How do I plan a Valentine’s themed baby shower?
Planning a baby shower around Valentine’s Day is the perfect way to combine the joy of a new baby with the season of love.
A Valentine’s baby shower adds a sweet, romantic touch, making this gathering extra special. From cupid-inspired decor to festive treats, there are endless ways to celebrate the upcoming arrival with this fun shower theme.
Whether the parents are welcoming a new baby girl or baby boy, or keeping it a surprise, Valentine’s baby shower ideas offer countless ways to make the day memorable.
From finding the perfect theme and food to planning activities your guests will enjoy, these ideas will help you plan the perfect day of love for the expecting couple and their guests.
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What are some creative Valentine’s baby shower ideas?
Theme
While your main theme is based on Valentine’s Day, you can add some variety and have fun with it. Adding a theme also makes it easier to decorate your space and plan your invitations. Consider one of these themes for your Valentine’s Day baby shower.
1. Mommy’s Sweetheart
Decorate with hearts galore, and be ready to be showered with love. Serve conversation heart cookies as a fun twist on the popular Valentine’s candy. A little sweetheart is on the way is another version of this fun idea.
2. Love is Brewing
Create a cozy vibe with a coffee, hot chocolate, or tea bar. Decorate with pink or red accents, heart-shaped mugs as party favors, and fairy lights. Serve heart-shaped scones and offer a variety of options on the hot chocolate bar.
3. Little Love Bug
Set up a cute love bug theme with ladybugs and hearts. Decorate with red, pink, and black and tiny hearts on everything. Have guests decorate wooden hearts or ladybugs to use in the baby’s nursery.
4. Cupid’s Cutie
Make Cupid your inspiration for this theme. Decorate with heart-tipped arrows, gold accents, and angel wings. Serve your guests a pink “Cupid’s Love Potion” punch.
5. Heartstrings and Tiny Things
Use soft pastels with heart garlands and little baby clothes hanging throughout the venue. Serve tiny treats like mini quiches or sliders.
Color
Set the scene for your Valentine’s baby shower by choosing your color palette. You can choose any color combination you wish by selecting traditional Valentine colors: pinks, reds, whites, and even gold.
If you have a hard time coming up with the perfect color combination, search for color palettes to give you a better idea of what looks good together. Or even head to your local paint store and compare paint swatches to get the right look. Whichever color combination you choose, use it throughout your venue to embrace the Valentine theme.
Don’t worry about pink not being suitable for a boy baby shower. While soft pinks and whites make a beautiful backdrop for a Valentine’s baby shower for any gender, bold reds with metallic accents offer a strong but romantic vibe as well.
You could even opt for a gender-neutral palette by selecting a mauve pink with blush, cream, and tan accents or dark reds with burlap accents.
Invitations
Before selecting your invitations, you need to know the date, time, and location of your baby shower.
Valentine baby showers are the perfect idea for a February shower but can also work well if mom’s due date is in February and you want to celebrate with heart-themed decor.
Look for invitations that match your theme and color scheme and mail them out about four to six weeks before your event. I would suggest sending them just after Christmas for a February baby shower, so your invite doesn’t get lost with your guests’ Christmas cards.
Seal your baby shower invitations with heart-shaped stickers and purchase Valentine-themed stamps from the post office to tie everything together.
Decorations
These easy decoration ideas allow you to incorporate the love theme into your baby shower seamlessly.
Welcome guests to your Valentine’s Day shower with the perfect welcome sign or a banner with the words “Baby Love” or “Little Sweetheart.” Create a heart garland for guests to walk under as they enter the venue.
Set up a balloon garland as a backdrop for where mom will open gifts. Use the colors you selected earlier as the base of your design or choose white and cream balloons and add just a touch of color or greenery to give it a more romantic look.
Cover your tables with white tablecloths and use a Valentine-themed table runner to add a pop of color. Choose a dusty pink cheesecloth for a boho theme or burlap fabric for a more rustic theme.
Or skip the table runner and create beautiful floral centerpieces with roses, baby’s breath, and tulips in shades of pink and red in clear glass vases. Sprinkle some heart-shaped confetti on the tables to create a fun atmosphere.
Make the place settings extra special by adding a love note from mom saying, “So glad you’re here,” or from baby saying, “Can’t wait to meet you.”
For baby shower favors, fill heart-shaped boxes with Valentine’s candy. Give a small box of macarons in Valentine’s colors or cookies with custom designs for your Valentine’s Day baby shower. Send guests home with a tiny potted succulent saying, “Love grows.” Or share these beautiful homemade heart-shaped soaps.
Games and Activities
You can take any traditional baby shower game and make it suitable for your Valentine’s baby shower. However, not everyone enjoys baby shower games, so try something to make this shower unique.
Play Valentine’s bingo or Valentine’s Pictionary. Guess how many kisses are in the jar, using Hershey Kisses (they even make special Valentine’s Kisses).
Set up a “Messages of Love” station where guests can write advice or wishes for the baby on heart-shaped cards.
Set up a photo booth to create a cute keepsake for the parents. Select your backdrop and include props like heart-shaped glasses, Cupid arrows and wings, oversized hearts, and baby items for some fun photos.
Food
For fun, themed (easy) appetizers, serve heart-shaped finger sandwiches or heart-shaped mini pizzas. For something really adorable, try making Cupid’s skewers, by placing cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil on a skewer to resemble an arrow.
Set up a dessert table so guests can choose their favorite tasty treat. Serve heart-shaped cookies, cupcakes with heart toppers, and cake pops decorated in your color scheme. Offer chocolate-covered strawberries for a romantic addition or have a chocolate fountain with different fruits.
You could also set up a candy table with a selection of Valentine’s candies, including heart-shaped chocolates, pink and red M&Ms, and conversation hearts.
Serve pink punch or champagne mocktails so the mom-to-be feels included. Or set up a hot chocolate bar if you’re planning your shower in February, and it will be cold.
Conclusion
There you have it: the cutest Valentine’s baby shower ideas for the expecting mom. A Valentine’s baby shower is a wonderful way to celebrate the love of the season and the joy of a new baby. With these Valentine’s Day baby shower ideas, your shower will be a celebration filled with love and beautiful memories, honoring the mom-to-be and her little one.
Which of the Valentine’s baby shower ideas will you be using? Let us know in the comments.
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