A jungle baby shower or a safari-themed baby shower gives you lots of creative room to make your baby shower your own.
A safari theme baby shower can be done for a boy or a girl. Safari baby shower decorations are easy to find, fit almost any budget, and make for absolutely adorable photos.
In this article, we’ll talk about not just baby showers but zero in on safari theme and jungle theme baby shower ideas bound to inspire you.
We’ll cover everything you need, from baby shower games to invitations, decor, and snacks to make your safari or jungle theme baby shower a hit.
Jungle theme baby shower
Planning your baby shower can be tedious.
The theme is often the most difficult thing to come up with.
A jungle baby shower or a safari baby shower offers you the chance to use bold colors, animal prints, safari animals, and lots of plants and greens to make it a wild time that’s full of fun for guests and memorable for you.
Great for either gender
A jungle theme or safari baby shower is great for boys and girls.
You can use striking and bold colors in your decor choices to make them more masculine.
Add softer colors, flowering plants, and sweet or cute jungle animals to make it more feminine.
This is also a perfect way to celebrate a baby whose gender you don’t know or have chosen not to find out.
You can go with a “wild things” vibe rather than centering on whether the baby is a girl or a boy.
Plentiful decor options
A jungle-theme baby shower is also a great option because it’s incredibly versatile. You can have this baby shower indoors or outdoors.
You can do it on a small budget using lots of greens and animal styles, or go big and exotic and fill it full of real plants and special touches.
Most party stores have party favors that will work for this theme, and you can find green decor, tablecloths, balloons, and more at most stores.
When to have a baby shower
Technically speaking, you can have your baby shower any time you want.
However, most women choose to have their baby showers after the start of the third trimester but still four weeks or so before the baby is due.
This is the norm for several reasons.
First, you tend to start nesting, a parental instinct that settles in for pregnant women, around this time. You often get a burst of energy as you prepare for the birth of your baby. This means you may have more energy to help plan and attend your baby shower.
Waiting until the third trimester also helps women who fear something may happen to their baby. Pregnancies become more viable, and early births are more survivable the further along you are.
Parents who have experienced loss or are considered high-risk may want to put off the celebration and the gifts in fear that something may happen.
The last common reason for this time frame for most showers is that most women want to have their baby shower early enough so they won’t miss their shower if they deliver early. Or have to bring their new baby with them to the shower!
However and whenever you choose to celebrate is up to you, though. You can have your shower any time you want to. There is no hard and fast rule.
Safari baby shower decorations
A safari baby shower is a theme that allows for a lot of creative freedom. You can take it in several directions, focus on several different elements, or add a fun twist and truly make it your own.
The adventure begins with you deciding which direction to take this already fun and adorable theme.
The following are some decor ideas for a jungle theme or safari baby shower.
1. Jungle Book decor
If you are a Disney fan, or even just a fan of the classic story of the Jungle Book, this is a cute take on the jungle theme baby shower.
Green balloons can make a fantastic archway that will add to the aesthetic.
Along with the balloon arch, you can add jungle leaves, panthers, bears like Bagheera and Baloo from the movie or story, and even elephants on parade.
If you don’t want to use too much green, add or substitute the greenery in the archway with gold balloons.
2. Born To Be Wild theme baby shower
Take the safari baby shower idea and expand on it to include many wild animals for your little wild one on the way.
Baby animals are a great way to have an excellent jungle theme baby shower, and you can use pictures, plush animals, cutouts, and balloon animals to make this work.
3. Monkeys
When it comes to decor, little monkeys are great ideas for couples who want to keep it fun, don’t know the gender of the baby, or do know and want their guests to have to guess.
Monkeys are fun and can be added to the space through plush animals, balloons, murals, and decorated cupcakes or cakes with these silly and cute jungle creatures.
Safari baby shower food and drink ideas
You can serve nearly any food for your guests when you decide on a safari baby shower. If you’re struggling to come up with ideas, the following may give you some inspiration.
1. Outdoor BBQ
Take your party to the great outdoors and fire up the grill. Make kabobs, grilled veggies, or any other grilled foods you and your guests like, and have a wild safari baby shower outside.
Just make sure the foods aren’t too heavy or time-consuming.
Appetizers and bite-size foods are usually the biggest and quickest crowd-pleasers for baby showers.
2. Fruit trays
Colorful fruit laid out tastefully on a tray can be a great addition and help complete the look of your jungle theme baby shower.
These sweet snacks will appeal to each guest, and it’s a great alternative to serving a full meal or heavy food.
3. Jungle juice
For fun sweet drinks that will go with almost any food, try a spin on words and flavors by making “jungle juice,” which can just be any flavored lemonade.
You can also supply bottles of water that you can call “Water Hole drinks” or tea.
The fun is in trying to create cute names for things that your guests will eat and drink.
4. Animal cupcakes
Cupcakes are a nice touch for any celebration, whether a wedding, birthday or baby’s arrival. You can get cupcake toppers on the tops of the desserts or order decorated cupcakes.
Jungle-theme baby shower games
Most standard games people play at a baby shower will work for this theme and the decor.
However, if you’re looking for some more ideas, the following can inspire mom or whoever is hosting the shower to find ways to entertain guests during the shower.
1. Bottle drinking contest
This is a lot of fun for everyone, from the new mom to the children who are guests at the party. All it requires is baby bottles and some sort of drink.
It’s a relay race, but it is based on who can chug their baby bottle the fastest.
You can give a prize to the winner of the game! It makes for lots of laughs and hilarious memories.
2. Mom and dad trivia games
If you don’t have the space or don’t want active games played, you can create a fun game that doesn’t require anyone to leave their seats.
Your friends and family will have to guess things about the soon-to-be parents, such as how much they weighed when they were born, their favorite color, and other trivia.
You can give a small gift or prize to the winner.
3. Animals in a jar guessing game
We’ve all seen those games where you must guess how many pieces of candy are in a large jar. This is the same idea, but with small plastic jungle creatures. You can get these little toys online in bulk.
Give a prize or small gift to the closest guess for lots of fun.
You can also give the creatures in the jar away as favors!
Jungle-themed baby shower invitations
Once you have a guest count and guest list for your jungle or safari baby shower, it’s time to think of an invitation design.
You can design just about anything you can think of if you are computer savvy or if you look online for templates that can easily be filled out with your party information.
The following are some ideas for your jungle theme baby shower invitations.
1. Jungle Book Baby Shower Invitation
Finding a Disney invitation design or a classic Jungle Book theme should be relatively easy. You can even use the play on words to have the invitation say, “Join us for a Wild One.”
You can have the characters from the Disney film featured, or even just a pretty jungle scene.
2. Elephant Baby Shower Invitation
Elephants are a great design choice for invitations to a safari baby shower. You can do a blue or pink background that is gender specific, or you can keep the background gender-neutral with yellow or green.
3. Giraffe Baby Shower Invitation
Giraffes are gender-neutral and oh-so-cute!
A design of baby animals, specifically giraffes, makes for truly adorable safari baby shower invitations that your guests will adore.
Animal key chain party favors
Party favors that are key chains with cute little jungle creatures are a great way for your guests and loved ones to remember the fun way you celebrated your new baby.
These can be purchased in bulk in party stores or online at sites like Etsy and Amazon.
Our biggest adventure yet
If bringing a new addition into your family isn’t an adventure, nothing is!
You can create a complete design for your invitations by simply going with a jungle scene or greenery and choosing wording such as: Join us for our biggest adventure yet!
Jungle theme baby shower
From choosing an invitation design to a cake or food for serve, the expectant mom is sure to find great ways to celebrate the arrival of her new addition when a jungle theme baby shower or safari baby shower is the theme.
Hopefully, this article has inspired you to plan the perfect baby shower.