Elegant Baby Shower Ideas on a Budget
Are you currently in the process of planning a baby shower and just now realizing how these kinds of events can rack up in cost really fast? If so, Just In Case Party Rentals is here to help give you some suggestions with some budget friendly ideas while still having your shower look elegant as ever.Â
The first thing you should do when it comes to planning an event, is deciding when and where you would like to have it. Since having events at certain venues is one of the main reasons why hosting an event can cost a lot of money, we recommend trying to host your shower at your house, a close friend or family member’s house, at a park, or in a church. These locations are the cheapest option for you to utilize and you can still decorate your event to help brighten up the place and the baby shower party theme of your dreams. Depending on where you decide to host your event, you may not have enough tables and chairs for all of the people you invited. We can help you in that department by having you rent tables and chairs from us so then everyone can have a guaranteed seat and place to set their things/food.Â
Once the location and time details are all situated the next most important thing to be taken care of is creating and sending out invitations. We know some printing sites can cost a lot depending on how many invitations you need. Which is why you should consider sending digital invitations, find a free printable invitation template online for you to use, create your own on Canva, or create a Facebook event page for your invites instead. All that matters is everyone you wish to celebrate this special milestone and new chapter with can get all of the information they need in order to attend your event.Â
The next thing to think about is food. While ordering from a catering company is nice and helps take a lot of the stress off, it also can cost a pretty little penny depending on how much food you need, what kind of food you’re ordering, and where you’re ordering it from. While we know this isn’t always the most preferred option, you could make the food yourself or have some friends or family members help you make the dishes as well. Another suggestion we have, which can also help make your event even more unique is having people bring a dish for everyone to have and it can be like a potluck with a lot of choices and variety for everyone to choose from. Another suggestion is if you’re having your party be hosted in between people’s normal meal times, you could also just do small food items or simple finger foods. This can be a cheaper option while also still having your event look nice. Your guests will also want some snacks to munch on while they wait for the main food to be ready, and we have just the thing you need. Our concessions are a good and fun food option for you to consider having for your guests. We have popcorn, cotton candy, and a snow cone machine. You could get just one or all three!
You can’t have food without plates, silverware, etc. While having special dishware is always a nice touch to any event, it also isn’t that necessary at the same time. You can still get high end looking dishware that is actually just plastic silverware and paper dishes from a dollar store, Target, or Walmart. You may even be able to find some baby shower themed plates and cups as well!Â
It isn’t really a baby shower without cute decorations! Party decorations can also end up costing a lot of money, but this is mainly because people tend to go a little overboard sometimes. While having plenty of decorations to match your theme is nice, you also don’t have to go overboard with it either. You can actually find a lot of party decorations off of Amazon, the dollar store, Target, or Walmart for quite cheap as well! Another thing for you to consider is trying to make some of your decorations as well. It’s always fun to let your crafty side out every once in a while and having your guests see you take that extra step in making sure your baby shower is precisely how you want it will help make this special occasion even more special for you and everyone else. To help make your event look even more elegant and special you could also order some linens from us. We have a very big selection of colors and patterns that’ll fit whatever you want your theme to be perfectly. We also have customized event rentals for you to get from us as well. Whatever you wish to have on a banner, tent top, etc. is our command! Having something that is specially customized will really give your event a different kind of wow factor.Â
Many baby showers also tend to have some sort of balloon arch photo op as well. These are always such a cute thing to have and are normally the thing that helps bring your baby shower theme all together. However, because balloons and helium being on the pricier side and having a special person having to come out and help put it together is what normally brings the cost of these events over the top. Thankfully, ever since balloon arches and backdrops started trending retail stores have created easy to put together and cheaper balloon arches for people to buy and do themselves. Then the most expensive thing that you’ll have to worry about for this addition is buying a helium tank. Which in the long run is still cheaper than getting a specially ordered balloon arch. However, you’re also putting together a whole event and maybe you don’t want to add another thing on your to do list. If that’s the case, then we can also help you take a load off with this one by having you rent our photo booth from us. This is not only something that we put together and take down, but you don’t have to worry about any clean up for this at all. We can even make this rental option even more special for you by having you fill out our custom photo booth template and make it exactly how you want your party theme to be.Â
Most baby showers have some kind of games as well that are baby themed and are always a fun thing to do throughout the event. Most baby shower games are guessing games or a game that involves a special template for your guests to write all of their answers on. Thankfully the guessing games are the easiest thing to put together because all you really need for this is a sign saying what the game is and how to play. For this you can easily find a free template to use from online or you could create your own on Canva. Then for the guests to write their answers on, you could also find a free template online or make it on Canva. You could also just go the simple route for this and just have a pad of paper for everyone to take as well since most people probably won’t keep that item from your shower. You can also do some more hands on game options as well by renting some yard games or interactive games from us as well. There really is no such thing as having too much party entertainment for your guests to do and enjoy. Some fan favorite options that everyone loves to see at an event are corn hole, giant connect four, giant jenga, giant horseshoes, and yardzee.
To help make these party activities even more catered towards your event, you can also get customized yard games from us! That’ll really get people to want to play the yard games cause it’s not everyday where you see customized yard games.
Then for everyone’s most favorite part of an event, dessert. Depending on what kind of desserts you would like, how much you would like, how you would like them to look, and the size of them can be a big cost factor on what brings events to cost so much money. We would recommend trying to make the desserts yourself if they’re not anything too crazy to make like cake, cupcakes, cookies, etc. If you would prefer to order the dessert and would like there to be some form of cake, we also saw that ordering cupcakes tends to be cheaper than ordering a whole cake as well. The one thing that we would splurge on is getting specially made cookies because almost every baby shower tends to have cookies with a special design that matches the baby shower theme. But, you should also look and do some research to see if you or anyone you may know, knows someone who can make special desserts before immediately deciding to order from a bakery.Â
Then lastly, most baby showers tend to have some kind of party favor. Now the fact that you’re even considering doing a party favor is more than enough and you should not have to worry on making it this big thing because most party favors do end up being unused. For the party favors, you could consider giving the guests a bag of cookies with a special tag attached to the bag, which you could also make on Canva. You could also give everyone a single bathbomb wrapped in special wrapping with another customized tag. You could even do a simple DIY party favor as well. Whatever you end up deciding, it’ll still be more than appreciated by your guests and a cute special addition to have at your shower.Â
As you can see, there are many ways and options to have an elegant but affordable baby shower that is everything you have been imagining in your head and that all of your guests will love.Â