, a stapler, some paper clips, paste, envelopes, writing paper, a sharpener and a hole punch, all in co-ordinating colors.

Instead of the bucket, one of those really cool designer file boxes would do perfectly. This is one of those bridal shower gifts that inspires a girl to tidy her study and organize her drawers, just so she can use her new bits ‘n’ pieces.

Baking kit

If the bride-to-be is a disaster in the kitchen, some baking basics for bridal shower gifts might be just the trick she needs to head in the right direction. Fill a mixing bowl with cookie cutters, a variety of wooden spoons, measuring cups, beaters, cake forks and spatulas. You can even add packet cake mixes and decorations like sprinkles, tiny marshmallows and even birthday candles. Tie it all up in an apron and a big red bow.

Pamper kit

No one should ever need an excuse to pamper themselves, but when you receive a basket of goodies as bridal shower gifts, you have every reason in the world to fill the tub and while away an hour or two, on a whim. A gorgeous white wicker basket will sit beautifully in the corner of the bathroom long after the wedding, but it’s all the wonderful consumables that will bring the most delight. Candles, aromatherapy oils, luxurious washcloths, bath salts, soaps and face masks in her favorite fragrances and colors are sure to be adored.

Chocoholic kit

Most ladies will succumb to a choc-fest on a monthly – or more frequent – basis. Set the bride-to-be up with a healthy supply of tasty treats and fun ways to enjoy them and you will be remembered for your bridal shower gift for a long, long time. A fondue pot for two is a great starting point. Add a jumbo pack of marshmallows, a box of imported hot chocolate mix, two huge mugs, a chocolate cake recipe book and a jar of chocolate body paint and you’re onto a real winner.

The kit and caboodle bridal shower gifts idea is one that will make sure that the bride receives some genuinely good stuff, but without the standard old napkin rings and coffee mugs making an appearance. Gift giving should be as fun as receiving and if everyone gets into the spirit of the kit creation, there will be laughs and amazement all round as each guests’ creativity is unwrapped.

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