Noah’s Ark Themed Baby Shower Plans
Perfect for an expecting mother planning a Noah’s Ark nursery is a Noah’s Ark baby shower theme. With a number of the decorations able to be reused in the nursery, these decorations easily serve double duty.
Invitations
There are a wide variety of Noah’s Ark baby shower theme invitations available on the market. If the nursery is going to be decorated in Noah’s Ark, be sure to add this as a note in the cards to help steer gift choices.
Decorations
Decorating a baby shower with Noah’s Ark theme is fun. To simulate the pretty blue sky about the ark, start with placing light blue cloth on the ceiling. If this is not possible, consider blue streamers and blue balloons. Purchase one of the outdoor toy toddler boats (an ark!) and fill it with pairs of realistic stuffed animals. Add stuffed animals in other areas of the room as well. Add large Noah’s Ark snow globes as centerpieces to tables covered with blue tablecloths. Make small origami paper boats and fill them with animal crackers and set at each setting. To help represent water on the floor, blow up a bunch of blue balloons the old-fashioned way (by blowing!) and scatter across the floor. Add a large rainbow to one wall to complete the look.
Games and Activities
Make the toy boat filled with stuffed animals part of the festivities by playing a guessing game as to how many stuffed animals are in the ark. Another fun game is to fill a large tub with plastic toy animals. Add only one plastic toy alligator. Blindfold guests and allow them to search through the tub for thirty seconds to find the alligator. Anyone that finds the alligator before time is up wins a prize! A word search made from animals is a quick and easy baby shower game as well. Another game to play is a Bible family trivia game.
Prizes and Favors
Prizes can include some of the stuffed animals as well as the large Noah’s Ark snow globes. Just make sure to save enough to decorate the nursery. In addition, there are a number of companies that offer personalized Noah’s Ark baby shower theme favors, such as candles, lotion, lip balm, and soap. Plastic ponchos and umbrellas as well as candles with rain scents are also perfect prizes and favors.
Food
Baby shower food can be served in boat-shaped containers (available during spring and summer at mass merchandisers such as Wal-Mart and Target) or in wood containers (since the ark was made from wood). Add a fruit tray arranged in a rainbow to carry the theme through. The same idea may be applied to a vegetable tray. A punch bowl with a (disinfected) toy boat floating in the center adds a whimsical tough. Zoo Pals paper plates are available at most mass merchandisers are both easy and substantial. Add a Noah’s Ark cake, and your buffet table is complete!
Perfect for an upcoming baby boy or girl, a Noah’s Ark baby shower theme is ideal for almost any expecting mother!
