Animal Print Baby Shower

A fashionable baby girl deserves a very chic animal print shower!!  This particular baby shower was a co-ed celebration.  We picked a sports bar/restaurant with an upstairs party room so that the ladies could do the "girly" stuff, and the guys could play pool, video games, and poker, all while watching the ball game.  Everybody's happy!!

The gift table was covered with a zebra-print rug.  Glittery pink letters spelled out baby's name.  There was a huge mug for "Big Dad Cory" and a pretty tiara for Mommy Connie.

The guys' tables were set up with baby girl playing cards from Oriental Trading Company and pink cash and coins from Dollar Junction for poker playing.  Bubble gum or chocolate cigars make great favors for the fellas.

Upstairs the tables had floating safari duckies.  One table had a fountain in the center, which was a perfect place for these little guys to swim!!  The children at the party got to pick a "duckie" to take home with them.

I made these adorable baby bracelet wine glass charms for the ladies.  Here is a link to my tutorial blog:

http://eventsdee-signed.blogspot.com/2011/03/baby-shower-wine-glass-charms.html

The girls had their own games while the boys played downstairs.  Each received a book with a few baby games to fill out while we ate.  The pencils were personalized with baby Josie's full name and birth year. These cute animal print bags were filled with prizes for the game winners.  More "active" games were also played.  This super-cute corsage was one of the prizes.

After about an hour, we joined the boys downstairs to play onesie basketball, guys vs. gals.  

It got very loud and competitive, and sooooooo much fun!!  

                         

Cake was served while Mom and Dad opened gifts.  Personalized candy bars and little bags of animal crackers were passed out as favors.

Baby Shower Wine Glass Charms

I believe a party always looks a little fancier if you can use real glassware.  At a recent baby shower, we had access to wine glasses, but only a limited number.  There would be no time during the party to re-wash them if we ran out or if people laid down their glass and forgot which was theirs.  


These adorable wine glass charms were my solution to this problem.

I lucked out finding the baby bracelet favors at a Dollar Tree store, and they already had the break in them for placing around the glass stem.  Next I needed to something for the name tags that wouldn't run if the drinks dripped. 

I wrote on the foam sheets with permanent marker, dripped water on them, and while not completely waterproof, it did take a LOT of water and rubbing with my finger before they even started to smudge.  Yay!!

At first, I just planned to outline the foam, but I accidentally colored too much, and it kind of resembled a bottle!!  This was a baby shower, so, cool.  Some of the best ideas start out as a mistake.

Next, using a dab of my trusty Quick Dry Tacky Glue on the back of the bracelet, I attached the foam. After writing the guest's name on the blank space, it's all done!!