There are many different ways to use color in themes for baby showers. From decorations to the food you serve, the colors that you use are important to helping complement the theme. Here are a few quick ideas.
Stick to a Limited Color Set
You do not want to overwhelm the party area with color so stick to two or three main colors. If you are buying pre-made decorations, stick to decorations that use the same colors in them rather than trying to mix and match. For example, if you are doing a monkey themed party that is celebrating the upcoming arrival of a baby girl, good colors to use for this baby shower theme are brown and light pink. The colors complement each other well and finding decorations that use those colors should not be difficult to find. Having at least some brown and pink foods can help incorporate the theme as well. Avoid using too many more colors. You do not want to have purple, blue, and yellow monkeys or colors when using this theme. Keep in mind that sometimes less is more.
Consider the Colors Already in The Room
Whether you are having the baby shower in your home or at a restaurant, think about the colors already present in the room when considering your themes for baby showers. Do you have a blue couch and you are doing a theme that uses pink because the baby will be a girl? You may need to get creative to hide any colors currently in the room that are not working with your baby shower theme. An inexpensive slip cover can hide furniture that does not match the theme. If some of the items are pictures or kick-knacks you have, remove those items and put baby shower decorations in their place.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Cheap Baby Shower Food Ideas
Food is sure to be at the top of your list when planning a baby shower. It is typically the most expensive part of the shower so cutting costs in this category will have the most impact on your budget. Here are some cheap baby shower food ideas to help you save money.
Making Your Own Platters
Buying a tray of fruit, vegetables, or cheese and crackers is always more expensive than making a platter yourself. For a fruit or vegetable platter, get items that are in season and on sale. In the winter items like apples, oranges, and bananas are likely to be cheaper. A little lemon juice on the apples can help to keep them from going brown on the tray. There are many simple recipes available to make your own fruit or vegetable dip. For a cheese and crackers tray, it will be more cost effective to make a cheese ball than to buy several different kinds of cheese. Most cheese balls can be made a day or two in advance, this sometimes even helps the flavors set better.
Salads
Salads are another good inexpensive baby shower food idea. A nice garden salad with lettuce and a few other vegetables like small tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage mixed in makes a healthy and simple dish. A pasta salad is another easy idea that doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Making your own chicken or tuna salad and serving it with small buns is a good entree dish for a lunch shower and is less expensive than getting a tray with deli meats.
Making Your Own Platters
Buying a tray of fruit, vegetables, or cheese and crackers is always more expensive than making a platter yourself. For a fruit or vegetable platter, get items that are in season and on sale. In the winter items like apples, oranges, and bananas are likely to be cheaper. A little lemon juice on the apples can help to keep them from going brown on the tray. There are many simple recipes available to make your own fruit or vegetable dip. For a cheese and crackers tray, it will be more cost effective to make a cheese ball than to buy several different kinds of cheese. Most cheese balls can be made a day or two in advance, this sometimes even helps the flavors set better.
Salads
Salads are another good inexpensive baby shower food idea. A nice garden salad with lettuce and a few other vegetables like small tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage mixed in makes a healthy and simple dish. A pasta salad is another easy idea that doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Making your own chicken or tuna salad and serving it with small buns is a good entree dish for a lunch shower and is less expensive than getting a tray with deli meats.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Baby Shower Game Idea: Guess That Baby Drawing
If you are looking for a fun and interactive baby shower game idea, Guess That Baby Drawing will have your guests active and engaged with each other. A baby shower game like this will likely work best with a group that already knows each other at least somewhat.
How to play:
Before the party, come up with a list of baby related activities or items and put them on index cards. They should be at least somewhat difficult items or activities to draw and not too common baby items. You can even divide the cards into categories of baby-related activities, baby items, baby book titles or nursery rhyme titles.
Divide the guests into teams. There should be at least 5 players on each team. Each team should pick who will draw first. The player who will draw for the first team will draw one of the index cards. Give the first team one minute to guess what the person is drawing. Use this same procedure with each team until everyone has had a chance to draw. Keep track of which team had the highest number of correct answers. Be sure to make several extra cards with difficult things to draw in case you need to do a tie-breaker between teams to get a winning team.
What you will need:
How to play:
Before the party, come up with a list of baby related activities or items and put them on index cards. They should be at least somewhat difficult items or activities to draw and not too common baby items. You can even divide the cards into categories of baby-related activities, baby items, baby book titles or nursery rhyme titles.
Divide the guests into teams. There should be at least 5 players on each team. Each team should pick who will draw first. The player who will draw for the first team will draw one of the index cards. Give the first team one minute to guess what the person is drawing. Use this same procedure with each team until everyone has had a chance to draw. Keep track of which team had the highest number of correct answers. Be sure to make several extra cards with difficult things to draw in case you need to do a tie-breaker between teams to get a winning team.
What you will need:
- Easel with large pieces of paper
- Markers
- Timer
- Index cards with baby-related activities or items on them
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Baby Shower Gift Ideas
It is always fun to buy or make gifts for babies. No matter what gift you decide on, keep in mind the tastes and preferences of the soon-to-be parents. Here are a couple baby shower gift ideas.
Homemade Baby Shower Gifts
If you have a crafting talent, using that to make a personalized gift is sure to be appreciated. A personalized baby blanket, wall hanging, photo frame, or scrapbook are all wonderful gift ideas. If you are making something for the baby’s room, it is a good idea to check with the mom-to-be to see if they have a theme for the baby’s room. This way you can make something that will fit the theme.
Safe Baby Shower Gift Ideas
There are some things that it is always good to have on hand with a new baby. Diapers, wipes, receiving blankets, photo album, photo frame, and books are all generally safe gifts that will be appreciated. Baby clothes that are a size or two larger like 3-6 months and 6-9 months are also often helpful since babies grow so fast. If you are having trouble finding something, a gift card to where the couple is registered will certainly be appreciated.
If you are purchasing a gift, it is always a good idea to attach the gift receipt to your gift just in case the parents want to take it back or have a duplicate of that item.
Homemade Baby Shower Gifts
If you have a crafting talent, using that to make a personalized gift is sure to be appreciated. A personalized baby blanket, wall hanging, photo frame, or scrapbook are all wonderful gift ideas. If you are making something for the baby’s room, it is a good idea to check with the mom-to-be to see if they have a theme for the baby’s room. This way you can make something that will fit the theme.
Safe Baby Shower Gift Ideas
There are some things that it is always good to have on hand with a new baby. Diapers, wipes, receiving blankets, photo album, photo frame, and books are all generally safe gifts that will be appreciated. Baby clothes that are a size or two larger like 3-6 months and 6-9 months are also often helpful since babies grow so fast. If you are having trouble finding something, a gift card to where the couple is registered will certainly be appreciated.
If you are purchasing a gift, it is always a good idea to attach the gift receipt to your gift just in case the parents want to take it back or have a duplicate of that item.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Themed Cake Decorations for a Baby Shower
If you are doing a themed shower, it is best to find cake decorations for a baby shower that fit your theme. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Baby Girl or Baby Boy
If your theme is baby girl or baby boy, it should be fairly easy to find items to decorate the cake with. If you do not want to or do not have the time to make your own decorations, you can find pink or blue baby icing decorations like bottles, bibs, baby feet, and baby faces online or in some craft stores. There are also often pre-made icing decorations like flowers that you can find in craft stores. If you have made your own icing decorations before, the possibilities are endless. Pink or blue clothed baby, pink or blue stroller, pink or blue booties. A search through some images online should give you lots of ideas.
Other Themes
It will be easy to find plastic toys or birthday type decorations for themes like rubber duck, monkey, safari, teddy bear, and nursery rhyme themes. If you have a more unusual theme, you will need to get more creative with finding cake decorations to fit the theme. Look for kids toys that may work or check out your local craft store in order to get ideas.
Baby Girl or Baby Boy
If your theme is baby girl or baby boy, it should be fairly easy to find items to decorate the cake with. If you do not want to or do not have the time to make your own decorations, you can find pink or blue baby icing decorations like bottles, bibs, baby feet, and baby faces online or in some craft stores. There are also often pre-made icing decorations like flowers that you can find in craft stores. If you have made your own icing decorations before, the possibilities are endless. Pink or blue clothed baby, pink or blue stroller, pink or blue booties. A search through some images online should give you lots of ideas.
Other Themes
It will be easy to find plastic toys or birthday type decorations for themes like rubber duck, monkey, safari, teddy bear, and nursery rhyme themes. If you have a more unusual theme, you will need to get more creative with finding cake decorations to fit the theme. Look for kids toys that may work or check out your local craft store in order to get ideas.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Baby Shower Theme: Tea Time
Tea time is a great baby shower theme if the mom-to-be is a tea lover. Check with her to see what her favorite teas are and if you planning to do it at a tea shop, ask her which one is her favorite. Here are some ideas to help you plan.
At Home
If you are going to be doing the shower at home, it is important to have a selection of teas. At least one black, green, and herbal tea should be available. If you are not sure what to pick, go to a local tea shop and ask for suggestions. You may want to do one selection of teas at a time to make it easier to prepare the teas. You could do a green tea to start out the shower, an herbal tea in the middle, and a black dessert tea at the end. It is a good idea to have someone available to help you with preparing the teas.
At a Tea Shop
If possible, you will want to book the party at a tea shop that has a private room. Since many tea shops are small, this may be difficult to find. If a private room is not available, do it at a tea shop that can at least give you a table or group of tables in a semi-private corner of the shop. Check to see if your group will need to order teas off of a limited menu. You will also want to check with the shop to see how the food needs to be handled. It will likely be easier all around if you simply select what foods you want served rather than ordering off of a limited menu for food.
At Home
If you are going to be doing the shower at home, it is important to have a selection of teas. At least one black, green, and herbal tea should be available. If you are not sure what to pick, go to a local tea shop and ask for suggestions. You may want to do one selection of teas at a time to make it easier to prepare the teas. You could do a green tea to start out the shower, an herbal tea in the middle, and a black dessert tea at the end. It is a good idea to have someone available to help you with preparing the teas.
At a Tea Shop
If possible, you will want to book the party at a tea shop that has a private room. Since many tea shops are small, this may be difficult to find. If a private room is not available, do it at a tea shop that can at least give you a table or group of tables in a semi-private corner of the shop. Check to see if your group will need to order teas off of a limited menu. You will also want to check with the shop to see how the food needs to be handled. It will likely be easier all around if you simply select what foods you want served rather than ordering off of a limited menu for food.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Baby Shower Party Ideas for Multiples
When mom-to-be is having more than one baby, you can plan the baby shower with that for a theme. Here are a few baby shower party ideas that can help.
Everything Multiplied
With this type of theme, you do more than one of everything. For example, if mom-to-be is having twins, do two of each type of decoration, two cakes, a pair of party favors, two of each type of food you are serving. Be sure to make the cakes smaller than you normally would if you go this route. You also don’t need to make two of every type of food, simply divide what you are serving into two dishes. You can even ask the guests to have this extend into the gift giving by asking them to bring two of items like blankets, toys, and so on. Since the parents will need two of everything, this can be a great help to them.
Counting by Twos, Threes
Depending on how many babies mom-to-be is having, have that number be the theme of the shower. Use a variety of baby items to make the number. Small rattles, pacifiers, baby blankets, and burp clothes can all be made into numbers with a little time and creativity. For a game idea for this type of shower, have the guests find the twos hidden throughout the party area or have them find which items there are two of in the party area.
Everything Multiplied
With this type of theme, you do more than one of everything. For example, if mom-to-be is having twins, do two of each type of decoration, two cakes, a pair of party favors, two of each type of food you are serving. Be sure to make the cakes smaller than you normally would if you go this route. You also don’t need to make two of every type of food, simply divide what you are serving into two dishes. You can even ask the guests to have this extend into the gift giving by asking them to bring two of items like blankets, toys, and so on. Since the parents will need two of everything, this can be a great help to them.
Counting by Twos, Threes
Depending on how many babies mom-to-be is having, have that number be the theme of the shower. Use a variety of baby items to make the number. Small rattles, pacifiers, baby blankets, and burp clothes can all be made into numbers with a little time and creativity. For a game idea for this type of shower, have the guests find the twos hidden throughout the party area or have them find which items there are two of in the party area.
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