Baby Shower

Airplane Baby Shower

Under the tagline "Precious Cargo," this baby shower is all about vintage travel - including passport-like invitations, "baggage claim" favors, and vintage travel props.

Camping Baby Shower

Mason jars, lanterns, and sandwich wraps cut to look like little logs. Who said baby showers had to be all about diaper pins and rubber duckies? See more photos and ideas from Jesi Haack Design.

 

Baby "Shower" or "Sprinkle"

Clouds, raindrops, and umbrellas round out decor ideas for this baby shower theme. This is an especially cute idea for a second (or third or fourth) baby "sprinkle," which is traditionally smaller than a full-blown "shower.

Back-to-School Baby Shower

This baby shower (thrown for a teacher) revolves around a schoolhouse theme - with blackboards, brown-bagged party favors, and plenty of apples. They had a "Show & Tell" (gift-opening time), "Story Time" (when the mom-to-be read stacks of parenting advice secretly collected from her students), and a nutritious lunch on cafeteria trays. Another cute idea for this theme is to have a basket of "love notes" written on loose-leaf paper for the new baby. 

Baby Shower in a Box

If you have a long-distance mom-to-be friend, opt to "mail in" a baby shower and save your plane trip for when Baby actually arrives. The friend behind this thoughtful gift rallied a bunch of their college friends (via email) and coordinated classic baby shower activities and gifts into one box. They even gave the mom-to-be a special "party favor" gift from all of them. 

Around-the-Clock Baby Shower

Time changes drastically once we become parents - we never seem to have enough of it, yet it passes much more quickly. And, in many ways, "time" and routines tend to rule our lives. So Pottery Barn Kids came up with some brilliant time-related décor and activities - including clever ideas for group gifts and a time capsule. 

Book Baby Shower

A book (or "library" or "bedtime story") baby shower is a clever way to start building baby's library. Ask guests to kindly bring a new or used children's book in lieu of a card, and then enjoy a book-themed party - with books and a book-related menu. 

 

Ready To Pop Baby Shower

This theme is easy to replicate yourself - just think of everything that "pops": popcorn, soda (pop), champagne, cake pops, popovers, pop rocks, balloons, bubbles, etc.

 

Sip & See

Rather than have a baby shower, you could always have a "sip & see" party once Baby arrives - especially good for second-time moms or premature (pre-baby-shower) babies. This "Welcome to the World" party used maps and globes to decorate.