I hosted this Jungle Themed Baby Shower for one of my friends who was having her first baby. It was so much fun celebrating her and her new baby.

Theme

First things first, pick your Theme, colors and then choose your invitations. Get the guest list from the mother to be and contact info for everyone.

I used some printables that I found on Etsy that made the decor, invitations, and everything so easy as well as so adorable. There are so many great ways to make or buy customizable invitations nowadays.

Decorations

I loved that these printables were easy to customize. Here are the items I ordered and then took them to the UPS store and had them printed out on card stock and other papers.

• Water Bottle Labels
• Welcome Sign
• Cake Topper
• Centerpiece
• Cupcake Toppers
• Baby Banner
• Animal Cracker Game Sign/Cards them on Etsy

Food and Drinks

I catered sandwiches and soup from a local grocery store which made hosting so much easier.

I have made all the food for other showers I’ve hosted in the past but this one I decided to order the food ahead of time since I was short on time to prepare.

Make sure if you do this, you give plenty of notice to whoever or wherever you cater it from.

Because this was on a Saturday and mid day, I decided to do soup and sandwiches.

I also had fruit and veggie trays, and fresh rustic bread from the bakery.

I served water in the water bottles and then also made my Pink Party Punch which is always a hit.

Dessert

For dessert, I had cupcakes and used the cupcake toppers on those and I had my friend, The Blonde Who Bakes, make a jungle themed cake and macarons in the color of the baby shower theme colors. I also had some custom sugar cookies made by a local cookie artist. Are these not the cutest jungle themed cookies? Everyone loved them!

I asked the Mom to be what her favorite cake and macaron flavors were and those were what I had my friend make!

I served lunch on my kitchen island buffet style and this works great so everyone can serve themselves and it’s more informal which is what I prefer! I want everyone to feel welcome in my home!

I set a simple jungle themed tablescape using some faux olive branches and garlands and set the table with some green dinnerware.

Olive Leaf Spray // Eucalyptus Seed Spray // Seeded Eucalyptus Spray 

For the games we played the Animal Cracker game and a few others I can’t recall. It’s been a year since I hosted this and am finally getting this up on the blog! Forgive me for not remembering the other games. (I’m pretty sure I delegated that to the mom to be’s other friends so that’s why I can’t remember)

I always find that everyone wants to help so include everyone that offers if you want help! It makes people feel a part of the celebration and who doesn’t love celebrating a new baby and mother to be!

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Sharing links to the items I used or similar items to recreate the look here:

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Daisy Themed Baby Brunch

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I hosted a Daisy Themed Baby Brunch for my daughter-in-law (Aubree) to celebrate the arrival of our newest grand baby. Since my daughter-in-law was having a girl and it was her second baby girl, she didn’t want a full on baby shower. We decided it would be fun to do a spring Baby Brunch!

This is our first grandchild. She was so excited for all the festivities and came dressed to match the white and gold daisy theme!

The Invitation

It’s so easy to design and send invitations nowadays. I was able to download this one from GreetingsIsland.com and customize it. I sent it out via text and email which was so amazing! It was only $7.99 to make this invitation! I edited out some of my personal information but you can see how easy and simple it is to create one of these for your next event!

Daisys Themed Decorations

I had seen this daisy balloon backdrop on a local balloon shops (The Balloon Loft) instagram page and that’s where I got the idea to make it daisy themed. I ordered this balloon backdrop from them and they delivered it and set it up for me the day before.

I used an old antique table and covered it with this ruffled white tablecloth.

My other daughter-in-law (Hannah) generously agreed to make the paper daisy decorations and paper daisy chain for the shower. She has an Etsy shop and sells all sorts of cute party decor and garlands.

Be Jolley Design and Decor

I put the daisy chain on the front of the table and scattered the rest of them around the table as you can see here. Then I took the rest of the small paper Daisys and the larger ones and used double sided tape to stick them to the windows.

I sent one of my sons to the store to buy me some fresh Daisys and what he came back with were sunflowers and these other flowers. It was too late to do anything about it so we just went with what we had. I had hoped to find some Shasta daisies or one of the smaller varieties but I should have planned a ahead a little better!

Here are a few faux stem options:

https://evolutionhomedecor.com/products/copy-of-36-25-cosmos-spray?_pos=12&_sid=503105e97&_ss=r

https://evolutionhomedecor.com/products/gypsophila-stem?_pos=5&_sid=2f7918d2b&_ss=r

https://evolutionhomedecor.com/products/copy-of-34-inch-purple-wild-blossom-spray?_pos=4&_sid=503105e97&_ss=r

Here is the daisy flower chain up close. Linked here.

Here are the larger paper daisies. Linked here.

Here are the smaller daisies linked here, and you can also get them all in a set here.

The Dessert Table

The next thing I did was to order the daisy cakes and desserts from a local bakery here in Utah, called The Chocolate. They made these adorable daisy cakes, daisy sugar cookies, and Lemon curd cupcakes. Everything was lemon flavored. My daughter-in-law also made lemon tarts that were so delicious!

I had a smaller version of the daisy cake made for my daughter-in-law to take home after the shower. She loves lemon flavored desserts so the cakes were lemon flavored too.

The lemon tarts were so yummy!

Since this was a baby brunch and to keep it simple, I catered the food from a local bakery called Kneaders. They make an incredible French toast and have delicious pastries. I set that up over in the kitchen and put the dessert table in the living room area where all the guests were sitting.

Since it was her second baby and another girl, my daughter-in-law (Aubree) didn’t need any gifts but we did a group gift and those that wanted to contributed and we were able get them a new baby swing.

This is a great idea for second or third babies and the parents to be can get some of the larger items that you need when you have two little ones! We played some fun games as well and mostly everyone ate and visited with each other. We kept it to just family and it was so fun to celebrate our newest little grand daughter and her mama!

Me and all my girls! Quinn, Hannah, Emily, Aubree, and Maddy!

Update! She was born just a few weeks after the baby brunch. Isn’t she so darling?!!!!!

I hope you enjoyed this post and thank so much for stopping by! Please leave a comment or email me with any questions and you can always find more of my content on Instagram @homewithollyj and Pinterest!

xoxo,

I’ve linked some of the same items I used and some that are very similar below!

If you chose to use this theme for your baby shower or  baby brunch, you could also make my Laizy Daisy Cake Recipe!

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SPRING BABY BRUNCH

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