Last month, a couple of friends and I threw a baby shower for a dear friend who was having her second baby- her first boy. The shower was small and sweet and we had a very short time to put it together, so we went for cute and simple. Our theme was “boy oh boy” since the mom of honor was in for a whole new world having a little guy.

We used a mix of plaid, stripes and other fun boyish paper, along with plaid plates and cups.

For food, we decided to serve kid style foods: finger sandwiches, mac n cheese, fruit and veggies and sweet potato fries in paper cones that I made.

I found the plaid plates & cups at JoAnn’s Fabric- a great random find!

For dessert, I thought it would be fun to do a grown up dirt cup. My amazing baking friend came up with the idea to put it in a dump truck toy and scoop it with a small shovel. It was so fun & absolutely delicious! I do not know what the exact recipe is, but she added a bunch of good stuff in there- all low fat I am sure

In addition, I made cute little mini ice cream sandwiches:

For the table decor we got super resourceful.  Between the 3 of us planning the shower, we have 7 boys, so we have no shortage of boy toys. We decided to use toys as the centerpieces. Cute, easy and free! We also used tablecloths that we already had to save money.

Each guest had a paper wrapped water bottle waiting at her seat:

For games, we used Twig & Thistle’s quiz template (available in her etsy shop) to quiz guests on what the mom-to-be was like as a baby. We also played baby Family Feud, which was really fun and informative (you can google it to find questions and instructions).

This party is a great example of how to throw a shower on a budget, but not skimp on cute details. We use one pad of cute paper for all of the details and, other then the food and the quiz template, everything else we used was free.

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