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I found myself planning a baby shower by accident. Although my daughter’s bff was “in charge”, the venue was moved to my house because her apartment was to small. Because the baby had been nicknamed “critter” when we didn’t know she was a girl, we decided to go with a Woodland Theme. Here’s our easy ideas for a Woodland Themed Baby Shower.
1. I built the shower around the Fox Festive Perfect Party Package from Minted. Guests were greeted at the door with signs announcing “Welcome Baby Jenna” and “It’s a Girl!” I hung a “Welcome Jenna” banner above the buffet and taped table confetti on the wall around the banner. The decorations were peach and pink so I used a thrifted pink tablecloth and a thrifted white table runner for linens.
2. The shower was planned for noon which meant we needed a meal. To make the preparation quick and easy, we planned a “Build your own sandwich bar” with two kinds of meat and cheeses, french bread, and assorted veggies. We also included a “DIY Trail Mix Bar”, perfect for picky kids, a veggie tray, Baby Rattle Cupcakes and pink baby shower punch. I added treat bags to the table so people could make and take trail mix, if desired and added cute Fox Festive stickers to the trail mix ingredient jars.
3. Decorations were easy. On the table I made a centerpiece from an apothecary jar from Minted filled with fresh rosemary from my garden and a cute white bunny a found at the local thrift store. I surrounded the jar with two more thrifted animals. On the sidebar I added Woodland creatures I had found on sale over the past year. To keep from distracting from the Woodland Creature focus, I used white plates, clear jars and a white cupcake stand as serve ware.
4. No party is complete without games, but I was instructed “not to play any of the usual games”, including anything that involved guessing size and weight. Instead, I filled a jar with candy hearts and had a guessing contest. The winner received the jar of goodies. We also played “The Price Is Right.” I purchased several baby items, including a package of diapers, a set of pacifiers, a box of wipes, baby toys, etc, and had people guess what they thought was the correct price. We finished with a game of guessing the date the baby would be born, along with the weight and length. We teased that the prize would be “a free afternoon of babysitting,” but it was well received and everyone asked if they could really babysit when she was born. Go figure.
The baby shower turned out perfectly and everyone commented on the food, decor and fun. It was the perfect way to welcome baby Jenna!
Love this theme! The food and decorations are just fabulous!
This is an awesome idea and so much fun. Love that the name is Critter.
What a sweet baby shower idea! I hope I get to throw a shower for a friend soon, I’ll have to use these ideas
That is such a cute idea for a baby shower! I love all the different woodland animals you included!
These are great shower ideas! I think you did an amazing job! Everything looks so pretty!
I just love the themes and all the color coordinating. Looks great. We love Minted!
Baby showers are becoming really popular over here in the UK now so it is great to find different themes to save up for when people I know want an alterative to the norm.
What a beautiful party!!! Great giveaway as well this is awesome.
This is a fantastic theme for a baby shower. I will have to share this with a friend of mine that just started to plan a friends shower.
That’s a fun way to have come up with the theme. 🙂 Everything turned out great. And hurrah for sweet baby girls!
What it’s a girl? How awesome. Congrats!!! I don’t know how I missed that (or was this the announcement?) this looks amazing what a lovely shower! How exciting for baby Jenna to be soon coming!
Everything looks so beautiful. I like the way you paid so much attention to details and creating special touches.
This is so creative. I can see why the mom would be super happy to walk in and see all this. I would love it.
what a cute theme for a party- such a fun idea as the woodland creatures are so cute. Minted has such great items
Critter! I love it. The little bunny in a jar is a nice touch. I love the bright colors – not what you’d expect for a baby shower.
How sweet is this! This would be a sweet theme for either gender. Love it.
Everything looks just darling! I love the woodland theme for a baby shower. I love that you can grab the decorations from Minted so easily.
I love the theme along with the story behind it. The shower looks lovely and I can not get over those adorable rattle cupcakes!
What a great theme. This is so creative! I’m definitely going to enter that giveaway now!
This is such a cute theme. I love the colors you used for the decorations and food and the animals are adorable.
This is an adorable theme! I love all the little woodland creatures and it’s a sweet (less materialistic, glammy) look,perfect to welcome a new bundle!
What a cute theme for a baby shower….I really like the idea. Nicely done!!
What a fun baby shower!
Jenna is such a beautiful name 🙂
I hope she was spoiled and that the guests had a wonderful time.
What a fun theme, love the colors and simplicity of using the jars. Perfecting timing as I was looking for a punch recipe for a family reunion.
That’s a gorgeous shower setup. I love the use of those old school glass jars. Beautiful.
This is an absolutely adorable theme. Love the foxes!
That is such a fun theme! I love all the decorations!