Baby Shower Supplies
Baby Shower Supplies
The choices for custom Baby Shower invitations are wide open for today’s shower host. Online baby stationery shoppes have opened up a whole new world for people seeking Baby Shower invitation ideas for the most personalized, customized baby invitations.
Picking your Baby Shower Theme
Deciding on a theme is the first step in picking out the perfect invitations shower. The theme can be traditional, cute, religious, modern or trendy. Once the theme has been chosen, the host doesn’t even have to leave the comfort of her or his home to select the ideal shower invitations baby. The invitations can be selected, personalized with the host’s chosen wording and delivered straight to the host’s home.
More Shower Ideas
The invite is a special ticket to a fabulous celebration of life and love. It could be shaped and worded like a ticket, including the name of the mother-to-be, the date and the other pertinent information. Another variation would be a VIP pass to the special occasion, making the guests feel like valued individuals at a very posh event. For the more traditional shower, pink or blue invitations fit the bill, while the more modern themes can include colors like green, yellow, chocolate and purple. Noah’s ark, bees, ladybugs, bears and nursery rhymes remain popular themes for shower invitations.
Almost any theme can be included in the baby invitation shower, especially with digital photography available to the host. Some online baby stationery shoppes can incorporate photos or other images for use on the card. The modern host can even design the invites herself and print them on a variety of cards stock.
Types of Baby Shower Invitation ideas
Even pre-made cards can be creative and fun. With several shower stationery stores providing the latest trends, any theme the host can think of can be found on a shower card. Welcome home shower invites can even include a photo of the newborn. Digital photos can be sent to the online baby stationery shoppes and printed on the invitation.
For the craftier host, she could design their own baby invites and have the design printed by a professional printer using high-quality paper. The homemade cards, although not recommended, can be crafted using ribbons, tissue paper, stickers, vellum, felt or beads. The baby wording shower can be either printed or handcrafted in calligraphy or script. Shaped cards are other options. They can be in the shape of umbrellas, bears, ducks, baby carriages, baby bottles, booties or any number of special designs. A few online personalized baby stationery stores will honor special requests.
Handmade, special-ordered or pre made, the possibilities for crafting the ideal shower invitation are endless. But no matter what baby invitation shower ideas the host chooses, the guests are sure to smile when they see they’ve been invited to the glorious celebration.
About the Author: Sarah Porter has written several articles about Free Baby Shower Invitations, Printable Couples Baby Shower Invitations, Cheap Invitations Shower, Personalized Baby Invitations, Custom Baby Thank You Cards, and many more for Announcements-Shoppe, Birth-Cards, Cards-411, CardsShoppe and Express-Invitations
how to throw a baby shower?
i am throwing a surprise baby shower for my friend who is a week behind me!
i was wondering what supplies i will need to buy?
what decorations do i need to buy? (having it at my appartment)
which games are the funnest?
what are the best Baby Shower Gifts?
Decide if you are going to serve food or not. A cake is appropriate….don’t forget the ice cream!
Some fun games are as listed:
Clothespins game/Don’t say baby
Give each guest a clothespin to wear on their clothing during the shower. Instruct each of them that from that point on in the shower, no one is allowed to say the word “baby”. During the shower, if a guest overhears another guest saying the word baby, they get to steal the offenders clothespin(s). The person with the most clothespins at the end of the shower wins.
Poopy diaper prize
Give each guest one small diaper (either a real diaper or one made from felt/paper). Inside one of the diapers, dab a bit of peanut butter/chocolate/brown paint. During the shower, have guests open their diaper, and the guest who has the poopy diaper wins. Another variation to this is to melt different kinds of candy bars into the diapers and who can guess what kind of candy bar it is wins a prize.
Thats my gift -
Have several wrapped gifts (one for each guest), including a few gag gifts if you wish. Set a timer to go off in regular intervals, for prize picking. Pick one guest to come forward and have her pick out one prize. When the timer sounds, have another guest come forward and either pick a new gift or steal the gift the previous person chose. Keep going until everyone has a gift. If you’d like you can play a few more rounds, randomly choosing a guest and allowing them to either keep the gift they have to steal someone else’s. When you decide to end the game, guests keep whatever prize it is they are holding at the time. Allow them to unwrap and see what they were fighting over.
So of course you will need to get door prizes for all of these games, but that’s what we did at my shower and it was really fun. You can pick up little things at a dollar store.
For decorations, you can find baby themed decor at Walmart, Target or a specialty store. Walmart is going to be the most affordable though.
And finally, the best gifts, in my opinion, are the things that the parents to be can really get use out of. Things that add up in price, like diapers and wipes or packages of onesies and sleepers are the best. Keep in mind whether the new mom is planning to breastfeed or not. She might need breastmilk storage bags, breast pads, nipple cream or even a nice pump. Those things you could package up into a nice care basket for her. And my other favorite thing for a gift to receive are hand made blankets. Whether its a quilt or a cute fleece tie blanket, the thought that went into it is appreciated. Here are directions to make a fleece tie blanket:
http://www.exploringwomanhood.com/homelife/ideas/pom-jan03.htm
But most of all, good luck and congratulations on your new one on the way too! I hope your friend is being as thoughtful as you are!
