More: 21 Fall-Inspired Baby Names With a few leaves here and a couple pumpkins there, these fall-themed baby shower ideas take the apple cake: Photo Credit: EnvyMarketing
Fall-Themed Food
Ditch the traditional baby shower fare and keep your party on-theme with autumnal foods. For example, instead of cucumber sandwiches and summer fruit, serve your guests pumpkin soup out of pumpkin-shaped bowls, roasted green beans, crusty bread, and cranberry sauce. Forego the standard desserts for apple cake or pumpkin pie. Photo Credit: Sarah Jaconski/Flickr
Autumn Decor
Check out your local craft store for fall decor, which you can easily customize to use at an autumn baby shower. If you have a wreath covered in fall leaves, use hot glue to attach a small wooden sign that reads, “It’s a Boy,” or hang up leaf garlands across doorways with pacifiers and rattles attached to it. Look for classic fall decor that can double for a celebratory event, like glittery pumpkins, glass pine cones, or elegant tableware. Photo Credit: Natalie Pigliacampo/Flickr
Seasonal Games
By tweaking a few traditional baby shower games, you can quickly transform the event into a fall festival of fun. Instead of seeing who can drink milk from a baby bottle the fastest, try filling the bottles with apple cider. See who can diaper a pumpkin the quickest, instead of a balloon, or ramp up the “Guess the Poo” game by adding candy corn into the diapers. Looking for original baby shower games that will wow your guests? Try these 7 non-cliche baby shower games. As an award-winning journalist, author, and artist, Kelly Sundstrom has a passion for helping parents feel well-prepared, confident, and capable in the journey ahead. As an Attachment Parenting advocate and homeschooling mother of two, Sundstrom has been a guest speaker on Grassroots TV in Aspen, Colorado, and encourages families across the country to disconnect from media and reconnect with each other.
