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Decorative Baby Shower Themes

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There are hundreds of themes for baby showers, and perhaps the perfect theme lies somewhere in the region of your imagination. For instance, if the mother-to-be is addicted to reading tabloid magazines, you might want to throw a shower that features a collage of celebrity babies. If she is into astrology, you might want to consider having the baby’s chart done or visiting a site on the Internet that helps you name a star for the baby.

Try a Baby bookworm Party! You might wantThe point of this party is to make sure that baby grows up with a well-stocked library, so guests are encouraged to bring a children’s book as a gift. Really creative hostesses may want to suggest that participants dress up as their favorite character from a children’s story such as Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

Another clever idea is to serve typical foods, yet create placards that give them clever names. Egg salad or tuna sandwiches could be served up as The Mad Hatter’s Tea Sandwiches and pumpkin pie as Harry Potter’s Magic Pie. A cake can also be baked to resemble an open book upon which is a verse in honor of the mother is inscribed with icing.

A good game for literary types is Baby Scrabble, in which guests try to create words that only have to do with babies, or try to invent baby names.

For this kind of party, it is a nice idea to send guests away with a miniature bible as a party favor or a Polaroid photo of the guest with the mom. Make sure to take two pictures so Mom has a copy for her photo album.

You might also want to try throwing her a Sock Party! This party is created around the theme of tiny baby socks. The socks can be blue, pink or yellow depending on whether the parents know the sex of the baby. Usually the invitations are stuffed inside a small baby booty or sock that is mailed out to the guest. Guests may also be encouraged to return the baby sock with a cash donation that is then hung from a clothesline or a “sock tree.”

These kinds of showers are often decorated with what are called “sock flowers.” These are imitations of roses made by rolling back a pair or two of baby socks so that they resemble rose petals. A balled up sock represents the bud and the other socks are folded over to look like flowers and attached to a wooden stem. Mom is presented with a bouquet of baby sock flowers at the end of the shower.

The cake may also be created in the shape of a baby sock or baby bootie. Guests may also take home a party favor, chocolates or a charm, wrapped up in a baby bootie or shoe.

How to Decorate Baby Shower Invitations

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The written invitation sent through the mail, is considered to be the most gracious and respectful way to invite people to a baby shower. Usually the invitation is an expression of the theme of the party. This type of invitation can include a postage-paid envelope with your address on it as well as RSVP card, or simply your phone number or email address written inside the body of the card. Cards of this type are sold at most stationary stores. Popular stationary colors for invitations include pink (for a girl), blue (for a boy), yellow (for sex unknown) and white.

If you send out invitations by mail it is recommended that you do this at least four weeks before the event to give people a chance to respond.

A more casual, but definitely traditional approach is to simply invite individuals by phone. Hostesses on a budget or busy individuals may prefer this more immediate method.

Some individuals may prefer to send out e-vites. In this case, there are many sites on the internet that provide free pre-designed electronic cards that you can send out en masse to your guest list.

If you have glitter, markers and glue, you can create a homemade card. Homemade cards are considered to be especially heart-felt because of the time and effort put into their creation.

If you decide to make a homemade card, a color Xerox machine is your best friend. This way you can replicate a single card many times over. Cards can also be crafted using drawing programs and PhotoShop on a computer and then printed off as needed.

An easy idea for a homemade card is to acquire a picture of the mom-to-be and hand decorate it with gold and silver marker and glitter. Cards and envelopes can also be hinged and fastened with ribbons, yarn, safety pins and clothespins.

It is also quite easy to make a collage of images that match the theme of your party. For instance, if the theme is ducks, you can easily manufacture a card from images clipped out of a magazine and color Xerox it. The same can be done with stars, storks, teddy bears, angels and other classic images associated with baby’s arrival.

It is the responsibility of the person throwing the party to have a conversation with the mother-to-be and decide who is appropriate to invite. Some expectant mothers are a little shy and prefer to be surrounded by a close circle of girlfriends. Other mothers-to-be like a glossy event that almost has a business-like affair.
If the shower is a surprise party then it is perfectly o.k. to phone up her relatives and other close friends and grill them for information about who is on the mother-to-be’s good side and whose faces she would be most pleased to see at the event.