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LauraBeth1401
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Baby Shower Ideas
I am helping my best friends mom and MIL plan her baby shower and was wondering if any of you have any good ideas. This is her first baby and we won't be told the sex of the baby until the shower so we can do pink and blue for sure. We won't be doing any games but if there was anything else you liked or totally disliked, let me know. Any favors that were cute that you remember? Or websites that you found ideas on? TIA!!!
Re: Baby Shower Ideas
My sister had a blue and brown theme since that is the color scheme for his room. My favor was a milk chocolate in the shape of a diaper pin since we use cloth diapers. For my sister's shower We had tulips as the centerpieces and taht also served as the favor.
My shower was themed around DS's room - jungle. Sugar cookies in animal shapes, jungle animals on the cake, etc. My family saved some of the decorations and I was able to use them for DS's 1st birthday party, which saved me some $$. I think the favors was tulip bulbs in decorated clay pots. Everything doesn't have to match, it's really OK.
I've always loved the idea of blue punch with floating rubber duckies in the bowl.
I also LOVE the idea of having everyone bring a book to start the baby's book collection. Or everyone bringing a pack of diapers, but I like the book idea better. Kind of like how everyone will bring a recipe at a wedding shower.
You really don't need a lot for a shower - some balloons, streamers, and flowers for decorations. Good finger food and drinks. Music. The rest tends to take care of itself.
The only thing I detest at showers is when you make the guests fill out the addresses on their own thank you cards (tacky) or when there's no alcohol. Throw a sister a freaking bone and pony up for a bottle of wine to make a boring ass event a little more tolerable. I'm pretty sure most girls don't go gaga over the idea of attending showers - they go to support their friends & family and because it's tradition. And yes - I insisted on having booze at my own baby shower.
My shower was based on the color scheme of L's room and star shapes (blue and orange)..
We had a full bar (LOL)- my centerpieces were star lollipops- my cousin had each table decorate onsies- they were super creative.
I also loved that she did a bag that said "birthday wishes for a special boy" and each person wrote a wish- the point of the bag is to pull out one wish and read it each year on his birthday...