Pick charming winter theme!
Having an overarching theme makes a baby shower feel especially personal— and makes it easy to pick decorations and decide on a menu! A few themes to consider:
Baby, it’s cold outside!”
The centerpiece of this cozy event should be the hot cocoa bar! Have a few slowcookers filled with ready-tosip cocoa in flavors like milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white (or strawberry if it’s a girl), plus a topping bar with marshmallows, whipped cream, crushed cookies, candy bars, cinnamon sticks and caramel sauce. Decorate with balloons and streamers in rich chocolatey browns and creamy whites and set out throws on the chairs. A fitting favor: plastic baby bottles filled with Hershey’s kisses! The perfect invite: Evite. com’s “Baby, it’s cold outside.”
“Ice princess!”
This glamorous theme is perfect for moms who are expecting a little princess and love everything sparkly! For your decorations, mix shades of pale pink, lilac and silver, blow up glitter-filled balloons and drape faux crystal garlands on the tables. Bejewel a cake or cupcakes with large sugar crystal sprinkles and serve a bubbly mocktail made with sparkling water and pomegranate juice and garnished with sanding sugar. The finishing touch: a tiara for the guest of honor— or a diaper cake dressed up with a glass slipper! The perfect invite: Zazzle. com’s “Princess Baby Shower Lavender Wonderland.”
“Forest fairy tale!”
Turn your party space into an enchanted forest by decorating a buffet table and gifts table with evergreen boughs, faux moss, pine cones, acorns and small figurines or stuffed animals of woodland creatures like deer, foxes and owls (all available at crafts stores). To give your menu forest flair, serve stuffed mushrooms, chestnut-flavored truffles and cupcakes topped with pale green frosting! The perfect invite: Oh Lilly Designs’ “Woodland” (Etsy.com/shop/ ohlillydesigns).
“My little snowman!”
Set the scene by decorating all in white, hanging garlands of paper snowflakes and scattering artificial snow on tables. Then bring in snowman motifs with paper lanterns that look like Frosty ($8.99 for two at Orientaltrading.com), snowman cupcakes or cookies and a diaper cake topped with a plush snowman toy! The perfect invite: Sunnyside Print Party’s “Snow Globe” (Etsy.com/shop/ sunnyside printparty).