New Years Baby Shower Theme Guide

Get inspired with our great selection of free New Years baby shower party ideas.

There's no better way to bring in the new year than having a brand new baby.

If you're going to have a baby shower right after or right before New Years day, then going with a New Years baby shower theme is a wonderful idea.

Wondering how you can plan the perfect baby shower?

Maybe you're not sure what to feed the guests, what activities to use, or what favors to give out for the shower.

Here are some excellent free tips and baby shower ideas to help you plan a New Years baby shower that will have everyone talking about that shower.

New Years Baby Shower Theme

Free Invitation Ideas

The first thing you'll want to do is to send out the invitations to the shower. Since you're going with the New Years theme, you'll want to use that theme on your invitations.

Perhaps include fireworks or confetti on the invitations. Consider purchasing New Years invitations and turning them into baby shower invitations.

Another idea is to look online for free clipart and use it to design your own invitations. Make sure you let the guests know within the invitations that the theme is New Years.

Decorations for the Shower

Of course, you'll want to decorate everything just perfectly for the shower.

Decorations for the New Years theme should be easy to find. You can use traditional decorations for New Years.

Sprinkle tinsel or confetti on the tables you are using to serve the food. Use colors like silver, white, gold, and black.

Plenty of balloons can help you decorate, add some party hats and party noise makers around as well to help decorate for the shower.

Streamers and firework art also will look great on the walls to make the area look even more festive for the baby shower.

Activities and Games

You'll definitely want to make sure that you play some games and have some activities ready to keep the party going.

One great activity idea is to have a theme board that is shaped like a clock.

As everyone comes into the party, have them sign it as a nice keep sake for mom and dad.

Here are a few other games and activities that you can use.

Father Time and Mother Nature

If you're having a mixed baby shower with both men and women attending, a fun activity is to play Father Time and Mother Nature.

Make up sheets on a computer and print them out. Have Father Time sheets for all the men and Mother nature sheets for the women.

Have each person write ideas and tips for the parents on their sheets and then give them all to the parents.

Create a Time Capsule

Creating a time capsule for the coming baby is an activity that can be a huge amount of fun.

Everyone at the shower can contribute advice, quotes, poems, money, or even small gifts to the time capsule.

Later when the child is a teen, it will be exciting for them to open this up.

Don't Say Baby

Since baby showers are all about babies, one fun game you can play is the Don't Say Baby game.

When everyone arrives, give them a special baby diaper pin to keep throughout the shower. Let them know that they can't say baby.

If someone catches them saying the word "baby" then they get to take their diaper pin.

At the end of the shower, the person who collects the most diaper pins wins the game.

Food for a New Years Baby Shower

There are many wonderful food ideas that you can enjoy serving up at a New Years baby shower.

Consider going with finger foods that you'd usually serve at a New Year's party, such as trail mix, small sandwiches, various dips, vegetable and cheese trays, and more.

Having champagne is a nice touch, although mom shouldn't be drinking any of it. You can toast with sparkling grape juice if you want to avoid the alcohol.

Serving up bubble gum cigars is a lot of fun and be sure to either get them in pink or blue for the shower.

When purchasing the cake, ask the bakery to decorate it with a New Years theme to it.

New Years Favor Ideas

There are a variety of great favors that you can use for a baby shower with a New Years theme to it.

Consider giving out personalized champagne glasses to everyone who attends for a classy gift.

New Years themed candles make a beautiful party favor that everyone can enjoy using too.

A cute idea that you can make is a baby food jar decorated and filled with tasty candy.

CDs of top music from the past year are great options, as are fortune cookies, and new pocket calendars for the new year.