Baby Shower Party Themes - Celebrating Motherhood

It is a proud moment in a girl's life. The joy of nurturing a life within deserves celebrations and appreciation. Baby shower parties are usually organized by the kin and friends of the new mother-to-be. The basic purpose is to gift the parents - to - be things that they would require for the baby.

A party theme usually helps in moving the party around with decorations, accessories and food. Baby shower party themes should be mellow and accentuate the arrival of a new life into the family.
Let us see which are the popular themes doing the rounds at the baby shower parties.

1.Stork theme: That a stork delivers a newborn babe at one's doorstep is a popular lore. And one that is represented traditionally as baby shower party theme.

2.Color: Pink is fixed for little ladies while blue is for the young gentlemen. The color pink looks gorgeous, but for that, a baby girl is a pre-requisite.

3.Noah's Ark theme: The Noah ark theme lends itself to a huge array of decorations, accessories and food that you can select from. The choice is as huge as Noah's hybrid collection.

4.Rubber Ducky: The cheerful yellow-coloured rubber duck is a well-used party accessory and hence easily available. Create yellow ducky stamps and float them in water containing jars used as centrepieces. Innovation is the name of the game!

5.An all Baby things theme: Baby things are a very useful baby shower party theme. Guests can bring in gifts such as baby rattles, diapers, baby bottles or baby carriages.

You could have a clothesline where the guests can hang the dresses they have brought for the baby. The new parents will have a steady store of baby things when their little bundle of joy arrives.

6.An angels theme: Imagine angels singing hallelujah to welcome your baby! And these angels can be none other than your own sweet friends and relatives who can don the angel's garb and render the song!

7.The Teddy bear theme may appear a little childish, but we are celebrating a baby shower which is meant for mom and child both! Anyway, teddy bears make for great decoration.

8.Storybook theme at This has been called a healthy theme at guests bring storybooks as gifts and read them out loud. Medical reports claim that a mama-to-be who listens to good tales is likely to have a bonny baby!

9.A nursery rhyme theme is ideal if you would like to pay a nostalgic visit to your childhood days. Sit around and sings all your favourite rhymes. All your decorations can revolve around your favorite rhymes. Baa baa black sheep, Twinkle twinkle little star .

10. Animal themes: This can be arranged as jungle book type of set up where guests may dress up as animals or bring about animals as gifts. A virtual zoo at the party venue sounds fun.

11.Character party themes: Cartoons or superheroes may be adopted as models for guests and they can come dressed up like one to your baby shower party. It can be made to look quite a nice sight.

12.A twin Baby shower is more exciting: Expecting twins can be stressful. The mom-to-be deserves a motivating baby shower party theme to help her go through the ordeal. Some popular themes are: Two peas in a pod, two boys, two girls and one boy and one girl.

13.A trendy mummy Baby Shower party theme would look quite cool. Pink, blue, chocolate browns are the tints for the mod mommy.

The more practical the baby shower parties, the better. Character party themes can be organized in which relatives of the baby can play themselves - as in Brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather and God mother etc. This would help them realize their respective roles and responsibilities regarding the newborn. The baby shower theme parties are also helpful in collecting useful baby items. For instance, diapers, rattles, pacifiers, toys etc can be obtained as gifts.

See for yourself what Martha, an expecting mother, shares about her baby shower party:

"I had quite a practical baby shower party theme. The gift items were restricted to baby clothes. And when the guests brought these, they were asked to hang out their presents on a clothesline we had arranged beforehand. Their lovely effort touched my heart. The clothes were a big help for my son Jonathan".

May your baby shower party theme be equally great. Enjoy yourself to the hilt. The occasion demands it.