This tip was submitted by Amy Cordray, owner of Cutest-Baby-Shower-Ideas.com.
Hosting a baby shower no longer has to be a scary experience. With the proper tools and a bit of creativity, you'll be on your way to throwing the cutest baby shower in town! But be careful, everyone will want you to plan their next big bash!

Picking a theme for the baby shower isn't what it used to be! Creativity has been taken to a whole new level!


Add some pizzazz to your shower by using some of these cute ideas:

Decorate in Ducks: Have rubber duckies floating in the punch bowl. Serve water in wine glasses with mini-ducks in them. Have blue and yellow balloons and some duck shaped mylar balloons floating around the room! For party favors, hand out little ducky soaps wrapped in cellophane and tied with a cute bow!

All One Color: Choose the color of the nursery, or the mom-to-be's favorite color. We'll use red as an example. Decorate with red balloons, red plates, napkins, tableware. For the centerpiece, use a small red wagon and fill with stuffed animals, baby toys, lotions, pacifiers and give to the mom to take home at the end of the shower! Serve chocolate dipped strawberries, red finger jello cut into baby-themed shapes and a red velvet chocolate cake!

All About Baby: Use receiving blankets as tablecloths, baby bottles for vases, empty baby food jars for tealite holders and toy key rings as napkin holders!

Bun in the Oven: Serve cinnamon rolls (buns) and hand out cinnamon roll candles for favors (found online or at candle shops.)

Survivor Theme: This works great for an outdoor baby shower! Decorate with tiki torches. Serve mock Mai Tai's and play survivor style music. Play the "food challenge" game where blindfolded guests have to guess which type of baby food they are eating. Hand out "survivor bandanas" (like they receive on the show) as favors.

Butterflies: Hang nylon butterflies from the ceiling. Sprinkle butterfly confetti on the tables. Make a butterfly cake or cupcakes (wilton.com has adorable ones.) For a centerpiece idea, fill a butterfly net with baby supplies and scatter butterflies throughout! Make butterfly sugar cookies for a snack. Hand out packages of wildflower seeds with a cute little butterfly attached. These baby shower theme ideas are all pretty simple and easy on your wallet. Just remember to have fun and relax!

Thanks for the fun ideas, Amy!

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