Oh, Boy! Baby Shower

I planned a baby shower for a gal I hardly know at church, but I am so glad I did because I know she appreciated it (she is new to the area like me). I strayed from the usual and really wanted to do something a bit more boy-ish. I woke up one night (seriously!) and knew that I had to do a sports theme. But not your basic one, instead I wanted to create the food and fun around "going" to the game. I had some great items on hand in my future-party-stash, so it was all pretty cost effective.

Food:

• Soft Pretzels with Mustard
• Sports Theme Cupcakes
• Caramel Corn
• Soda Pop
• Water Bottles

Decorations:

• Ice cooler
• Red and blue balloons and streamers
• Baseballs
• Windmills
• Popcorn bags
• Hot dog baskets with liners

Activities:
I made tickets with a different section, row, and seat number for each guest. When that ticket was announced, they had the opportunity to shoot some balls into a basketball-type mesh setup (thank you Jen for letting me borrow it!) - 10 balls in the hoop within 30 seconds.
The winners received some silly prizes...

Prizes:

• Oh Boy! Oberto Beef Jerkey
• whoopie cushions
• velcro catch balls
• go-fish magnet game
• bagged cotton candy

*Note* These pictures are perhaps some of the worst I have taken in a long time. The party was not held at my house, and having never been there before, the set-up and light that I had to work with was not ideal.

I have been itching to use these popcorn bags for ages.

It never ceases to amaze me how many times I have used these baseballs as decor. I loved that I could just grab them off my shelf!

who doesn't have a cooler? :)

Another gal made these, thank goodness! so cute.



I was in love with these at first site last year when I found them on sale at World Market. I needed a few more, (they are in a pack of 6, red and yellow), so thankfully they had them in stock again (but ugh, not on sale). The cutest red and white checked liner comes separately.

Overall, I think it was very "Oh, Boy!"