In order to celebrate the joy of motherhood before the baby is born, family and friends come together to organize a baby shower. Presently, the trend of green baby shower is fast catching on. It is an effective way that makes us aware of preserving the earth for the coming generation. There are a lot of sustainable and organic choices that you can make while organizing an eco-friendly baby shower. Here are a few ideas that will help you in arranging a green baby shower.
1. ‘Green’ Invite
Instead of wasting paper for sending the baby shower invites, you can opt for e-cards. This is a paperless way of sending your beautiful customized invites or you can even opt for invitations printed on recycled paper. There are many different eco-friendly materials to choose from such as cotton, bamboo and linen which are all natural fibers. If your guests happen to be internet-savvy, you could go in for e-invitation cards which can be done up in the most innovative manner using a lot of creativity. You can also highlight the green theme of your baby shower in the invitation card itself and can perhaps suggest an earthy dress code.
2. Request for ‘green’ gifts
When it comes to gifts, you could perhaps include a line or two in the invitation, requesting the guests to come in with green gifts that could be wrapped in a conventional brown paper or old gift bags. Requesting for a green and organic shower gift could be a great way for the guests to connect with the green theme. In order to avoid confusion in searching for green organic gifts, you could perhaps suggest a few websites for your guests to buy such gifts.
3. Keep the atmosphere of the baby shower earthy
The venue for the baby shower, if planned outdoors, could be an eco-friendly place that is close to nature. You could perhaps host it at the beach, in an organic restaurant, a garden or even in your back garden. You can also decorate the place in a very green way by using organic decorations in place of plastic balloons and streamers. Flowers could be used for the decoration that will bring in a touch of color and nature. Plant arrangements alongside candles, rocks and water can add more to the natural theme of the party. You can also put up little table tents with green tips written on them suggesting benefits of organic food, sustainability and other green thoughts. Make sure you place recycle bins at a close distance for trashing the gift wraps.
4. Think of an organic menu for the party
Try to keep the food in line with the green theme of the party. Organic food will let you play with a lot of colors as you can have organic fruit salad, organic green salad and organic frappe for the guests. For preparing the food, you could perhaps shop at a farmer’s market for certified organic food or can arrange a caterer who specializes in organic menus.
5. Arrange green baby shower activities and games
You could religiously stick to the green theme and try to think of ideas for fun green games. A green celebrity quiz would be interesting to start with. In this game the guests will be given a sheet of paper with a list of celebrities in one column and the green things that they are doing in the other. The guests will have to match them up. You could also include a green celebrity baby name trivia. You could search for these trivia on websites such as ‘Treehugger’ etc. The winners could be gifted organic gifts like organic creams, shampoo and lotions in cute baskets.
6. ‘Green’ shower favors
The party favors should be well thought out as your guests should remember the green theme of the party through them. For the shower favors, you can gift cute sacs of organic fruit, granola or organic chocolate truffles with a ‘thank you’ note. There are other gifts that can leave an impact on the guests such as a pretty sac containing seeds with a message asking the guests to plant them and watch them bloom just like their own baby. You can search the internet for other cool shower favors that can have your guests impressed with the overall green arrangement.
