School Theme Shower

I got to throw a really fun baby shower the other weekend!  It was for my older sister which of course made it even more fun!  She and her husband are super smart and there is no doubt that this baby will come out a genius, so what better way to welcome him than with a "school" theme shower?!  

We decorated with lots of #2 pencils, crayons, books and of course red apples!  Here are what the tables looked like:

I used butcher paper down the center for a runner and left crayons in shot glasses so people could get creative with their coloring during lunch.  For the napkins, I wrapped the silverware and wrapped with colored paper in different colors and a blue ribbon in the same and fastened with a diaper pin.

The flowers all came from the flower mart that's in downtown Los Angeles.  I then arranged them in square vases and wrapped them in paper and ribbon.  (I don't like seeing the bottom of stems in a vase)

Here is the appetizer table:

I had to do celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins!  

For the punch, I did a cranberry, lemonade, champagne cocktail.  And I make an ice ring using fresh cranberries, mint leaves, cranberry juice in a bundt pan and freezing. it.  Great way to keep your punch cold and make it pretty : )

The menu is as follows:

Drinks:

Champagne cocktail punch

Hot apple cider with a rum optional mix in

Iced tea

of course water

Appetizers:

Celery sticks with peanut butter and golden raisens

Butternut squash soup

Pumpkin dip

cheese and crackers

Lunch:

Mixed green salad

Mac n' cheese

Mini sandwiches consisting of peanut butter and jelly, chicken salad and turkey with provolone

Bean and corn salad

Dessert:

Peanut butter chocolate crunchies

Pumpkin cupcakes

Chocolate chip cookies

Brownies

I'm sorry I didn't take more pictures!  I got busy and then the shower was over!  But here are some other cute things we did.  I had my sister find great school and kid pictures of her and her husband when they were kids and we did a big bulletin board full of them.  

Instead of games, we did a craft to help decorate the nursery.  Lisa found super cute canvas tiles and we had everyone paint one:

So cute right?!

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