A Cookie Monster-themed baby shower is a delightful and whimsical way to celebrate the impending arrival of a little one. This theme, inspired by the beloved Sesame Street character, can be both fun and endearing, featuring cookies, blue hues, and playful elements. Here are some creative ideas to help you plan a memorable Cookie Monster-themed baby shower, organized by category.
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Invitations
Choose a design featuring Cookie Monster munching on cookies or holding a sign that says, “Join Us for a Sweet Celebration!” Use blue and white colors with cookie motifs. Include fun phrases like “Come and Celebrate with Cookies Galore!” or “A Sweet Little Monster is on the Way!” Personalize the invitations with details of the event and add a touch of glitter or embossing for a special touch.
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Decorations
Transform your venue into a Cookie Monster haven with vibrant and engaging decorations. Use a blue and white color palette, accented with cookie-themed decor. Hang a large Cookies as a banner and use blue balloons and streamers throughout the space. Create a “cookie corner” with a cookie jar display and a Cookie Monster cutout. Incorporate plush Cookie Monster toys and cookie props into the decor. Decorate tables with blue tablecloths, plates, cups, and napkins. Add cookie-shaped confetti and blue and white flowers to complete the look.
Cookie Monster Dessert Table Backdrop
The background of the dessert table could be a balloon arch in blue, white, gold, and black. A large poster with the saying “There’s a cookie in the oven!” will complete the background! The dessert table could also have arrangements of some fresh flowers such as Baby’s-breath.
Treats for the table could include cupcakes that are made to look just like the cookie monster. You should also have various flavored cookies displayed creatively on the table. Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, M&M Cookies, Snickerdoodle, and Peanut Butter Cookies are some great ideas.
Cookie Monster Popcorn would also be a fun and delicious addition to the treat table! Find the perfect recipe at two sisters crafting. With mini cookies and googly monster eyes, you’ll have your guests gazing at them in awe!
DIY Cookie Monster Decorations
For an easy DIY decoration, you could try making cookie monsters out of paper! With blue sheets and googly eyes, you can create your very own cookie monsters of all sizes. Bear in mind that you can actually find googly eyes as large as 7″ on Amazon. So, you could make a giant cookie monster for the background of the main table!
Add toothpicks to the smaller Cookie Monsters so you can use them as toppers for cupcakes. Hole punch or make a small hole and thread the string through the hole for use as favor tags. A larger one could be used as a table centerpiece by placing it within the flower arrangement.
Of course, you could go for an easier path by using google to find images of cookie monster and print them out on white cardstock paper. Cut the images out for an easy-breezy ready to go decoration!
By the way, googly eyes are not essential, especially if you are planning a budget baby shower. You could easily create its eyes using white and black paper. Basically, you just need to know how to cut them in a circle, easy? You could add these paper eyes to blue plates and paper cups for the ultimate Cookie Monster party!
You could also try making your own simple ABC blocks out of paper. Instead of “ABC”, you could spell out the name of the baby if known already. This would truly become a centerpiece of the party!
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Cake
A simple cake idea would be a chocolate cake with a Cookie Monster topper. This Cookie Monster topper could be the one you’ve made out of blue cardstock paper with googly eyes. If you are purchasing a cake, then you can go all out with whatever creativity you have in mind!
Cookie Monster Theme Centerpiece Ideas
The table centerpiece is the heart of the whole party, and you may require quite a few of them depending on how many guest tables you have. Centerpieces don’t need to be the same for every table. Here are some ideas.
Tall glass filled with cookies, flower arrangement with baby Cookie Monster cutout place in it, a Cookie Monster diaper cake, ABC blocks in blue and white, or just simply a Cookie Monster stuffed toy holding a balloon!
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Food
Set up a “Cookie Monster Dessert Bar” with an assortment of cookies in various flavors, shapes, and sizes. Include cookie sandwiches, cookie pops, and cookie dough bites. For savory options, serve “Monster Bites” like mini sliders, finger sandwiches, and cheese platters. Offer Milk or “Blue Monster Punch” made with blue lemonade or soda, and serve it in clear cups with cookie straws. For dessert, consider a Cookie Monster cake decorated with blue frosting and cookie accents, or cupcakes with Cookie Monster toppers.
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Favors
Edible favor idea would be the very obvious, Chocolate Chip cookies in clear cellophane bag with a cute Cookie Monster bag topper. If you feel you’ve used enough of cookies for the day, you could hand out these adorable Cookie Monster chip bags! Non-edible favor idea would to purchase cookie cutters, then tie a blue ribbon along with your favorite cookie recipe.
Free Cookie Monster Thank You Tags
You can use these free Cookie Monster thank you printables as tags or stickers. Print them on adhesive paper for use as stickers. The file comes in both circle and square shapes ready to be downloaded and printed instantly.
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Games
Host a “Cookie Decorating Contest” where guests can decorate their own cookies with frosting and sprinkles. Set up a “Guess the Number of Cookies” game with a jar filled with cookies, and have guests guess the number inside. Another fun activity is “Pin the Cookie on Cookie Monster,” a twist on the classic pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game.
Guess How Many Cookies are in the Jar
Have everyone guess how many cookies are in the jar! The closest to the actual number wins the game.
Face the Cookie Minute to Win it!
This game would work well for coed baby shower parties so that mom-to-be can sit and relax or even be the judge of the game! Each person is given a cookie. An OREO wors. Each player places the cookie on their forehead and has to get it into their mouth without using their hands. The winner gets it done first in one minute or closest to their mouth. If the cookie is dropped, you must start from the beginning.
Cookie Monster Baby Shower Parties
Check out these amazing Cookie Monster themed baby shower parties by talented event planners and bakers! Find their detail below the image! Enjoy and get inspired!
