Little Man Baby Shower

Hello friends! One of my very best gals is having a baby, and a few family friends and I threw her and her little man a shower. Thought I'd share pics and decor tips from the special event.

Look at all those cute little goodies!

Baby Boy's nursery is "world" themed and the colors are yellow and black, so we decided to stick with the colors and apply it to the shower. The momma-to-be is very anti-baby when it comes to her little man. :)

One way we incorporated the 'Little Man' theme was through iron-on ties from Etsy.

Short and long sleeve onsies with ties and bowties

These precious ties were ordered from Boy Oh Boy Boutique on Etsy. They are super cute and easy on the wallet! The onsies are the Carter's line for WalMart.

Another cute/useful decoration we incorporated was a diaper cake. The momma-to-be's momma created the masterpiece and may I just say that it was PERFECT!!! Diapers were newborn diapers rolled into three tiers and held together with rubber bands. All ribbon was found at Michael's. Didn't she do a great job? I love the way it turned out.

Could this be any cuter? 

At the last minute we decided there weren't enough decorations so we decided to make pinwheels. I was a little intimidated at first, but quickly found out they are super easy to make. What you will need(bear with me it might seem confusing):
Cardstock-colored
Patterned scrapbook paper
(Instead of the two above you could use double sided paper)
Brads (I used button brads found at Michael's)
Glue sticks
Something sharp to poke small holes into the paper

First cut two squares (I used 6x6 and 3x3 squares), one of cardstock, one scrapbook
Glue paper together (pattern up of course :) and wait a few seconds for it to dry
Then fold paper into a triangle by pulling one corner to the corner to it's diagonal
Fold again using the same process
Unfold paper
Using the lines created from folding, cut each corner towards the center, leaving 1/4 in. to the center
Punch little holes in the paper like picture below:

Image via Google

Pull each slit with hole towards the center as you place the brad through each hole
Once all corners are on the brad put brad through the center hole and fasten the brad to the back on the pinwheel.
You should end with this:

Excuse my hands at the bottom of the pic

We attached the 6x6 pinwheels to painted sticks and attached them to a wrapped box to use as decor on the mantel and the 3x3 pinwheels in between the onsies

This shower was so fun to prepare for, here are a few more pictures from the actual event.

"Baby Carriage" Fruit

All the yummy food!

Each food item had a hand-made info card. 

Hope this inspires you the next time you need to throw a baby shower! What have been some of your favorite baby shower themes?

Happy Reading!