Baby Shower Themes

Now that you have a budget and laid the ground works for the baby shower, it's time to pick a baby shower theme. You need a theme for the baby shower as that will set the mood and also it is expected by most guests. Below is a summary of various theme ideas.

Traditional Theme - Decorate the baby shower room with a baby blue or pink if the gender is known. Otherwise use yellow, purple or light green if the gender is not know, if they are fraternal twins, triplets, etc. Ask the guests to bring traditional gifts such as baby clothing, a handcrafted baby gift, a baby blanket or a silver baby keepsake. For more ideas, check out our top ten best selling baby gifts here.

Baby Gift Basket Theme - A very popular modern theme; ask guests to bring a baby gift basket or a baby diaper cake. The gift baskets should follow the theme of the baby shower. Traditional gift baskets are in a wood fiber woven basket filled with teddy bears, diapers, lotions, shampoos, and small toys. If you want more creative, there are many unique baskets such as rocking horse baby gift baskets, wagon baby gift baskets, or special dual baskets for twins. The rocking horse or red wagon would serve as a substitute to the traditional wood woven basket.

Celebrity Theme - Organize a theme around a celebrity and have each guest bring a shower gift that a celebrity has used for their babies. Of course, the guests do not have to actually bring the item used by the celebrity, just a new copy of the item used. There are a wide range of items to choose from here. Celebrity moms have recently been seen using cashmere baby blankets, personalized nursery wall art, and class Moses baskets.

Cartoon Theme - Ask the guests to pick their favorite cartoon characters and bring a gift related to the respective cartoon character. Buy a cake with a cartoon theme. Pick decorations and characters from not only new cartoons but also old cartoons. Many old cartoons will carry a great nostalgic feeling and will more likely connect with the guests, who are mostly likely all adults.

Celestial Theme - This is a popular theme amongst highly educated parents and organizers. Decorate the baby shower room with moons of different angles, planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects. Many of these decorations are easily purchased at brick-and-mortar retail stores or online stores. Create stars, planets and moon paper cut outs for each guest and ask them to write a piece of advice or a message for the future mom.

Animal Theme - Ask the guests to pick their favorite animal and bring a gift related to that animal. Decorate the baby shower room with animals stickers and cutouts. You will find these decorations easily at any retail store to make the room look like a safari. Prepare snacks such as pigs in a blanket and animal crackers. Hand out animal cookie bags as baby shower favors.

Couple Theme - A modern trend that is growing in popularity where both the future mom and future dad are at the event. Couples are invited instead of just the women. A fun game includes guessing the chocolate that are mashed into diapers. Another fun game is "how well do you know your baby food" game where each guest attempts to identify the flavors in each secret baby food jar.

Cora Lee (Blissliving.com)