Kids grow up so fast, and it's always nice to be able to look back and see how much they really have grown. Instead of getting a kit or having your baby's hand print put into clay, why not try doing something inexpensive, such as tracing them?

Martha Stewart had a fun idea on her site for making Hand Tracings. This way you can look back and see how much they have changed from month to month.

If you didn't want to trace it, maybe use a washable ink pad to stamp their hand. Or you could even cover it with paint and make a hand print that way. It would be fun to do this with feet too. As kids get older they will have fun looking back and seeing how small they were. - Trisha

Bath time is always a fun time in our house. It is also a very wet time. I usually get splashed several times and have to try to protect myself with a towel - but a towel only protects my lap. My shirt still gets very wet! I should make a bath apron using this tutorial from Martha Stewart.

All you need is a towel and some twill tape to tie it around your neck. You could also use ribbon instead. I think I would add some velcro to the ends, instead of having it tie. It seems like it would be easier to put on and take off in a hurry.

These bath aprons are also great for little babies. If you bathe them in the sink it can get fairly cold fairly quickly. Having the bath apron on you, your body heat will warm it naturally. Then you hold you baby and wrap them up in it and they can be kept nice and warm! - Trisha

With all the little lovie blankets out there I love seeing something that stands out and grabs my attention - and hopefully the attention of my little one. Petite Meiette’s Mini Miette did just that! It is the sweetest of little bunny lovies with its playful, brightly colored bunny head complete with floppy ears. And this little bunny has a just-as-colorful attached fleece blanket. Consider it the sweet-yet-stylish self-soother!

The softness of the Mini Miette should make it a great companion to comfort your baby at naptime and playtime. Petite Miette’s Mini Miettes use organic cotton fleece and are stuffed with organic cotton batting. The eyes and nose are embroidered on securely so you needn’t worry when the Mini Miette becomes your child’s favorite chew toy! The Mini Miette bunnies come in three color combinations: citrus patchwork (sky, raspberry, and citron); berry patchwork (blueberry, kiwi, and clementine); and natural.

You can purchase a Mini Miette for your Mini Me for $24 from PetiteMiette.com. - Emily H.

In my experience summer brings with it a plethora of baby showers. I’m always on the lookout for a great gift and don’t often buy the same thing twice. (Variety is the spice of life - and gift giving!) If you prefer all-natural gifts and have already done the beechwood teether or bamboo onesie, try the Wee Wild Baby Gift Box.

The Wee Wild Baby Gift Box features all-natural, organic baby products from A Wild Soapbar. A Wild Soap Bar’s products are biodegradable, cruelty free, minimally packaged and do not contain synthetic fragrance oils, preservatives, petroleum products, FD&C colorants or dyes, parabens, phthalates, sodium lauryl or laureth sulfates, antibacterial triclosan, TEA or other harmful chemicals. You can’t have too much “pure” when it comes to infant bath and body products!

Included in the Wee Wild Baby Gift Box is their Wee Wild Baby Soap, a pure and mild organic castile soap infused with healing organic calendula, organic aloe, and organic yarrow and lightly scented with a relaxing lavender essential oil blend. This smooth, creamy soap is perfect for baby’s delicate skin. You’ll also find their Wee Wild Baby Balm, a balm enriched with wild yarrow and organic calendula and used for diaper rash, chapped cheeks, dry skin and flaky scalps. Like their soap, the balm is scented with a lavender essential oil blend. To finish off the set they’ve included an organic 8x8-inch hemp washcloth.

The Wee Wild Baby Gift Box is only $26, a mild price for a shower gift compared to some of the wildly expensive gifts out there. You can purchase the Wee Wild Baby Gift Box from A Wild Soap Bar’s website. - Emily H.

I recently discovered one of the softest materials out there: Minky (sometimes spelled Minkee). This stuff makes the softest baby blankets ever. The only problem with it is that it's hard to sew. I Craft has a great tutorial for how to sew a minky blanket without getting really frustrated and throwing your sewing machine out the window!

One thing she doesn't mention is the size of the blankets. If you want a square blanket, it's common to make it 36"x36", which would require a yard of material of each kind of material. If you want it bigger, I like to make mine 44"x44" which would require a yard and a fourth. You could also make them rectangular using a full yard of material, which would put it at about 36"x44". Good luck sewing! - Trisha