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Baby showers are the most fun kind of parties to throw—the celebration of a new life, over-the-moon excited family and friends, and the hope of all the tiny things to ooh and ahh over! The planning can be fun, too, as you'll see from this inspiring gallery of photos for the best baby shower decorations. If you don't know where to begin, we say start here, where we've rounded up baby shower ideas for girls and baby boy shower ideas too that are creative and positively adorable for the parents-to-be in your life.
Once you've chosen a color scheme and theme for the day, the rest of the elements will fall naturally into place, from the menu to the baby shower games. Consider baby shower decorations that can double as baby room decor, such as a canvas of well wishes for the baby or colorful bunting to hang on shelves or walls. Brighten up your buffet with beautiful flower arrangements that parents and extended family can take home after the party. For the food, make it easy with a serve-yourself buffet setup. Guests will love posing for photos in front of a DIY floral wall and getting creative with a onesie decoration station.
Because most of the day's oohs and ahhs will come from the super cute baby shower gifts, leave plenty of time at the end for opening presents. After all, that's what this day is all about—showering the family with gifts and love.
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Ric Rac Napkins
Becky Stayner
These crafty napkins feature embroidered chicks that have just hatched out of an egg. Choose pastel napkins or any color to match your party decor.
Create a pretty buffet table for an afternoon get-together. Here, refreshing cucumber and mint lemonade and flower-pressed shortbread cookies on a pretty ruffled cake stand make for a simple serve-yourself setup.
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Pink Flower Cake Baby Shower Idea
With its multi-hued pink floral design and delicate light-green glass cake stand, this gorgeous cake almost doubles as a centerpiece for a baby girl shower.
Have guests guess the number of blue jellybeans in the baby bottle. Or in the case of a baby girl, guess the number of pink candies. The winner takes home a flower arrangement or just bragging rights!
Understated blue floral table linens and plates set a classy tone that says "it's a boy." For a smaller guest list, consider a sit-down brunch and serve favorites like a frittata or quiche and smashed potatoes.
A popular baby shower game trend is a diaper raffle, where you win a chance to win a prize by bringing in a pack of diapers for the parents-to-be and baby. This kit includes a tented card with instructions and 50 tickets.
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Cupcake Bouquet Baby Shower Idea
Decorate vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting in various shades of pink and peach and arrange them like a cluster of flowers. Then use real tulip stems and leaves to complete the "bouquet."
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Vintage Handkerchief Gifts Baby Shower Idea
These creative guest favors and hostess gifts are two gifts in one. A tiny treasure inside is artfully wrapped in a vintage scarf matched to the recipient's personality.
When the weather's right, take even the fancy party outside, on the lawn to be sure. Serve a savory Dutch baby (also known as a German pancake) topped with melted cheese, mushrooms, bacon, and scallions. Adorn each place setting with mini market-style bouquets in kraft-paper cones as sweet guest takeaways.
The magic is in the details, like these daisy napkin rings. For each napkin ring, cut a 3/8-inch-wide white grosgrain ribbon into five 3-inch-long pieces; round the ends. Glue one piece on top of the next, offsetting as you go to create a flower shape. Glue a yellow button in center and a length of green twine to the back. Tie around linen napkins that match your baby shower color scheme.
Let guests take a stab at guessing the baby's date and time of birth, eye color, and more, as well as leave words of wisdom for the new parents.
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Daisy Cake Baby Shower Idea
This simply adorable fresh-as-a-daisy lemon-flavored cake is the just-right touch for a spring or summer baby shower and works for both boy and girl celebrations alike.
Create a four-tiered "cake" with tightly rolled diapers for a fun and fitting centerpiece for the gift table. Every parent-to-be will be thrilled to receive this very useful present!
Use a clover cookie cutter to create flower-shaped tea sandwiches (just remember to cut off the stem if it has one). Serve them on a two-tiered platter, which helps save table space. Serve with tea or a light punch.
Be inspired by what's in bloom outdoors. Here, a dogwood-themed tablescape informs the not just the flower choice but also the favor boxes, flower-shaped tea sandwiches, and napkins.
