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OLD
FASHION
BABY SHOWER Theme Concept: A nostalgic trip back in time. Guest of Honor Profile: For the parents who are real softies Invitations:
Postcard
with tiny cut-out shirts and diapers on a clothesline ribbon.
Purchase or make a 5X7 nice white postcard with a
decorative border. Print verse
and shower information on card. Punch 2 holes in the corners the card.
Cut thin cloth ribbon into 10-inch lengths. Knot one end of the ribbon
and feed the other end through the hole from backside of post card.
Feed the ribbon end through other hole from front side of post card.
Knot ribbon end in back of card. Ribbon
should resemble clothesline across top of card.
Invitation Verse:
We're Having an Old Fashioned Baby! (print shower
information) Décor: Mason jars full of flowers on gingham pink, blue, or yellow checked material as overlays over white clothes. String a cotton rope clothesline over a buffet table and use clothespins to attach baby clothes, or cloth diapers to it. Place a wicker laundry basket on the table as a $5 dollar and under wishing well or place small gifts inside. Menu:
Decorate brown lunch sacks with pink and blue ribbons or adhere a swatch of
gingham fabric and buttons to the front. Pack a lunch for each guest with
classic nibblers such as peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, moon-pies,
apples, etc. Place old fashioned glass bottles of soda pop and chocolate
milk in a zinc tub full of ice or old metal chest cooler. Cake Décor: Cupcakes are a great dessert with sprinkles or baby items shaped as candy for decor. Games
/ Activities: This
game can be organized as all guests race around to music with a time limit. Or guests can play throughout the evening.
Photocopy 10 pictures from newspapers or magazines that show
significant events from the last century.
Number
picture from 1 to 10 and post pictures in various locations around party.
Give guests a sheet of paper numbered 1 to 10.
Guests guess the events in the pictures and record their answer on the
sheet.
Music: Play tunes from every decade. Party Favors: A church-key or bottle opener on a string for each guest.
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