Dinosaur Baby Shower Ideas: Roar-Worthy Decor, Games, and More
Roaring with joy over the arrival of a little one? Celebrate in style with a dinosaur baby shower. Whether you’re planning a gender reveal, gender-neutral, or surprise shower, this timeless theme is a fun way to honor the special occasion. Here, we’ll show you how to incorporate prehistoric creatures into your party planning process for an epic celebration that ensures a rawr-some time.
How to Plan a Dinosaur Baby Shower
With a dinosaur-themed baby shower, you’ll have an unforgettable motif that you can take in any direction you like. Here are some of our top tips for putting together a memorable dino bash, including everything from picking out dinosaur decorations to choosing fun games and party favors for your guests.
1. Pick a Time and Place
To start, figure out the timeline of when you want to actually have the dinosaur baby shower. For instance, if you’re planning the party for an expectant parent who wants to celebrate before the baby arrives, you may want to schedule the event one or two months before the baby’s due date. This gives them enough time to go through all of their gifts and get organized before the baby shows up.
If you’re the expectant parent and hosting the baby shower yourself, take into account what timing works best for you. While tradition is to have the event before the baby’s arrival, you can certainly choose to have a celebration after your precious one is born.
Once you’ve settled on a date, the next thing to do is choose a venue. Host the baby shower in your own home, opt for a free location, or pay for a special venue for the big day. Some great free places include parks, friend’s backyards, and forests — which work particularly well with the dino theme.
Other popular baby shower locations are local restaurants, hotel event spaces, and country clubs. Remember to plan ahead and make reservations if you have your heart set on a particular venue.
2. Choose Decorations
You have your theme and spot picked out, now it’s time to start dreaming up the decor. For a dinosaur baby shower party, prehistoric creatures will take center stage. Pick up classic party supplies like balloons, tablecloths, confetti, and streamers.
Look for party decor that features iconic dinos like the T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, and pterodactyls. Since this is for a baby shower, look for cute renditions of these prehistoric animals. Bright colors add a fun and vibrant tone while neutral shades and pastels are ideal for a boho-style celebration or gender-neutral baby shower.
If you’re feeling crafty, make a DIY jungle tree using brown and green Kraft paper. You can set up a table beneath the tree to hold gifts from your guests. Order balloon garland or a balloon arch to adorn the entryway of the event space.
As for table decorations, you can use dinosaur eggs as centerpieces or glass globe-shaped vases to create terrariums. Look for jungle-themed tablecloths with monstera leaves and pair them with paper pleats featuring cute dinosaurs.
3. Set the Menu
With your dinosaur party decorations all set, think about what you want to serve on the menu. Most baby showers feature finger foods and easy bites, but you can also choose to serve a full spread or have a catered meal.
There are plenty of fun dinosaur-inspired party foods. Use a dinosaur-shaped cookie cutter to cut sandwiches in cute dino shapes. You can also set out snacks and give them fun prehistoric-style labels. For example, you can label a bowl of grapes as “dino eggs” and Chex Mix as “T-Rex Mix.”
No dino baby shower is complete without a dinosaur cake — or cupcakes! Add cake toppers with words like “Hatching soon” or “Rawr” to match the theme or simply use dino-printed cupcake liners.
4. Plan Party Games
Baby shower games are a great way to engage your friends and family during the festivities. Incorporate the dinosaur theme into your trivia or bingo cards by adding elements like miniature dinosaurs and jungle motifs.
Celebrate the new baby with a diaper-changing competition. Have guests try to change the diaper on a dino stuffed animal and see who can do it the fastest.
Play “What’s Mommy Craving?” and guess what Jurassic treats she can’t live without before the baby arrives. Host a diaper raffle to ensure the parents-to-be have plenty of essentials when the little dino makes an appearance.
Another fun party idea is to set up a themed photo booth. Add props like dinosaur heads, jungle leaves, and safari hats. Ask guests to take a few snaps and leave a copy of their favorite in the guest book.
5. Say Thanks With Party Favors
Show guests how much you appreciate them by sending them home with a small momento. For dinosaur-themed baby shower favors, think dino-printed water bottles, dinosaur-shaped cookies, or tasty trail mix. You can add the date and baby’s name to the packaging for a personalized touch.
Other party favor ideas: mini terrariums with a toy dino or candles with dino-inspired scents (yes, it’s a thing!).
5 Dino-mite Dinosaur Baby Shower Invitations
Get guests ready for a dino-mite celebration with themed baby shower invitations. With Greenvelope, you can choose from a variety of customizable designs. Choose a template, select a color scheme, and add elements like music to amplify the fun factor. Here are some of our favorite dino–themed baby shower invitations for inspiration.
1. Dino Garden Invitation
Design: Vera Lim
Whether you’re hosting a boy baby shower, girl baby shower, or gender-neutral celebration, this adorable Dino Garden invitation is a perfect match. Featuring three different dinosaurs and magical elements like stars, it’s sure to generate excitement for the big event.
2. Dino-Riffic Invitation
Design: Laura Bolter Design
Invite guests to a dino baby shower with this watercolor dinosaur invite. Choose from four artist-curated colorways including purple, blue, pink, and orange. While the message is for a dino birthday party, you can easily update the text to invite guests to your dinosaur baby shower.
3. Great Adventure Invitation
Design: M. Taylor Design Co.
Ask guests to join you in celebrating a great new adventure with this hand-illustrated invitation. Use it for a baby boy dinosaur shower or a celebration honoring a little girl dinosaur. Customize the template by changing up the color palette and typography to coordinate with your event.
4. Watercolor Monstera Invitation
Design: Hooray Creative
Take a subtle approach to the dinosaur theme with this gorgeous Watercolor Monstera invitation. Featuring lush jungle leaves and three color options, it’s the perfect way to set the scene for a sophisticated, Jurassic-inspired celebration.
5. Dinoriffic Invitation
Design: Itsy Belle Studio
Spread the word about your dinosaur baby shower with this rawr-worthy invitation. You can edit this template so that each monstera leaf includes all your important party details like the date, time, and location.
Have a Rawr-some Good Time!
With this guide, you have what you need to plan a dino party theme guests will remember until the end of time. From baby shower decorations to Jurassic-inspired menu items and baby shower games, you’ll have a blast celebrating the new baby’s arrival.
Once you’re ready to tell guests about the celebration, pick out a digital invitation design that suits your baby shower theme. Add the party details, play with design elements, and click send to have it delivered to guests instantly via text or email.
For more party planning ideas, continue browsing our Stationers blog. You’ll find plenty of party themes, etiquette tips for planning a baby shower, and more.
