Is someone you know having a baby? Why not surprise the happy couple with a gift basket designed to welcome their new arrival? Baskets and babies have gone together as far back as the Old Testament, when the mother of Moses placed her baby in a reed basket that floated in the Nile River where the Pharaoh’s daughter found the child and took him in.

While you need not float a child anywhere today, an attractive basket makes a great container for a shower or new baby gift. Consider a diaper hamper. Like a clothes hamper, a soiled diaper receptacle receives the baby’s worn diapers until they can be cleaned for the next use.

Hampers often have plastic liners to protect their sides from contamination from the diapers.The actual hamper may be made of woven material to resemble a large basket. Buy a new one and fill it with disposable diapers to give the new mother a break. Add plastic pants or pull-up size for when the baby becomes a toddler to give the parents something to look forward to.