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Gender Neutral Baby Shower

Written by Mandy

I had the honor of co-hosting a gender neutral baby shower for a very dear friend of mine.  This was new territory for me as I’ve always known the gender of the baby for planning the perfect baby shower for mom-to-be.  I wasn’t going to let that discourage me though.  I looked around for some inspiration.  This is what I discovered…there are SO many ideas for creating a beautiful, gender neutral baby shower!

Gender Neutral Baby Shower. hero image

Gender Neutral Baby Shower

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Where to Begin?

Once I started planning, I decided that I should I find color scheme that I loved and built from that.  I think that grey and yellow have such a beautiful, classic look together.

Favors

My daughter, my little side-kick in training, was very eager to help.  She and I decided on a practical favor.

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Gender Neutral Baby Shower. hand sanitizer

Who doesn’t appreciate having hand sanitizer “on hand?” (pun intended, ha).  Armed with a cricut machine, we cut out these adorable lambs on yellow paper.

Then we used a cuttlebug to give the little lamb texture. The next step was to finish it off with grey card stock and a giant craft punch out for the scalloped flower background.

Gender Neutral Baby Shower. cricut and cuttlebug

It’s quick and easy to use scrapbooking sticky dots to adhere the lamb to the flower and then also to attach them both to the bottle.  My daughter is seen here putting the pieces together!

Gender Neutral Baby Shower. glue dots

Using grey organza ribbon, I tied a bow around the neck of the hand sanitizer bottle.  Voila!  An adorable, gender-neutral baby shower favor!

Gender Neutral Baby Shower. favor

Aren’t they adorable displayed in this beautiful glass apothecary jar?

Gender Neutral Baby Shower. apethecary jar

Decor

My incredible co-host was so gracious to offer up her gorgeous home.  It was so fun decorating her house with simple decorations that were classic and cute!  These tissue paper pom balls were found at Hobby Lobby.

Using a tutorial I found on how to string up balloons in a line, we decided to accent the windows with balloons.

For the finishing touch… I decided that for the first time ever, I was going to make a banner!

Using the cricut, I began by cutting 2 different sized banner flags as the base and built up from that, alternating the colors, and textures while also using the cuttlebug on some of the layers to give it more depth.

We went with the word “baby” in yellow letters and in keeping with the lamb theme, we cut larger lambs to accent the word, “baby.”

Starting from the bottom layer with the larger grey banner flag, I then laid the smaller yellow checkered banner flag on top, then a cute doily I had on hand and topped it with a yellow letter.

 The new banner was finished off by using a hole punch and yellow ribbon to thread the pieces together.

These adorable yellow rose buds were found in a clearance craft bin and who knew they’d be perfect for this banner?  Using my handy hot glue gun, I went to work gluing two of these beauties to the top of each banner flag.

Dollar bin shopping for these adorable flower clips at the craft store and I used them to hang my new banner!

Here’s the finished product hanging on the window shutters…

Advice for Mom-To-Be

What’s a baby shower without giving mom-to-be some words of wisdom?  We decided to put a little spin on it… Not only were the guests asked to give a piece of advice to our guest of honor but they were also asked to write a sweet message about what makes her a wonderful mother already! 

The adorable little lamb was used for a second craft in this gender-neutral baby shower project!  We cut out yellow and white lambs.  Guests were asked to write their words of wisdom on them and then drop it in this glass jar.

As our guest of honor was opening her gifts, the lamb note cards were read aloud.  It was a very sweet moment.

Dessert

A friend of ours so generously donated her time and talent in the form of these adorable cupcakes!  Look closely…she used real flower stems that put these amazing cupcakes over the top!  Have you ever seen anything like this?!

Food

Here is our simple, yet delicous lunch bar.

I have to tell you…this is the most incredible chicken salad recipe I have ever had!  Seriously…and I LOVE my chicken salad on croissants.  Then again…who doesn’t?  You have GOT to make it!  You won’t regret it. 

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

  • 3 Large Chicken Breasts (double recipe), 4 cups cubed, cooked chicken
  • 1 cup mayo
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 2 green onions chopped
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 tsp seasoning salt
  • pepper to taste
  • *add cubed granny smith apples or grapes*

Steps:

Cook 3 large chicken breasts

Cube chicken breasts

Cut and prep all nuts, fruits and veggies

Put chicken cubes, prepped nuts, fruits and veggies in a large mixing bowl

Add mayo, stir

Mix in seasonings and continue to stir all ingredients together

Chill for 1 hour

Baby Showers are truly one of the most joyous occasions we will all experience!  I do hope that you’ve found some inspiration in our Gender Neutral Baby Shower.  Happy planning to all!

 

missmaesignature

 

 

If you’re like I was years ago and completely overwhelmed with the details and crafts, then you might be interested in my Baby Shower on a Dollar Store Budget e-Book that is complete with 8 video tutorials, 6 printables for planning budget, weekly checklist, shopping list and more! Read More about Baby Shower on a Dollar Store Budget e-Book HERE.  Baby Shower on a Dollar Store Budget bundle

 

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  1. Kathy Michael says

    May 28, 2018 at 4:24 am

    I like it looks elegant but not expense.l can wait until my nephew baby shower .with these wonder ideas it will turn out great. Thank you

    Reply
    • Mandy says

      May 28, 2018 at 1:38 pm

      Thanks, Kathy! Have fun planning…it’ll be beautiful!

      Reply

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