Baby Shower

These cost-effective and simple ideas will have you hosting the loveliest book themed baby shower for the parents-to-be.

Disclosure: This blog post is sponsored by Warner Bros Pictures

The new animated movie, STORKS, is coming to theaters this weekend. The kids and I are so excited to catch an advance local screening this week.

STORKS comes from the studio that delivered THE LEGO MOVIE and stars the voice talent of Andy Samberg, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Katie Crown, Danny Trejo.

Forever in party planning mode, of course this movie made me think of baby showers. My son, who is almost 21, went to a baby shower last weekend. Of course he had no idea what to buy as a gift, so sent me a copy of their needs and I put together a little stork inspired package for the happy couple containing a few essentials. And that got me to thinking about how fun it would be to have a stork themed baby shower, especially for a gender reveal, which seems to be all the rage at the moment.

And so I made this fun stork piñata that would be perfect for a gender reveal baby shower.

You would simply fill it with all things pink or blue.

Mo Willems latest book The Pigeon Needs a Bath! hit stores on April 1st.

Host a book themed baby shower centered around this book for a mommy-to-be with these tips and ideas.

A book themed baby shower is a great way to introduce your favorite children's book author to your friends and family. Here are some ideas for getting the guests involved and to keep gift giving and activities simple.

During the week a friend sent me a text message asking if I knew how to make a diaper cake.

My response – sure, of course I do … okay I've never actually made one before, but surely it can't be that difficult … I didn't actually tell her that part. If I can make regular cakes, and a classroom supplies cake, surely I can whip up a diaper cake too.

And so I did. I think it turned out pretty cute.

I found a really simple tutorial here for arranging the diapers inside cake pans, and thankfully I had plenty of assorted sizes on hand from baking cakes.

  If you are looking for a big sister gift then I’ve got the perfect one for you.

I have loads of goodies for you today including a giveaway of Zoe’s Room (No Sisters Allowed) and Zoe Gets Ready, a free template and tutorial to make the adorable crown above and there are Zoe activity sheets to download and print too.

Let’s start with the Zoe’s crown tutorial.

How to make white chocolate dipped strawberries and color coordinate them with your party theme.

These fun baby shower games are a must for every baby shower.

Aren’t these just adorable.  A perfect baby shower treat. Instructions can be found at designergirl007

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