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32 Owl Themed Baby Shower Ideas for a Hooting Good Time

Owl Themed Baby Shower

Updated on: Sep 01, 2024

Have you been considering hosting an owl-themed baby shower to celebrate your new bundle of joy? It’s a lovely nature theme to mark the big milestone in a memorable way. We have your back when it comes to ideas for decorations, favors, menu items, games, supplies, and invitations. Your guests will be sure to have a hoot!

Owl Themed Baby Shower Decorations

1. Owl Baby Shower Banner

Welcome guests to your baby shower with an owl-themed baby shower banner to set the celebratory atmosphere. You can customize the words and choose colors according to the baby's gender or keep it gender-neutral. Everyone will love the cute owls and colorful letters.

2. Pom-Pom Owls

Make small owls using tissue paper in various colors. You can glue on some googly eyes for an extra touch to make guests smile. You can use blue or pink tissue to correspond with the baby’s gender. If you’re doing a gender-neutral shower, you can use other colors like grey or yellow. These little owls can be hung up on walls, placed on tables, and used to decorate any part of the room.

3. Owl-Shaped Vase

Bring the owl spirit to your table with an owl-shaped vase. It’s a lovely centerpiece to hold an assortment of flowers.

4. Owl Baby Shower Backdrop

A beautiful place to take pictures is essential to any baby shower. An owl backdrop with a message welcoming the new baby is just the setting for guests to capture memories.

5. Owl Balloons

It’s not a party without balloons! Owl balloons can fill the room with cheer. You can choose colors according to gender or keep it gender-neutral. Tie a bunch to tables and chairs.

6. Owl Cutouts

Cutouts of owls are a versatile decoration for your baby shower. Put them on walls, on tables, or wherever else suits your fancy. You can get them with different fun expressions and in any color.

Owl Themed Baby Shower Favors

7. Owl Stickers

Give guests little cartoon owl stickers for them to stick on any item, from their water bottles to notebooks to computers. The possibilities are endless!

8. Owl-Shaped Soap

Giving guests little soaps in the shape of owls is a fun yet practical favor. You can get them in various scents and colors to appeal to everyone.

9. Owl Hand Sanitizer Holders

Now more than ever, hand sanitizer has become an item that almost everyone uses daily. Give your guests these holders as functional gifts that fall in line with the overall owl theme with custom labels to make them cute.

10. Baby Bottle Treat Holders

Clear baby bottles can serve as favor containers for candies or small items. Guests can fill them up with their favorite treats from the shower. Or, you can put the favors in them and hand the bottles out.

11. Owl Squeeze Toys

Guests can bring a little squeezable owl home with them as a favor with these little owls. They can easily relieve guests’ stress with their cute appearance and how squeezable they are.

Owl Themed Baby Shower Food Ideas

12. Owl Cookies

Cookies are a staple at parties. Make them owl-shaped to match the cake and cupcakes. You can buy or bake the cookies using cookie cutters. Mix it up with different colors to brighten up the snack table.

13. Bird’s Nest and Eggs

To create an owl’s habitat with some sweets, you can use sticks or brown tissue paper to make a nest. Then place chocolate eggs in it and arrange them in any way you like. They’ll be both delicious treats and eye-catching decorations at the same time!

14. Owl-Shaped Vegetable Plate

For a healthier choice at the food table, you can cut up some vegetables and arrange them into the shape of an owl. Use your creativity to choose which veggies can represent which features of the owl. Maybe you can use cherry tomatoes or sliced carrots for eyes, and lettuce to create the body. Guests who might not have the biggest sweet tooth will love the addition of the veggie plate.

15. Owl Lollipops

Who doesn't love lollipops? Guests will have a good time licking a lollipop shaped like an owl in their favorite flavors.

16. Owl-Shaped Chocolate Molds

Everyone loves chocolate! With some owl-shaped molds, you can make your own little owl chocolates for guests to enjoy. You can also use them to decorate the cake or fill up the party favor bags.

Owl Themed Baby Shower Games/Activities

17. Owl Mosaic Painting Kits

Regardless of whether you're crafty or not, these owl mosaic painting kits will delight everyone and keep guests engaged for hours. They come in various designs and colors, making them perfect for artists of all levels. Guests can even take completed mosaics home to display as decorations.

18. Pin the Pacifier on the Baby Owl

In this owl-themed variation of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, you can draw a baby owl using a stencil on a piece of paper. Players will try to get their pacifier stickers as close to the mouth of the baby owl as possible while blindfolded.

19. Guess Whooo’s The Baby?

This game will definitely be a hoot. Guests bring photos of themselves when they were babies. Assign a number to each and place them on a table. Everyone will try to see if they can match each photo to the corresponding guest! It’s a game that combines cuteness, nostalgia, and lightheartedness to make lasting memories.

20. Owl Baby Shower Bingo

Make bingo fit into the theme of the baby shower with templates in blue, pink, and other colors for a gender-neutral shower. Feel free to put anything you like in the squares such as baby-related items instead of numbers. You can even use little paper owls to mark the squares.

21. Whooo Knows Mommy Best?

Celebrate the soon-to-be mother by having guests test how well they know her. There are templates, but you can also create your own list of questions. The guest who answers the most questions correctly gets a prize. It's a nice game for bonding.

22. Sharing Tips of Wisdom

Bring the owl’s wisdom into your baby shower as well. Guests, particularly if they are raising or have raised kids before, can write down 1-2 bits of advice for the soon-to-be new mother. If some guests are not sure what to write, they can even just write a general piece of advice or a congratulatory message.

Owl Themed Baby Shower Party Supplies

23. Owl Cups

Guests can drink their beverages in style with owl-inspired cups. The lids make for fewer spills and easier cleanup later. The cute designs will be a hit with child3 guests as well as adults. You can get some straws to complete the look and color themes.

24. Owl Cupcake Toppers

To make the cupcakes in tune with the theme, you can get toppers featuring cute owls in many colors. They’ll complete the food scene and make for lovely photos.

25. Owl Napkins

Essential for cleaning spills, crumbs, and mouths, get napkins to keep with the owl theme. You can stack them up on the snacks and drinks table to brighten the scene. The napkins can have baby shower-related owl puns on them to make them extra celebratory.

26. Owl Plates

With owl-themed baby shower plates, guests have a lovely place to put the mouth-watering sweets and snacks. The little owls add more joy to the baby shower. These plates are picture-perfect and easy to dispose of.

27. Owl-Inspired Tablecloth

The table itself needs great decoration as well. An owl tablecloth can spread the cheer and make the beverages and snacks table a prime photo-taking spot for guests.

Owl Themed Baby Shower Invitations

28. Blue Owl Baby Shower Invitation for Boy

If you're celebrating a baby boy, a blue invitation is essential. This floral invitation with a cute blue owl will catch the eye of everyone you invite. It's easy to edit the text so it matches your baby shower details. With this invitation, friends and family will know they're in for a good time at your baby shower.

29. Pink Owl Baby Shower Invitation for Girl

To invite friends and family to your baby shower for a baby girl, there are many elegant and adorable pink invitations. In just a couple of clicks, you can get the text customized according to your baby shower. An invitation with polka dots and glitter along with the pink theme will get everyone excited for the festivities!

30. Rustic Gender-Neutral Baby Shower Invitation

If you’re throwing a gender-neutral baby shower, this classy invitation featuring a mother owl and her child is sure to the attention of your soon-to-be guests. These also work for both boy and girl baby showers. It’s simple to write your baby shower details on the invitations.

31. "Can You Guess Whoooo?" Gender Reveal Baby Shower Invitation

If you want to keep the gender secret before the baby shower, you can use a gender reveal invitation. With the owl pun and two owl parents on either side of the egg, this invitation will keep your to-be guests guessing and curious to find out the gender at your baby shower!

32. Snowy Owl Baby Shower Invitation

If you're hosting your baby shower in the winter, this snowy invitation is especially right for you! With the lovely branches and snowflakes, along with a snowy owl, your friends and family will be counting down the days before the big event!

Owl Themed Baby Shower: Conclusion

After looking through this guide, whooo’s ready to throw an awesome owl-themed baby shower? Owls are a lovely way to celebrate the mother-to-be and her baby. Guests are sure to make lasting memories. We hope these ideas sparked inspiration for you.

For more baby-related content, check out our articles on Baby Shower Budgets, Baby Shower Checklists, Cheap Baby Showers, Baby Shower Venue Ideas, Best Gifts for a New Mom, Baby Shower Themes, and Baby Shower Ideas.

Written by: Jack Kriegl and Elisa Sung

Elisa Sung

Vassar College

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Jack Kriegl

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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