John Deere Baby Shower

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As soon as I found out my sweet cousin was pregnant, I was already jumping at the chance to throw her a Baby Shower.  I absolutely love planning parties – can you tell?!

We live in east Tennessee and she's quite the country girl, so when she found out that she was having a little boy {Mr. Brantley – can't wait to meet him!}, she told me she'd like to have a John Deere Baby Shower theme.  Hmmm.  It wasn't exactly what I planned on, but we could roll with it!

I don't know about you, but when I plan Parties, Showers, anything – I do them as efficiently and inexpensively as possible.  Whether I'm spending my own money or someone else's there are ways of decorating on a budget.  One of my favorite ways to do this is to get key pieces of your theme and then decorate with a few key colors to tie everything together. 

With the John Deere Baby Shower, I purchased the John Deere-inspired artwork, complete with "It's a Boy" and Brantley's name.  I punched out the circles to use as Cupcake Toppers.  I also used the artwork for centerpiece flags and stickers to put on Bubbles {for small party guests} and Mason Jars that were our table centerpieces.

Each table had a quart Mason Jar with yellow or green crinkled paper and two Marshmallow Pops.  I love making these Marshmallow Pops because they're always a hit {they're yummy}, relatively inexpensive and easy to make, and you can make them go with ANY theme.  I doubled up the marshmallows on these, put them on a cute paper straw, and dipped them in candy melts before rolling in sprinkles!

I surrounded all of the centerpieces with little felt cut-outs.  I had Baby Bottles, Baby Rattles, Tractors, and of course the John Deere "deer" cut out in green and yellow felt.

Although these were made a bit different, they're pretty closely made just like my tutorial of the Goldfish Marshmallow Pops that I made for Moreaya's Beach Birthday Party.

I chose to focus on the "country" aspect of John Deere with both our decor and our finger foods menu.  Sophia even had a few John Deere toys that we tied balloons to and used to decorate the food tables.

We put all of our food in baskets with fabric lining.  I came up with some fun food ideas and we served:

• Pigs in a Blanket – Little hotdogs wrapped in crescent rolls
• Cow Patties – no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies
• Chips
• Goldfish
• Haystacks – chow mein noodles covered in butterscotch
• Candy Pacifiers
• Cupcakes
• Lemonade

I had lots of leftover Goldfish from the Beach Party, so I stuck a little sign that said "Gone Fishin", made a little makeshift fishing pole, and they fit perfectly in the country theme!

I can't take credit for these little cuties.  Another family member made them, but I had to share!  They were too cute and a big hit too!

This turned out to be an easily adaptable theme and a fun one too!  If you have a little guy or gal that loves John Deere – or country/cowboy themes, you can really have fun with it!