Nursery Rhyme Theme
All children will love the nursery rhyme theme. They probably bring back found memories of your childhood.
The Nursery Rhyme theme is one theme that will challenge your guests in many ways in the games department. Test their memories!
Some of the most popular nursery rhymes are Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill and Twinkle, Twinkle little star. These nursery rhymes have been passed down from generation to generation.
Did you know most nursery rhymes were created in previous centuries and most of them came from true events.
NURSERY RHYME THEME DECORATING IDEAS
A Nursery Rhyme theme is easy to decorate weather you use all mixed nursery rhymes or you keep it short and use one nursery rhyme like Humpty Dumpty for instance.Use children's books to decorate your tables, draw cows jumping over the moon on card stock, have Humpty Dumpty adorn every mantle, shelves and walls.
To your guests this theme is very familiar, comfortable and also gender neutral. Download nursery rhyme images from the Internet, get a few picture frames from the dollar store and add the artwork throughout the room.
Use toys, dolls and props, for your decorations:
Baa Baa Black Sheep - use stuffed sheep's for table decorations.
Old McDonald had a farm - use a corner of your space, put up a small farm, animals, and add some hay.
Hickory Dickory Dock - Have all areas of the room set up with row boats and Hickory Dickory clocks
Have fun with it!
NURSERY RHYME THEME RECIPES
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR COOKIES
Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
In another bowl, mix the butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Add in the dry ingredients.
Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place on cookie sheets.
Use star shape cookie cutter.
Bake 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
PETER PETER PUMPKIN PIE EATER
Ingredients
1-8oz package cream cheese 2 cups canned pumpkin, mashed 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 2 egg yolks 1 cup half-and-half 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon store bought pie dough
Preparation
Preheat the oven at 350 degrees
Prepare pre made pie dough on a 9-inch pie plate
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer
Add the pumpkin and beat until combined
Add the sugar and salt, continue beating
Add the eggs, the yolks, half-and-half, and melted butter and beat until combined
Add the vanilla, cinnamon and beat until incorporated.
Pour mixture into pie crust and bake for 1 hour, or until the center is set
HUMPTY DUMPTY DEVIL EGGS
Ingredients
6 hard-boiled eggs
2 tbsp of minced sweet onion
2 tsp sweet pickle relish
2 tsp creamed horseradish sauce
2 tsp yellow mustard
salt
paprika
olives
chives
parsley
Preparation
Slice hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise
remove egg yokes to a bowl and set egg whites aside
mash the egg yolks until crumbly
add sweet onions, pickle relish, mayonnaise, horseradish sauce, mustard and salt
mix until well combined
spoon mixture into egg white halves
garnish with paprika, olive, chives and parsley
chill before serving
NURSERY RHYME THEME INVITATION IDEAS
When sending your baby shower invitations, assign each of your guests with a nursery rhyme character to inspire them in selecting a one of a kind gift.
Use a couple of rhythmic lines from a nursery rhyme, your guests will automatically know your choice of baby shower themes and may even dress up for the part.
Create your own invitations with some card stock, cut out printed images from nursery rhymes and add ornaments to reflect the theme.
Go to any card store and take a peak at the baby shower invitations, you will surely find ideas for creating your own.
NURSERY RHYME THEME GAMES TO PLAY
NURSERY RHYME FILL-IN THE BLANK
Write a nursery rhyme on index cards, making sure to leave out some important keywords.
Pass the cards around to your guests, have them fill out the blanks. The guest with the most correct answers wins!
ABC NURSERY RHYMES THEME
This game is quite simple, have your guests write down a nursery rhyme for each letter of the alphabet, give them 1 hour, so they have time to mingle and once in a while they can go back to the list. The guest with a complete alphabet or the closest to it wins!
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR NURSERY RHYME THEME
Have all of your guests stand up, one by one ask them a question about a nursery rhyme, if they answer it right then they stay up, if not they sit down.
The last person standing wins!Here are some examples of questions to ask:
-Who did the three blind mice run after? The farmer's wife
-What did Peter Piper Pick? A peck of pickled peppers
-What was Humpty Dumpty sitting on? A wall
-What did Tommy Tucker sing for? His supper
-What did Old MacDonald had? A farm
NURSERY RHYME THEME FAVORS
KEEPSAKE TO CHERISH FOREVER
A gift to cherish forever, but what to give?
After your guests leave, you want them to remember this event forever.
What are you going to give them?
Give them something that relates to the theme like nursery rhyme theme figurines. If you want to make it more memorable, have the figurine personalized with the date of the event and the mommy and baby's name.
Give your guests a flower bulb. Place the bulb inside a favor box and attach a tag with a nursery rhyme title written on it.
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