Thanksgiving is a beautiful time of year - a time to give thanks for blessings.

A new baby is definitely a brand new blessing, and this time of year is a great time to have a baby shower.

Invite the friends and family and have a shower that celebrates new life.

Not sure how you can pull off a Thanksgiving babyshower theme?

Here is your baby shower guide to hosting a Thanksgiving babyshower that will help you plan the perfect party for the mom-to-be and your guests.

Thanksgiving Guide

Invitations for Your Thanksgiving Baby Shower

Coming up with invitations for the shower isn't that difficult. Consider printing out the invitations yourself. You will find a great selection of FREE printable Thanksgiving baby shower invitations "Right Here".

You can use Thanksgiving themed clip art on the invitations you make to give them a bit of a Thanksgiving theme.

Another baby shower themes idea is to cut out some fall leaves, pumpkins, or even some turkeys to put on the cards for decoration. Dried leaves and even stickers can be used as decorations on the invitations as well.

Wondering how to word your invitations for this time of year?

Here are a few examples:

• We're gathered together to welcome a new baby with thanksgiving.

• There's a new little "turkey" that's on the way, some come and celebrate today.

• A Thanksgiving gathering for a new "mommy to be."

Easy Thanksgiving Baby Shower Decorations

Of course, you'll definitely want to decorate everything for the Thanksgiving baby shower as well. The great thing is, it's pretty easy to decorate, sticking with the Thanksgiving and fall themes.

You can use all the colors and décor ideas that go along with the fall season. Decorate with beautiful fall colors and consider using dried leaves, pinecones, pumpkins, accords, corn stalks, and more for decorating.

One great idea is to carve some pumpkins and put candles in them to use as centerpieces for the table. They'll look great and definitely celebrate the season.

Consider making baby scarecrows made out of corn stalks for an interesting decoration idea.

You can even take baby bottles and decorate them up so they look like turkeys if you use construction paper.

For centerpieces, a cornucopia is a great idea. Instead of filling it up with fruits and vegetables, consider arranging flowers and leaves in it along with some floral foam to hold it all in place.

A pumpkin floral arrangement is another great idea. You can make this by hollowing out a pumpkin, using floral foam, and using flowers to fill the pumpkin for a unique centerpiece.

Free Thanksgiving Baby Shower Games

Your baby shower won't be just right without some games and activities.

Here are a few great games and activities that you can use to make sure the shower is a lot of fun for everyone.

Thanksgiving Trivia Game

For a great baby shower freebie game, we have put together this fun to play Thanksgiving Trivia game. The baby shower game is easy to print off and comes with all the answers for easy marking. Have Fun.

Pie Eating Contest

Pumpkin pie is a staple at Thanksgiving, so why not have a pie eating contest.

Have several pumpkin pies on hand, tie the hands of the contestants behind their back, and see who can devour the pumpkin pie the fastest.

Themed Word Scrambles

Come up with a list of different items surrounding Thanksgiving. Scramble up the words and give them out to each guest. See who is able to unscramble the words the fastest.

Be Thankful

This isn't a game, but a fun activity for a Thanksgiving shower is to go around and have everyone talk about what they are thankful for.

It will bring about some holiday cheer, and to make it even better suited for a shower, have them share things they are thankful for when it comes to their children.

Food to Serve at the Thanksgiving Baby Shower

There are many great food ideas that you can serve for a Thanksgiving baby shower. Think about the season and the holiday to come up with ideas.

Consider serving a big Thanksgiving meal if you have the time in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Of course, there are other options other than going with the full Thanksgiving meal.

Consider having turkey salad sandwiches, pumpkin cookies or pies, pumpkin cheesecake, cranberry salad, warm apple cider, and a variety of other finger foods.

To make the finger foods interesting, use Thanksgiving themed cookie cutters to cut the foods into cool shapes surrounding Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Themed Baby Shower Favors

You'll definitely want to have some baby shower favors to give out at the shower to your guests to thank them for coming. You can simply add a touch of the season to traditional favors to come up with ideas everyone will love.

One great idea is to give out candles that are scented like pumpkin pie. Another option is to give out boxes of chocolates that are in the shapes of leaves. Small boxes of tulle bundles of tasty candy corn is another unique and tasty idea.

Even hand lotions with pumpkin, vanilla brown sugar, or cranberry scents make a great idea as well for the shower favors.