Are you scratching your head for a creative way to host an upcoming baby shower? Scratch no more! Below are fantastic ideas that will turn an ordinary baby shower tag into a family memento to be passed down for generations. Following the steps in this guide to creative décor will make your shower guests have more to say and share about the expecting bundle of joy beside the gourmet food you have specially ordered.
The first step in any successful occasion, or baby shower at that, is to visualize the atmosphere you want to see on that day. What do you want the place to look like? What do you hope your guests will see as they walk their way up to the venue? Jot your answers down, and then follow the next step.
Now, decide how you want to use the baby shower tags. Some people like to use the tag in little favor boxes or bags to be handed to the guests as they ready to depart. Others prefer to use them as invitations or decorations on a clothesline around the venue so that is why you want to first decide what you want the atmosphere to look like. Knowing how you want to use the tags is also important because they come in variety of shapes, sizes, colors, you name it.
If you decide to use them as invitations, be very creative by using variety of the dimensions mentioned above (size, shapes, and colors). Your local crafts stores are the best places to look. At the stores, you will find already-made tags, but also you can get materials to make your own. They have theme-related papers and little things like tender buttons, mini safety pins in variety of colors, baby booties, and other items that will make you chortle from just browsing through them. Plenty of colored organza or ribbons will add a finishing touch to your invites!
On the other hand, if you decide the use the tag solely as part of your gift /favor bags, you can do the same as above. Get all the decorative items you want on the tags, then get someone with a great penmanship or use computer to print the message you want on your tag. The tags often have such information as the name of the expecting parents, name of the baby on the way if already known, the date of the occasion, and any special message from parent to child if space allows.
To use the tags as decorations, design them in different shapes and colors and have them hang on clothesline across or around the venue. This is where color and variety will be needed so they can be eye-popping. Be sure to write interesting things about the expecting parents (and maybe the baby) on each tag. This way, you can incorporate it into the games and have guests go around and read through them to get to know the honored recipient of the shower better.
Finally, don’t forget to create appreciation notes for the parents-to-be to send out. You can continue the tag theme by making the thank-you notes with the same material as in the invites or décors. Your guest of honor will appreciate this so much because although it may be simple, the stories you’ll share will come from the heart. It may take some time to get the tags done, especially if you choose your own paper and begin from scratch. Thus, get plenty of accomplices to ease the work load. You will have so much fun getting things ready, and even a bigger blast on the day of the event!
On the d-day, sit back and watch the proud parents wow all the way as they snatch up the remaining tags to keep as precious mementos for their baby book. You will be thanked immensely by both guests and shower recipient(s). Enjoy!
