Halloween Baby Shower Fun

From www.babyshower101.com

The Fall season is always filled with great holiday celebrations including Thanksgiving, Halloween and a few religious holidays. When you add the celebration of a new baby, it makes it even more special! A baby shower that takes place in October has a unique element being that it is the month when many of us focus on dressing up with our kids. An interesting baby shower theme during October is to have all the guests dress up in costume to celebrate the birth of the new little one!

Baby showers that have the dress up component can be free flowing where everyone can choose anything that they want to wear to the baby shower. Another plan is to have everyone dress up in a theme which offers a little more control to the baby shower party! Some of the more common yet still fun ideas include:

Nursery Rhyme Theme (Someone coming as mother goose, little bo peep, etc)
Favorite Book Theme (Someone coming as Dr. Seuss, Moon from Goodnight Moon, etc)
Dr. Seuss Theme
Favorite Cartoon Theme
Sports Theme (if it is a boy)
Barbie or Doll Theme/Pink Theme (if it is a girl)
Baby Object Theme (Someone coming as bottle, diaper, etc)
Favorite Mother Theme (Someone comes as Mother Earth, Mother Teresa, etc)
Alice in Wonderland or Willie Wonka Theme

The idea of dressing up just ads a little more fun and vivid memories of the baby shower as well as gets everyone excited about Halloween which is just around the corner. An important part of planning a dress up baby shower is to send invites out early to make sure the guests have enough time to plan their outfits. In addition, it is always nice to ask the mommy-to-be if she is okay with a dress up baby shower since it is really her day!

Baby showers that incorporate dress up also make it fun to have a co-ed baby shower party so significant others can dress as well, sometimes complimenting their partner with their costume. Any way you decide on having the party, the most important thing is to have a great time and make sure the Mommy-to-Be is having a ball! Have a great baby shower!