Paperlicious is Seeing Stripes! Zebra Print Baby Shower Ideas for your Wild Animal Themed Party

A typical day in the life of a mommy can satisfy anyone's desire for a walk on the wild side! Why not celebrate the wildly fabulous things about becoming a parent at your Zebra Stripes Animal Print Baby Shower?

Stripes are the new black and white, folks. One look at these zebra invitations from paperlicious and you can hear your guests complimenting your creativity for a baby shower that's out of the box and super chic. We invite you to host your own safari-inspired baby shower with Paperlicious and these easy suggestions.

As your zebra shower begins to take shape, remember that with paperlicious, the zebra's natural habitat stays safe. Invites are always printed on 100% recycled fiber papers. Make some more wild-animal friendly choices for your party with tableware from greenpartygoods.com. The real-looking print on these plates would make any zebra proud.

For an eye-catching treat you know everyone will love, go with classic m&m's. You can custom order them in any color to match your party theme. Mix the light blue or light pink with black. Pour them into several small candy dishes around the party area and viola! instant safari striped sweetness and a fun conversation starter.

Set tables by covering with a zebra print fabric. Choose a bright ribbon, about 3" wide and run it down the center of the table for a punch of color. Purchase a couple of children's books with a zebra theme to set up on the table and then give them to the new baby as his/her shower favor. We love the word games and alphabet fun in "A is for Zebra" by Shulman and Petrosino.


We LOVE these adorable zebra striped cookes from www.pinkcakebox.com. The good news about these adorable zebra stripe cookies is that you can absolutely make them yourself if you prefer. Purchase some pre-colored black fondant, roll it thin, and slice with a knife into irregular thin stripes. Then place them randomly on white-iced sugar cookies. By the way-did you know the technique used to fill in a cookie with icing is called "flooding." Here's a great tutorial on flooding cookies: www.cakejournal.com Now fill a tray for the food table to be served during the party or wrap them up with a bright ribbon as the favor. Another sweet idea is to dip strawberries or frozen bananas in white chocolate and then drizzle with dark chocolate for a tasty zebra striped confection.

Also check out beau-coup.com for an endless supply of personalized baby shower favors that your guests are sure to go wild about!

This may be one of our favorite new baby shower themes. It's clever, cute, and really quite simple to make your Zebra themed baby shower a wild success!

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Couples Shower Ideas: Showering the Mom and Dad-to-be

Many awesome dads are involved in every aspect of their partner's pregnancy: going to every appointment, talking to the tummy, painting the nursery, gaining those sympathy pounds...Why not involve them in the social celebration of welcoming their new little one? Although the thought of attending a baby shower appeals to very few men, Paperlicious can help you plan a couples baby shower to honor both mom and dad without scaring anyone away!

To make the men feel welcome and comfortable in this traditionally "girly" territory, you're going to have to convince them with your invitation that this isn't your typical "cute" get-together. Paperlicious offers everything from animals to airplanes and guitars to grills; so no matter the theme (or lack thereof), your hip invitation is 100% appealing to the men (and the environement). For a simple gathering of well-wishing friends, we love the red plaid and diaper pin from the punk rock invitation series.

Forget cute games like "identify this secret baby food" or "guess how big mom's belly really is" (does any pregnant mother enjoy that?). If games suit your group, here are a couple that go great with a co-ed crowd. How about a race? Get a couple of inexpensive umbrella strollers used at a thrift store or borrow a few from your other parent-friends. Divide into two teams (can be guys against girls or coed teams) and set up a short course to run with the stroller. Put a doll in the seat that must stay safely inside the stroller at all times. Be sure to use a stop watch and let the pregnant couple keep the time and decide the winners.

Play "some assembly required" and have couples work together to assemble common baby equipment. Make it fun with no directions or inadequate tools for more laughs and creativity.

Food brings people together. Your shower menu will set the tone for the event and provide an avenue through which your guests and friends can enjoy one another's company. A meal is probably the best option. You could have a casserole style buffet of feel-good foods or try a man-friendly back-yard barbeque.

Don't fuss too much about the decor as half of your guests will not notice it! Cover the main table and use a vintage baby toy for your centerpiece. We like the new and like-old toys on warmbiscuit.com. Your table will be simple and your centerpiece(s) will have guests reminiscing about their favorite old toys. If your purchase a new version of an old toy, you can then give it to the parents of honor.

Gifts are the same at a coed shower as at a girls only shower. The difference is that dad shares the fun of opening gifts. In fact, let him open them all if he likes. Mom will most likely have other showers for baby where she is the sole gift-opener. Here's a fabulous non-traditional idea. Give a group gift. Talk to your guests ahead of time and arrange to pay for the family's birth announcements once baby is born. Paperlicious offers so many choices, your friends will find just what they are looking for in an announcement as personal and special as their little one. Your thoughtfulness will touch their hearts and save them money at a very expensive time.

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The Incredible $0.99 Sale at Paperlicious.com

For two days only, every invitation in our store is just $0.99 each!! And all of our invites are Made In The USA.

Visit Paperlicious.com today for our exclusive selection of fresh baby shower invitations, bridal shower invitations, child birthday invitations, twins invitations, pool party invites, summer invites, and more!

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