Nautical Baby Shower for a Boy: Day Cruise

With an appropriately nautically-themed color scheme of navy, red, and white, guests will be transported to a different time and place. Making your home into a mock ocean liner can be even more fun than actually going out to sea. Just use your creativity and a few whimsical touches to appropriately convey the idea. How about incorporating nautical objects into the room, like a lifesaver as a centerpiece, or a wooden oar for guests to sign? You could even hang white sheets to represent sails, place coils of rope on the tables, and bring a few deck chairs indoors for sunbathers (under giant umbrellas, of course.) Read More

You know the importance of first impressions. That's why it's crucial to start your theme for the party from the very beginning, with nautically-themed invitations! There are plenty of options for you to choose from, whether you want to buy your invitations or make them yourself. You can create invitations shaped like starfish, seashells, or life preservers. Maybe you want to make your own postcard invitations: just choose a personal photo from a beachy vacation to Cape Cod or Rhode Island and develop multiple copies (make sure to choose matte), then write event information on the back, stamp, and send! Read More

It's not hard to continue the nautical theme in your snacks and drinks at the party. Just think of what you'd eat at the shore! Fried clams, fish and chips, crab cakes, corn on the cob, lobster bisque, seafood pasta salad, watermelon slices, and Oreos. Think simple, think seafood, think picnic. Or get an oceanside restaurant to cater your event; if it's actually on a boat, call ahead and order your food, then pick it up to bring on board. Read More

Stumped about baby shower favors? It's easy to leave your guests with lasting memories and use your creativity too. How about a picture frame for each guest? You can paint them with nautical white and navy stripes. If you choose this idea, take Kodak photos of each guest with the mom-to-be and put all the photos in the frames before distributing them. For a simpler option, just buy nautical charms or navy and white flip-flops tied together with a ribbon to hand out to guests on their way home. Read More