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?â€
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.
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