How to Throw a Jungle-themed Baby Shower
Since jungle animals such as cougars, baboons, crocodiles and brightly-colored, exotic birds often thrill children of all ages, some parents choose to decorate their new baby's nursery with a jungle theme. When you know a mom-to-be who has chosen such decor for her new baby's room, extending the theme to the baby shower creates a sense of unity and purpose for this exciting event that helps parents prepare for the birth of a new baby. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Jungle-themed shower invitations
- Potted plants
- Animal-print balloons
- Green streamers
- Jungle-print or animal-print gift wrap
- Baby shower banner
- Sound machine or CD with jungle sounds
- Jungle-themed cups, plates and napkins
- Cupcakes decorated with baby jungle animals
- Banana splits with macadamia nuts
- Pineapple-coconut punch
- Orange maternity T-shirt
- Black fabric paint
Instructions
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Scour local or online stationery stores to locate jungle-themed invitations for the shower. Choose ones decorated with baby animals, a leopard print or tiger or zebra stripes to announce the theme of the gathering.
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Decorate your shower venue with plants of all sizes and shapes, animal-print balloons filled with helium and a combination of light and dark green streamers to create a jungle look. Cover photo frames and mirrors with jungle-print gift wrap for a splash of color throughout the room. Include a banner that announces the impending birth with the due date and baby's name, if known.
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Buy or borrow a sound machine -- the kind you place by your bed at night to listen to while you drift off to sleep -- that includes an option for jungle sounds. Plug it in and turn it on just before your guests arrive to create a cacophony of exotic bird and animal sounds to create a true jungle feeling. Alternatively, opt for a CD that reproduces the same types of noises. Make the CD or sound machine a gift to the expectant mom, who may want to use it in the nursery to lull her baby to sleep.
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Ask your guests to select gift wrap and gift bags with a jungle theme. Animal prints or a combination of orange and black, black and white or khaki and green colors also works.
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Select paper plates, paper cups and napkins with a jungle animal theme. Check a local party supply store for matching items printed with this theme, which is commonly used at kids' parties.
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Serve a variety of cupcakes decorated with jungle animals, accompanied by individual banana splits sprinkled with chopped macadamia nuts for a taste of the jungle. Serve a pineapple-coconut punch as a smooth, fruity thirst-quencher.
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Create a special shirt for the expectant mom to wear at the shower. Choose an orange maternity T-shirt and paint black tiger stripes on it with fabric paint. Leave room in the middle to print the words "Mama Tiger" across the front and an arrow pointing down to the mom's baby bump and the words "Tiger Cub." Create a trail of "paw prints" across the back of the shirt in black paint as well.
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