Can you believe there was a time when only the birth of the first child was celebrated with a baby shower? That was certainly a generational ideal that has long since died out. I can’t say that I’m disappointed as not only do I LOVE to plan baby showers for all the women in my life and their babes, but I have also been the recipient of a number of baby showers for all of my babies! Today, I’d like to share with you how we planned an adorable Baby Sprinkle for my sister-in-law when she was expecting her second child.
It’s in these continued celebrations for moms with more than one child, that the idea of a planning a “baby sprinkle” was born. Since we “shower” moms of first borns with a large party, we now “sprinkle” moms of those babies thereafter, with a smaller celebration. A baby sprinkle is an opportunity to celebrate the upcoming birth of all precious babies regardless of their birth order.
When my sister-in-law and I started planning a baby sprinkle for our sister, we were honored again to be hosting such a blessed event! My SIL thought it would be fun to create a “sprinkle” theme for the baby shower sprinkle. So we set out to collect all the things we could find that had sprinkles on them. What an adorably perfect idea for a baby sprinkle!
Let’s Plan a Baby Sprinkle!
You might be wondering how we handled the situation of all the many different types of candy sprinkles, polka dots and such? We decided that it didn’t matter if we used the common candy sprinkles that are long, or the candy dots, or the confetti style sprinkles. We thought that our baby sprinkle theme would be perfect with a variety of sprinkle types…therefore we didn’t get wrapped up in that little detail.
Once we had sat down to delegate our baby shower planning tasks, we got to work collecting our items and planning crafts! If you’d like some simple planning tools, grab my free printables to help you stay on schedule, on budget and organized!
Our mother-in-law is a crafting genius and found a tutorial for making these GORGEOUS over-sized flowers out of paper. We thought they were the perfect accent to our baby sprinkle theme. What do you think?
Ah-mazing! Right? Seriously, I aspire to have her talent some day!
If you’d like to make your own baby sprinkle banner, grab my free banner printables and also check out one of my banner tutorials for inspiration!
Here’s an adorable welcome banner with baby’s name…
Table Top Decor
We decided to use polka dot scrapbooking paper 
I absolutely love these plates! We’ve used them for a number of baby showers, birthday parties and tea parties. If you have the opportunity to grab some while you are thrift store shopping…you must! We then wrapped a polka-dotted napkin
We then placed a glass frappuccino bottle with a sprinkle themed straw
In the center of the tables were small glass candle holders
Our mother-in-law crafted these precious little bassinets and put chocolates in them, one for each guest.
More Decorative Elements
Confetti balloons
Front entry table with the party favors creatively displayed. Favors were made with Eos Lip Balm
Games
How Big is My Belly
This game is a baby shower staple and super easy to put together. You could get a little fancy and grab a mason jar
Let’s Make a Baby
Each guest has 5 minutes to sculpt their very best baby out of play-doh
Baby Shower Jeopardy
This game is a blast! Every time I have played this game it has been one of the most talked about and fun! If you’d like to use this game at your next baby shower, grab my Baby Shower Jeopardy Game here!
Menu
In our village of women, we help one another out and support our baby shower efforts anyway possible. One of the best ways we do this is by providing a portion of the baby shower menu. You could consider it a potluck style with a theme, if you will. We decided on a croissant bar with complimentary sides.
Croissant Bar
We included chicken salad, bacon, ham and cheese (the guest of honor’s favorites) with condiments and veggies for our croissant bar. 
Spinach Artichoke Cups in a sprinkle cupcake liner
Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwiches
Dessert
How adorable is this sprinkle cake?! It was delicious too! My sister-in-law ordered it from Sam’s Club. Mom made this adorable cake banner!
Drinks
We served coffee, tea, lemon water and this incredible punch! My sister-in-law used cornstarch to stick the sprinkles along the rim of the punch glass. How cute is this cup?!
Lasting Memories
Baby Sprinkles are the perfect excuse to celebrate a second time mom and “sprinkle” her with gifts and things that she may need for her new baby. A baby sprinkle is a smaller celebration but for a big reason!
If you’d like more ideas planning your next baby shower or baby sprinkle, then check out my new eCourse, “5 Days to Making Your Baby Shower Plan.” It’s an email course that you can do at your own pace. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to reach out to me at mandy@missmaesdays.com!
If you’re ready to get started with planning and you’d like a more comprehensive tool for planning your next baby shower from start to finish, then you should check out my new eBook, “Baby Shower on a Dollar Store Budget,” where I walk you through my plans for creating an amazing baby shower even if you have very little crafting experience and budget! This eBook is complete with video tutorials and printables.
I hope you have a wonderful time planning your next Baby Sprinkle!
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