ALL THINGS BABYSHOWER- THEMES!

CAMO THEME

About a year ago my sister and her husband were expecting a baby boy and I of course was ecstatic that she let me throw her a baby shower! Her husband is in the military and has a long line of military family members so it only seemed appropriate that we have a a camo themed shower. Below are some pictures and ideas for a camo themed shower. I will include game and activities we used, decor, and food.

 

I have a person I generally use for invites for nearly every shower or party I throw. She creates customer invites based on info you give her or you can select from templates she already has created. The company name is JENRIK DESIGNS, and she is AWESOME! This is not the exact invite we used for the shower and the names and dates have been changed for a template, but here's an example of the invite we used.... Ours was a little different since our color scheme was more blue, limegreen and yellow, but you get the idea. Included with the invite was a camo strip of paper instructing guests that anyone who brought a package of diapers or wipes would get their name in a drawing for one of two gift cards! PEOPLE LOVE FREE STUFF!!

 

Generally when hosting a shower I like to have a greeting table. This is where guests can say hello to the mommy to be, drop off gifts, sign a guest book and be prepared for what to expect at the shower. Here is the table our guests were met with..... They could leave their gift, if they brought that package of diapers or wipes we discussed above they filled out their name on a little pre cut camo strip of paper and placed it in the basket at the left. Then the guests were instructed to simply examine the items on the diaper cake at the right as it would come in handy for a game later on.

 

FOOD

For food we stuck with pretty simple shower desserts. My sister had a friend that does cakes and made a soldier cake. In addition to the cake we also had camo cup cakes, with white frosting and little green army men toys you can get at the dollar store as toppers! So cute! For the punch we used a lime sherbet and 7up concoction the other hostess came up with.   

 

Even though the theme was camo we stuck with a simple color scheme. You can go to any dollar tree or store and get simple colors of table cloth, napkins, and serve ware for much cheaper than trying to go to a party store to get specific designs.

 

GAMES

For this shower we had TONS of activities as we had a large and rambunctious group. When guests first arrived there was a white onsie and some fabric paint at each table ranging in sizes from newborn to 24 months. The guests were instructed to design their own onsie for baby Julius. Here is one of the funniest ones we got!!!

 

The other games we played included a guess the babyfood game. A small spoonful of 8-10 various babyfood is numbered and placed on a paperplate and guests can taste, smell, or visually examine the food and guess what flavor it is. Then you go through and list off the correct answer.

 

We also played a Price is Right game with the items in the diaper cake from the greeting table. Each guest was asked to guess the price of each individual item in the diaper cake which in ours included small things like a binky, washcloth, lullaby cd, onsie, and burp rag. You can put almost any small baby item in there. The mommy to be of course gets to keep the items in the diaper cake and the guest whose guessed prices for the total purchase are closest to the real price gets a smal prize as well...AGAIN WITH THE FREE STUFF!

 

FAVORS

Because we had so many opportunities for guests to win prizes our favors were a on a much smaller scale for this shower. Guests were able to take from the table decor with consisted of baby blocks filled with candy. But you can do many other things with favors....Well I hope this has been informative. Check out the page next week for a neutral baby shower theme with step by step instructions on a craft idea you can incorporate. Until next time I hope you keep it EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZEY!!