Baby Shower Ideas for Girls

There’s no feeling quite as exhilarating as discovering you’re pregnant—except for maybe the feeling that comes with finding out you’re having a little girl. That discovery can bring an entirely new set of emotions (and will probably have you reaching for a brand-new box of tissues).

To celebrate the arrival of your mini-you, you need a baby shower theme fit for a queen (Mom) and her sweet princess. From unicorns to mermaids to powerful Amazonian goddesses, we’ve compiled a list of darling baby shower party ideas perfect for your precious girl.

10 Best Baby Shower Themes for Girls

Choosing a perfect baby shower theme can add extra flair, spice, and everything nice to you and your baby’s special day. Take a peek at our 10 favorite baby girl shower themes to create an unforgettable event you can look back on with family and friends for years to come.

#1 A Little Princess Tea Party

Is there any theme more fitting for your little one than a royal tea party? For this baby shower princess theme, you can decorate your space with regal purples and metallic golds, along with elegant teapots, teacups, and saucers.

You can also use tiered, themed baby shower cake stands to wow your subjects, er, guests with a lavish display of tea party delicacies, including:

• Finger sandwiches made with cucumber, cheese, smoked salmon, or egg salad
• Mini quiches
• Sweet or savory tarts
• Lemon, blueberry, or cranberry scones
• Pastel macarons
• Bite-sized puff pastries

A tea party baby shower theme also works wonderfully if you are interested in themes for virtual baby showers. You can even ship your guests a cute party box with a custom tea cup and tea assortment!

#2 Your Little Mermaid

One of the most special aspects of becoming a parent is being able to share the movies that shaped your childhood with your baby girl. If you loved The Little Mermaid and spent your summers flopping your feet around in the pool, you can celebrate your own little mermaid becoming part of your world, with a mermaid in the sea’s baby shower.

• For decor, hang metallic green “seaweed” streamers, lay iridescent tablecloths over the buffet and dessert table, and scatter seashells or sand between platters of food. For a fun touch, you can set up a bubble machine, or use transparent blue and white balloons to create an entire wall of bubbles.
• For food, make oyster-shaped cookies, complete with pink buttercream filling and edible pearls. Your girl’s baby shower guests can even sip on magical seawater. Simply add blue food coloring and edible glitter to lemonade or sparkling water.
• For fun, ask your guests to write personalized notes to your little girl. Then, place them in a corked bottle to present to her when she’s old enough. As she reads through her “message in a bottle,” she’ll see how much she’s been loved her entire life.

#3 Step Right Up for the Ride of a Lifetime

Travel back in time with a vintage shower centered around a timeless carnival classic—the carousel. For this baby shower idea, pastel pinks, purples, and yellows can create a soft, dreamlike ambience, while sparkly golds can mimic the ornate elegance of old-timey carousel horses.

Try using this color palette for:

• Tabletop pom poms made from tissue paper
• Garland strung with small pennants, bows, or carousel horse cut-outs
• Tulle table skirts
• Ribbon chair accents

For food, treat your guests to carnival favorites, such as corn dogs, cotton candy, and funnel cake. You can even create a popcorn bar where guests can choose from savory popcorn flavors, such as butter or cheese, or sweet favorites like caramel or kettle corn. Then, add topping options, such as chocolate syrup, M&Ms, or bacon bits (or whatever you happen to be craving that month—fried pickles, anyone?)

#4 Baby in Bloom

A flower-themed shower is the perfect way to celebrate your budding rose, especially if you’re throwing your shower during the spring. With a variety of flowers and colors to choose from, you can easily transform your girl baby shower into an enchanting, bountiful garden.

• For decor, create a colorful flower wall as a backdrop for photos, hang flower garland and fairy lights, and scatter fresh or dried, pressed flowers along your buffet and dessert tables. For added cuteness, decorate your space with bouquets of baby socks
• For food, top cupcakes with edible flowers, such as purple and yellow Johnny jump-ups or pink pansies. You can even use edible flowers to garnish refreshing lavender lemonade or effervescent cucumber water.
• For shower favors, send your guests home with a packet of seeds so they can plant their own little flower and have a reminder of your memorable event for years to come.

#5 Rainbow Unicorn Magic

Celebrate the magic of your pregnancy with a unicorn-themed baby shower. Capture the essence of the elusive unicorn with a rainbow color palette, accented with golds and silvers. For decor, you can embellish tables with glitter and unicorn confetti, create a rainbow balloon arch, and even purchase tissue paper balls or paper lanterns designed to resemble unicorn faces with paper eyelashes, ears, and unicorn horns.

Plus, with a unicorn theme, your options for adorable and fun desserts are endless. Consider delighting your guests with:

• Unicorn cupcakes – To create unicorn cupcakes, layer different colors of buttercream icing in a large piping bag. When you ice your cupcakes, you’ll have beautiful rainbow swirls! For that unicorn touch, top off each cupcake with a gold metallic candle (the unicorn horn) and pastel sprinkles.
• Unicorn bark – For swirly, rainbow unicorn bark, all you need is 4 to 6 colors of melted candy coating, rainbow sprinkles, and edible candy pearls.
• Unicorn poop cookies – Transform your standard sugar cookies into rainbow unicorn poop cookies with food coloring, sprinkles, edible candy beads, and edible glitter.

For the baby shower favor, send your guests home with sparkly unicorn-shaped bath bombs and refreshing unicorn-shaped sheet masks for a magical at-home spa day.

#6 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

If you wished upon a shooting star for a little baby girl, celebrate your wish coming true with a star-themed baby shower. Silvers, dark blues, and pale yellows can create a dreamy, ethereal feel. This theme idea is sure to transport your guests out of this world.

• For decor, hang shooting star streamers, along with moon and star-shaped balloons. You can even create a celestial backdrop by draping layers of black tulle covered in sparkly rhinestones.

• For food, use star-shaped cookie cutters to shape everything from cookies to finger sandwiches to slices of cheddar and swiss (for a twinkly cheese board).

#7 Little Miss Sunshine

Your daughter will no doubt be the sunshine of your life, so why not celebrate Little Miss Sunshine with a radiant, sun-themed shower?

To achieve the perfect sun-kissed look:

• Liven up your space with bright yellow and orange balloons, along with blue and white balloons to recreate the sky
• Hang yellow tissue paper pompoms as mini suns
• Place vases of towering sunflowers or darling daisies atop buffet and dessert tables
• Decorate your walls with paper cut outs of smiling, happy suns
• Cover your tables with white and red-checkered tablecloths to create a true summer-time vibe

For food, serve your guests picnic-themed items, like fresh slices of watermelon, grilled corn on the cob, deviled eggs, and sliders.

#8 Super-Powered Shower

You may have had to replace your cape with maternity pants, but you still hold the greatest superpower of all—creating life. That’s why a superhero-themed baby girl shower is the perfect choice to celebrate your strength and the arrival of your little sidekick.

With this shower theme, you can choose a color palette based on your favorite heroines. Use reds, blues, and golds to channel serious Wonder Woman vibes, or to capture the fearlessness and power of Supergirl.

• For decor, place old-school comic book POW, BAM, and BOOM paper cut outs or decals along walls to really pack a decorative punch.

• For fun, set up a “cape” decorating station. With plain white baby bibs and fabric makers, your guests can tap into their inner Edna Mode and create the perfect outfit to stop crime (and dribble) in its tracks!

#9 Aloha Baby

If you’re planning your baby shower for the summer and are looking for boy or girl baby shower ideas, consider taking your guests on a tropical island getaway without even leaving the comfort of home. With a tropical-themed shower, you can decorate your space with:

• Flamingo-shaped balloons
• Colorful pineapple cut outs
• Grass table skirts
• Lush monstera and palm leaves

For food, savor the tastes of summer with fresh mango salsa, grilled fruit skewers, and chocolate covered pineapple (honestly, we’re down for chocolate covered anything).

#10 Your Lucky Little Ladybug

Welcome your new baby into your life with a ladybug-themed baby shower. This adorable and creative baby shower theme puts the spotlight on a red, black, and white color palette, along with popping polka dots!

• For decor, cut out paper ladybugs in various sizes and place them along your tables and walls. You can also fill mason jars with charming red flowers, such as chrysanthemums, anemones, and poppies.
• For food, speckle strawberries with drops of chocolate to create a sweet ladybug snack and fill jars with red and black jelly beans for a decorative and tasty touch.
• For fun, put a twist on a timeless classic with a game of pin the ladybug on the flower!

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