The Adventures of John and Rach: Fun Baby Shower Ideas

My friend is having twin boys so my friends and I decided to throw her a baby shower. We decided to do a fall colored boy theme and it came out beautifully.

First we went to hobby lobby and party city to find fun paper and tissue paper in in our color scheme.
Then we made tissue paper pom poms.

I wish I have taken pictures of us assembling these, but I was pretty focused on trying to make them. These are way easier to make than I expected. First you take 8 sheets of the same color tissue paper and stack them on top of each other. Then folder them width wise accordian style, about 1 or 2 inch folds. Then once you have folded it up, cut the ends into a half circle. Then secure the middle of the paper with a twist tie or piece of wire. Then start separating the layers of tissue paper and fluff them out to make a full circle.

After that we used our craft paper to make fans.

These were slightly harder to make but looked amazing. First you take 1 sheet of paper and fold it in 1 inch accordion folds. Then take another sheet of paper the same color and repeat. Then fold the accordion folded sheet in half and glue, tape or staple (we used staples) to secure the two ends together. Repeat this for the other sheet of accordion folded paper. They should make half circles when stretched a little. Then secure the bottom of one of the half circles to the top of the other half circles. Again I should have taken pictures.

We also used craft paper to make a banner. We cut the paper into two triangles and glued them to each other and a piece of string.

For one of our games we decorated onesies with fabric scraps and fabric markers. I printed off different boy themed animals, shapes, etc. and listed some cute phrases to give the guests some ideas. Then I set out the fabric scraps, fabric glue, scissors, and fabric markers and let the guests do what they wanted.