This is a post on a gorgeous unisex baby shower using all our products from our online party supplies store www.sweetlittlesoiree.com.au. This is to give you some ideas on products to use & also some great free recipes & ideas.
To celebrate that precious little one about to arrive into this world start of with our Unisex baby shower printable party package you will receive a PDF file with everything you will need to set your theme. Simply print, cut and assemble.
• Invitation personalized with the mother to be’s name and details of where the celebrations take place.
• A name banner with the mother to be’s name printed to hang above your table.
• Buffet labels to tell your guests what all the delicious sweets are.
• Party circles to decorate your cupcakes with.
• Thank you labels to add to your party favors for your guests to take home.
• Toothpick/straw flags to add a bit of something extra to your party table.
• A sweet table sign to finish of the look of your sweet table.
Use our beautiful coloured twine in pink, blue or yellow to hang your name banner above or in front of your table. A beautiful personalized added touch to any party.
Next add to your table our gorgeous paper party plates, napkins, cups and lolly bags in a mix of our pink, blue and yellow stripe design to give your table a beautiful feel.
Add a mix of our beautiful cutlery in pink, blue and yellow, you can stand them in gorgeous glass jars to give it a nice touch.
Tie your thank you labels from the printable party pack onto your lolly bags with pink blue or yellow twine this will give your guests a beautiful gift to take home with them.
Use our gorgeous glass lolly jars in a mix of sizes to add delicious lollies to in coordinating pink, blue and yellow colours. Some lolly suggestions are:
• Hart beat candies
• pink smarties
• Pink jelly beans
• Strawberry bon bons
• Yellow jelly beans
• Yellow smarties
• Lemon bon bons
• Lemonade clouds
• Blue jelly beans
• Blue smarties
• Bubblegum clouds
You can also use our large glass lolly jar with the lid off to stand the new craze of cake pops in simply fill with coconut and stand them up inside. This gives a fantastic look.
I love this oreo cake pop recipe:
Oreo Cookie Truffle Pop Recipe – makes approx 16 truffle pops
300g Oreo Cookies
150g Cream Cheese at room temp
397g packet wilton chocolate melts ( I use normal white chocolate melts from the supermarket and purchased from spotlight chocolate powdered colouring for chocolate and made the chocolate whatever colour I wanted, I found this worked better than the wilton chocolate melts.)
Lollipop sticks
1. Crush Oreo cookies finely in a food processor
2. Add cream cheese and process until the mixture clumps together (or mix it in with your hands)
3. Roll into small balls and refrigerate until firm.
4. To secure sticks for dipping, melt some of the chocolate (I just do mine in the microwave) and dip the end of the stick in the chocolate and push into the firm truffle. Return to fridge.
5. Melt remainder of chocolate, make sure it is completely smooth. Holding the stick dip truffles into the melted chocolate, allow excess to drip off and then place in a holder to set. I used a block of Styrofoam.
Our beautiful white porcelain cake stand is a necessity for any party display the beautiful birthday cake on top in the centre of your table or even use to display sweets like macaroons.
This is a macaroon recipe I love and find quite easy:
Multicoloured Macaroons Recipe
Makes 20 and takes 45 minutes to make, 15 minutes to cook, plus cooling. Carefully follow the recipe for perfect macaroons that will wow your guests.
Ingredients
175g icing sugar
125g ground almonds (almond meal)
3 large egg whites
75g caster sugar
For the filling
150g butter, softened
75g icing sugar
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 160c/fan 140c/gas. Whizz the icing sugar and ground almonds in a food processor to a very fine mixture, then sift into a bowl.
2. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt to soft peaks, then gradually whisk in the caster sugar until thick and glossy. (At this point you can stir in flavor extract, such as peppermint or lemon and corresponding colouring such as blue or yellow to your meringue mixture, depending on what kind of macaroons you want. Or divide the meringue among different bowls if you want to make more than one colour.)
3. Fold half the almond and icing sugar mixture into the meringue and mix well. Add the remaining half making sure you use a spatula to cut and fold the mixture until its shiny and has a thick ribbon-like consistency as it falls from the spatula. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain nozzle.
4. Line 2 baking sheets with baking paper. Pipe small rounds of the macaroon mixture, about 3cm across, onto the baking sheets. Give the baking sheets a sharp tap on the work surface to ensure a good ‘foot’. Leave to stand at room temp for 10-15min to form a slight skin. This is important – you should be able to touch them lightly without any mixture sticking to your finger. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
5. Meanwhile make the filling. In a bowl beat the butter until light and fluffy, then beat in the icing sugar. (You can now add flavoring and colour.) Use to sandwich pairs of macaroons together.
Our mini glass bottles look divine displayed on a platter on the table fill them with your favourite drink add in our retro paper party straws topped with your party straw flags from our printable party pack and you have a gorgeous drinks display for all your guests.
I like to use this homemade lemonade recipe:
Old-fashioned Lemonade
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
2 cups fresh lemon juice
9 cups water
Method
In a large pitcher combine sugar, water and lemon juice. Stir to dissolve sugar. Refridgerate and serve over ice.
Use our gorgeous pink and blue stripe baking cups on our 3 tier cake stand in yellow and display either marshmallows or lollies inside for a sweet little portion for your guests to enjoy. You can also use our gorgeous baking cups to make delicious cupcakes in, display them on our single cupcake stands in white on a platter in the middle of the table.
You can’t have a baby shower without our gorgeous onesie cookie cutter. Cookie cutters don’t just have to be used to make cookies with, you can cut your delicious sandwiches in a onesie shape for a gorgeous added touch. But what party is complete without cookies.
I love this recipe for cookies it’s so easy and it’s also very delicious.
Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups plain flour, plus more for rolling
½ tsp baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
113g unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. With an electric mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture, beat until combined. Divide dough in half, flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic, freeze until firm at least 20 minutes or place in a re-sealable plastic bag and freeze up to 3 months (thaw in refrigerator overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Line baking sheets with baking paper. Remove one dough disk, let stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Roll out 1/8 inch thick between two sheets of floured baking paper, dusting dough with flour as needed. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Using a spatula transfer to baking sheets. (if dough gets too soft chill for 10 min) Reroll scraps; Cut shapes. Repeat with remaining dough.
3. Bake, rotating halfway through until edges are golden. 10 to 18 minutes (depending on size). Cool completely on wire racks. Decorate as you wish ( I like to use the packet royal icing from the supermarket).
To decorate around your table for your unisex baby shower I like the pink, blue and yellow tissue pom poms, hang them above your table with either fishing line or twine and it gives you a beautiful finishing look. You can also cut some raindrops out of cardboard and hang from the bottom of your tissue pom poms to look like clouds with raindrops falling to go with the shower theme.
Rattle marshmallow pops are a gorgeous idea for your baby shower theme. Simply add a large marshmallow to the end of a lollipop stick or paper party straw and cover in coloured chocolate and sprinkle with white sprinkles, add a round circle cut out of cardboard to the bottom with double sided tape and a bow under the marshmallow. Simple!
You can’t have an awesome baby shower without some fun party games so here are a few ideas:
Baby Wishes: Simply give one to all your guests for them to fill in and save them for when your baby is older and you can read them all together. It’s a lovely keepsake. You can simply make these yourself on the computer.
Celebrity Baby Name Game: Match the celebrity couples to the name of their baby. You can make up your own on the computer
What’s In Your Purse Game: You have a checklist of items with different point amounts for different items everyone gets their purse out and the person with the most points wins. You can make this up on the computer.
Baby Bingo: You get a bingo card full of baby items and when your item gets read out mark it off, once you have marked them all off you win. You can do a search on google and should be able to download the bingo cards free.
Head on over to our online party supplies store www.sweetlittlesoiree.com.au to purchase all the products used in this blog for your next soiree.
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Ashlea
Sweet Little Soiree xxx
