Baby Shower Decorations
Choosing baby shower decorations for the perfect party
To make your baby shower decorations unique, pick a theme around which to focus your baby shower decorating ideas. Confer with the mom-to-be about a theme she would like, or match the shower theme to the theme in the baby’s nursery. If the shower is a surprise, consult with the family to choose a theme. After selecting a theme, you can easily plan your baby shower decorations around it.
Baby Shower Decorating Ideas
For baby shower decorating ideas, there are numerous books and websites to consult. One popular unisex theme is “Angel Baby,” with baby shower decorations in white and gold. Group clusters of white, heart-shaped, helium-filled balloons around the party area. Anchor with small, stuffed white lambs to use as party favors. Scatter additional white balloons on the ceiling, adding gold streamers and strands of shooting stars.
Use white tablecloths and plates with gold cups and napkins, adding gold table confetti. Ask guests to wear white and gold to match the decor. Raid Christmas decorations for angel and cherub ornaments and figurines to place around the room. Add fat gold baby shower candles tied with white ribbon, and use large gold adhesive-backed letters to spell “Angel Baby” on one of the streamers.
Baby Shower Supplies
Buy a plastic baby tub to fill with small, individually-wrapped baby items like diapers, shampoo, baby oil, wipes and Q-Tips. Baby shower supplies are available at any baby shower party supply store. To save time and money, shop a discount department store for balloons, confetti, streamers, figurines, silk flowers, candles, stuffed toys, baby supplies, baby shower food and candy.
Homemade Baby Shower Decorations
Easy baby shower crafts include washcloth rose bouquets. Get two six-packs of white and yellow baby washcloths and fold them into thirds. Then roll them lengthwise to look like roses and pin to secure. Affix to thick floral wire and insert into a tall, thin vase. Use green silk leaves or ferns as a base, adding silk baby’s breath and a small angel figure glued to a stick.
Other easy baby shower crafts are candy pacifier necklaces. Glue one jelly bean to the center of a white lifesaver and then glue another lifesaver sideways underneath the first to form a pacifier handle. Thread thin gold ribbon through the “handle” and distribute necklaces to the guests as they arrive.
To add a colorful and edible baby shower centerpiece, buy two prepared angel food cakes, two tins of frozen strawberries and a large container of whipped cream. In a large, glass dessert serving dish with pedestal, lightly layer torn hunks of cake, strawberries and whipped cream in two layers, garnishing with fresh, sliced strawberries and crowning with a lightweight angel figurine. Refrigerate until shower time, then place serving dish on a large platter surrounded by assorted melon slices, red grapes and fresh blueberries.
