Are you looking for a cute, whimsical theme for an upcoming baby shower you’re hosting? Whether the mom-to-be is expecting a boy or a girl, a jungle safari themed baby shower is perfect for a wild crowd. Candles and Favors is here to help you every step of the way!
Step 1: Work out logistics
Pick a time, date and location that are convenient for the mom-to-be and your guests. Make sure you don’t plan the party over a holiday weekend when guests may be out of town. Put some thought into the logistics up front so your guests can enjoy the party instead of thinking of where they need to be an hour after the party ends.
Step 2: Purchase professional, personalized invitations
Make your guests feel special and take the time to choose a personalized, professionally printed invitation. For around the same cost as purchasing blank, impersonal invitations, you can customize the wording, and match your jungle animal theme. Clever wording like “Come monkey around with us” or “We’re wild with excitement” add even more customization to your invitations. Send your Jungle Themed Baby Shower invitations out around 6 weeks before the party to give guests plenty of time to RSVP and clear their schedule.
Step 3: Get wild with decorations
The decorations for a jungle party themed baby shower can be as simple or as elaborate as you want to make them. Start with a Jungle Theme Personalized Banner that coordinates with the invitations you sent out to remind guests of the theme as soon as they walk in the door. Strategically place houseplants, ficus or palm trees around the room for a natural backdrop. Use ropes for vines and hang stuffed animals (wearing diapers, or course) on the vines. For the centerpiece – a jungle safari themed diaper cake! Personalize the cake to match the invitations and the banner and ask guests to bring small theme-related toys to decorate the cake.
Step 4: Plan a jungle menu
Just a few simple touches can turn any menu into a jungle safari themed menu. Garnish serving dishes with banana leaves and come up with creative names for refreshments. Serve wild mushroom dip, trail mix and tropical fruit salad along with other menu items. Offer bottled water with personalized labels as an alternative for guests who don’t want punch or soda. Use banana leaves to garnish serving platters, and order a jungle animal themed cake from your local bakery.
Step 5: Play safari themed games
Plan a couple games for guests to play at the party, but remember to keep it simple. Have guests guess the baby animal name for common jungle animals. Whoever gets the most right, wins! Or, play a fact or fiction game: list facts (and fiction) about baby jungle animals and have guests guess which are true and which are false. Let guests share their parenting knowledge with the expecting mom and have them fill out advice cards. Put all the advice cards in a basket and choose one to read out loud and win a prize!
Step 6: Matching favors, prizes and thank you notes round out the party
Jungle Theme Personalized candle favors make a quick, easy and inexpensive jungle safari baby shower favor. Or, make your own favor. Use cellophane bags and personalized jungle theme tags and sticker labels. Fill the bags with animal crackers, bath salts, personalized m&ms, or whatever else you can dream up. Don’t forget to order matching Jungle Theme Thank You Cards for the expecting mom.
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Just as every baby is unique, you want the baby shower you plan for the expecting parents to be unique. Plan an elegant baby shower with an unexpected baby elephant theme to create a one-of-a-kind baby shower that the guests and parents are sure to remember for years to come.
The key to making this an elegant elephant baby shower is in the details. The following article outlines a few tips and secrets to make the baby shower a huge success!
Choose Beautiful Invitations
Just because you’ve chosen to go with an elephant themed baby shower doesn’t mean you have to send out circus themed or Dumbo themed invitations to your guests. You can find beautiful, professionally designed elephant baby shower invitations that won’t break the bank. Pastel colors, curved lines and a pretty font give these invitations a classy look.
Elegant Elephant Decorations
Order a personalized banner that matches the invitations you sent. The banner can welcome guests, communicate warm wishes to the mom-to-be, or anything else you can think of. Place the banner at the entrance to the venue, above the gift table, or near the buffet table. Can’t decide? Order a couple different banners and place them appropriately around the room.
For quick and inexpensive decorations that keep with your elegant elephant baby shower theme, place mirrors on tables around the room. Place scented candles and/or vases of tulips (or the mom-to-be’s favorite flower) in crystal or glass vases on top of the mirrors.
For the centerpiece – a tiered diaper cake! What a useful, beautiful and perfectly appropriate centerpiece for a baby shower. Begin with a well made diaper cake that has been personalized to fit the theme of the baby shower. Add your own special touches including small elephant toys, sweet baby booties, bibs, bottles, and other useful baby items.
Brunch is Best
Plan an elegant baby shower brunch. You can choose to hold the baby shower at a nice restaurant and let the staff prepare the food, or tap into your own culinary abilities to make a few fabulous dishes. If you are preparing the menu yourself, a few basics will get you through – event if you’re not a master chef. Prepare a couple easy quiches or frittatas for the main dish. Purchase some croissants from your favorite bakery and offer a variety of gourmet jams and jellies for guest to choose from. A seasonal fruit salad and some mini muffins will complete this very elegant (and very easy) menu. Finally, offer a signature punch and iced tea.
It’s all about presentation. Use a linen table cloth and linen napkins instead of paper. Bring out the good china, crystal and silver to instantly give the food an extra boost of elegance.
Favors to Remember
Don’t forget to send your guests home with favors to make them feel special. Order some extra personalized candles in the same scent you used in the decorations and guests will think of your baby shower every time they light them. Add a themed elephant shaped scented soap and some mints in a personalized tin. Package the gifts together in personalized cellophane bags and tie it together with satin ribbon. Add a small tulip floral pick to the ribbon to create a beautiful and much appreciated favor. Finally, don’t forget to order matching elephant themed thank you notes to make it easy for the mom-to-be to show her appreciation for the gifts and support she received from the guests.
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