Baby Showers Fun

Yet another adorable decoration for your baby shower. Takes a bit of effort (not much) but is well worth it.

Cut a watermelon lengthwise till the cut runs about one third of the way from the top. In terms of length, the cut should be about 75% of the melon's length. Next, make a second cut that's at right angles to your first cut. You'll end up with a section of the watermelon; remove this section. Doesn't the remaining portion look like a baby's cradle? Can you see the possibilities for decorating baby showers?

To make it more like a cradle, hollow out the melon cutting chunks of juicy flesh out of it. Use other fruits as well and make fruit salad. Fill the 'cradle' with salad. Now that's a baby shower decoration that tastes as wonderful as it looks!

You can use tulle in many imaginative ways at baby showers and other celebrations.

Here's another baby shower decoration idea. Bunch up the tulle up approximately every five or six feet. Get hold of twinkle Christmas lights and wrap the lights around the tulle. Hang the tulle around the room like a swag valence.

To give the baby shower touch, suspend small infant items from the tulle - feeding bottles, booties, small plush toys, bibs etc. Tie cute bows as well.

The lighting produces a lovely effect - this is a great decoration idea for baby showers.

Tulle is an inexpensive item with which you can make lovely decorations at baby showers.

Pick up tulle at a clearance sale or fabric store. Get hold of those cute, white Christmas lights. Run the lights through the tulle. Next, bunch up the tulle on a table. It should look like a small, white, soft mountain. The lights diffusing through it makes it look even better. This is a perfect centerpiece for tables at your baby shower.

Coming up next - another way to use tulle at showers.

Here's another way to use that whale tub at a baby shower.

Fill it with presents that are individually wrapped. That can include diapers, shampoos, lotions, washcloths, etc. For an added effect, put some balloons into the tub too - they will look like floating bubbles! And fix a rubber ducky atop one of the balloons using ribbons - that customizes the tub for baby showers!

With a bit of creativity, you can get one to grace your baby shower!

Here's how. Get one of those tubs that look like a whale. Use it as a punch bowl. Fill it with clear punch, put in couple of small rubber duckies plus other baby 'floaters'. You have a cute baby shower decoration, a whale of a time drinking punch and of course, the tub makes a lovely present for the expectant mommy after the baby shower.

Lots of things accomplished at one go! More baby shower fun to come. Watch this space!

Want a simple way to make tables at baby showers look 'different' and more appealing?

Here it is - just place small boxes of varying heights on them. Then, get hold of receiving blankets or other similar baby stuff. Drape blankets over the boxes. This is visually appealing because of the multiple levels your table top presents. Simple, easy and quick idea for baby shower decorations!

By the way, don't forget to sprinkle confetti on tables at baby showers. You can get confetti that says 'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!'. If the baby's sex is unknown, just use both.

More useful tips on decorations for baby showers coming up!

Here's a perfect centerpiece idea for showers - baby shower cakes. Not sure what those are? Baby shower cakes (also called diaper cakes) are essentially diapers arranged in multiple tiers to look like a cake, with many small baby products tucked into them, and beautifully wrapped in translucent packaging.

What products besides diapers go into baby shower cakes? Anything reasonably smallish - baby bottles, pacifiers, teething rings, booties, socks, bibs, receiving blankets...the list goes on.

They're very eye-catching gifts, just right for baby showers. Place one on a table - it makes a lovely centerpiece.

Tomorrow - a simple way to spruce up your tables.