Baby Bottles Are A Great Theme For Showers When deciding on a theme for a baby shower, consider the availability and practicality of using baby bottles. You can easily tie baby bottles into the invitations, decorations, baby shower gifts, and party favors. I love this theme and I'm sure you will too! Baby Bottle Themed Shower Invitations You can really get creative with the invitations for a bottle baby shower theme by making them yourself. One of the most clever ideas is creating an invitation out of an actual small baby bottle. Buy enough small baby bottles for all the guests that you intend to invite. Then you have a couple options: either fill the bottles with pink, blue or a combination of pink/blue jelly beans OR place your actual computer generated printed invitations rolled up inside the bottles (like a message in a bottle). For the bottles filled with jelly beans, create labels for the exterior of the bottle that lists all the shower details like date, location, time, etc. You can buy white Avery labels to run through any ink jet or laser printer at places like Office Max or Office Depot. In either case, tie some baby themed ribbon around the bottle neck. Then mail them inside a box to each guest or hand-deliver them. Guests just love getting this little surprise! On the other hand, not everyone has time to make their own baby shower invitations, but that is OK because so many online and local retailers sell fun bottle-themed invites. The fully customized bottle invitation shown in the photo is available at Tiny Prints. If you'd rather buy fill-in invitations which are a bit more affordable, look for fun bottle-shaped invites shown from online stationery stores. They have tons of great options! Finally in this economy, I'm all about free and I'm sure lots of other people are too so I found this really cute FREE printable bottle invitation at Hoover Designs. Check it out if you are looking to save a few bucks! Bottle Themed Partyware To incorporate your theme into the baby shower tableware, I highly recommend that you buy at least a few pieces of bottle-themed items such as plates and napkins. To save money, you can get the table covers, cups, and plastic silverware in a solid color that coordinates with the themed items. Add some bottle-shaped baby shower balloons along with some latex balloons on the back of the expectant Mom's chair and throughout the shower area. Giant plastic baby bottles can be used to hold flowers for centerpieces on the buffet table or use small plastic bottles for single stems of flowers such as Gerbera daisies. Another centerpiece option is to purchase a bottle or 'got milk?' themed diaper cake. This fun snack dispenser idea was submitted to Fun Attic. Purchase inexpensive baby bottles suitable for holding food (cheap bottles are not suitable for feeding baby). Remove the nipples and fill the bottles with nuts, mints or your favorite trail mix. Replace collar on bottle and then people can shake contents into hands. It looks cute on the tables and it keeps hands from dipping into a bowl. And since I'm a bit of a germaphobe - it sounds great to me! Another fun idea is to have guests give Mom tips by having a large plastic baby bottle along with sheets of paper and pens. When guests arrive at the shower, ask them to fill out one of the tip sheets and place it in the bottle. Mom (or you) can take the messages and create a cute memory book that will be cherished for years to come. Baby Shower Food Ideas It can be difficult to tie in a bottle theme perfectly with the snacks and food at the baby shower. However, this is where you need to get creative by using bottle-shaped containers and trays for the presentation. Take for example, the idea I shared above for the snacks you can place in nipple-free bottles so that guests can just pour the snack mix directly in their own hands. You can place small snack bottles throughout the shower area on side tables. For the main course, go with some classic baby shower food and some of my favorites such as tortilla roll-ups with chicken or ham, classic bruschetta, shrimp stuffed mushroom caps, egg or chicken salad sandwiches, fruit and veggie trays with dip, and artichoke/spinach/nacho dips. You can find a whole range of appetizer type recipes at Plan The Perfect Baby Shower. For punch, I recommend either selecting a blue or pink beverage based on the baby's gender. Use some frozen blueberries or raspberries to act as the ice cubes in the punch bowl. Another great way to incorporate the bottle theme is by using a baby bottle-shaped cookie cutter to make cut-out cookies, finger sandwiches, Read more...
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