When throwing a baby shower for a woman expecting twins, take inspiration from Noah’s Arc! Baby showers tend to get a little cheesy and cutesy for my taste. But modern animal silhouettes and a sophisticated color palette will create an updated-looking event full of style.
Invite your guests with this darling invitation from Tiny Prints. Darling for 1 baby or 2 – but if you are throwing the party for twins, don’t forget to tell your guests to bring gifts “two by two!”
Decorate your space in shades of green, with pops of melon, pale blue and mustard yellow. Hang colored lanterns above your food table in all of your pop colors….throw in a green polka dot lantern or two for a touch of pattern. Use a solid colored table cloth, white plates and napkins. For a modern place setting, create a silverware envelope with your napkin, place on your plate and tie together with a skinny pattern ribbon. Use a few small, potted grass plants for your centerpiece on the table, and scattered throughout the party space. If you want to dress them up a bit, add a ring of daisies around the grass. To do this, simply snip the daisy head from the stem (leaving approximately a 1″ stem), and place a long pin thru the head of the flower (this will make it stronger when you stick it into the plant). Add a playful touch to your centerpiece by placing a few plush animals in between your grass plants. These darling animals from Land of Nod are perfect for the party, and will be a welcome addition to the baby’s nursery after the party (monkey, giraffe, lion).
A few ideas for your food: Ladies like to chat at these parties, not eat a heavy meal! Keep your menu light, but throw in a couple of small touches to carry out your theme. If you plan on having a cheese plate, arrange some crackers and fruit as you typically would….but then use mini cookie cutters to cut your cheese slices into the shapes of animals. For dessert, serve mini cupcakes with animal silhouettes made out of chocolate on top. You can buy chocolate in different colors at your local craft store to make your animals coordinate with your color palette.
For a cute party favor, try buying a pack of animal cookie cutters and give each guest one tied with a bow.
I love this party for it’s clean animal silhouettes and modern color palette!
Images: invitation (tinyprints.com), cupcakes (flickr.com), place setting (realsimple.com), grass plant centerpiece (nancyliuchin.com), plush animals (landofnod.com)
Comments
sonya
I can’t beleive those cutouts on the cupcakes are chocolate. That’s really creative. And I like the shaped cheese idea. To go along with you idea for party favors, I’m a big fan of giving guests cookie mix in a cute jar along with cookie cutters.
Cris
I love this shower idea! I wish i knew someone expecting twins!
Susan Lamb
I love the idea of this theme “Noah’s Arc Two by Two” for a baby shower. I am disappointed thought that several items (invitations, and some stuffed animals) I would have purchased and used for the shower are no longer available.
I think it’s a great idea but you should update your site with items that are available for purchase.
Thank you.