TRAIN BABY SHOWER THEME

Here is an unique baby shower theme for a baby boy shower. My idea is a train baby shower. Below are some cute ideas to get your wheels arolling!!!!

• Set up a toy train set (ask friends if you don't have one - someone's bound to have one)


• For favors, hand out hobo bags filled with goodies. To make them, buy some wooden dowels and some bandanas. Put some goodies in the center (candy, bath bombs, soaps, etc) of the bandanas and wrap up and tie around the dowels to look like a hobo bag.


• Sprinkle cute train confetti all around counter tops and tables


• Train Centerpiece- Spruce up your table with this cute train pinata (you dont' have to use it as a pinata though)


• Another centerpiece idea is to purchase a big toy train and fill it with baby essentials (socks, onesies, rattles, etc.)


• Cover your table with a white table cloth and make train tracks with black construction paper or streamers running down the middle of the table. You can also place a toy train on the track.


• Cut out sandwiches with a train shaped cookie cutter


• Make train shaped cookies and serve as snacks or give away as favors


• We found a cute train cake pan!


• Serve food on blue or denim colored plates/napkins/cups


• Float train shaped balloons all around


• Dress a big stuffed bear in overalls and a red bandana so he can be the conductor

These are the ideas that I have researched and blogged for you all to see and use. Use these ideas as you wish. I have and it turned out pretty well.

After using this idea, return to this blogspot, and leave a comment letting others know how you feel about the TRAIN BABY SHOWER THEME.

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BABY SHOWER CAKE RECIPE

Most unique baby shower themes, require some kind of cake. Whether it is a diaper cake, a baby shower cake, etc. It still requires a cake to add that special touch to the party.

Everyone loves sweets. So, why not make this a special baby shower cake for that special someone's baby shower.

Here are the ingredients and instructions on baking that special baby shower cake to add that pizazz to that unique baby shower theme.

Ingredients

• 6 oz softened butter


• 4 oz superfine sugar


• 2 eggs


• 8 oz cornstarch (in England this is called cornflour)


• 1 teaspoonful baking powder


• 1 tablespoonful milk


• Half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract (in England vanilla extract is vanilla essence)


• Pink food coloring


• blue food coloring

Yields approximately 28 baby cakes in patty cases

Instructions-

Beat together the butter and sugar until it is of a creamy consistency. Adding the eggs one at a time beat the mixture well. Next add the milk and the cornstarch and beat for a further five to ten minutes.

Add to this the baking powder and the vanilla extract and mix together thoroughly. Divide the mixture in half and put one half in a different bowl.

To one bowl add enough pink food coloring to make the mixture look a definite pink and mix. To the other bowl add enough blue coloring to make the mixture look a definite blue and mix.


Put one generous teaspoonful of the pink mixture into 14 patty cases and one generous teaspoonful of the blue mixture into 14 patty cases. Lightly sprinkle superfine sugar on the top of the cakes then bake for approximately 20 minutes at 375°F

Of course if you know if the baby is a girl or a boy then you can make all the baby cakes blue or all the baby cakes pink.

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BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOWER, & LADYBUG BABY SHOWER THEME

A flower, bee, butterfly, ladybug party theme is adorable!

There are so many cute possibilites! This shower idea works great for an outside day or evening baby shower. Maybe even have a BBQ full of hamburgers, salads and all the fun fixin's!

I have come up with some cute baby shower decoration ideas.

• Start off with some cute table decorations!


• Some cute invitation wording ideas are: Fly on over to ______ baby shower -or- Give us a buzz if you can come


• For table centerpieces/decorations take mason jars and place artifical ivy branches in them, sprinkle pretend ladybugs, bees and fireflies in the jar (or glue to ivy leaves). Add a small strand of battery powered twinkle lights (if its an evening shower). Place the lid on top and viola! A cute baby shower table decoration! If you're feeling extra crafty, you can paint the lid to match the shower colors.

bees, bugs, ladybug party theme

• Another idea is to paint some terra cotta pots, fill with florists foam, have your local bakery make you some cute ladybug, butterfly and flower cookies with sitcks in them, poke into the pots and top with green crinkle paper! You can give them away as prizes too!


• For a favor idea, paint the lids of baby food jars red with black polka dots (ladybugs) or yellow with black polka dots (bumble bees). Fill the jars with little candies and place the lid on!


• To make a ladybug cake, bake to round cakes, frost them red, cut the 2nd one in half and place on top of the 1st. Spread the two halves apart to resemble wings. Pipe on some black polka dots and place 2 small pieces of black shoestring licorice in the side of the second cake for antennas.


• Using butterfly cookie cutters , make butterfly shaped sugar cookies, sandwiches & finger jello


• Hang butterfly nets in the bushes


• Float bug, flower or butterfly candles in a pond, birdbath or decorative bowl or tub


• Ladybug Banner- let guests know where the shower is at with this personalized banner!


• Butterfly Balloons- float some cute balloons around the room


• Another wonderful baby shower centerpiece idea that also doubles as a baby gift is this cute ladybug diapercake!

Now that you have received ideas on this unique baby shower theme for girls, try it and return to my blog. Leave comments letting me and others know how this theme turned out for you.

HAPPY BABY SHOWERING!!

SUMMERTIME BABY SHOWER THEME

Outdoors Baby Shower Party Theme Ideas

There is an excitement and energy in the air during summertime that isn't felt at any other time of the year. And when you throw a summertime baby shower party theme, that same summertime energy & fun will be felt by everyone you invite to the party. Imagine, for a moment, that you get a baby shower party invitation in the mail and it says, "It's a Summertime Baby shower Party!

Join us for an afternoon outdoors to celebrate Jennifer Smith's upcoming baby girl!" When you read this invite, what images come to mind? A beautiful, sunny day. Sun on your skin. Everyone in sandals & shorts. A cool breeze on your face. Ice cold lemonade. Tasty summer food. A baby shower doesn't get any better than that!

If you thought of any of those images, then you would surely agree that a summertime baby shower is the epitome of a perfect party and a wonderful way to celebrate a new little life.

How to Throw a Fun & Festive Summertime Baby Shower Party Theme

If you are planning on throwing a baby shower party this summer, then follow this recipe for a successful summertime shower:

1. You can use any baby shower party theme, but you do not need one. "Summertime" can be your theme and that gives you a lot of flexibility with the colors, decorations, food, games and favors.

2. Your colors should be bright, primary colors (no pastels). Combinations of bright colors are great, like reds & yellows, blues & yellows, raspberry pink & green, purple & green, purple & yellow, or Americana (red, white & blue). Your colors will be everywhere, starting with the invitations, then on to the decorations and favors.

3. Your invitations can be simple, or ornate - it doesn't matter. Just be sure to use your chosen colors. You could make a simple & easy summertime baby shower party invitation by matting one color of paper on top of a different color of paper. Then mount a piece of vellum or white paper on top of it all, where you can write or print the baby shower information. You can tie a ribbon or bow on the invitation (or paper punch two holes in the top of the invitation and loop the ribbon through). These are inexpensive but very cute.

4. Your summer baby shower menu could include:

Shish-Kebabs

BBQ anything

Hamburgers

Baked beans

Coleslaw

Cornbread & honey butter

Potato salad

Baked potatos (you could do a potato bar)

Corn on the cob

Vegetable platter with dip

Watermelon

Homemade ice-cream

5. For your summertime baby shower party favors, you could buy little, scented candles for your guests. Buy summertime scents, like sunflower, watermelon, strawberry, etc. Or you could buy little bottles of scented lotion. There are summertime scents like pina colada, pomegranate, melon, cucumber & melon, mango, sweet pea etc. Or you could also buy a sunflower bread mix for each guest (or buy ready-made loaves of sunflower bread at a bakery). This is a tasty & useful baby shower favor that each guest would love!

6. Baby shower party theme decorations should match your theme colors. The traditional party decorations are inexpensive and always fun - such as streamer, confetti, and balloons. You could buy a fresh bouquet of summer flowers to dress things up and to give your party a centerpiece. You could also decorate with summertime decor such as ladybugs, frogs, watermelon, sunflowers, sunglasses, etc.

7. Sumertime baby shower party games: The sky is the limit with outdoor baby shower games! You could set up a race course where the guests must race baby strollers with a doll in the stroller and if the baby gets knocked out during the race, then the racer is disqualified. The guest with the fastest time is the winner! Or you could divide up in teams of two and blindfold one guest on each team. Then the other teammate must feed the blindfolded guest a bowl of pudding or jello. The team who eats the most pudding in 1 or 2 minutes wins! You might want to give each guest a garbage bag to wear over their clothes because this can get quite messy!

Here are a bunch of baby shower games that would be great to play outdoors...

8. Watch the weather. If it rains or is cold/windy, be sure to have a back-up plan with someplace where you can move indoors.

There is just something magical and fun about an outdoor party. So, no matter which of these ideas you choose, your outdoor summertime baby shower party theme is almost a guaranteed fun time for everyone. And it is one that your guests will not soon forget!

MEMORIES SHOWER

You can do many variations for this shower. In addition to the more traditional gifts, guests can create something for baby that is dated from the year he/she is born. Each guest can create a scrapbook page (or two) or small booklet for baby. These can include photos, comments (where the guests live, hobbies, current events, etc.), newspaper clippings -- you name it! Guests can also bring things to create a time capsule for baby. Best to leave some space in the capsule so a few things can be added after the child is born (a newspaper from the date of birth, for example). These gifts are sure to be treasured in years to come!

Another fun idea for a memories shower is for each guest to bring a baby photo of herself. Spread them out and see if everybody can guess who's who!

BABY SHOWER POEM

For every unique baby shower theme, you must have a baby shower poem. This poem will add something like an occassion. Below is a poem that will add reason to any unique baby shower theme.

A Baby is a Miracle

This tiny little baby

Was sent from God above

To fill our hearts with happiness

And touch our lives with love

He must have known

We'd give our all

And always do our best

To give our precious baby love

And be grateful and so blessed

Use this poem or write your own to add reason to your unique baby shower theme.

HOW TO DECIDE THE MOST UNIQUE BABY SHOWER THEME

When choosing an unique baby shower theme, you must consider seven (7) things. They include the following:

1. Talk with the expectant mother about what theme she would enjoy the most.
2. Whatever theme the expectant mother has chosen for the nursery is an excellent suggestion for the baby shower theme.
3. Is the baby a boy or a girl?
4. Is the soon-to-be mother expecting twins?
5. Does the expectant mother already have children?
6. Is the Mommy-to-be adopting her baby?
7. Choose a baby shower theme that is fun! After all, this is a party!3

Having an unique baby shower theme can make the baby shower so much fun. It also helps create a feeling of constancy and gives everyone a focal point. If you don't know which baby shower theme to choose or you don't want to have one particular theme, you could use the general baby shower theme of "All Things Baby". So anything and everything that relates to a baby can be used in the decorations, invitations, gifts, favors, food and more.

The unique baby shower theme that you choose for your baby shower will affect every other aspect of the shower. It decides the decorations, the invitations, the games, the favors, the gifts, and food that you will have. So choose well!