Utterly Adorable: Plan the Perfect Precious Moments Baby Shower

Once you have gotten a good look at the Precious Moments baby shower supplies and decorations in this collection, the better question might be: Why wouldn’t you choose Precious Moments baby shower supplies for your next baby shower?

At PartyPail.com, we pride ourselves on not only bringing great baby shower decorations and supplies to our customers, but also in bringing all of the inspiration and ideas needed for you to plan great baby showers and other types of celebrations. That is why we decided to write this article to become the ultimate Precious Moments baby shower guide. We want to help you plan your baby shower perfectly, taking inspiration from our Precious Moments baby shower supplies and adding your own creativity and know-how.

As we have pointed out already, Precious Moments baby shower supplies are utterly adorable in design and they also contain all of the colors (pastel pink, baby blue, buttery yellow and soft green) that you have come to associate with baby showers. So while in-and-of-themselves, they seem to be an ideal choice for nearly any type of baby shower, Precious Moments baby shower supplies are especially right when:

• You are planning a baby shower for a Precious Moments collector or when you, yourself, are a collector of Precious Moments figurines.
  
  Why? You will be able to use the collectibles and figurines that you (or the mother to be) already own to help accessorize as part of your baby shower decorations.
  
  
  
• When the baby’s nursery has been decorated with a Precious Moments theme, decorations and collectibles.
  
  Why? If the mother to be loves Precious Moments designs that much, this is going to be a great choice for her baby shower. Plus, many times guests take their cues for gift giving and wrapping paper from the baby shower invitations that you send. If word gets out that Precious Moments are part of the baby’s nursery décor and loved by the mother to be, she will be more likely to receive additional gifts that have Precious Moments designs on them. As Mae West once said, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!”
  
  
  
• To herald the arrival of a particularly wanted new baby.
  
  Why? The Precious Moments baby shower supplies feature not only adorable designs but also words like “Joyful Blessings.” There are times in life when the arrival of a new baby is especially precious to the mother to be and her guests. For times like these, Precious Moments baby shower supplies help to express what the expectant mom and her close friends and family are feeling.
  
  
  
• For a baby shower that will be held at a church or for a church group, or when the mother to be is a person of faith and wants to include items which speak to her Christianity.
  
  Why? Again, going back to the words on the Precious Moments baby shower supplies, because “blessings” are typically seen to be good things which are bestowed on us by God. In fact, many of the things that people commonly refer to as being “lucky” would be termed “blessings” by those of Christian faith. And this distinction is intentional, because Precious Moments designs were originally created in the 1970’s by artist Sam Butcher for the Christian community. Now, almost four decades later, there are more than 1,500 different pieces in the Precious Moments designed collections.

Precious Moments baby shower supplies are quite versatile when it comes to decorating. For instance, you can choose to use only the pink invitations, plates, napkins, and cups for a baby shower for a girl. Or you can use only blue supplies for a baby shower for a boy.

But even if you don’t know the gender of the baby (or the expectant parents want to keep it a secret for the time being) you can still use Precious Moments baby shower supplies for your baby shower. For a gender neutral baby shower, use equal amounts (mix and match) from among the pink and blue invitations, plates, napkins and cups along with the already gender neutral yellow and green table covering and green Precious Moments baby shower banner, both of which feature a sweet Precious Moments Teddy Bear.

As we mentioned before, when it comes to decorative accessories, if you are a Precious Moments collector (or the mother to be or another individual is) then you probably have many figurines, collectibles, storybooks and other decorative items that you can use throughout your baby shower setting. In addition, you can use classic teddy bears as decorative accents on your refreshment areas or other focal points.

The color palette of the Precious Moments baby shower supplies contains baby blue, pastel pink, pastel green, soft, buttery yellow, and white. With all of these colors to choose from, it’s going to be a cinch to mix and match inexpensive solid colored pink, blue, green, yellow and white baby shower supplies and decorations alongside your themed decorations and supplies.

For instance, you can use any mix or even single colored solid color pastel pink, blue, yellow, green and white balloons to create balloon bouquets. Balloon bouquets can be tied to the corners of tables, tied to the back of the chair where the guest of honor will be opening gifts, tied outside to street signs or mail boxes to help guide guests in from the street, and in many other ways. We know that sometimes you want a unique idea, so here are two ways to create unique balloons bouquets to decorate your Precious Moments baby shower:

• Create a balloon column: Create a helium-filled balloon bouquet of 6-8 solid color balloons tied to very long strings (7-9 feet or even longer, depending on how tall you want your columns to be) of curling ribbon. Attach the bottom of the ribbons to a weight that is heavy enough to keep them grounded. Then fill 5-6 solid color balloons without helium and tie them together atop the base/weight of your column. This would be an especially great way to help decorate a very large indoor or an outdoor space, since the balloon columns can be used to create an instant entry way or focal point and are large enough to help tie larger spaces together.
  
  
• Create ice cream cone balloon bouquets: Roll brown craft paper into a cone shape and secure, leaving a small hole at the bottom. Tie a helium filled solid color balloon to one end of a length of curling ribbon and string the ribbon through the cone, pointy side down toward the floor, and affix the open end of the cone to the bottom of the balloon. Voila! Instant ice cream cone balloon! Use your ice cream cone balloons to float above your refreshment table as a centerpiece or hanging decoration or tie them together to form whimsical balloon bouquets.

We know that often when you are hosting a celebration, you look for some unique, out of the ordinary ideas for your menu. And we know that you are often looking for foods that look as good as they taste, and lend themselves to the theme of the party as well. If this describes you, then Precious Moments baby shower supplies are perfect for your baby shower!

On trend right now, especially for baby showers and kids parties, are homemade, hand dipped “pops” like cake pops, marshmallow pops, banana pops, etc. And the great thing about all of these homemade pops is that they are every bit as decorative as they are decadently delicious! To make pops coordinated with the pink, blue, green and yellow of your decorating theme, you can either find sugared or candy sprinkles or you can even make your own perfectly coordinated food coloring dyed sugar, coconut flakes or other coverings.

One particularly good pop treat that would be perfect for a baby shower are ‘Smores marshmallow pops. To make your own ‘Smores Marshmallow pops, put a large marshmallow atop a wooden skewer. Dip the marshmallow partially or completely in chocolate or drizzle melted chocolate around the marshmallow. Then while still wet, roll the chocolate-covered marshmallow in graham cracker crumbs.

For a simple, color coordinated treat at your Precious Moments baby shower, serve up single scoops of sherbet in pink, blue, yellow or lime green, the same colors in your Precious Moments baby shower supplies, in metal ice cream dishes or crystal cut clear plastic cups. This could be a great choice when you have a large guest list or when you want to stage a more elegant baby shower.

Another great and decorative touch you can bring to the refreshments for your Precious Moments baby shower is a photo cake. You’ll need a large Precious Moments image, which you may be able to find on the internet or by scanning a large designed piece of your own into the computer. Take the print out of the image that you want on the cake to a baker who produces photo cakes. Or, as mentioned before, you can even use a Precious Moments collectible that you already own as a cake topper.

For cupcakes that coordinate with your Precious Moments baby shower supplies or to make your own custom party toothpicks, scan a Precious Moments image onto your computer (or you may be able to find Precious Moments clip art and printables you can use online). Size the graphic to a smaller size and print them out on card stock. Cut around the image to your taste, affix two of them back to back to the top of a party pick or toothpick and you now have your own DIY custom Precious Moments party picks or cupcake toppers.

For beverages, make your own pink or blue cloud punch, or serve pink or blue raspberry lemonade, or carbonated sodas in colors that match your baby shower supplies. To use them decoratively arrange them in color rows or in a random, colorful pattern with pink or blue straws. If you made your own Precious Moments party picks, you can stick these right into the top of the straws to decorate your beverages, as well.

You can play any number of different traditional baby shower games at your baby shower. For instance, you can play word games with nursery rhymes in many different variations:

• Scramble the words in the titles of nursery rhymes and challenge guests to unscramble
• Read a line from a nursery rhyme and challenge guests to see if they remember the next line
• Ask quiz style questions about nursery rhymes (such as, who did the spider frighten away = Little Miss Muffet, etc.)
• Put the names of nursery rhyme characters into a word search or use them to make your own crossword puzzle
• Play a game of nursery rhyme Pictionary or Charades
  
  
  

However, if you are having a baby shower for a church group, you can even play baby shower games with Bible story and character references:

• Make a list of fairly well-known Bible characters or story references and play Bible Pictionary or Charades
  
  
• Play Bible Baby Shower Trivia or put the following questions onto a printed sheet, give a pen and a copy of the sheet to each guest and give them a time limit. The person who gets the most right in the allotted period of time, wins. The answers are in parentheses below so if you are creating a printed sheet, be sure that you don’t include the answers on the handouts.
  
  
  Bible Baby Shower Trivia
  
  
  1. How old was Sarah when she conceived a son? (90)
  2. What is the name of Abraham and Sarah's son? (Isaac)
  3. Which woman prayed to God to give her a son and promised to give the son back to God? (Hannah)
  4. What was the name of Hannah's son who was promised to God? (Samuel)
  5. What did Solomon threaten to do when the two women claimed the baby was theirs? (Cut the baby in half and give half to each)
  6. Which young boy did the Lord tell Samuel to anoint to make him the next king of Israel? (David)
  7. Who became king of Judah when he was only 8 yrs old? (Josiah)
  8. Who was the first baby (Cain)
  9. Which father in the bible had 70 sons? (Ahab)
  10. Which child was hidden by his mother at a river to avoid being killed? (Moses)
  11. Who was the mother of all living (Eve)
  12. What mother urged her daughter to ask for a man’s head? (Herodias)
  13. Who was the baby whose mother was paid to be his wet nurse? (Moses)
  14. Which baby boy was born grabbing the heel of his twin brother? (Jacob)
      
      
      
• Play a round of Bible Babies. Give guests the names of the mother or both parents and ask guests to write down the name of the baby that they had. See who can correctly match up the most famous Bible parents and baby names.