Baby Shower Themes – Marisa Meidle's Baby Showers

Cute but not Corny Baby Shower Themes – Part 2

In my previous post, I have shared a list of cute baby shower theme ideas that are not corny or cheesy, that will surely make for a fun and memorable party, and will leave your guests swooning.

If you have not found anything interesting from previous list or still looking for more choices, here’s another list of cute baby shower themes that hopefully will help you find that theme you are looking for:

1. Boho
This is a bohemian inspired theme for a baby shower that is either intimate and small or a bigger and grandeous baby shower. To achieve that bohemian look and feel, make use of browns and creams or some peach or sage palletes. Then, bring in some outdoor pillow seatings and some rustic tables. Make use of simple laces and scene of plumes. And for the cake, go for naked cakes instead of colorful ones.

2. Love and Peace
This theme gives you that groovy 70’s look and feel. Using some peace signs on the wall, and some vintage arts and tapestries for your decorations will help you achieve that feel. Prepare some low-key foods over some fancy menus. For your party favors you can give out snap shots and candid shots taken from a polaroid camera.

3. Fairytale
Many would think that fairytale themes are only for baby girls. Well, it is a gender neutral theme.

You are celebrating a little prince or princess on the way. Achieve that whimsical look and feel using some vintage linens, some heavy florals and whimsical touches to make it look and feel like you are in some castle or something. Go for china wares, some gold and silver ones and use some ribbons. You and the guest may also opt to wear costumes and wear some tiaras and crowns.

4. Succulents
This is another gender neutral theme idea that is really interesting.

Almost everyone have some pruned succulent decors at home, right? Well, they don’t just look cute displayed in the windowsills or center tables, they also make for that unique theme. You can be playful and artsy putting green succulent frosting on your cookies and cupcakes, and also turn your cake into a flowering succulents. You can also give out succulents in personalized little plant pots as party favors.

5. You “Donut” Know How Much You are Loved
This is a sweet gender neutral baby shower theme that will surely leave your guests swooning. Who doesn’t love some sweet and delish donuts.

This party features piles of sweet and colorful donuts. You can also make use of do-it-yourself cake table backdrops with some sprinkle-like colored pieces of papers. And don’t forget to serve hot coffee and tea, whether it’s a breakfast or afternoon or evening party. Coffee or tea always go well with donuts, that is.

6. Adventure Begins
This is a travel-inspired baby shower theme that is also gender neutral. This is great for expecting parents who loves to travel or do outdoor activities.

Turn your venue into that feel of traveling to some place or make you feel like you’re a traveler. Make use of miniature globes, use maps as table runners or backdrops, display some vintage suitcases and some camera or telescope or some items that often used on travel. You can also have a travel-themed cake decked out with passport, make sure to have some in-flight snacks as well.

Finally, these themes can either be used as stand alone or you can mix and match them with other themes.

Hope this list will help you decide on your baby shower theme. In case you have not read my previous post, you may check it out for more ideas. I have also shared in previous posts various babys shower themes that are gender focused or neutral. Do check them out for more ideas.

Cute Baby Shower Themes that are Not Corny

Baby showers are some of the most exciting and joyful parties to prepare. Everyone is celebrating and looking forward to see the cute bundle of joy. And also excited for the mom or parents-to-be on this sweet milestone and their journey to parenthood.

Baby shower themes add to the fun and excitement. But, with so many baby shower themes to choose from, you sometimes feel overwhelmed or get carried away. Sometimes, you end up choosing themes that are too much – corny and cheesy.

To help you pick a theme that suits whether the parents-to-be are having a boy or girl or surprise baby, here’s a round-up of cute and adorable baby shower themes (but not corny) that will have your guests swooning and gushing.

1. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Your baby star is on the way, but it’s star is shining ever so bright already.

So, how do you create a “twinkle, twinkle” vibe? You can decorate your venue with whimsical balloons, making use of gold and silver palletes, and put some “glow in the dark” on the ceiling and walls, and then turn of the lights at some point of the party. This decoration will leave the parents-to-be starry-eyed.

2. Rainbow Baby
This theme burst in excitingly vivid colors, that symbolizes joy and excitement. You can have different colors of balloons, especially using the rainbow colors. You can also have cute and colorful cupcakes and cookies and other desserts, then arrange them so that they may serve as centerpieces.

Make sure though that you don’t overdo the use of colors. Avoid using the ideas of colors in huge details, like on your table cloths and your main backdrop.

3. Into the Woods
This is another cute gender neutral baby shower theme, and is one of the favorite and popular choices.

To give your venue that “into the woods” look and feel, you can add some woodland details in your decors and some of the party treats like having a tree trunk cake stands, and then make use of brown and white palletes for your desserts – cookies and cupcakes. You can also add some pine cones and branches in your wall decors.

4. Honey Bee
What else could be sweeter than honey than the arrival of the cutest bundle of joy? This theme is one of the cutest gender neutral baby shower theme, and it is bee-autiful, and so fun and easy to create.

You can have honey gold balloons and pops of flowers as your decorations and centerpieces. For added touch and for the guests’ delight, you can have some honeycomb cakes. And for your party favors, you can give-away beeswax lip balms or tiny honey pots.

5. All White
This is another cute, and neat gender neutral baby shower theme. White is not bland or boring, in case you’re thinking of that. White is monochromatic and exudes class.

Using white and cream for your backdrops and decorations, create that dreamy atmosphere that will make the mom or parents-to-be feel really special.

Making use of white wrappers for your party favors will make them look classy. Make use also a lot of white balloons, and surprisingly they will make your whole venue neatly fun even without the presence of varied colors.

These are just five of the cutest, but not corny baby shower themes that are popular, and they really make for a fun and memorable baby shower. They are gender neutral themes, so they’re flexible. You can also modify these theme to make them gender-focused. For instance, in “rainbow baby” theme you can lean more on blue colors, if it’s a boy.

I will be sharing some more of these cute baby shower themes in my next posts. Hope this list somehow helped you find the theme you are looking for or gave you ideas in coming up with your own theme.

Perfect Baby Shower Theme to Welcome the New Little Bundle of Joy – Part 2

In my previous post, I have shared with you some awesome theme ideas to help you organize and put together a fun, special, and memorable baby shower.

If you feel that those ideas aren’t the right theme for your baby shower, here are some more ideas that might help, and you might find interesting:

1. Tea Party Theme
This one is great for an afternoon party, like an hour or so after lunch. It’s also great for a small and intimate one or when it’s a all girls shower – with only the mom-to-be and her girlfriends. This is also good to combine with the garden or sunflower theme or it could simply stand on its own. You can have it outdoors or indoors, perhaps in one of the mom-to-be’s friends or family’s house.

To pair with your warm beverages, you can make arrangements of various sweets and pastries – from cookies to cupcakes or cakes to tarts or pies to sandwiches. You can also wrap assorted goodies for guests to take home as a sweet party favor.

2. Beauty and the Beast Theme
I’m pretty sure you know the beloved and most watched beauty and the beast. Also, you must know about the singing and dancing cutleries and elegant china wares.

This is another great theme that is truly fun and memorable. Create a room that gives a subtle nod to the famous beauty and the beast, and transport your guests into this magical world. Decorate your tables with garden cloches, and spread it with beautifully colored decadents sweets and pastries. And then, you can also play in your background, the songs from that animated film.

3. Hot Air Balloon Theme
This whimsical theme will transport your guests to a wonderful place like Cappadocia, Turkey – a city known for hot air balloons.

This theme will take your guests and your baby shower to new heights. Decorate your venue with sky-blue backdrop incorporating bright colors, carnival fleet of hot air balloons, and hang some mobile, 3D whimsical cloud of balloons.

4. French Countryside Theme
This is another interesting and memorable theme that will surely make for great photo opportunities.

For you backdrop and decorations, take inspiration from the picturesque and dreamy look and feel of the French countryside during the summers – the fields are carpeted with lavender hue and the sky is cool blue.

Drape tables or chairs with embroidered linens, then make a couple of tiny arrangement of forget-me-nots, dangle some wired wreaths to give that feel of cool breeze. For your food, you can add some potato-leek soup, especially when having a lunch or dinner time party. Add some pissaladiere, madeleines, and for your sweets. – the mouthwatering chocolat blanc.

5. Graphic Mobile Theme
If you and the mom-to-be or parents-to-be like to have something personalozed, and you and some friends would love to do eye-catching do-it-yourself drcorations, then this theme will surely give you that fun and excitement.

This theme hits two things actually – you, the guests and the expecting mom or parents not only get to enjoy a fun-filled baby shower, but you also get to collectively do something – like a design element for the nursery or create something that the parents-to-be can have as a keepsake.

Some more baby shower theme ideas:

6. Halloween Theme – incase you want to do away from the traditional and opt for something new and exciting, give every and fun scare.

7. Beloved Books Theme – for the mom-to-be or parents-to-be who are bookworms and love to read. Guests could also bring some fairytale or children’s books for keepsake or as presents.

8. Learning the Alphabet Theme – is a cute and adorable theme with motif around alphabet cookies and building blocks cakes.

9. Travel Theme – for expecting mom or parents who are always on the go, who loves to travel, and do outdoor activities.

10. Pink Hue Theme – an adorably cute theme, especially when the impending baby is a girl. All sorts of pink from backdrop to decors to sweets and pastries – makes for pefect pictures.

11. Poppies Theme – this theme creates a bright atmosphere using regal reds, rose pinks and clear whites.

12. Peter Rabbit Theme – for expecting mom or parents who love pastel hues, spring feel, greenery, and fresh from the farm menu.

Hope this list here help you find the kind of theme perfect for your baby shower. You can actually combine themes or use these as inspiration to come up with something fresh and insteresting. Whatever theme you choose to have, what really matters is you and your guests, especially the mom-to-be can genuinely enjoy and one that allows for lots of great photo opportunies.

For more baby shower theme ideas, go check out my previous posts on baby shower themes.

Perfect Baby Shower Theme to Welcome the New Little Bundle of Joy

A baby shower is something that the mom-to-be or parents-to-be will remember for years and years, if not their lifetime. Especially the first baby, not that the next ones are not lmemorable, but first times always stick with you because it is a whole new experience.

That is why, it is great to celebrate the impending bundle of joy. It’s a blessing first of all, and babies don’t happen very often.

Now, when you’re hosting, you want to make the baby shower really special, fun and memorable. Especially for the mom-to-be. And you would want your guests to remember it as well.

The best way to add a greater sense of festivity to the baby shower is to have a “theme.” You can either go classic or modern, have forest adventure wooded wonderland or fairy tales featuring princesses and fairies, and you can either go with bold hues or minimalist like white and monochromatic colors, with matching decorations, interesting treats and party favors.

If you are planning on what theme to have for your baby shower, here are some baby shower theme ideas that will surely pique the interest of your mom-to-be or parents-to-be, and guaranteed to help you organize the fun and memorable baby shower you are hoping to put together.

1. Garden Party Theme
This is perfect for springtime baby, and if not, then it can actually give your venue the feel of spring. It’s a the season that really lits up the spirit. You can add a springtime garden as a backdrop, add some fresh picked flowers wrapped in colorful cloth napkins. Place them on tables or seating arrangements where your guests can choose to bring them home as sweet party favor.

2. Sunflower Theme
Who doesn’t love sunflowers? The color alone can put you in such a lovely mood and the color can lit up the room. Make a couple of sunflower arrangements using small colorful vases, place them on each table and accent them with yellow and orange plated and table napkins. Then, make some sunflower- shaped cupcakes along with other cupcakes for added fun.

3. Rainbow Theme
Rainbows is believed to be a symbol of pure joy and happiness, and a new baby brings the same – that is why babies are referred to as “a bundle of joy.” Reason being, rainbow is a perfect theme for celebration.

Drape colorful pastel colored fabric over each table, then scatter different colors of balloons in differents shapes and sizes and some rainbow colored ribbons, draped some of the ribbons on the chairs and sofas. Decorate your cupcakes with different-colored toppings or icing, and make arrangement for each table. Your guests can bring home some of these cupcakes as a sweet party favor.

4. Summer Daisies Theme
This is perfect for a summer flowered inspired outdoor baby shower. You can have them in the parents-to-be or one of their family or friend’s house garden or perhaps you could rent a space in a park or other outdoor venue. Have some fresh picked flowers for your decorations. Daisies is one the easiest flowers to replicate, so you can mix them up – real daisies and some handmade. Now you need not have everything flower-shaped, you can have yellow and white fabrics draped on the tables, some.party balloons in pastel yellow and white, have some lollipops and rubber ducks party favors and use some gingham table cloths too.

5. Woodland Wonderland Theme
This is another outdoorsy baby shower full of wildlife and whimsy. It is another fun theme that is so alive, with some flora and fauna as your main decoration, using bird’s nests with some colorful candy eggs, cloches, and faux-bois pedestals. Then, elevate the standard grazing table by making some arrangement centerpieces for each table made with cupcakes and cookies shaped in different forest animals. Your guests can take home some of these treats as a party favor.

These are just some of the perfect themes that will make your baby shower stand out, and make it truly fun and memorable. These themes create a pictureque and vibrant ambience that makes for perfect pictures, instagrammable even.

Hope this lists help you decide what theme to have. If you haven’t, I will be sharing a couple more baby shower theme ideas in my next posts.

Baby Shower Themes for Boys or Girls

There are expecting parents who does not want to know the gender of their baby ahead of birth. They want to be surprised, and I like that idea personally. Sometimes, knowing the gender of the baby ahead complicates the preparations – “will pink or yellow suit my baby girl?” “Is blue perfect for my baby boy?” “Should I have barbie theme or superman theme for the baby shower?” “Should I get this or that?” and on and on it goes.

Sometimes it’s easier when you don’t know the gender of baby. You are more carefree and you get to really enjoy the excitement instead of being stressed-out to find what is perfect for your baby.

I think you will have more choices that way, especially when it comes to baby shower themes.

A lot of expecting moms and even dads couldn’t decide on a theme for their baby shower. Again, because they are boxed in the idea of “this is perfect for a girl or a boy.” So, why not opt for a theme that will suit whether you’re having a girl or boy?

Here some of the favorites and most exciting baby shower themes whether you’re having a boy or girl.

1. SAFARI THEME
This is one of the easiest but fun theme to create. It is pretty easy to create a jungle-inspired decoration. This theme will be perfect to have outdoors, and you can even have it at your own garden.

Gather old and new animal stuff toys – monkeys, tigers, giraffes and all others you have. Have some green and gold pillow and place them in nooks and crannies. Then, scatter red balloons all over the place.

For the invitation, you can write something like, “let us go for an adventure.”

Set-up wood tables and chairs, place some veggies and fruits, and lemonades. Or better yet, guest could sit on mats on the grass, sort of like a garden picnic.

This outdoor theme, with lots of greens, vibrant colors from fruits and balloons, and the cute animal stuff toys will give you and your guest opportunity for some great jungle-like photos.

2. UNDER THE SEA THEME
This theme would be great to do by the sea, can be indoors too. You can easily tranform your indoor venue and give it a feel of Princess Ariel’s under the sea world.

For the decoration, use shades of blue and white. You can decorate the place with life-size fish, jellyfish and some seashells. It will also be great to do them yourself, maybe with some friend and loved ones where you can do cut-outs or better yet, paint them.

If you can, there are also inflatted balloons of giant fish or seashells.
You can scatter blue balloons around the place.

For the food, you can prepare some seafood dishes and beach snacks. And instead of the usual cupcakes, you can have some jello and fish gummies.

And you can also play that little mermaid song while the party is going on or some beach vibe songs. Perhaps one your guests could play some guitar, that would be fun.

3. WINNIE THE POOH THEME
Pooh bear and his friends is one of the favorites and most popular theme for a baby shower. There are plenty of adorable characters in winnie-the-pooh that will provide lots of fun photo opportunity.

For the decoration, you can create a nostalgic atmosphere using graphics or illustrations. You can also decorate the place with stuff pooh bears and his friends or any plush animals or toy figures, and scatter red and yellow balloons all over the place.

Bake some cupcakes with white or nude icings and top them with little berries and some glazed donuts.

And for your invites, you can write something like, “we’re going to see pooh bear and his companions.”

Finally, you don’t have to buy new stuff for these themes and they are easy to create. You can recycle old toys and other materials. The great thing about these themes is that they have rich characters for your props and decors, which you can do with your loved one and friends. Thus, providing you opportunity to bond with them and celebrate while preparing for baby shower.