Noah's Ark Theme

This theme is an oldy but goody, especially if a new mommy happens to be having twins! I thought I would hit on a few popular themes for showers and give a few party ideas.





Invitations:
This is really the simplest part with this theme because there are HUNDREDS of noah's ark invites out there. Recently I visited the local dollar store and found a whole case of adorable ark shaped invites. If nothing else using blank computer paper run a search for Noah's Ark Clip Art and you will find TONS of clip art you can add to your own printed invitations.
Here are a couple of links to other versions of noah's ark invitations for baby showers:


http://angiespillows.com/invitationbabyshowernoahsark.html


http://www.paperpow.com/noahsark.htm





Decorations:
This is the fun part! If you can't afford to do much in this department that is perfectly fine. Find stuffed animals in pairs-two elephants, two bears, two bunnies, etc. and use them on each table as centerpieces! Or place them around the room tied together with a ribbon that is attached to a pretty balloon bouquet.
Balloons are a very low cost decoration that really make a venue look festive. You can buy a small helium tank for around $30 that comes with an assortment of colored balloons and a roll of ribbon-very cheap for your decorations. There is no reason to use decorated tablecloths when you can purchase solid colored disposable tablecloths at any discount store for much cheaper. So if you are having a boy go with blue & green, if it is a girl try pink & green, this will keep the noah's ark color scheme together.





Cake:
Bake a standard sheet cake and frost it with frosting-then go to your local walmart or kmart or whatever is close and purchase a tube/bag of tiny plastic animals. Pair them up in a march across the cake towards a tiny plastic boat. It doesn't even have to be an ark, but it will be a cheap way to carry the ark theme. Or check with local bakeries and cake decorators, most of them will have fabulous cake decorating sets that they can use to create a beautiful cake for you.

Games: This is a paired theme, so playing any baby shower activity in pairs will continue the theme but is absolutely not necessary. Try this game but replace the babies in the ice with tiny plastic animals:

My Water Broke-Before the shower take an icecube tray and place a tiny plastic baby that you can purchase online from any baby shower supplier, or in Walmart even, into each ice cube mold. Fill with water making sure each baby is submerged. When the shower starts each guest will receive an ice cube and the first to get their baby out wins! This is hillarious to see people rub the ice cube in their hands, put it in their mouths, etc. just trying to get the baby out.

Favors:
Obviously my favorite is Noah's ark soaps, but another alternative is to buy tiny stuffed or plastic animals and use them as scattered table decorations and then allow the guests to each choose one to take home. Or take gummy bears and fill up tiny pails or plastic baggies and tie a pretty ribbon on them.


And finally...if you are just too busy to do anything creative, that's okay too. Here is a link for a site that sells pretty much everything you would need to throw a baby shower in one complete package for one low price:


http://thepartyworks.com/index.php/cPath/79_519/page/2