The shower was "jungle" themed, to follow along with the idea for our nursery. Technically, the nursery is going to be animal themed, but I've always had a special place in my heart for jungle animals :)
I'm going to post the shower in two different parts, the first is going to be of the shower itself and all the fun times we had and the second part will be of the gifts that we so generously received from our guests :)
The adorable cake made by a dear friend of the family
The cake was mirrored after our shower invitations. Although, I think do to space we had to eliminate the monkey in the tree.
My mom and I went to Party City for most of the decorations - jungle themed everything of course :) On each table we had a large centerpiece, two smaller centerpieces, a Noah's Ark balloon and animal/baby themed confetti. The party favors were measuring tapes with animal prints on them. Each guest had in front of them a blank envelope to fill out their address for the thank you cards, a marvelous idea and one I recommend for all showers, baby or not!
They also had two different games in front of them, the first is in the cups and the second is a quiz paper. In the cups on the tables (the clear cups with blue liquid), we froze a "baby" and everyone had to let the ice melt around their baby. Once the ice all melted, they would yell out "My water broke!", the first 4 people to do that one a prize.
The quiz game was a super neat idea sent in by Ben's grandma, who was unable to attend since she lives in Albuquerque. As the guests arrived, we played different songs about animals and later on we had the guests answer questions based on those songs. If they were paying attention to the songs as they walked in, all the answers were playing for them. :) For example, what animal did Elton John and Susie rock around the clock with? - Answer: A Crocodile.
We played two other games - Price is Right - Baby Edition - How much does it cost? and Bingo as we opened gifts.
The shower was so much fun and I am so thankful for my sister and mom for throwing it for us :) Little Hayden got many wonderful gifts! A huge thank you to everyone who could attend or sent a gift :)
Price is Right Items
Prizes for the games
Love,
Sheri, Ben and Hayden
PS - the second part of the blog will go into a little detail about the gifts
The card bag my mom made with animal stickers from the dollar store
One of our little "guests" tasted the cake early...who could it be?
Here he is, the cake taster, Grant King :)
My cousin Ashley, who is due on New Year's with baby girl Harper, our Mema and myself
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