Elephant-Themed Baby Shower

Today, I am sharing some pictures from a baby shower I helped organize. I was in charge of the décor, dessert, drinks, and games. I had a blast planning everything, but it was also a lot of work. I decided on elephants for the theme since it was for a boy, and choose baby blue and gold as the colors. I listed the sources below each picture not only for you readers, but for myself should I ever need to purchase these items again. :)

I made a diaper cake by purchasing a kit that came with the cardboard cutouts. I purchased the diapers and stuffed animal topper separately (I found both the topper and the diapers at Home Goods). Since the base was cardboard, I purchased a plastic cake stand from Hobby Lobby so that the cake was more sturdy. Making my own diaper cake was SO MUCH cheaper than ordering a pre-made diaper cake from places such as Etsy (the prices range from $50 to $75 for each one plus shipping!), and it was relatively easy (you just need lots of rubber bands and a good YouTube video tutorial.

Diaper cake kit (no longer available, but similar here)
Diaper cake base (used a plastic cake stand similar to this)

Favors
For the favors, I made mini honey jars. These turned out super cute and the guests loved taking one home. Since the jars are glass, they can be re-used also or repurposed for something else.

Mini honey jars (exact style unavailable; similar here)
Mini honey dippers
Tags (custom made)
3D bee stickers

Dessert
For dessert, I dipped home made rice krispie treats in white chocolate with baby blue food coloring. Each treat was embellished with sugar pieces that either looked like a baby's face or baby feet. I individually wrapped them and placed in them in a fun children's chest for display.

Blue food coloring
Individual bags
Metallic gold ribbon
Gold foil lollipop sticks
Children's dome trunk (exact style unavailable; similar here)
Elephant picture frames
It's a boy tags
Corduroy elephant (exact style unavailable; similar here)

I also ordered custom made elephant sugar cookies from Etsy. They were from this store. They arrived perfectly intact (not a single one was broken) and tasted fresh. The exact cookies I ordered were these, but I changed up the colors to match the theme.

The main focus of the desserts was the beautiful custom cake I ordered. I found a similar design online and emailed it to my cake designer. She did an AMAZING job. The cake stole the show AND tasted great too (the flavor was strawberry cream and chocolate ganache).

Table Setting
For the table setting, I chose gold chargers to go under the plates to tie in the theme colors. There were advice cards for the mom-to-be at each plate setting, along with a honey jar favor and water bottle wrapped in an elephant sleeve.

Advice card for mom-to-be
Gold charger plates (exact style unavailable; similar here)
Baby blue table cloth
White napkins
Mini plastic pacifier decoration (these were attached to the gold ribbon around the napkins)
Bottle wrappers found online
Metallic gold ribbon
It's a boy tags

Games
Celebrity Baby Name Game
Baby Bingo
Candy Guessing Game
What's in Your Purse Game
Word Scramble
The Price is Right

Food and Drink
Most the appetizers were from Trader Joe's (one of my favorite stores) and all the food was home made by my mother (she is an amazing cook!). For drinks, we served a non-alcoholic fruit punch made with fresh berries and sparkling lemonade, soda, and wine.