In my opinion, the best season of the year is fall. At least where I’m living in southwest Ohio, the weather cools off and crisps up, the leaves start falling, and pumpkin everything is finally unleashed! It’s the perfect time to celebrate a mom-to-be in your life. If you’ll be throwing a baby shower this season, we’ve got a ton of adorable (and pumpkin-centric) ideas to make this the cutest shower ever!
Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch Fall Baby Shower
The theme practically speaks for itself–a pumpkin patch baby shower! Have you ever heard of anything cuter?
Fall Baby Shower Venue
If there happens to be one nearby and it fits within your party budget, we can’t think of a better place to host this shower than a pumpkin patch! Many orchards, farms, and pumpkin patches near us offer party packages with dedicated space for celebration and maybe a treat or two thrown in. (Fingers crossed, it’s an amazing apple cider donut!)
If you’d rather host at your home, there are so many ways to bring a pumpkin patch to you. See more ideas under “Decor”.
Invites
Invitations for a pumpkin-themed baby shower come in any variety your heart desires. We love what you can find easily (and some you can download instantly) on Etsy!
This is a sweet choice for gender-neutral pumpkin-themed showers. It also incorporates greenery that would look beautiful with white pumpkins and buffalo plaid accents at the shower!
We love how this invite adds the vintage truck to the fall theme! It’s an excellent choice for a baby boy’s celebration.
If you’d like a more subtle fall and pumpkin vibe and you’re celebrating a little girl, we love an invitation that adds fall florals. The colors on this design are stunning and would look beautiful in any location!
This invite keeps it simple and perfectly fall. It’s the perfect selection for your shower at the pumpkin patch!
Decor
As we mentioned above, if you’re not throwing this shower at an actual pumpkin patch, you can bring the pumpkin patch to your home or any other venue!
If you’re going for a subtle pumpkin patch theme, this greenery-inspired tablescape is the perfect setup. We love using the greens as a runner on the table and building it up with as many pumpkins as possible. You can make it gender-specific with tones of blue or blush, or gender-neutral with gray or sage green. You can carry this same table decor over to the food table, gift table, and backdrop where mom-to-be will be opening presents.
A few hay bales go a long way in transforming your front or backyard into a pumpkin patch! Stack the hay bales with an assortment of pumpkins and have a sign designed to welcome guests (or write your own on a chalkboard!). We love the added touch of the dried corn stalks in this look as well.
If you’re going to do favors for shower guests, use them as part of the decor. Who doesn’t love Bath and Body Works fall products? Arrange hand soap, hand sanitizer, or lotion on a table and have guests choose one on their way out of the shower.
Menu
A fall-inspired menu is easy to come by for this shower—just make sure there’s plenty of pumpkin everything!
A spread of cute appetizers will add not only to the menu for your shower but also to the decor. We love a fruit and veggie platter that’s presented in a fun way, as well as elevating classic appetizer staples like deviled eggs to match the pumpkin theme.
Who doesn’t love a food bar at showers? Chili is a fall staple, and it’s easy to turn into a perfectly themed bar at this pumpkin shower! Select one or two favorite chilis (a classic and a white chicken, perhaps) and load up on toppings like sour cream, cheese, onions, Fritos, and even noodles! (That’s the Cincinnati way to eat chili!)
Any pumpkin patch would be lacking without fresh apple cider and pumpkin donuts. We love these pre-poured glass bottles of cider, but you could also do a hot apple cider station with toppings like whipped cream and cinnamon. Donuts are the easiest crowd-pleasing dessert, and they look so cute stacked on cake plates!
A coffee bar is a fun way to create a signature drink at this fall shower. Set up your Keurig with pumpkin-flavored pods, load up on the toppings (chocolate sauce, cinnamon, whipped cream, caramels, flavored creamers), and you’re all set.
In addition to the donuts, you’d be remiss to pass up on all the decadent pumpkin-flavored desserts of fall. Create an entire dessert table (or consider even just a coffee and dessert shower with tons of choices for guests!). A few of our favorites include pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, chocolate chip pumpkin bread, mini pumpkin pies, and pumpkin spice cookies.
Activities
We love a baby shower guest book, especially one that’s functional. Choose a pumpkin-themed kids’ book (we love the one pictured below) and have guests write messages to the little one. It’ll be a treasured keepsake for years to come!
You’ll want mom-to-be to remember all the loved ones who came to celebrate with her, so we love the idea of a Polaroid station at this baby shower! Set up a cute photo backdrop (we love the fall one pictured below), a Polaroid camera, film, and a marker for guests to sign their names on each picture. Make it a decor focal point by stringing up clotheslines with clothespins and having guests add their photos as they take them.
It wouldn’t be a true fall get-together without a little pumpkin painting. We love these kraft decorative pumpkins, which are easy to paint or decorate. Pick up a few of the pumpkins, fall-colored paints, stickers, and maybe even some glitter, and have guests show off their creative skills. Bonus: They all leave with a sweet new fall decoration for their home that they created themselves!
Little pumpkin
The mom-to-be in your life and her little pumpkin will feel so loved by this shower and all those who come to celebrate with her. Don’t forget to point guests to mom’s baby registries, all available quickly and easily at RegistryFinder.com. If you’re looking for fall shower decor, check out our fall shower-themed Amazon stores. For more baby shower ideas, we’ve got them all ready for you on our GiveIt Blog.
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