Sport Themed Baby Shower

Sorry my posting hasn't been entirely consistent lately, my hubby recently changed jobs and started a new semester in school, and well when his schedule becomes chaotic, so does mine. But things are looking much more steady and consistent now, so I should be too :)

To start off my once again consistency, I thought I would share in on a little of my first Baby shower I had the wonderful honor of throwing last week. It was a great bundle of fun! We didn't do your typical baby games and treats, so I thought I would share my little goods if you ever need a good idea.

 Much thanks to pintrest, I saw this cute Craving table idea and knew I wanted to try it! Since our Mommy to be is expecting a boy, and they love sports, I thought it would be fun to run with a sport sort of theme, so my table looks much different than the original, but still fun. Then to add a little personal touch, for each category I asked the Mommy  what sort of things were her favorite, and then got those things for those areas. It was lots of fun!

Then for a cheap and frugal perspective, I was able to get all of the trays from the dollar store, including the cute "popcorn" bags, and the utensils too. Then for the "What are you Craving?" sign, all I did was put green paper in a picture frame, and on the outside of the glass I wrote with with dry erase marker, so I can re-use this sign for many other fun things.

 Then for a little closer look at all the goods. I also had a little fun with melted chocolate, and spelt out the little babe's name for added decoration and a yummy treat for the Mommy to take home.

 Oh and the table cloth, also from the dollar store, is like a little green soccer field, with scotch tape as the middle line.

 For the "chewy peanut butter bars" that are on the left, I used this lovely Recipe. And on the right I just made rice crispy treats in the shape of footballs and baseballs, and then put melted chocolate on them for the sticking marks

 Then for the lovely sour, we made Raspberry Sherbet punch, which all it included was 1 Sprite 2 litter, 1 half gallon of Raspberry Sherbet Ice cream, and then added Pineapple juice to taste, it was super yummy! Then for the fun stand that it's on, all I did was use one of my candle stick holders, put in some fun sport toys, and hot glued it to the bowel. When the night was over, I gave it a little nudge and the bowel popped right off, ready to be used again in which ever way I'd like.

 I did the same thing with the candle holders and bowels for all the bowel in the back, it gave a nice height depth to the table, and didn't cost me extra!

 Then instead of doing games, we had fun decorating onsies and bibs! We just used fabric pants and markers, or cut material and glued them on with liquid stitch. Sorry I didn't take a before picture of our little decorating station, but at least you can tell we had lots of fun with it!

 And when we were all done it made for fun decoration. And now the little guy will have lots of personal onsies! And I also bought them in all sorts of sizes, not just new little sizes, so he can hopefully wear them for the first year or so of his life!

Then for a little fun, we stashed all the presents in my little girl's red wagon, it was fun how it sort of matched in with the little boy, sporty theme.

Then for a finishing touch of the baby shower fun, I put together this wishing tree, which I got the idea for from this Website. I painted a canvas blue, then cut, painted black, and glued the cardboard tree, and then cut several little leaves. Then throughout the shower guests could go write on a leaf and glue it on. They wrote down things they are excited for the little guy to experience for the first time, we had a lot of fun writing down things like "riding a bike" "drinking cream soda" or "tasting ice cream".

Overall it was lots of fun! I am glad I had the opportunity! And now if I ever do another one, I know exactly how I am planning it out again because we all had a blast! :)