Rubber Ducky Baby Shower Invitations

Invitations should be sent out about 4 weeks before the shower. Work with the mom to be to define the guest list and pick a date the works for her.  Send a personalized baby shower invitation that will get everyone excited.  We've created a rubber duck theme invitation to match this party perfectly.  Make the invitation even better by adding some rubber ducky confetti to the envelope!

If you want to go all out for you mother-to-be consider having a custom caricature of her drawn!  Be sure she's including an armful of rubber ducks in your caricature and even sitting on the edge of a bathtub filled with ducks, frogs and other baby toys.  Not only can you use it for invitations, but signage, seating cards and favors too!

A fun homemade invitation is also great for this party!  Get a large rubber duck (available at party stores, toy stores or stores like Target) and either write the information right on the duck with a Sharpie pen or attach your invitation to the duck with a piece of ribbon tied around its neck.  Too cute!  Then mail the "invitation" in a box.  Your guests will love this.

Rubber Duck Baby Shower Decorations and Party Supplies

If your shower is being held at a home, set up a duck theme yard sign outside to greet your guests.   Inside greet guests with a lifesize cutout of the Mom-to-be with a BIG pregnancy belly or of the mom as a baby in a baby carriage.  When the guest of honor arrives, give her a Mom To Be sash and a New Mom To Be tiara to wear during the party.  She should know she's the star for today and the sash and tiara will certainly let her know everyone agrees.  You can ask everyone to sign in good wishes on a duck theme sign in board for your guest of honor.

Decorate your bar with an inflatable duck bathtub (We've pictured a Munchkin brand tub here).  Fill it with ice and put canned beverages or bottled water in the tub.  It makes a cute and fun cooler!  This is especially good for a shower that is being held outside.

A great centerpiece for your welcome table or gift table is bath time baby gift set.  It comes with shampoo, baby t-shirts, bath towels, 3 rubber ducks, a rubber duck theme blanket and more baby supplies, most with a rubber duck theme!  Tie off fun balloons to the top of the basket for an extra punch of color.  Of course this also serves as a great (and useful) gift from the hostess (or hostesses) of the party for the Mom-to-be. 

Rubber Ducky Baby Shower Table Decorations

Start with the color scheme for this shower - lots of blues and yellow and mix in some green.  Use these colors for your linens on the table.  I would personally choose baby blue linens with yellow napkins.  If the Mom is having a girl and the blue is too much, you can use pink linens with blue and yellow napkins.

If you're using real linen or not, rubber duck theme paper goods are perfect for this party.  Rubber ducky paper plates, cups, napkins and table covers all the match, are adorable and are inexpensive.  What could be better?  (If you're using linen, just use the paper plates and use the napkins for cocktails.  The table covers work well on buffet tables.)  And, if you're using plastic silverware, choose matching baby blue place settings.

To create your centerpiece you'll need ducks, ducks and more ducks!  Go to a dollar store or a drug store and buy LOTS of rubber ducks.  Then get fun vases and fill them with the ducks.  You can add flowers coming out of the vase as well.  Or choose a low circular glass bowl and have ducks floating in the water with a few flowers added as decoration. 

A more formal look for your shower would be to use bouquets of beautiful yellow and pale blue flowers as your centerpiece.  Then use the rubber ducks around the base of the vase.  If you are using long tables, place the vase of flowers in the center in the table and have the ducks set out in a line going down either side of the table.

The rubber duck centerpiece is also a cute and very inexpensive option.  Scatter more of that rubber ducky confetti around the base!  If you choose this centerpiece, add a few rubber ducks around the base.  Also look for rubber frogs, which you'll be able to find at the store you get your ducks, and add those around the base as well. 

For dessert, a large duck cake is a fun option.  Here's a fun duck cake from About The Cake in Cleveland, Ohio.  (It's for a 1st birthday, but of course, works well for a duck theme baby shower.)  Use a cake as the centerpiece for your dessert display.  Also offer and assortment of cookies, brownies and other small pasties.  Be sure to add rubber ducks to the dessert buffet as well. 

Since bubbles are also a key to any good rubber duck bath, put out bubbles on the tables (this is best for a shower outside) for your guests to play with during the shower.  You can also achieve a bubble look with circular glass ornaments.  They can be added at the base of a centerpiece or in the centerpiece itself.  You could have a small vase with "bubbles" next to your taller vase filled with rubber ducks!

Baby Shower Games and Activities

One of the main activities at a baby shower is watching the guest of honor open all of the cute baby gifts! When she opens her gifts, make sure someone is writing down who gave what. It will be very helpful for the guest of honor has to write all of those thank you notes!

Many baby showers offer games for the guests to play. Here are a few printable games that you can leave on the tables for guests to amuse themselves with -

• Baby Word Scramble and Answer Key

• Mother Goose? and Answer Key

• Baby Animals and Answer Key

We also have a huge list of baby shower games that you can play throughout the party on our Baby Shower Games page.

Your Mom-to-be will certainly be showered with gifts at her baby shower.  You should also send home your guests with a fun reminder of their day.  A duck theme favor box filled with candy is super sweet.  Here are some other fun ideas. 

• Personalized Mint and Candy Tins

• Custom Candy Bar Wrappers

• Personalized Chocolate Photo Favors