I really dislike baby showers. I don’t see the point of sitting around watching someone else open as many gifts as they can, all while “oohing” and “ahhhing” for their sake. That being said, I really like decorating for parties, so at least I get some enjoyment out of it! We held a simple shower for a woman at work, and had a very small budget to make it look halfway decent. So I made everything myself!

I started with the theme: Bees! Because we don’t know the gender of the baby, it was a cute idea. “What Will It Bee?” I figured anything yellow would work, so we picked up some simple snacks. Yellow lollipops, yellow cookies, and yellow Starbursts.

Then I got my craft on.

 I made these cupcake toppers (easily) on Picmonkey.com. I just printed, cut them out, and glued them to a yellow piece of cardstock. I used a scalloped scissor to add extra flair, but if you don’t have one, it is not necessary.The Mommy-to-Bee banner was also very easy. I designed the pieces, and put it all together in a free printable for you as well. Just print it, cut it out, and string together with some yellow ribbon. You can print it here.

I made the honeycomb backdrop, you can find the info on how to do this here.I also made little signs to place on the tables, for the gift table, and for the desserts. You can print them all here. I printed two of each, taped them together, and made simple table tents out of them. Maybe you’ll get more creative!

And my favorite part! I put together little honey stick party favors. I ordered them on Amazon, 100 for about $20. I printed little tags, cut them out with the scalloped scissors, hole punched each tag, and tied them to the stix with twine. You can print my tags here.See the image below for a visual:All together it made for a really cute baby shower. Although I had to watch all the gifts being opened, I gained some satisfaction from a job well done. Added bonus, the guest of honor as well as all the employees LOVED the decorations! 🙂

This is a fairly easy, but very tedious craft. When I started putting together a bee-themed baby shower, I thought this was a really cute backdrop idea for the snack table (it is also very cheap, which I love!). Beware: This project is not for the perfectionists! It can be very difficult to get them the exact same shape, with the exact same spacing. I had to shelf my own craziness for this one.

You will need:

• One large piece of foam board
  • This can be any size you’d like, or you can use cardstock as well
• As many old magazines as you can find!
• Scissors
• Glue
• Hexagon Tracer

First things first. Decide how large you want your hexagon, and print it to use as a tracer. You can easily use Google to find a hexagon. Then you’ll need to just start looking through old magazines for the color of  your choice. All mine fell into the yellow tones, but you can choose any color, or combination of colors. The more unique pictures you can find, the more unique your board will be.

After you have what you think is enough (trust me, it is not enough), start tracing and cutting out your hexagons. My board used over 150 full hexagons, as well as many “sides/ends” for the fillers.

Start placing your cut-outs on the board, and glue as you go! One word of advice: Don’t place too many without gluing, because one small breeze blows them all over the place (think pets…kids…etc.). It will take a while…a few hours at least…but you’ll have a really cool final project!