Hosting a baby shower is a wonderful opportunity to make someone you love feel special and supported as they prepare to welcome their baby into the world. However, we understand that it can also be stressful. There are so many questions to answer before the big day: What should I serve? Who should I invite? What decorations do I need? If you’ve recently offered to host a baby shower and you’ve yet to answer the latter question, allow us to offer a little assistance. We know a thing or two about party décor here at Zazzle, after all, so we can help you establish a theme for your shower and find the right banners, table signs, and cake toppers to match. Join us, then, as we rattle off a list of unique baby shower decoration ideas that will take your celebration to spectacular heights, and truly wow your guest of honor.
Baby Shower Theme Ideas
Establishing a theme isn’t absolutely essential, but it makes choosing individual items of décor easier and creates a cohesive look that is often more aesthetically pleasing. And, let’s face it, themes can be a lot of fun too. If you’re looking for some inspiration for your theme, then, check out the list of suggestions below.
Oh Boy Theme
This is a simple but fun theme based on an old expression, and it’s ideal for someone expecting a baby boy. If you opt for this theme, you’ll typically use a lot of baby blue in your décor, but you can also create sporty or even woodland motifs with the help of our range of Oh Boy designs.
Disney Princess Theme
If your friend or family member is having a girl on the other hand, a princess-themed bash featuring Disney royalty like Snow White, Cinderella, Moana, and many more is an enchanting option. If they’re a fan of Disney, nothing Elsa will do!
Fall Theme
Embracing the season in which your shower takes place is another good idea. When it comes to fall, for example, you could use pumpkins as decorations and add fall foliage to your centerpieces. Alternatively, you could adopt a Halloween theme, incorporating slogans like “a little boo is almost due” in your décor.
Winter Theme
Create a winter wonderland with glittering snowflakes and ice blue decorations, or go for a Christmas theme with a luscious tree, sprigs of holly, candy canes, and an abundance of red and green décor. We’ve got a wide range of Christmas baby shower invitations for you to choose from too, so you can set the tone right from the beginning.
Winnie the Pooh Theme
We’ve already mentioned woodland themes, but why not decorate your shower with the most famous woodland creatures of all: Pooh and the rest of the gang from the Hundred Acre Wood? With the help of some officially licensed Winnie the Pooh merchandise, this adorable and gender neutral theme is sure to be a hit!
Outdoor Décor
Regardless of what theme you choose for your shower, sprinkle, or gender reveal party, you’ll want to make an immediate impression on your guests as they arrive. Big, bold, and beautiful baby shower banners personalized with the name of the mother-to-be are a great way to welcome people, and they’ll also help to make your shower feel like a major event. Eye-catching yard signs are another way to create a warm, welcoming, and fun vibe right from the get-go. However, they can also be used for practical purposes, like directing guests to parking spaces or the main party area.
Custom house flags and doormats made especially for the occasion are a wonderful way to complete your outdoor décor, but if doormats just don’t seem grand enough, you can always roll out some red carpet to add a little glamor to proceedings!
Wall Décor and Backdrops
So your outdoor décor has wowed guests, but how can you continue to build the excitement once they’re inside the venue? Well, posters and prints are a great way to add color and personality to any indoor party space. You’ll find designs to suit any theme here on Zazzle, and each one can be personalized with your own text and images to make truly unique decorations. Consider adding pics of the happy parents-to-be, or an ultrasound image of their little darling, to one of the prints for a charming personal touch. Wall decals are another great option for your shower. While you might feel reluctant to add stickers to the walls of your home, rest assured that our wall decals are as easy to remove as they are beautiful to look at.
We’ve already mentioned banners in an outdoor context, but we also carry indoor banners, which make spectacular wall decorations or photo backdrops. If you’re using banners—or even tapestries—as part of a backdrop, consider complementing them with balloon garlands or floral archways for an even more photogenic look.
Table Décor
Whether you’ll be enjoying a sit-down meal or urging guests to help themselves to finger food, it’s important to create an appealing tablescape for your shower. Look for table runners, placemats, plates, cups, and napkins that match your chosen theme or color palette. For springtime showers, you can choose vibrant floral designs, while plaid patterns will supplement any rustic theme. To further enhance your décor, whilst ensuring that you don’t discover any unsightly stains on your antique furniture later on, you can also leave a stack of personalized coasters on the table.
Away from the main dining area, in other key locations, you should place tabletop signs to let people know where to leave cards and gifts, or pick up favors before they leave.
Centerpieces
You can really allow your inner artist to flourish when it comes to centerpieces. Floral arrangements are very popular, and it’s no mystery why that’s the case. If you use seasonal blooms, after all, it’s very easy to create jaw-dropping centerpieces. All you have to do is add your flowers to a vase, glass, or bottle, and combine them with other natural elements that tie in with your theme or season—such as ripe fruit for spring/summer or pine cones for fall/winter. You can also create bouquets from other items. For example, cupcakes topped with floral icing and arranged into bouquets make adorable centerpieces. Alternatively, by simply placing cupcakes on an attractive cake stand and garnishing them with personalized cake toppers, you can make enticing displays.
Mason jars are also a marvelously versatile centerpiece component. They too can be used for showcasing flowers, but they can be filled with sand and seashells to finish off a nautical theme as well, or packed with fake snow, holly, and ball ornaments for a Christmas shower. Add candles or twinkling fairy lights to your jars to create warm, glowing centerpieces and an ambient atmosphere. Baby-themed centerpieces featuring miniature baby carriages, baby blocks, baby blankets, or adorable stuffed animals are another charming option, and the items can double as gifts for the expecting parents.
Games
If you’d like to read a detailed list of baby shower games, check out “Baby Shower Games & Activity Inspiration.” Here, we’re just going to discuss gaming elements that can double as decorations. For example, we have a range of posters and tabletop signs that not only alert people to the fact that there’s a diaper raffle or pacifier hunt coming up, but also add to your overall décor at the same time. Asking guests to guess how many gummy bears are in a jar or a novelty baby bottle makes for a fun activity, but the vibrant colors of the candy also makes the jar itself an item that can be incorporated into a fun centerpiece.
Finally, if your shower is taking place outdoors, you simply must check out our range of lawn games, where you’ll discover cornhole, jumbo fast four, and topple tower sets that you can customize to match any theme or color scheme.
We hope you’ve enjoyed reading our list of unique baby shower decoration ideas, and that you’ve found some inspiration here today. If you have any baby shower ideas of your own, feel free to add them in the comments section below. They might be exactly what someone else needs to take their own shower to the next level.
Seamus is a Content Specialist at Zazzle. He is quite happy in the role. So, if you’re following, that makes him a content Content Specialist. Seamus likes to write, read, watch sports, drink good beer/coffee, and spend time with his two beautiful kids. To say that he doesn’t like ketchup is an understatement.
