Baby shower ideas

Baby Shower Ideas

Bootie Decoration

Required: Large marshmallows, toothpicks, frosting, cake decorating bag, cookie sheet

Color the frosting into preferred colors for the baby booties. Each bootie will take three marshmallows and two toothpicks. Place two marshmallows on top of each other (flat sides together) and push a toothpick through them. The third marshmallow place next to the two with the flat side down and run a toothpick through the side connecting it to the bottom of the other two. Use a star tip and cover all of marshmallows with frosting this way. Ideas for decorating would be to cover in white and accent the edge with pink or blue frosting. Use a thin writing tip to create shoelaces and allow to air dry to harden.

Diaper Candy Dish

Required: White felt, paraffin wax, double boiler and small gold safety pins

Cut pieces of white felt, fold into the shape of a diaper and add one small safety pin on each side. Set diaper upright to see inside and then place carefully into melted paraffin wax while in this shape. Once covered with wax pull out and place on cookie sheet to cool. Add nuts, candies and place on tables as candy dishes.

Diaper Napkins

Required: Paper dinner napkins, 1 inch safety pins and peanut butter (optional)

Fold the dinner napkin into the shape of a baby diaper and attach the safety pins on the side like a normal baby diaper. Place those out on the food table for the guests to take with their food or if you’re not into folding that many napkins do a few just for decoration. To make this idea into a game add a scoop of peanut butter into a few of the diapers. The recipients of the dirty diapers could receive a simple gift like hand wipes or air fresheners.

Favorite Book For Baby

Required: Favorite Book

Have all the guest for the baby shower bring one of their favorite books they liked as a child or that they liked reading to their own children. Instruct them to write a message to the baby about the book or some type of inspiring message, date and sign the book.

Holiday Punch

Ingredients:
	1 cup sugar 2-3 tea bags 1 - 6oz can frozen lemonade 2 quarts of water	2 large cans of pineapple (not frozen) 1 - 12oz can frozen orange juice 2 – 4 bottles of 7-UP 2 liters Clean Empty Gallon Milk Jug
Measure 2 quarts of water, take 2 cups of that and heat. Place tea bags into the hot water until tea has fully seeped, then pour in sugar and mix until dissolved. Pour into clean one-gallon milk jug and add the rest of the measured water. Add to that the lemonade, orange juice, and shake until well mixed. Refrigerate along with pop and large can of pineapple juice until your ready to make your punch. Make an ice ring with baby toys within it or with cut orange slices and cherries. Add to large punch bowl 1/3 to 1/2 milk jug mixture, 2/3 – l large can of pineapple juice, 1 bottle of 7-UP and ice ring. You’ll love this punch and we quite often have this punch around the holidays.

Punch Bowl

Required: Baby tub, rubber ducks, and teething rings

For a unique looking punch bowl you could use the small bathtubs that they give out at the hospital, purchase a baby tub or use your normal punch bowl. Purchase baby items to float in the punch bowl like rubber ducks, toy boats or whatever theme you’re using. Purchase teething rings, freeze and use as ice rings within the punch.

Receiving Blanket Wrap

Required: Thin printed receiving blankets and diaper pins

When I purchase a gift for a baby shower, which is going to be wrapped in a shirt box, I use receiving blankets to creatively wrap my gift. Why pay for wrapping paper when a blanket won’t be wasted and tossed away. Use either 1 inch gold safety pins or diaper pins to hold the blankets around the package. For a bow you can use items that will also be useful for the new parents like pacifiers, teething rings, stuffed animals, booties, baby socks and add a little bit of ribbon if needed for filler.

Small Ice Pool

Required: Small pool and ice

If you’re doing a picnic shower outside and you have several guests and items to keep cold here’s a tip. Purchase a small inflatable wadding pool, place on a plastic tablecloth and fill with ice. You can then place your salads and desserts within the pool to keep cold. This idea works great for other events like graduation parties and picnic.