Baby Shower Party

By Joanne Elliott

Your baby shower party is a really great way of inviting your friends and family to help join you in celebrating the imminent birth of your newborn child. No matter how small or big your baby shower party is to be, make no mistake that it will be something that you will remember for the rest of your life. As with any party there are lots of different things to consider when you are deciding how you want yours to be.
Here are some simple ideas to help you to start planning your celebration baby shower party.

Baby Shower Theme

The best place to start when you are choosing your baby shower party is to choose your baby shower theme. Once you have chosen your baby shower theme the planning of the baby shower party will be much easier in general. There are lots of different themes to choose from, but some good examples include:

  • Tea party
  • Fairy stories
  • Nursery rhymes
  • Popular toys - both old and new
  • Cartoons and cartoon characters
  • Colors (for example a baby blue themed baby shower party for a little boy)

Baby Shower Party Games

Baby shower party games can be adapted to suit the size of your party, and the sort of people that your guests are. If you are having a large party it is important to let everybody feel involved. Party games in this scenario are particularly good as ice breakers, and this is especially important if your guests haven't met before. Some examples of baby shower party games are:

  • Guess the number of pins in the bottle
  • Guess the weight of the baby
  • Guess who is the baby (old picyures of your guests on a notice board)
  • Pass the parcel

Baby Shower Party Ware

You can choose from many different shapes and sizes of baby shower party wear. Depending on your theme and you budget you can choose as many or as few of the following things for your party as you wish:

  • Special or customized crockery
  • Table cloths with baby pictures or themes on them
  • Banners - either generic or customized
  • Streamers - for both inside the venue and outside
  • Balloons - for both inside the venue and outside
  • Cups and straws
  • Napkins that match your chosen theme
  • Decorations
  • Flowers
  • Sparkle or glitter or confetti

Baby Shower Gifts and Favors

Baby shower gifts and favors are increasingly popular at baby shower parties. Baby shower favors will be kept forever as a reminder of the special occasion. The kind of baby shower favors that you pick out for your guests will depend on you, the sort of people that your friends and guests are, the size of your party and also your budget in general.
Here are some good ideas to help you start thinking about what sort of favors you want to give your guests at your baby shower party:

  • Candles
  • Picture frames
  • Balloons
  • Silver cutlery
  • Ornaments
  • Cakes and sweets
  • Engraved pens
  • Engraved charms and mementoes

Also see: Baby Birthday Party Ideas



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