BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME
The baby shower bear theme will represent comfort and childhood dreams. The world most popular toy is the Teddy bear.
This baby shower theme is all you need to plan the perfect baby shower with all your bear necessities.
This theme is a fun shower to decorate. Finding the appropriate decorations should be an easy task. Everybody loves Teddy bears, they come in every size and every color, the best thing about this theme is that it is very well suited for a boy or a girl.
BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME DECORATING IDEAS
Teddy bears can be used in lots of fun ways!
Use props like Gummi bears, cookies shaped like Teddy bears, great yummy honey, bee hives, berries and much more...
Use paw prints on your front steps and all over the inside of the house.
Place Teddy bears all around the room, bear confetti sprinkled all over the table. Add large bows on each bear and have some of them in cute printed diapers.
Tie a clothesline into the party room, clip a few Teddy bears, newborn clothing and also a few small baby items in between such as baby rattles, baby booties and pacifiers.
From your childhood memories what do you remember bears crave the most? Yes honey! so lets use it in our baby shower bear theme decor, hang a few bee hives from the ceiling, adding a few bees busing around the hives and also terra cotta honey pots.
Tie bear balloons on chairs and use Teddy bear cutouts for wall decor.
Another great idea for this baby shower theme is to ask your guests to each bring a Teddy bear, use them for decoration purposes and collect them all at the end of the party to give to the mother-to-be
BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME RECIPES
GINGERBREAD BEAR COOKIES
Ingredients
4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup of butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
Preparation
In large bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and all spices together. Set Aside.
Into another bowl, mix the butter and sugar using a mixer on medium-high speed, mix until light and fluffy, incorporate the molasses and egg.
Add in the dry ingredients and mix well, chill the dough for one hour.
Preheat the oven at 350 degrees.
Roll the dough about 1/4-inch in thickness.
Use a bear cookie cutter.
Place the bear shaped cookies into a baking sheet prepared with parchment paper.
Bake for 10 minutes
Let cool completely
decorate with pinky bows and frosted nose.
CHERRY THUMBPRINT
Ingredients
Cherry Jam
1 lb of fresh cherries, pitted
1/8 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1 cup sugar
Cookie Dough
1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
Preparation
The Jam part
Combine fresh cherries and water in a small pot and simmer over low heat until fruit is tender, about 10 minutes. Add lemon juice, zest, and sugar and stir until sugar dissolves.
Bring to a boil for 10 minutes, stirring on occasion, until thick Pour into a bowl and cool
Cookie Part
Preheat oven to 350°F
Mix butter and sugar with until creamy.
Mix in egg and vanilla.
Add flour and mix
Form dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on an un-greased cookie sheet.
Using your thumb, make an impression in the center of each ball.
Fill each cookie with cherry jam and add a cherry in the center.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the dough is set and lightly browned on bottom.
Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
HONEY CHICKEN WINGS
Ingredients
3 pounds chicken wings
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups honey
1 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup oil
2 cloves garlic,minced
Preparation
Cut off wing tips
Cut each wing at joint to make 2 sections
Add salt and pepper to taste
Place wings in broil pan
Broil 10 minutes each side
Transfer chicken to crock pot
Sauce
Combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, oil and garlic in bowl
Pour over chicken wings
Cover and simmer on low for 4 hours
BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME INVITATION IDEAS
For this theme, cute invitations are in order!
From small paw prints with the help of stamps to semi-clear vellum on patterned paper. Use your creativity by adding your own special touch with this baby theme.
If you are throwing a shower for your friend or sister, I guarantee they will flip over the fact that you took the time to make their day extra special.
Here's a great tip! Whatever you apply on front of your card is going to be cute, the key to great baby shower invitations is to use great quality card stock with texture and color and my personal favorite, vellum.
Trust me they will stand out!
Forget the envelopes simply make postcard invitations, do the designs on one side and use the postcard template with your invitation wording on the back.
Your imagination is the limit when it comes to making your own baby shower invitations, trust yourself with maybe a little help from your craft store.
BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME GAMES
FIND THE BLACK TEDDY BEAR
Fill a baby bottle with red jelly beans and add a few black ones.
Challenge your guests to guess how many black Teddy bears are in the bottle.
The one who guesses closest to the correct amount wins a baby shower bear theme prize.
HONEY TASTING CONTEST
Buy different flavors of baby food, take the food out of the jars and use your own cute little dishes, place them on the table with plastic spoons.
Make a cute sign "HONEY TASTING CONTEST".
In front of each dish have a small folded card stock with the name of famous bears, here's a few to start with:
Pooh Bear
Care bear
Smokey the bear
Fozzie bear
Yogi bear
Baloo
Teddy Bear
Rupert
Gentle bear
Gummi bear
Booboo
Teddy Ruxpin
Nookie bear
Have your guests taste each and every one item on the table then have them guess and write on a piece of paper what each flavor was and match it with the bear name associated with each dish. The guest with the most right wins!
A FEW TIPS FOR THIS GAME:
1. Write a small note "use has many spoons has you need" for those double dippers
2. Put a large bowl at the end of the table, decorate it a little and put a sign "trash your spoons here please".
3. Don't forget napkins.
BABY SHOWER BEAR THEME GIFT IDEAS
Remember that cuddly, soft Teddy bear you loved so much when you were a kid?
When it comes to gifts the baby shower bear theme, is it! Teddy Bear are great, they leave that personal touch with a long-lasting gift they will cherish forever and the awe's I promise will be out of this world.
Now for favors and keepsakes for your guests, think bears they come in all sizes, shapes and colors and most of all, they are really cute and irresistible.
Like any other shower themes, let's not forget door prizes, please do incorporate the bear theme, you will easily find things like, salt & pepper shaker sets, cute pillows, glass ornaments, coasters, candles, pictures and on and on and on...... Just have fun!
And again my favorite thing for a Baby Shower gift is a Baby Gift basket!
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