Who doesn't love ladybugs? animated red with slippery black spots, these tiny creatures are popular by gardeners for their prowess in pollinating flowers and defending plants against the ravages of aphids. face the garden, ladybugs are revered as all from symbols of luck to foretellers of romance. In Ireland, ladybugs are seen as a sticker of protection and compel - quite a lot for the tiny insect! The Romany of Eastern Europe view them as bringers of good fortune, and an old wives' tale claims the estimate of spots on a ladybug's wings foretells the estimate of children you will have.
So, what better theme for a baby shower than the popular ladybug? A ladybug shower is easy to throw, and you will find this tiny garden muse lends itself perfectly to any celebration.
Home Made Baby Shower Invitations
Baby Shower Invitations and Other Stationery
A multitude of ladybug baby shower invitations can be found online, and you'll want to articulate the look and feel of your ladybug shower with matching thank you cards (which make a great small gift for the mom-to-be) and return address labels. But think about your party favors also! Soy candle tins topped with ladybug stickers are both cute and practical, but you can also find ladybug-themed candy bar wrappers and personalized labels to place on bags of red and black jellybeans.
Baby Shower Luncheon Ideas
With a ladybug baby shower, your colors are built in; red and black napkins, plates and utensils are excellent for a luncheon, and you can in effect continue the ladybug theme throughout your shower meal. Salads are an inescapable option (ladybugs love to live surrounded by the leaves, after all), but reconsider also a fruit salad of raspberries and blueberries - a Ladybug Fruit Salad. Red and black-spotted cupcakes are an ideal dessert as well. For drinks, a red fruit punch with frosty blueberries or, for the adults, a red wine sangria filled with dark red grapes.
Other Ideas For Your Ladybug Shower
Fun baby shower games are a must, and you can contain Mrs. Ladybug in each of them. A Ladybug or garden Trivia Game will get everybody involved, and you can award ladybug stickers for each literal, answer. If guests will be bringing children, put up a ladybug version of an old favorite: Pin the Spot on the Ladybug. You can also gift your littlest baby shower guests with red and black sparkle ladybug antennae to wear throughout the party. For gifts, give a baby shower appropriate a ladybug twist with a Ladybug Diaper Cake.
Whether you love them as symbols of good fortune, for their usefulness in the garden, or just for their cuteness, ladybugs make a great theme for every type of baby shower - boy, girl, twins or triplets, inside luncheon or garden party.
Ladybug Baby Shower