37 Cute, Unique Baby Shower Themes to Welcome Your 2024 Baby
Welcoming a new baby into the world is a joyful time for pretty much everyone who loves and knows the new parents, and picking the baby shower theme is a chance for some fun. It’s an opportunity to shower the new parents in love and support (and maybe a few gifts) before the sleepless nights set in.
Each culture has its own way of commemorating this occasion, and it’s a lovely gift to give a loved one. Southern Living answers all your questions about who can (and should) host the shower and other etiquette inquiries.
There are a lot of cute baby shower themes that have been overdone, so if you’re looking to get a little more unique without adding too much stress, this list is the perfect starting point. Does a baby shower have to be a theme? Not at all! A theme isn’t mandatory, but it can make everything so much more fun, and it’s a bit easier to decorate or choose goodie bags with a theme in mind.
What is the theme of baby shower invites this year? Head over to social media for some inspiration and set the theme from there! Whether you’re going snail mail or e-mail for your invitations, the adorable designs can set you in the right direction for choosing your baby shower theme.
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Unisex Baby Shower Themes
1. Boho Baby
This baby shower theme is gender neutral by nature, making use of shades of cream, tan and taupe. Perfect for the mama who isn’t announcing the baby’s gender, everything is free-flowing and laid-back with this theme.
Include a mixture of materials from leather to shearling or linen when decorating your tables or picnic-style seating areas. Feathers and flowers in soft colors are a perfect addition.
2. Honey Bee
Celebrate the parents-to-be with a honey bee baby shower theme. Hues of gold and yellow with black accents are your friend. Little tiny pots of honey make perfect place cards if you’re doing a sit-down meal or an adorable take-home goodie.
There will be plenty of buzzing bee decor at your local craft store or online, including honeycomb-shaped shelves to display desserts or appetizers.
3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
This whimsical baby shower theme is a play on an iconic nursery rhyme and is the perfect way to welcome a little bundle of joy. Choose between gold or silver stars with a white or soft blue backdrop.
Star stickers, cake decorations and more should be super easy to find at your local party supply or craft store.
4. Woodland Wonderland
Take a note from Scandinavian culture and opt for a woodland baby shower theme. This gender-neutral theme can lean masculine or feminine if you want it to, by choosing which woodland animals you want to feature.
When it comes to décor, include natural materials like moss, bark or pinecones, and anything featuring hedgehogs, foxes, mushrooms, butterflies, baby deer or raccoons makes a cute addition to your buffet line or tablescape.
5. Baby Safari
Keep the animal baby shower theme rolling with safari vibes in this jungle themed baby shower. Khaki, white and green are a gender neutral backdrop and the addition of tigers, giraffes and other zoo favorites make for easy to find decorations.
Choose a lot of natural materials like rattan and big green leaves to make it feel like a jungle. Don’t forget the animal crackers, a tasty baby shower food idea and ideal parting gift.
6. Cutie on the Way
This brightly colored and chic baby shower idea celebrates sweet, juicy clementines as the star of the show. Make DIY clementine decorations orange balloons with green leaves for an easy wall decoration.
Scatter real clementines across tablescapes and countertops for a rustic but adorable way to celebrate the new cutie on the way! Keep everything else fairly neutral with shades of white and tan with pops of green to accentuate the bright orange.
7. Peter Rabbit
This adorable Beatrix Potter character is an ideal baby shower theme for a boy or girl. There are a number of memorable characters like Mother Goose, Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.
This slightly vintage but insanely adorable décor can be bought online, including figures and printouts for a precious “baby” banner and more.
8. Little Lamb
All things soft and fluffy belong with this lamb baby shower theme. Keep things sweet and simple with minimalist decor in neutral colors.
A little pop of color in the florals never hurt anybody, and a couple stuffed animals or a cute lamb rocking horse double as your gift and a decoration.
9. Rubber Ducky
This baby shower theme is colorful and happy, with bubbles and rubber ducks as far as the eye can see. You can buy a bulk package of rubber ducks online to strategically place around the party, and focus on blue and anything bubble-like. There are even loads of baby shower game ideas using rubber duckies that you could play!
Clear, shiny balloons are a great bubble dupe, and you can have bubble wands as a party favor.
10. Here Comes The Sun
Another sweet, gender-neutral baby shower theme is “Here comes the sun.” Signage is totally optional, but lean into rainbows and sunshine for this sweet and simple décor.
You can use soft pastels to mimic a cotton-candy sunset, or go bold and rainbow with sun and fluffy clouds.
11. Sunflower
This big, beautiful bloom can become your entire baby shower theme with a little creativity! Real, fresh sunflowers are the star here so this works best for a late summer party theme when they’re in bloom.
Keep other décor neutral in shades of white or cream and big, tall centerpieces of this stunning flower will steal the show.
12. All White Everything
This baby shower theme could easily turn into a gender reveal party idea thanks to the perfectly neutral color palette. Everything feels airy, fresh and ethereal with an all-white color palette.
It makes decorating super simple too. Encourage your guests to participate by wearing all white as well. You could easily choose any other color party idea and stick with one color theme for baby shower food, décor and dress code.
13. Over the Moon
A perfectly gender-neutral baby shower theme, “Over the Moon” leans on muted tones like soft yellow or tan and simplistic moon and star décor to convey the message. Consider a beautiful balloon arch with a few moon and star-shaped balloons to set the tone.
14. Succulents
This beautiful unisex baby shower theme is all about succulents. Keep decor in shades of brown, tan and green then buy a bunch of little succulents to place all over the venue. You can even purchase miniature succulents in tiny clay pots to use as place cards.
Baby Girl Shower Themes
15. Winnie the Pooh
Technically Winnie the Pooh could be a unisex baby shower theme, but it’s super easy to adapt this one and make it a little extra feminine for a baby girl.
Transform your home into the Hundred Acre Woods and set out figurines, plush dolls and accents of gold (like little honey pots!) for a whimsical way to celebrate.
16. Fairy Garden
This adorable baby shower theme is perfect for a spring or summer baby girl. Twinkling lights, natural materials like moss, flowers and bark set the scene while fresh floral blooms and fairy figurines adorn your tabletops.
You can buy sets of sparkly fairy wings for guests to wear if you want to go all out.
17. Tutu Excited For You
This ultra-feminine baby shower idea is perfect for welcoming a baby girl. All things pink and tulle come together for this sweet celebration.
Order loose tulle or tutus to cover your table tops and make everything else a shade of pink from your florals to plates, balloons and of course, pink cupcakes. You can go full-ballerina here and add cute little ballet slippers to your party décor.
18. Fiesta
Welcome baby girl with a brightly colored fiesta baby shower theme. Cute little cacti and colorful llamas and pinatas bring this concept to life. Lots of magenta, blue, orange and bright green make this as eye-catching as it is fun.
Plus, if you choose to serve Mexican or Tex-Mex cuisine, the theme lends itself to that as well.
19. Garden Party
Capture the beauty and grace of a garden in full bloom with this stunning baby shower theme. The florals need to be on point, and hosting this party outside is highly encouraged (especially if you have access to a gazebo).
The beauty of this theme is you can keep things pretty rustic, like exposed wood tables and mason jars for glassware.
20. Butterfly
While butterflies can go with a fairy or woodland baby shower theme, there’s no reason they can’t stand on their own! If you can, source a big butterfly cut-out to serve as a photo backdrop or to go right behind the food table.
Florals and plenty of butterfly and ladybug decorations will make this a memorable party.
21. High Tea
Keep it classy with a high tea baby shower theme. This is feminine by nature but could be gender neutral, too. Serve finger sandwiches and petit fours with fresh fruit for a light, airy and relaxing afternoon to celebrate the new baby. There are tons of delicious and easy-to-eat tea party foods to stay on theme.
22. Rainbow
All things pretty and colorful belong with this rainbow baby shower theme. A balloon rainbow is a great wall decoration that can double as a photo backdrop.
Display colorful treats and florals, but try to avoid going over the top with a rainbow tablecloth and instead opt for smaller bursts of color to keep a classy feel. You can stick with pastel shades of colors too for a softer more relaxing feel.
23. Baby in Bloom
It doesn’t get any simpler than this floral baby shower theme. Though the concept is simple, you can still wow your guests with beautiful floral displays whether in vases or even a DIY flower wall.
Keep things elegant by sticking to white and blush pink hues, or go bold with magenta, lavender and bright yellow flowers.
24. Parisian
Add some French glam to your baby shower theme with a little inspiration from the Eiffel Tower. Soft pink, black and gold are the colors to lean into, then add French touches wherever you can.
From a romantic fountain to a mini Eiffel Tower and roses along with some tasty French bites like croissants or macarons, you’re on your way to a beautiful and chic baby shower.
19. Mermaid / Ocean
For the sea-loving parents, a mermaid party is the prettiest baby shower theme for a little girl. There are so many directions to choose from with decor from mermaids to fish or seashells… Your local craft store will have lots of trinkets to get you started.
26. Amalfi Coast
Another gorgeous baby shower theme that leans on fresh citrus, an Amalfi coast-themed party is perfect for summertime showers. Juicy, ripe lemons can serve as the flavor profile for sweets as well as table toppers.
Delicate white blossoms with hints of soft pink, green or blue make this sweet theme feel classy.
27. Rain Shower
This adorable girl baby shower idea is a play on the “shower” concept in sweet pastel colors. You can hang little umbrellas for easy, festive baby shower décor that could be for a boy or girl. Cute cloud cookies and maybe a hidden rainbow will bring this theme to life.
Boy Baby Shower Themes
28. Nautical
This baby shower theme is extra fun if you live somewhere near the water. Play up anchors, stripes and cute little boats for invites, decor and goodie bags.
You can keep it strictly blue and white, and add in some woven ropes for buffet line baskets or some netting on your tablescapes to go all the way nautical.
29. Circus
A circus-themed baby boy shower promises fun under the big top, with bold stripes, bright balloons and playful animals to celebrate the upcoming arrival of your baby boy.
Let the magic of the circus bring joy and laughter as you prepare for this exciting new act in life's grand performance.
30. Adventure Awaits
This baby shower theme could easily be gender neutral, but it’s a great way to welcome a baby boy. Turn to the movie Up for inspiration, and lean into the hot-air balloon decor.
Plenty of balloons in a rainbow of colors are a must-have, while tiny hot air balloons and globes make the theme more obvious.
31. Petit Prince
Not only is this a classic piece of French literature, but it makes a sweet baby shower theme for a boy. Tiny gold crowns and shades of blue with white and gold accents and a few golden stars on the walls or tabletop and you’ve got a baby shower set-up that’s as timeless as the book.
32. Cowboy
Welcome a little cowboy to the world with a Western baby shower theme. Cowhide tablecloths and checkered napkins are just the start! Tiny cowboy boots can double as an impromptu flower vase or name place if you’re feeling creative.
33. Harry Potter
This baby shower theme doesn’t have to be gendered, but with lots of dark colors and a slightly sci-fi theme, it feels a bit more masculine. For Harry Potter lovers, there are so many cute ways to bring aspects of the magical wizarding world to your baby shower.
From non-alcoholic butter beer on tap to a friendly game with Bertie Bott’s flavored beans (not to mention all the ways to lean into the décor), there are so many possibilities here.
34. Campfire Cutie
This adorably masculine baby shower theme is perfect for welcoming a baby boy. Cute bears along with buffalo plaid, s’mores and other outdoorsy/camping décor make it come to life.
You can utilize some organic material maybe even from your yard like big pinecones or tree bark for a thoughtful tablescape.
35. Brunch Baby Shower
This baby shower theme is pretty gender neutral, but it’s certainly not overtly feminine, making it a good choice for a boy baby shower.
There’s no shortage of beloved brunch foods to serve and there’s nothing like some orange juice or a virgin mimosa to start the day right. With so many incredible brunch party ideas to choose from, the food sort of serves as the decor here.
36. Mustaches
This iconic facial hair style can double as a silly boy baby shower idea. Offer guests little stick-on mustaches and find cut-outs to hang in rows like garland.
This theme goes with any color palette that you prefer. You’d be surprised how many on-theme party favors there are, like mustache straws!
37. Teddy Bear
There’s something about teddy bears that seems synonymous with babies and baby shower themes. Decorate with a handful of real, fluffy teddy bears that can double as a gender-neutral gift idea for the new parents when the shower is over.
There is no shortage of cute teddy bear cake toppers or napkins to accentuate your table.
It’s easy to steer clear of corny baby shower themes with an inspirational list like this! You don’t have to spend much on decor as your local party supply store or hobby store is bound to have plenty of cute, affordable trinkets to fill your table or buffet. In many cases, some balloons and fresh flowers help to give direction but keep the party classy and cute.
This doesn’t begin to cover any of the cool and creative ways to host a gender reveal party, and if the parents haven’t announced, so many of these baby shower themes can be gender neutral.
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