Woodland Baby Shower Decor

When planning a baby shower, pinterest will quickly lead you down a rabbit whole of inspiration for decorations. My aunt and I both collected up a few of our favorite ideas and worked with the entire family to bring them to life. I’ve talked about the amazing food and floral arrangements from Safeway over the last couple of days and today I wanted to share how all the woodland baby shower decor came together. 

My cousin decided not to find out the gender of her baby till they are born which meant everything at the shower would be be gender neutral and a woodland theme was the perfect inspiration for creating a backdrop that could be perfect for celebrating both a little girl or a little boy. 

In this photo you can see a few of the DIY projects that we’ll dive into including the gift table teepee, woodland candle luminaries and the wooden cutout forest. We also put together a woodland onsie station where guest could decorate their own onesies for the mom-to-be. 

DIY Woodland Luminaries 

I came across a tutorial on how to make luminaries for the holidays and thought this might be a fun project to try as a part of the decorations for the cake table. This was such an easy and fun DIY to work on. First I purchased a bundle of woodland animals from the Silhouette studio and cut out a set that would fit the various recycled jars I had rounded up. Next I applied the cut vinyl to the jars and spray panted the color on. It was really just that easy. 

The lesson I learned with this project is that real candles do make the jars to hot. For safety I recommend you use battery operated lights instead of the ones I used, all of these were blown out immediately after taking these photos. 

Tabletop Teepee Decoration

I am obsessed with how adorable teepees for kids are. For the gift table there was no reason to make a full size, functional teepee but having one with a bit of height created a space for the little bear to sit. To make this teepee I used 3 yards of fabric, 3 large wooden dowels, and 2 yards of cord. I cut the cord in half and used half the cord to hold the dowels in a teepee shape. Next we took the fabric and draped it around the frame, again tying the top off with the cord. Clothing pins folded the fabric doors back inside. 

This wasn’t the most sturdy or functional teepee but it worked perfectly for the decorations! 

Wooden Shower Cut Outs 

My aunt is an amazing wood artist and she made both the trees for the gift table and a stork with a darling baby hedgehog for the entrance of the house. The hedgehog was taken directly off the shower invitation design and I can’t get over how sweet his little face turned out.

Woodland Shower Guest Book 

This was another incredibly easy project to put together. The art itself is a quote printed by Office Max on 16×18″ card stock and the stamps and stamp pads came from Joanne Fabric. You could do this with virtually any quote and make a custom piece of artwork to hang in a nursery. 

Onesie Decorating Station 

Decorating onesies for the new baby is a fun project for everyone to work on and makes the perfect shower gift after the party is done. We used heat transfer vinyl and cut out a variety of woodland patterns for guests to choose from. We set up an iron and a stack of onesies and everyone was able to personalize their design during the party. 

Other Woodland Shower Goodies

I didn’t make either of these two last items but they are both so adorable that I needed to share them! 

My cousins mother in law made this adorable little guy out of cheese, olives, and nuts. He was just so sweet it was almost hard to cut into the guy! 

I’m obsessed with banners right now and this beauty was made by a gal right here in Denver. This is the second banner I’ve ordered from her and I am always in love with the quality and uniqueness. These guys are each about 10 inches tall and cut from heavy card stock. You can find more designs like this on Let’s Get Stamping.

This was such a fun party to put together and I can’t wait to meet my new little cousin in just few weeks! You can see the rest of the party and learn how Safeway helped bring it all together on my posts about Safeway’s easy catering trays and Safeway’s Floral Arrangements.

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