Baby Shower Themes
The theme of a baby shower sets the tone of the party and helps organize the baby shower. It will also give a hand in making decoration planning, games, and invitations simpler. There are a lot of choices for baby shower themes that hosts can choose from. Whether planning a grand, simple, or intimate baby showers, there are certain themes that will make the occasion more meaningful and special.
When choosing the theme for a particular baby shower, think about what the mother-to-be would like, as well as the guests would enjoy. Also consider if the baby shower theme selected will work well with the venue chosen for the party. Check out these baby shower theme ideas:
Basket Shower
This theme would involve a gift basket with different themes from every guest. It will be fun and enjoyable to see what each one comes up with –of course, every basket must be a part of one’s gift. The baskets should be creative like guests using toy bins, small laundry hampers, or baby bathtubs as baskets. A number of ideas for the basket theme include bath basket, toy basket, nursery basket, meal/nursing basket, and diaper basket. With babies as focus, guests will surely have fun creating their own themes for their baskets.
“Baby’s First” Baby Shower Themes
The guest will be bringing gifts that would reflect every “first time” for the baby such as “first bath” that would include products for bathing the baby; “first meal” will have dinnerware for the baby’s first try on solids; “first steps” with footwear for the baby’s very first steps; or gift certificates for a baby’s first photo in the studio.
Cartoon Baby Shower Themes
Every guest picks out their favorite cartoon character while they were growing up and brings a gift with their favorite cartoon characters on it. Every decoration in the party will show different cartoon characters both old and new. The streamers, cake, table cloths, and other part of the party will also include these characters. Consider playing a CD with theme music of one of the characters to have a truly funny and “cartoony” ambiance.
Couples Shower
In the main, men are not really into playing customary “shower” games or taking a bite on that “cutsie” food while having the “aaahhhs and oooohhs” over their wives big tummies. However, baby showers can also be special events for expecting fathers and moms if they’ve taken on the joys of parenthood. After all, fathers are entitled to have some attention and share in the fun of gift opening for his baby.
Nursery Shower Theme
The theme can be truly fun if the parents have planned a theme for their baby’s nursery. Themes like bears, Disney characters, Noah’s Ark, castles and princesses, and more. Every guest brings a corresponding gift to the nursery theme.
Memories Shower
There are lots of variations that one can do for this theme. Aside from the customary gifts, guests may create things for the baby that is marked with the date they were born. They may create scrapbooks or small booklets that can include comments, newspaper clippings, photos, and more. They may also allow some space in booklet for little things that may be added during birth of the baby.
Shower For Mom
This is a brilliant theme for moms who already have lots of baby things, probably if the pregnancy is not a first. Guests can bring gift certificates for meals, babysitting, manicures, housecleaning, or dinner out for the mom. Gifts that would treat the expectant mother to a whole day of self pampering will be special gifts for the moms themselves.
Baby shower themes are limitless depending on what the mom-to-be would love most. If the party is not a surprise, then it would be best to ask the mom what she would want the theme to be, particularly with the baby things she still does not have.