Exotic Summer Theme
Hibiscus Favor Boxes filled with White Chocolate Hearts
Ah Summer…a time where the weather is warm and people go to the beach, when school is out, and when showers are all around. Have you ever wondered what summer feels like in the Amazon or Rainforest? Well find out with an exotic summer theme!
Invitations could be printed on a white or off-white paper and have the words in bright, tropical colors or you could have vines or flowers for a border around the invitation.
The basis for the theme is nature, so have the shower outdoors, if possible. Decorate the area with bright centerpieces, bamboo, tropical flowers, anything that sets the mood. Guest can dress in colors that fit the theme, such as a tropical shirt or flowery dress, or you could have the guest dress in plain or pale colors and have the bride (and groom if it’s a co-ed theme) in a color that fits the theme.
For food, you could have exotic foods, such as mangos, kiwi, or pineapples as part of your shower or you could have it catered by someone who prepares exotic dishes. The cake could have bright frosting or you could have tropical frosting flowers on the cake. For games, you could have a tropical treasure hunt or a bingo game with tropical bird names.
If you want to feel as if you’re in the Amazon or Rainforest, then try this theme!
Stock The Pantry Theme Wedding Shower
“Hot! Hot! Hot!” Pepper Magnet in Southwest-Kitchen Gift Box
Many couples in today’s world are already established before marriage… but whether they live on their own or live with their parents, some soon to be newlyweds still need the basics to get started in their new home. Usually after the couple is married, they move into a new place together… moving is tiresome and sometimes expensive and usually most of the money is spent on moving and on the couples’ new place. How a theme that isn’t that expensive and definitely helps the bride and groom to be…a pantry theme.
The idea is to fill the newlyweds house with non-perishable items…some good ideas are flour, sugar, spices, etc. When sending out invitations include a recipe card and ask guests to include a favorite recipe along with their gift. Guests are required to bring at least one non-perishable food item to the shower, but they may bring more if they wish. Traditional gifts, such as a bag of flour, are also accepted because it is really not that expensive or instead of non-perishable food items you could fill the bathroom pantry…toilet paper, cleaners, beauty supplies, etc.
Party games could include guess the spice. Take the label off the spice bottles and everyone takes guesses as to what they are without smelling, feeling, or tasting the spice. Prizes could be herb pots and seeds. With this theme, you are helping the couple more than you know…hopefully when the party is over, the newlyweds will have non-perishables to last six months or more.
The Room Theme
Want a theme that is completely different? Want to do something that guest along with the bride (and groom if it’s a couples theme) will have fun with? Then try a ‘Room Theme’?
Invitations can be simple but include an insert in the invitations to assign each guest a traditional room from a house (kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, dining room, etc.). Suggest to each guest that they bring a gift to fit the theme of that room…a set of mixing bowls for the kitchen, sheets for the bedroom, new towels for the bathroom, china for the dining room, etc.
You can place each themed gift in the specific room and have an activity planned for each room where the bride will open her gifts. Bake a cake together in the kitchen, create a toilet-paper “wedding dress” for the bathroom, eat cake in the dining room, whatever you can come up with.
This is a great way for a bride-to-be (or couple) to prepare for their new home and a great way for everyone to enjoy this special day.