Themes for Baby Shower – the Pros and Cons
Themes for baby shower have gained popularity with the people and an increasing number of baby shower parties are being organized based on one theme or the other. Since baby showers are thrown for pregnancy celebration, having a charming baby shower idea does add to the fun of the party. However, a theme should not be picked up arbitrarily and some deliberation on part of the host(s) is essential. Otherwise, themes for baby shower may even have an adverse effect on the mood of the party. Let’s first understand the concept.
Appreciating Themes For Baby Shower:
Themes for baby shower imply hosting a party based on a baby shower idea. This idea could be a fairy tale revolving around a baby; a cartoon character; an item of baby use; stars; ships and so on. Once you choose a particular theme, the whole party should reflect on the theme – right from the invitations and decorations to food, gifts, and favors. Some of the popular themes include Nursery Rhymes; Baby Book Worm; Little Prince and Little Princess; Old Macdonald Farm Animals; and Noah’s Ark.
The Advantages Of Themes:
The primary advantage of having themes for baby shower is the ease of planning. The moment you select a theme, you also get a fair idea of the kind of invites to buy, the types of decorations to procure, the types of beverages and food items, and finally the sort of favors to arrange. You can also accurately calculate the likely expenditure on the party or the budget for the event. If you choose a theme with due care and deliberation, it can truly brighten the spirits of the mom-to-be during her pregnancy.
The Downside:
Though a carefully chose theme can certainly help you host a wonderful baby shower, but there are certain drawbacks of throwing theme based showers as well. The first major drawback is that you cannot curtail the overall expenditure beyond a certain limit as you will have to arrange at least the minimum requisite items for the particular theme. Apart from this there is always a chance of repetition of a theme. That is to say, you may end up choosing a theme, which was the theme of some party that your guests had just attended. This would render your shower party dull for those guests.
It is useful therefore to choose a theme proportionate to your budget. In case your budget does not permit opting for themes, it’s better to have a shower without any particular theme. If you do go for a theme-based shower make it a point to take the help of a professional in the field. Again, if your budget does not permit a professional, you can browse the Internet to find themes for baby shower that are based on fresh ideas.
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Comments on Themes for Baby Shower – the Pros and Cons
5:47 am
Hilarious!
6:00 am
I LOVE IT. Thanks for the idea. I have to do the games for a shower this weekend.
6:16 am
See if you can find or make something with a "sugar and spice" theme. That would be so cute and very traditional.
6:53 am
Wow what is up with all the thumbs down..Well I found a website that has some really cute themes.It is http://www.babyshowerstuff.com .Most of their themes are really cute & reasonable prices too..Also if you have a party city store in your area,they have a few cute things too.My sister had her 1st baby last year & she did a spongebob theme shower.She likes spongebob & was doing the nursery in that too so..It was really cute..Have fun planning..
11:16 am
why not a girly pink theme for your baby shower…
http://freshbabyshowers.com/pink-baby-shower/
1:49 pm
Geniuss!!! thanks heaps .. i’m planning my sisters baby shower and i’m sure this game will be a hit!!!
thanks again!!
9:19 pm
For the theme take into consideration the theme for the nursery and anything that Mommy and/or Daddy-to-be really like ie: favorite childhood characters, favorite animal or favorite sport. There are many more general themes as well if you are having a hard time selecting a character or style you could do a day in the life of baby theme or welcome baby.
When choosing games it is a good idea to consider all of the people that will be attending the shower. If it is mostly friends your daughters age they may be up for more modern games with a lot of guest involvement. If the shower will have many relatives from older generations then you may want to go with more traditional baby shower games.
When selecting prizes remember that they do not have to cost a lot. Candles, small cookbooks, chocolate, gift cards, and coffee or tea sets. Remeber to also consider the ages and interests of all of your guests when selecting the prizes.
With food it is best to have foods that are easy to eat while standing with a plate or holding it on your lap, unless of course you have enough room for everyone to be seated at a table. Most people opt for small sandwiches and appetizer type foods. Also be sure that none of your guests have any food allergies or dietary restrictions that you should know about.
4:03 am
How about an "Ode to Baby". Everyone writes a poem or lymerick to read to the mom to be and the best one (either by vote or new mom) gets a prize. This could go well with a book shower where all gifts include a book and have a book theme.
You could do a scrapbook shower if the mom is into that. Each person brings (or you could make at the shower – supply the materials so that everything has the same theme and goes in a matching album) a scrapbook page ready for pictures to be added and you supply a scrapbook to put them in.
You could do a laundry/white shower. The decorations would be clothes lines and everyone bring detergent, hamper, hangers and whites (sheets, bedding, towels, etc.).
Go to ivillage.com for more ideas.
Good luck!
10:39 am
Thanks for sharing, looks like a fun game we will play at my shower tomorrow!
9:06 pm
Great idea I’d would have never thought of it
5:49 am
How about a simple fall-ish theme? Little pumpkins, leaves, browns/golds/red colors..
Or to get some ideas, find out the day that your baby shower will be EXACTLY — google the date in history and you're bound to find tons of great things that happened on that day (or your due date) and chose a theme based on a past event?
I love history!.. maybe its just me, but its always been so cute to observe new life being born and relate it to the past in some way. Kinda like blending opposites, yin/yang, etc..
CONGRATS!! <333
10:12 am
I think moons and stars is really cute!
12:23 pm
First off….I have a page on my website that has some unique/sentimental activities for the shower. These are activities that HAVE NOT been done a gazillion times before.
Now….on to the THEMES!!
Bathtime Showers and Sleepytime Hours
(Moons and stars and rubber ducks would predominate. This themed shower would feature a registry with these items::::bath products, hooded towels, pajamas, nightlights, storybooks, relaxing cds, blankets, crib sheets….etc.)
Activities: Onesie decorating. One-handed crib sheet changing contest (timed)—-if a crib is readily available!!
Children's Storybook Shower: Classic Children's storybooks like "good night moon", "runaway bunny", "where the wild things are", "i love you this much", "dr. seuss", "but not the hippopotamus", "winnie the pooh", etc. You could ask each guest to bring a copy of THEIR favorite storybook to the shower to start off baby's library. The decorations could be prints from the books, themselves….if you look around you could probably find invites that have these types of themes to them!!
Family Tree: If it is a predominately family-oriented shower….focus on the family tree of the new baby!! Have a family tree made for the new baby and this could be a focal point of the decorations. What a great piece to hang in the nursery, too!! Decorations could be this family tree, and napkins/plates with words like "family", "love", "cherish", etc.
Poker-themed baby shower (a totally different idea that might work really well for the daddy-to-be and his cronies….could occur the same day as mommy's shower!!). Buy in for this poker tourney would be a package of diapers. Winner gets a really great gift certificate to some manly place like Home Depot or Best Buy!!! Decorations could be playing cards with daddy being the "King", mommy being the "Queen" and the new baby being the "Jack"????
I make custom diaper cakes designed to match your shower theme….I do really great work and would love to create a cake for the shower and whatever theme you do decide on!!
I am putting some links below that might help you out!
6:47 pm
Set the table with a very bold tablecloth, put out a bunch of different tea pots, post signs to different areas of the house that say "this way" and "that way". Put out an old fashioned clock (the kind w/hands, not digital) set to tea time(make sure it doesn't keep time, you want it to stay at tea time).
For games, think pin the tail on the donkey, but do pin the grin on the Cheshire cat. Play croquet. Make everyone wear name tags with their names spelled backwards…then make everyone call each other by their backwards names or they lose the game.
Ask each guest to come dressed as a charachter in the book.
For the fishing theme, decorate with bobbers, cane poles, set out goldfish crackers, swedish fish(candy), gummy worms,etc.
Make fish cutouts, stick a magnet on the back of each, use a small pole w/ a magnet on the end of the string and "fish".
Very clever themes. They sound like a lot of fun.