When it comes to planning a baby shower, you don’t have to be a professional party planner to throw an amazing celebration! Moms-to-be and women just like us put together Pinterest-worthy showers all the time without hiring expensive party planners and designers. We’ve done it and we want to help you do it too! So, we put together this simple and FREE (!!!) Baby Shower Planning Checklist to help ensure you have everything you need to pull it all together.
From picking a theme to sending thank you notes, and everything in between, we’ve got it all there for you broken down by weeks so you won’t be rushing at the last minute to get anything done. Follow our Baby Shower Planning Checklist and you’ll be sure to pull this event off without a hitch.
You can download our FREE Baby Shower Party Planning Checklist here and start planning right away. But if you’re interested in some other helpful tips to go along with the checklist, keep reading!! Here are the 5 main tips you definitely don’t want to skip from the guide:
STEP 1: CHOOSE A THEME
When it comes to planning a baby shower, we 100% suggest picking a theme right off the bat. Doing this helps pave the way for the rest of the planning and creative details.
When choosing a theme, think about things such as season, time of year, whether the mom is having a boy or girl, things the mom-to-be loves, etc. If you need some help looking for inspiration, Pinterest is our go-to spot! Here’s our profile and we promise it’s filled with tons of inspo for events and parties you’re going to love!!
As party printable designers, we’re constantly doing research on trending party and event themes and coming up with our own unique themes too! Here are a few of our best selling baby shower theme ideas, click each image to see more from the collection:
FOOTBALL BABY SHOWER THEME
WILDFLOWER BABY SHOWER THEME
AIRPLANE BABY SHOWER THEME
SWEETHEART BABY SHOWER THEME
Once you decide on the perfect theme for the shower, you can start planning out decorations needed and coordinating the rest of the items on the Baby Shower Planning Checklist!!
STEP 2: CREATE A GUEST LIST & SEND INVITATIONS
After you choose your space for the shower, whether you’re hosting it at your home or renting a local space so you can have more guests, then it’s time to nail down a guest list and send the birthday invitations!
Lucky for you, when you purchase an invitation from us, the editing is a breeze! Just simply create a free Canva account (if you don’t have one already) and you can customize to your heart’s desire by changing colors, fonts, wording, etc until your invitation has become just what you wanted!!
When mailing out invitations, you want to do this about 3-4 weeks in advance and don’t forget to include an RSVP date on the invite and who to contact so you can get a good head count before the party.
STEP 3: PLAN YOUR MENU
If you love hosting already, chances are planning the menu for this baby shower party might be the easy part!! If not, that’s okay too! Here’s some tips…
Don’t overthink it! People are easy, consider sticking to appetizers or a charcuterie board instead of a full meal and desserts like cupcakes, custom cookies and cake are always a big hit as well! You could even consider catering instead of cooking yourself to take some of the extra work off of you.
Providing some themed cocktails (& of course a mocktail for the mama-to-be and other pregnant guests) will be much appreciated by your guests!
STEP 4: BUY ALL DECOR & PRINTABLES
Since you’ve already decided on your theme by now, this should be the fun part!!! Our go-to places for party decor is Amazon (gotta love that quick shipping!), Walmart, Target, Etsy and local party stores! Between those spots, no matter what your theme is, you’re bound to find decor items you love and that fit within that theme perfectly!!
Custom printables are also a great way to personalize the baby shower and keep in on-theme without breaking the bank! Our shop is filled with all kinds of printables that are all so easy to download, customize and print before the big day arrives!
A few things you might want to consider having on hand when using our printable sets are:
STEP 5: SEND OUT THANK YOU CARDS
After the baby shower has come and gone, it’s important to express your appreciation to your guests by sending out thank you cards!
A helpful idea is to ask a close friend of the mom (or you as the host if you’re not the mama-to-be) to help keep track of the gifts your guests give during the party to help keep track of who gave what when sending personalized thank you’s!
Another way to make this task easier is to save all the mailing addresses you collected when sending invites! And with our customizable Thank You Card printable templates, you can even type in a custom message rather than handwriting each one to save you some time!
THE FREE BABY SHOWER PLANNING CHECKLIST
That was just 5 simple tips for planning an amazing baby shower!! In our FREE Baby Shower Planning Checklist, there are so many more tips and steps broken down week by week to ensure you get tasks done on time and you are stress-free come shower day!!
If you end up using any of our printables for your event, please feel free to email us any photos to hello@highpeaksstudios.com. We love to see our products “in the wild” and would love to share them with others just like you who are looking for ideas for their special event!!
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