Almost every baby shower follow the same formula: pink and glitter for baby girl and blue and cowboy hats for baby boy, cakes and fruity mocktails, and lots of fun and exciting baby shower games like diaper challenge or guessing games.
What if the mom-to-be is expecting her bundle of joy around October 31 or November 1? Why not try for once to stray away from the tradition and try the halloween theme for your baby shower. I bet it will be spooky and exciting, and a totally unique experience.
If you decide to explore this theme, consult the mom-to-be or the parents-to-be if they are comfortable to have one of her baby showers following a holloween theme.
GUEST LIST
Once decided, the first thing to do is to list down the interesting and fun holloween or spooky characters like ghosts, goblins, ghouls, among many others. These characters will be a.k.a your guest list.
HAUNTED DECORATIONS
Next up is to create an environment that gives you and the guests the spooky feel. Make your venue and the celebration fun and memorable by putting decorations and backdrops that look like the haunted mansion.
SCARY PARTY FAVORS
Regardless of the theme, it ain’t a party without food and sweet favors. You can be creative on this and have something like boozy beverages and scary delicious desserts. You can have something like bloody drinks, and cupcakes or cookies designed with frightful figures.
SOUND EFFECT
For added fun and holloween feel, it’s best to have sound playing in the background like the scary laughter or sound of a squeking door or scary birds or forrest wolves.
And ofcourse, you don’t want to give your guests the creeps, so try to include some cherry side of the holloween. You can have some cake toppers that says something like “a baby is brewing” or give-away little pumpkin soaps or scented candles.
Lastly, don’t miss out on the scary games and ask guests if they are cool with wearing scary or holloween costumes. And then set-up a holloween photo booth for mementos.
Now, don’t get it wrong. It does not mean when you say holloween theme, that it has to look and feel so freaking scary to the core. I mean you don’t want to stress out the mom-to-be and the guests, and give them nightmares. What you want to achieve is to have a mix of scary and scary cute. There is a cute side to halloween, and that is what you want to embrace.