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inexpensive baby shower decor ideas?
A few other friends and I are co-hosting a shower. The honoree's husband is on staff at our church, so it's a fairly large guest list. (Based on past attendance at church showers, I'm guessing there will be at least 75 - 100 ladies?)
It will be an evening (7 pm) cake and punch shower held in the church fellowship hall.
Both of my co-hostesses are on a very tight budget due to a lot of other special events this summer. (I think they also don't realize how expensive it is to throw a party, yet. We're not going to get by chipping in $25/host, here, LOL.) I don't want to end up footing a really large bill, so I'm brainstorming some inexpensive ideas for our planning meeting tonight.
We have round tables that seat 8, so we'll probably have 10 - 14 tables set up. I believe the church has white tablecloths that we can use, as well as china and silverware. I have a lot of nice serving pieces, trays, etc that I can bring to make a nice buffet set up, but I'm not sure what to do about general decorations. It's a pretty big room, but purchasing/making 15 centerpieces is going to be cost-prohibitive.
I thought of doing bright colors, similar to this invitation:
http://www.tinyprints.com/product/16165/baby_shower_invitations_colorful_pins_begonia.html
and getting bright napkins, maybe a few bunches of balloons, and some flowers for the buffet/cake table, but don't want the room to look too empty and sparse. What would you do? Are tissue paper poms inexpensive/easy to make?
Other ideas or suggestions?
Also, any big group games that go quickly? This group will expect games. I thought of Bingo as we open gifts - that's an easy enough one with a big group.
Re: inexpensive baby shower decor ideas?
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I'm constantly surprised at the goodies I find at the Dollar Tree. Oriental Trading has some items that might be useful too.
I made my own Baby Bingo and printed them through Vistaprint for a few bucks. Google for coupon codes! I made it in Powerpoint.