{Part 3} Nautical Baby Shower Decor

We spent about 2 months scouring Ross, Home Goods, and Marshall's to find as much nautical decor we could. Our color scheme was Red, Blue and Yellow so we had to spray paint a lot of the decor but it was so worth it because it made items pop more. The large sailboats were the first items we found and were the centerpiece of the tablescape. We had two rows of 3 tables with all decor in the center of the table. 

My sister Nadine as always was my trusty sidekick and helped me every step of the way. She made the live preservers with styrofoam rings and white/red streamers. Other DIY included the sailboat, anchor, and lighthouse details on the diaper cakes. Those were made using polymer clay and cookie cutters. My sister and I painstakingly wrapped and tied 100 forks with Livesaver Mints and jute, but they are adorable!! Those pelicans just make me smile they are perfect.

The sailor rubber duckies are adorable we found them online do not recall the shop. The letter E's were spray painted yellow they were green :) We placed favors at each setting. We got the cutest round containers at Paper Mart and I love how the red and yellow Sixlets look with the blue striped container. The Ikea frames are so versatile I added pictures from my sister's maternity shoot (I took the pictures, I just thought if I said maternity shoot it would sound cooler) and finished them off with some ribbon.

I couldn't get a good picture of the nautical flags because my lens is not a wide angle :( but you can see it somewhat. The banner was about 100 ft. long. It took me about 8 hours to cut and sew all the felt flags.  I LOVE it to pieces. It really helped frame the tent and made everything more put together. The backdrop was made using a navy poster board with wood letter bought at Michael's and spray painted yellow. The lighthouse was one of the last items we purchased but we love it! 

These boy party ideas were also featured on Spaceships and Laser Beams.

{Part 2} Nautical Baby Shower Invitation and Games

Front

The theme and invitations were the first detail we put together. Even before my sister knew her baby was a boy I had already created the invite in Photoshop and had started to gather pins on my Nautical Party Pinterest board. You can imagine how elated I was when we confirmed it was a boy and that my sister OK the theme. 

Back

The invitation was a  3" square with two sides and included an insert business card size. The front of the insert was in English and the back in Spanish. I printed them through Pro Digital Photo. They are awesome, great quality, and fast turnaround. 

Diaper Insert 

If you have never checked out Paper Mart you are missing out. It is my go to site for packaging and other party related needs. I decided to box the invites in a 3.5x3.5 red jewelry box (product number 4563033) added some yellow shred  and finished them off with a white cording (469931010) from Paper Mart as well.

All dolled up.

 I also ordered these cards which we made into scratchers. We followed a Pinterest tutorial to make the scratcher "paint" I don't know what else to call it. Its a 2:1 ratio of Silver Metallic Paint and Dawn liquid soap.

We played the Guessing game in which we also filled a giant baby bottle we picked up at JoAnn's and filled it with 274 Swedish Fish candy. I couldn't find it in bulk so I bought 18 of the movie size candy boxes to fill it. (I wish I had pictures of it but with all the things I had to do it slipped my mind) The guests recorded their guesses on these cards that I printed. Again the cards were in both English and Spanish. 

Games 

Guessing Game- Guess the number of Swedish Fish in Giant Baby Bottle.

Scratcher- Who ever had the word Baby Eli won.

Feeding Game- 3 pairs compete to see who can finish a baby food jar the fastest. Feeder is blind folded.

Pour it up Pour it up- That's what I called it because I like Rihanna's song ;) You take 3 bottles and fill them up with juice or another drink and whoever is the first to drink it all wins. I used the medicine cups that have the bottle nipple attached to them, which I purchased at the 99 cent store. 

Dress the Baby- I bought three huge babies at Walmart (11 dollars each) and purchased three sets of clothes at the 99 cents store. A baby hat, socks, onesies, and diapers. Whoever dresses the baby first wins. 

Guess Mommy's Tummy- E

ach guest cut a piece of string the size they though my sister's tummy was. The closest without going over wins.

Bingo- Created Bingo cards in Photoshop and used these cute pencils to check off the boxes. I ordered the pencils from a this seller on Ebay. She is amazing! Fast shipping and great quality. 

Bingo Cards

Golf Pencils Jeremiah 1:5 Yup, just  Tim Tebowed it ;)

We handed out the Nautical Boutineer pins to each of our guests. I LOVE this ribbon also from Paper Mart (5828072). I cut 14" long strips, folded in half, tied a nautical knot and hot glued a pin to the back to attach. 

Phewwww that was a long post. Hope you enjoyed some of the details. I will be posting the tablescape details soon so please stay tuned!