I’m so excited to be showing you some highlights for a baby shower I threw yesterday. Not only was it fun, it was super special because it was a shower for…not one…but two babies! Yes, that’s right, twins!
The best part of any shower {for me at least} is picking the theme. And boy, did I go threw a long brainstorming session before choosing a theme for yesterday’s get-together. I mean, how often do you get to celebrate two babies at once? To make things even more exciting my friend Kim is expecting one of each. A boy and a girl!
After lots of list making, and learning that the nurseries will be decorated in a jungle/monkey theme I decided on “Two Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.” Okay, okay…enough of the chit-chat. Here’s the highlights.
I started with these custom invitations:
Then my awesome-amazing-wonderful friend Emily helped me create a fun afternoon full of monkey business.
1. This was our killer dessert table. I made this Go Bananas banner with scrapbooking paper. The letters were made in Microsoft Word. I drew a gray circle and added each letter within a text box. I printed them from home, cut them out and taped them to the banner.
2. During the shower we split into two teams for a Banana-Grams face off. Each team had to make as many baby themed words as possible in 4 minutes. The team with the fewest letters leftover wins.
3. Emily prepared all the food. We tried to keep the non-dessert foods healthy, so she prepared chicken salad and veggie trays. I hung some quick and easy tissue paper pom poms from my light fixture for a little pazazz.
4. On the dessert side we put together a banana split bar. Complete with all the fixings.
5. Emily made this amazing monkey bread. I’ll be honest. It tasted like I was eating magic.
Guests spent time writing notes to the parents-to-be on diapers…to lighten the mood of those late-night changings. I was so pumped when i found these Luvs with monkeys on them.
Our second game was created by yours truly. On one side was a list of 25 famous pairs. Guests had to fill in the missing half. They ranged from Milk and {Cookies} to Ginger Rogers and {Fred Astaire}. The second list included 10 celebrities. Guests had to choose five that are actually twins. {Did you know that Vin Diesel is a twin?}
It was such a fun day! I cannot thank my partner in crime enough. Isn’t Em just adorable? She’s the best.
Hope you got some good ideas!
Amy
PS–This party is partying at these linky parties.
