Pirate Baby Shower Theme

Your invitations will not only set the tone for the entire baby shower, your invitations are also the first thing guests will associate with your big party. Before selecting invitations, have a plan in mind. Choose colors and patterns that you can continue through the rest of your pirate baby shower.

A funky idea is to create treasure map invitations. You can distress the paper so it looks like an old buried map. Draw a simple map to with an “X” marking the location of the baby shower.

You can also find cheap baby shower invitations matching your pirate baby shower theme. Invitations in the shape of a treasure ship, a treasure map, or with adorable pirate babies gleefully giggling in a pirate landscape are nice. Insert clever sayings underneath the picture, such as “Ahoy Baby ----“ inserting the baby’s last name in the blank space. Have fun with colors and prints – think lush, tropical, and colorful.

Foil-wrapped gold chocolate Hershey kisses or coins and goldfish crackers are tasty finger foods that fit your pirate baby shower theme. Fill metallic bowls and halved coconuts for a tropical feel. Serve grilled fruit on skewers. Arrange the skewers so they stand vertical for added height and visual interest.

An amazing centerpiece can be created using a watermelon as the base along with long skewers and handmade sails.  You could also use chunks of watermelon rind cut in the shapes of sails as well.  In either case, that is one fruit bowl your guests will never forget.

For grog, have fun with tropical drinks. Think pina coladas, daiquiris, and sparkly spritzers – leaded or virgin. Drink mixes of nonalcoholic versions of many popular alcoholic drinks are readily available. For a tropical punch with kick, try a simple yet tasty colorful punch. Combine two packages of powdered lime drink mix, two cups of sugar, two quarts of water, one 46-ounce can of pineapple juice and mix. Pour over ice cubes in a silver punch bowl. Stir in two liters of ginger ale. For an alcoholic version, substitute a bottle of champagne for a liter of ginger ale.

You can purchase cupcake wrappers and cake toppers that match your pirate theme. This gives you flexibility in flavor of cupcake. Just make sure your icing coordinates with the colors of your pirate baby shower. If a cake is more to your taste, bake a cake in the shape of a pirate baby, a pirate ship, or even choose a cake with a tropical island scene piped on the top.  Alternatively, you could create cake or brownie pops that are decorated to look like pirate faces.  The photo to the right shows an amazing display of pirate cake pops (click on the picture for step by step instructions).

For a kicky option, fill net bags with foil-wrapped chocolates that look like gold coins to create treasure pouches to give away as chocolate baby shower favors to your guests. Body butters, candles, lip balm in personalized favor containers that match your pirate baby shower theme are always a hit. Fill personalized container with gold body dust and body glitter for a real treat, too.

Gifts

Ask guests to bring pirate and nautical themed baby clothes, toys, or other unique baby shower gifts. Be sure to have a large wooden chest where guests can place their gifts (or bounty) that Mom and Baby will be sure to treasure!  Consider creating a diaper cake with a pirate theme like the one shown to the left.  It is fairly easy to do and it can be used as both the centerpiece at the shower and as your personal gift to Mom and baby.