I have received a lot of compliments and questions about my baby shower and what inspired me to choose the theme I chose. Also, how and where I gathered everything from.. Well, here's some photos and information that I hope will help those who want to do a carnival theme party!The inspiration was actually from Pinterest! At the time, we didn't know the sex of the baby, and wouldn't until 3 weeks before the party! So I needed a gender neutral theme that was my style.. I am definitely not the rubber ducky or outplayed shower themes kind of gal! I wanted to have FUN! Isn't that what a party is all about? So, I started searching all of the pinterest posts and fell in love with a circus/carnival theme!!
I got a LOT of inspiration from Melissa at Buckets of Grace! She had so many posts with adorable photos from a party she hosted.
She had such a cute photo booth, so I hadddddd to have one! Here is mine:
My mom has a storage shed in her back yard, so I used that as my photo booth area. I ordered this curtain background from Oriental Trading.
My mom owns a horse so the hay stacks were just laying around on hand. We eventually placed a blanket on top so it was such so itchy on the tushy!
We had that wicker basket already and my mom decided to spray paint it red to match, and filled it up with games and props.
The other bucket was actually filled with old Halloween costumes and props my cousin lent to us for the kids who attended the party!
I made a card box myself. I wrapped an old box in metallic silver wrapping paper, then added strips of tickets.
You can order the same tickets from here, They come in several colors and styles.
My Sweets table!!
The other bags, with the carnival characters are from here!
I found the glass vases and cupcake holders at the thrift store. I made them a whole bunch cuter with carnival tickets and ribbon.
I filled 'em up with licorice, gumballs, and other things.
The tables all had these cute skirts, I ordered several colors and this adorable red & white striped one.
I had two cupcake stands, one was made by my grandpa, and the Big Top, I ordered here!
I have to admit, my feet were way too swollen to do any of the baking.. So a big thank you to my mom and sisters who baked a LOT of cupcakes, cake pops and 2 cakes!
I found some carnival theme stuff at Michael's that were on clearance.. but you can order similar cupcake papers and toppers from Oriental Trading.
I used this treat bag and topped it with these Carnival animal lollipops.
Here are a list of some other things I ordered:
- Carnival character cutouts! (You can see these in the photos above on the fence post.)
- Carnival Rubber duckies! I numbered these randomly and had a matching game set up with a tub filled with water for the kids. This was their favorite activity!
- Gumballs! I filled up one of the thrifted vases with these.
Inside of these bags I put a "Carnival trail mix" that I found from Munchkin Munchies!
I made mine with:
- animal crackers
- fruit loops
- honey nut cheerios
- Sam's Club brand trail mix
- peppermint mini marshmallows.
