Nursery rhymes naturally lend themselves to baby shower themes. Truly, who doesn’t have a favorite nursery rhyme that baby can enjoy? Pick up a book and revisit those nursery rhymes, find one you like and use it as an inspiration for your invitations, decorations, games and even appetizers! For example, do you remember “Hey diddle diddle?”

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!

Incorporate this charming rhyme into your theme by sending out invitations with a cow jumping over the moon, you can custom print these yourself using the “Invitation Creator” at BabyShowerGamesAtoZ.com. Include the nursery rhyme on the interior of the card to trigger many a happy memory for your invited guests. Continue the theme by serving a cake decorated with a fiddlin’ cat; create a fun mobile out of paper plates (the dish) and plastic spoons, and of course, what is a baby shower without games? The right number of games for two hours is three. This provides guests with enough time to arrive, settle in, socialize and get some noshing in. At BabyShowerGamesAtoZ.com, you can print out great game cards for any theme, including the popular “Nursery Rhyme Quiz.” We’ve all heard the classic nursery rhymes, but how many were listening? Have your guests take this quiz and find out! Do they really remember what happened to Humpty Dumpty? What about Jack Sprat? Another favorite is “Name that Nursery Rhyme.” Can you remember the name of a nursery rhyme if you were given the plot? Have guests compete on time, pit one generation against another, read answers out loud. There will surely be some humorous errors. For the third game, try Nursery Rhyme Word Scramble. Guests race to unscramble names of various Nursery Rhymes with only a few hints.

The fall is a wonderful time to have a party, especially one which celebrates the forthcoming arrival of a new baby boy or girl. When a hostess is trying to come up with an appropriate theme for a baby shower yet does not want to go with the usual themes, a baby shower theme which caters to the season in which it is being held is highly appropriate and welcomed.

Fall Decorations that Please and Delight the Mom-to-Be and Her Guests
Decorating with a fall style is something which is not only crafty but unique as well. The centerpiece on each table can be decorated in colors which have an autumn feel to them such as brown, orange, and red. A great centerpiece for this time of year is a candle in the middle that is surrounded by leaves and gourds. The napkin rings can be fall-oriented as well to really bring out the theme on the table. A wonderful party favor for a fall baby shower is a hand painted gourd for each guest which has the name of the mom-to-be, date of the baby shower and any other pertinent information included on it. Instead of going with the usual baby shower cake, unique fall inspired desserts such as pumpkin pie or spice cake can be served to the party goers.

Games with a Fall Twist
A fun game to play at baby showers is the Name That Baby Food game. In order to keep with the theme of the party, the hostess can choose baby foods which have a fall orientation to them such as squash, turkey, etc. Another entertaining baby shower game which can be played is Name That Baby. The hostess will prepare sheets of paper with FALL FUN listed vertically down the left hand side of the page and the mom-to-be and guests will need to come up with both a boy and girl name for each letter in the word “FALL FUN”. Whoever has the most answers in common with the guest of honor wins a prize.

The fall is a great season to host a baby shower and there are so many ways to make this fall-inspired theme simply perfect.

There is arguably nothing more refreshing and beautiful during the springtime than the arrival of the tulips in one’s garden. Tulips just seem to symbolize spring. For the hostess looking to throw a baby shower for a mom-to-be in the springtime, a tulip-themed celebration may just be the perfect thing to have.

Decorating with Tulips
The first decorative must-have is fresh tulip arrangements for the center of each table. These can be a variety of different colors or a simple 1-2 color schemed arrangement, depending on the hostess’ preference. During the springtime, one will also find that a number of retail stores will be selling Mylar balloons with flowers on them, especially tulips, and these are a great addition to any baby shower. As for take-home gifts for the attendees, a single tulip in a hand painted pot with the baby shower information painted on it is a wonderfully unique party favor idea that many guests will truly enjoy. Also, when decorating with a tulip theme in mind, the hostess may choose from a wide range of colors for decorating the room with streamers which gives the party a festive feel.

Fun Games with Tulip Prizes
One entertaining baby shower game which is played at quite a few baby showers as it is so popular is Baby Shower Bingo. To play this game, the hostess will have prepared sheets with a bingo board on them. The only square which will be filled out prior to the shower is the center square which will have the word “tulip” in it. When the guests receive their papers, they will fill in each square with what they believe the mom-to-be will receive as baby shower gifts. While the mom-to-be is opening her gifts, the guests will play Bingo and the first person to get a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal Bingo will yell “Bingo” and win a prize. Some examples of prizes with a tulip theme include floral stationary or a tulip potpourri sachet.

Many men and women are in the Navy, so for those moms-to-be that are either enlisted, or their husbands are a great baby shower theme is the Navy. With this theme you can incorporate the color as well as the branch of the armed forces. There are so many creative things you can do with a Navy themed baby shower that it would work for moms-to-be expecting a little girl or a little boy.

Decorations
When decorating for your Navy baby shower you will certainly want to use the color navy as the major color with accents of baby blue if it is a shower for a baby boy, accents of pink if the shower is for a baby girl, or accents of white or yellow for parents who don’t know the sex of the baby. Tablecloths, balloons, streamers and the like can all be used with these colors and really enhance the shower location. For the cake you will certainly want to have something Navy inspired. This can be as creative as you like and as creative as the baker can make it. There are plenty of Navy inspired items you can buy to enhance the cake as well. Other refreshments can include a fruit plate, finger sandwiches, nuts, punch, and the like.

Navy Games
Granted a Navy baby shower can be a lot of fun and honor mom and dad, but you want to play games too. Fortunately, with a Navy shower you can do just that. A great game to play is a Navy trivia game and you can make the questions about any aspect of the Navy, from football to enlistment numbers. Regardless, it will be a lot of fun. The individual with the most correct answers is the winner. This person will receive a Navy bumper sticker, t-shirt, or whatever else you find appropriate.

The hostess who is throwing a baby shower has a very important job. As part of this job, the hostess must choose a theme which is perfect for the mother-to-be. If the guest of honor is having a baby boy, what better theme to use for this occasion than one which typifies boys and that is a Tonka truck theme. These types of trucks have been around for decades and have delighted infinite numbers of boys all over the world. Therefore, a Tonka truck theme is the perfect theme for a baby shower to welcome in a little boy who is on the way.

Rough and Tumble Decorations with Elegant Features
There are ways in which the hostess can utilize Tonka trucks yet still keep the party quite appropriate for its many female guests. A great way to tie in the Tonka truck theme is to use a Tonka truck in the centerpiece. A big Tonka dump truck can be placed in the center of each table and have a potted flowering plant sitting in the rear portion of the truck. Great colors to use when going with a Tonka truck theme are yellows, blues, and whites but it never hurts to throw in some more feminine colors as well. A cake shaped as a Tonka truck is the perfect finish to a party with this particular theme.

Games with a Tonka Truck Twist
A great baby shower game which can be played that utilizes a Tonka truck in the preparations thereof is the Guess How Many game. To prepare this game, the hostess will fill a big Tonka dump truck with small colored stones, which can easily be acquired from any local craft store. The hostess will count the stones ahead of time so that she knows exactly how many are in the back of the Tonka truck. At the party, each guest will have to guess how many stones are in the back of the truck. The guest who comes closest to the correct number wins a prize.

A baby shower which has a Tonka truck theme to it simply screams out “boy” and will delight the mother-to-be and all of the guests as well.

For those mothers-to-be who are expecting in the spring or early-summer, an Easter-related theme might just be the perfect thing for a hostess to go with. If the baby shower is occurring prior to Easter, why not tie that holiday theme in with that of the baby shower. Decorating with Easter flair is not only appealing to the eye but easy as well.

Baby Shower Decorations
Using Easter as a theme for a baby shower is wonderful in many ways as it provides for a nice color scheme and happy connotation. The tables can be decorated with ceramic or actual painted Easter eggs and small rabbit figurines. Tulips which grace the center of each table really pull off the Easter theme as well. A baby shower sign in pastel colors can be hung at one end of the room and balloons in the same color pattern can be spread throughout the baby shower. A fun way to get the mom-to-be truly involved with the Easter theme is to purchase an Easter bonnet for her to wear or make an Easter bonnet for her out of the bows and ribbons after the gifts have been opened. As for a baby shower cake, a carrot cake with a rabbit design on top will be in perfect keeping with the theme of the party.

Easter Theme Baby Shower Games
A fun and thought-provoking game for the guest of honor and attendees to play at this Easter-themed baby shower is an Easter-oriented word search. The hostess will prepare a word search prior to the shower which contains hidden words that relate to Easter and/or babies as well. The winner of this game is the individual who has the most correct answers at the end. A prize with an Easter theme can be handed out to the winner.

Frequently, a hostess who is responsible for throwing a baby shower wishes to stay away from the usual bear and bunny themes when preparing for a celebration of this type. A wonderful way to consider thematic options is to review what is popular with children at the moment. Whether on television or film, there are a number of theatrical characters which please children and are the perfect characters to use for a baby shower theme. One such group of characters which can be used is the Power Rangers.

Fun Decorations
Decorating with this theme in mind can be done for a guest of honor who is having either a boy or a girl. The hostess can pick and choose amongst a wide variety of color schemes as the Power Rangers are quite a colorful group. If the mom-to-be knows she is having a girl, why not stick with feminine colors such as pinks and purples. Alternatively, for the guest of honor with a baby boy on the way, the color scheme can feature more boyish colors such as blues and reds. Streamers can be spread throughout the room in varying colors depending upon the chosen color scheme and Power Rangers balloons can be scattered throughout the area. Power Rangers figures can be set at each table and on the gift table as well to really get the theme across.

Power Rangers Baby Shower Games
The Power Rangers theme can also be incorporated within the baby shower games. A baby shower word search can be constructed using the names of the Power Rangers as well as other items and concepts which relate to Power Rangers. The Clothespin Game can also be played with a Power Rangers twist. Everyone will receive a clothespin upon arrival to the shower and anyone who says Power Rangers will have their clothespin taken by the individual who heard the person say those two restricted words. The person with the most pins at the end of the shower wins a prize selected by the hostess.

By throwing a baby shower with a Power Rangers theme, not only is the hostess being unique in the way of baby shower themes but is incorporating a current phenomenon into a very special day.

SpongeBob SquarePants is an entertaining character which many children love these days. For this reason, what better theme to have for a party celebrating the future arrival of a little one than SpongeBob SquarePants?

Decorations with SpongeBob in Mind
One of the attractive things about utilizing a SpongeBob SquarePants theme for a baby shower is that it is gender neutral and will suit a baby shower which is being thrown for the mother-to-be of either a baby boy or baby girl. When decorating with this theme in mind, specific colors which will really bring out the SpongeBob character are blues, greens, yellows, and reds. A SpongeBob SquarePants centerpiece can be placed in the middle of a nice flower arrangement on each table throughout the room. A nice baby shower sign can be hung on the wall which features the complimentary colors used throughout the room. To mark the guest of honor’s chair, a Mylar SpongeBob SquarePants balloon can be tied to her chair and the chair can even be draped with a nice yellow chair cover or cushion to really bring out the “Reserved” aspect for the guest of honor.

Fun Games to Play
An entertaining baby shower game which can be played that not only the guests but the mother-to-be will enjoy as well is the Name That Food game. The hostess will provide 12 different jars of baby food with the labels removed but marked with numbers from 1 to 12. Each guest will need to take a sample of each jarred food and write down what they believe each food jar contains. The person with the most correct answers wins a prize that has a SpongeBob theme to it, such as SpongeBob-shaped soap, or a prize with coordinating SpongeBob colors, such as a yellow and red photo album. The clothespin game is also fun to play at baby showers. With regard to this theme, whoever says “SpongeBob” throughout the baby shower gets their clothespin taken away and the one with the most clothespins at the end of the shower wins a prize.

Whenever anybody thinks about fall, they usually picture pumpkins in their mind. When a mom-to-be is expecting a baby during the fall or shortly thereafter, there is no better theme which is seasonal and unique as well than one which favors pumpkins as its featured topic. There are so many ways to tie in a pumpkin theme to make a fall baby shower simply wonderful.

Decorating With the Pumpkin Theme in Mind
Pumpkins are great centerpiece materials for decorating a table. If the hostess wishes to use flowers for centerpieces, floral arrangements can be placed on each table and little pumpkins can surround the centerpiece. A wonderful way to bring out the fall-like feel to the baby shower is to have orange napkins with festive fall napkin ring holders. For the party favors, why not try individual votive candle holders with pumpkin spice candles in them. The holders can be as plain or as jazzy as the hostess likes. Orange, yellow, and white balloons make for an even more festive fall atmosphere for this very special occasion.

Pumpkin Games
A fun baby shower game to play which has a pumpkin theme twist to it is Draw the Baby. Guests have to draw a picture of a baby on little pumpkins which the hostess hands out to them. The mother-to-be will then judge the pumpkins and decide which one she likes the best. In order to make it anonymous, the guests should write their initials on the bottom of their pumpkin. The winner of the game wins a prize.

Fall is a great time to have a baby shower and the possibilities are unlimited when it comes to what a hostess may do to make the fall-themed shower a success.

During the month of December, many individuals are busy getting into the Christmas spirit. For those mothers-to-be who are expecting a child in January or February, their baby shower may indeed be celebrated in December. What better way to get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the future arrival of a new baby boy or girl than have a Christmas-oriented baby shower?

Decorate with Christmas Flair
There are so many decorative ideas which can make a Christmas-inspired baby shower simply perfect. Poinsettias make wonderful centerpieces and accents for around the room when it comes to a Christmas style baby shower. A great idea with regard to guest party favors is to purchase Christmas ornaments which have the name of the mother-to-be on them and the date of the baby shower, along with any other pertinent information the hostess wishes to include. The color scheme which can be used for a baby shower with this type of theme is red and green, of course. If the hostess wishes to dress it up a little, throwing in some gold and/or silver decorations will make the room look a bit flashier.

Baby Shower Games
One particular baby shower game which can have a Christmas overtone to it is the Possible Baby Name Game. With this game, the hostess will prepare sheets of paper with CHRISTMAS listed vertically down the left-hand side of the page. The guests and mother-to-be will have 5-10 minutes to list both a boy and girl name for each letter of the word. The individual with the most answers in common with the mother-to-be wins a prize. Prizes for baby shower games can be centerpieces, Christmas angel figurines, or even ceramic ornaments.