DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Baby Shower Ideas

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The Nightmare Before Christmas Baby Shower

My husband and I decided to have a Nightmare Before Christmas baby shower, but quickly realized that they do not make very many decorations for it.  So, I decided I would make my own!  I wanted to help others like myself do a DIY Nightmare Before Christmas baby shower.  I will try to post everything I can.  Please feel free to ask questions if you would like to know more about something.

We will start with the invitations.  I found a shop on Etsy.com that personalizes invitations and they send you the file via E-Mail.  I think I paid $13.00 for the file.  I believe you can have them send you prints by mail but do not know the cost.  Here is the site I went to 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/jayarmada   This is the one I picked...

I put the file on a USB drive and went to CVS Pharmacy to print off the invitations.  I went to the photo kiosk and just plugged it in and chose what size and how many I wanted.  I went with the 4x6 which is the standard size.  The 5x7 is a great size but was too big for what I wanted to do.  I printed 35 prints for less than $10.  I suggest looking at the ads to see who has prints on sale if you have a large amount to send out.

Supplies

Then I went over to my local Craft Store Michael's.  I suggest downloading the craft stores app if you have a smart phone before you go.  They always have coupons and promotions to help save you money.  I know for sure Michael’s, Hobby Lobby and Joann Fabrics have apps.  I just so happened to go while they were having a sale on their 12x12 cardstock. 12x12 was on sale buy one get one free.  Each piece was $0.59.  I purchased 50 sheets which cost around $15.00.  I also picked up 17 sheets of 8.5x11 cardstock at $0.49 each (not on sale) for about $9.00. Then to the ribbon!  You can usually find small rolls of ribbon on the side caps for $1.  I purchased 6 rolls of black sparkly 3/8in x 5ft ribbon. (Later found out I needed much more).  I ended up needing around 75ft of ribbon (14 rolls).  You will need to purchase double sided sticky tape!  They make an adhesive gun called runners (Looks like the whiteout things).  I did NOT like them!  I broke one immediately using it then the others were a pain to get out!  Maybe they will work for you?  If you look in the actual ribbon section you can also find the same ribbon but with the adhesive on the back.  I purchased one of those but it didn’t go very far and it was pricey!  In the scrapbook aisle I found these black sparkle bats 8 in a pack for $1.99.  I bought 5 packs. 

I used the 12x12 card stock for both the invitations and envelopes.  One page of card stock can make 4 invitations and only one page will make one envelope.  Measure how big you want the cardstock to be then cut it out.  I used the first cutout as the stencil for the rest.  To get 4 on a page place it on any corner and trace.  Then go to the next corner and turn it the opposite way.  As shown here. 

I used the double sided sticky tape for the ribbon, envelope and back of the picture.  I cut each strip of tape in half to extend the tape and it’s also too wide for the ribbon. 

                                     Front of Invitation                                                   

                                         Back of Invitation

 

(Ribbon goes around the back and around the front just enough to fit behind the photo)

This is the handmade envelope from the 12x12 card stock

After doing some research on baby showers it seems like the new “in” thing was to ask for books instead of cards to start the baby’s library.  We also liked the idea of a Diaper Raffle.  This is what we used the  8.5 x 11 sheets of paper for.  (Do NOT precut this paper!  It needs to go into the printer and most printers will not feed it through if it’s not a full sheet) We had to play around with our printer in order to get two on a page.  (Pain in the butt!!!!!!!!!!!) 

                        

  

Later found out you can download a Nightmare Before Christmas Font!

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/fonts/fonts.html

Click on the name and save the file.  From there open the file and click download. Then it will be available for you to use!  It’s super cool!

Example:   The Nightmare Before Christmas

For the Diaper Raffle I wanted to make my own tickets.  I played around in paint and came up with these.

These were for my diaper raffle:

*DIAPER RAFFLE*

To add a little extra glee

And help the parents-to-be…

Please bring a little extra from the heart

An unwrapped pack of diapers

To give them a good start!

***Bring a package of diapers any size and receive a raffle ticket at the door.  Want a greater chance of winning?  Extra tickets will be sold for $2.00 each and all proceeds will go towards                    college fund.

*Before we start I just want to say that it seems like I had a lot going on.  But, all games lasted about a minute or so.

When guests walked in the door they were greeted by my hostess and given a diaper pin.  This was the first of many games!  The name of the game was Don't Say Baby!

Don’t Say Baby

Give each guest a baby diaper pin to pin on her clothes. Instruct your guests that during the party everyone is to try not to say the word baby. Whenever someone does, the first person who catches the slip gets to confiscate the pin. The one with the most pins at the end of the party wins. This game makes for continued fun throughout the shower.  (Once you lose your pin you are out of the game)

This game lasted all of 5 minutes because everyone kept saying baby.  I had one girl that ended up with everyone's pins.

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 I made my own Bingo cards with The Nightmare theme 

Baby BINGO

 

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I found the purple velvet pencils at the craft store in the $1 bins

We also did Pass the Present

 

Pass The Present

 1. The news is out; quick send a cable, the gift goes to the lady across the table.
2. If someone wears a dress of blue, she must take this gift from you. If blue cannot be seen, it goes to the one wearing green.
3. I will now read another verse… Please pass it to the gal with the largest purse.
4. We are getting tricky, here is a real humdinger! Pass it to the one with the most rings on her fingers.
5.  Wow! What a success! Pass it to the guest with the most buttons on her dress.
6. Alas, this gift is not for you. It now goes to the one with the largest shoe.
7.  Let’s get this party started girls… Pass it to the one with the cutest curls.
8.  Mommy is anxious. Daddy is nervous. Now pass this to the lady who drove the furthest.
9.  There won’t be time to practice; there won’t be time to rehearse. Pass this gift to the gal with the most money in her purse!
10.  We hope you all are having fun. We have tried to include most everyone. From the largest purse to the largest shoe, pass this gift to the right of you.
11.  We’re ending this rhyme, this is the last poem, and the gift you are holding is yours to take home.

We opened a package of diapers for people to write advise on.

*Words for the wee hours*

                           Give         and        

Words of encouragement

And a giggle or two

Write on the booty to take

Their minds off the duty

Pop the Balloon

We blew up 12 balloons and put papers in all of them.  11 said loser and 1 said Winner.  3 people were picked to play this game.  Each of them got 4 balloons to pick.  (They could only pick them one at a time)  Then, they had to pop the balloon without using their hands.  This was a funny game to watch!!!!

*The Decorations*

The best part about doing The Nightmare Before Christmas theme is you can pull out all of your Halloween decorations!

We used purple, black and white balloons everywhere.

I found all of the prizes and this large Jack Skellington at Walgreens.

I made a banner using Black and Purple construction paper and yarn to pull it together.  I used The Nightmare Before Christmas font posted above.  It took a lot of time to make because I had to figure out how many letters should go on one page and finding the best size....  Ugh it was a pain in the butt also!!!  But turned out really cool!!

I also made the pumpkin door and The Oogie Boogie man out of a green insulation foam sheet.

You can pick it up at any hardware store.  It comes in different colors depending on what hardware store you go to.  Pink is the most common one I've seen.

Here is how I made them.  

This is what you will need

 

First Draw your Pumpkin

 Then cut it out using your retractable knife.  I found mine in the paint department at The Home Depot for .99 cents.

Be VERY careful cutting this out!!!

Then use sandpaper to smooth out the edges

These are the measurements for the eyes

And the nose

I didn't measure the mouth.  I free handed it on a piece of paper.

For the lines that go through the pumpkin, I used my gummy ruler. This is just to leave an imprint in the foam board.  Do NOT use a knife or anything that will cut it! 

Then I painted the whole thing white except for the eyes, nose and mouth.  Those were painted black and I left the nose alone.  (painting it white will make your paint more vibrant)

From here I painted the stripes a brownish gold.  The reason we dented the lines in were so you could see them after it was painted white.

Then I painted it orange.

These are the colors I used.

And here is the finished product!

Christmas tree for the bathroom (Christmas Town)

My Oogie Boogie Man ( I free handed him) as you can tell my all of the mistakes.

Here is the finished product

For his color i just used a neon green.  You can also use a burlap color. 

Sadly we didn't take photos of the bathroom.  I turned the bathroom into the Christmas Land.  I cut out a Christmas tree out of the green insulation foam bored and stuck it on the outside of the bathroom door.

It was super cute!

Some Photos

The prizes

We has these light up tumblers along with candy and other little small stuff in the bags.

 Pass the Present prize

 

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These were the prize for the winner of the Diaper Raffle.
I left these sitting on the table so guests knew what they were doing the raffle for. 

 The sweets

  
Now I am a crafty person...  these turned out horrible lol  I feel like these should be one of those "Nailed it Memes"

 

This was the only one that looked okay and it was the first one we made.

 

Oogie Boogie Cupcakes

My sister in law made this diaper cake for me!

The characters are bath toys.

And lets be honest.  No one really wants to attend a baby shower...   So we decided on having alcohol.  We had beer, wine and we made Spiced or or regular apple cider.

Spiced apple cider:

Use a crock pot to heat up the apple cider.

Add red hot candies.

And you can choose to add the alcohol inside or keep it on the side like we did.

You can use vodka or rum.

And for the background we played The Nightmare Before Christmas movie.

I had so much fun doing this party.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me here or on my websites listed throughout and below.

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