Flowers and Plants

• Flowers and plants make a good favor for an outdoor, garden-themed baby shower. Plants are relatively inexpensive and will be a pleasant reminder of the event for years to come. Hand out packets of flower seeds, or allow the guests to choose from different packets of seeds, such as Johnny-jump-ups if they think the mother is having a boy or black-eyed Susans if they think the baby is a girl. Make sure to attach a note asking your guests to care for the plants in honor of the new mother who will be caring for her baby.
  
  

Soaps

• Soaps and shower gels make a fun baby shower favor that is both memorable and practical. Attach a note explaining to the guest that, because they showered the expecting mother in gifts, the soap is so they can be "showered" as well. You can choose colored bar soaps in the same color scheme as the shower or order hand soaps and gels that come with customized labels commemorating the date of the baby shower.
  
  

Food Gifts

• Send your guests home with baby-themed treats to share with the family. Homemade sugar cookies in shapes like baby bottles and carriages are always a hit, especially when they have been custom decorated with frosting. Instead of goody bags, hand out candies, chocolates and jellybeans in clean baby booties or baby food jars. You can send guests home with a cookie gift set that includes baby-themed cookie cutters with an attached recipe card of your favorite cookie recipes.
  
  

Keepsakes

• Keepsakes are a good way for guests to have a reminder of your baby shower; however, porcelain knick-knacks and glass baby bottles are tacky, and your guests may have no place for them. Instead, choose something that's universal, like a custom keepsake magnet or candle holder, that your guests will actually use for years to come. Consider a gift basket of scrapbook supplies, giving your guest the opportunity to craft their own memories of the baby shower.