Baby Shower Brunch Invitations
It’s time to celebrate the baby! As Keepsake Favors’ resident Baby Shower expert, I’ve learned how to plan a great party without draining your bank account. Here are my top choices for fun, festive Baby Showers that won’t put you in the poor house.
Host the Baby Shower at Home
Restaurants can run up a hefty bill (unless you ask each guest to pay their own way), and a caterer can also run you into a small fortune. Hosting the shower at your home can be a great way for your guests to bond with one another and still have a fun party.
Grab Game Ideas From the Internet
You don’t need to go out and buy elaborate Baby Shower Games – the internet has gobs of Baby Shower Games you can get – presto! Instant baby shower fun.
Choose an Earlier Time of Day
On the average, evening parties tend to be more expensive – dinner food and alcohol can run into a lot of cash fast. Instead, have a Sunday brunch with a delicious egg dish and punch, or an afternoon tea with finger sandwiches and lots of cake. Better still, if you want to avoid a meal altogether, choose a time when you can be sure most everyone has eaten (say, 2:00, which is past lunch), and then you can still have some snacks and a slice of cake instead.
Get Creative With the Decorations
Move over, Martha, you don’t need a mint to make the shower fabulous. Choose a theme that will be lots of fun (like ducks or bears, or It’s a boy/girl) and you’re on your way. Create invitations on the computer; use colorful balloons for centerpieces (they’re usually more affordable than flowers), and decorate each place setting with small accessories [http://www.keepsakefavors.com/category/005629.shtml] that will add interest to the table, and your guests can take home.
Ask For Help!
If you’ve got a talented baker friend, ask her to bake the cake or cupcakes. Rope Aunt Barbara into making her famous California salad. Getting more people involved will take some of the pressure off of you – and everyone will want to pitch in for the mommy-to-be!
Create Your Own Favors
Don’t worry, I’m talking semi homemade. A memorable favor can be as easy as this: Purchase some pre-made treats like chocolates in fun shapes or pastel colored candies, then slip them in a little box or cello bag. All that’s left is to tie on a beautiful bow and you’ve just created a unique favor, and saved some money too. For a brunch or lunch, put one at each placesetting to double as a decoration, or fill up a pretty basket with your favors and let guests help themselves.
Now, go get started on your amazing baby shower!
About the Author
Jackie Duescher provides the customer service for Keepsake Favors [http://www.keepsakefavors.com/index.shtml] as well as inspiration for many of the favor creations on the site. Jackie has a special knack for finding unique favors for Baby Showers [http://www.keepsakefavors.com/content/004500.shtml] and for other occasions, and she firmly believes that a favor doesn’t have to be expensive to impress your guests.
What are some creative Ideas For A Baby Shower?! Help!?
The moms were put in charge of my baby shower but neither of them are big on entertaining so now I’m trying to throw it all together.
-I’m having a boy
-The nursery theme is animals/Noah’s Ark with Monkeys 
-The shower is a Sunday Brunch in a private room at a local restaurant so the food is taken care of
- The invitations were basic blue & white with booties on theme
I need:
A theme that isn’t super boring
Inexpensive favors..maybe even DIY ones
And possibly some shower games that arent boring.. Im not big on the games and a lot of the guests don’t know eachother ( heck I dont know most of the other side of the family!)
HELP!!! Its in 2 weeks!!
Gifts: Dollar store bath stuff. Gels, etc. Everyone wants to smell pretty. Put it in a little one dollar bag and call it a day.
Games: I have five kids, my favorite game is this one:
pass around a ball or yarn. Let everyone measure out and cut a length that they feel is closest to the size of your waist right now. At the end, measure your own belly and whoever is closest, wins! Fun.
Also.. at one party one time, they were giving out napkins at the door that were folded like diapers with a little safety pin holding it shut. Inside one was a little smear of mustard (dirty diaper!) that person won the prize.
Another was that everyone was asked to bring a baby picture. The pics were all hung on a little cork board and throughout the party, people could go to the board and try to identify all the party guests by their baby pics. the one with the most correct won. It was also a great way to get to know the names of all the guests!
