A donut themed baby shower is a fun one for a first baby, or for a second baby’s “baby sprinkle.” You can incorporate donuts and sprinkles into the invitations, party food, decor, and party favors, and make it a colorful event. This is also a good theme for boys, girls, or gender neutral if you don’t know the baby’s sex yet. These are some ideas that I’ve rounded up for the supplies you’ll need to throw a memorable Sweet Donut sprinkle baby shower.
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Donut baby shower ideas to use.
- Donut party food like a donut buffet and a coffee or tea station.
- Decor that has a lot of pastel or brightly colored sprinkles.
- Party favors that are donuts, or that have sprinkles on them.
- A photo booth setup with donut themed props.
- A “decorate your own” donut station with cookies, plain donuts, icing, and cupcakes, plus a selection of colorful sprinkles.
- Games with donut themes.
- Invitations with cute donut and sprinkle illustrations.
- Outfits for the mom-to-be and older siblings that have matching donut designs on them.
All of these can be done individually, or combined to make up your party decor. The general theme of donuts and sprinkles can be done in a lot of colors, so it gives you a wide range of possibilities..
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Invitations and paper products.
The best place to get full suites of customizable invitations and paper products is Zazzle. You can personalize them before ordering, and get paper plates, napkins, thank you notes and other paper products to go with the invitations that you choose.
Donut baby shower invitations.
There are a lot of donut and sprinkle-themed baby shower invitations to choose from online, and many of them have a digital option that you can use as evites. These are some that I found on Zazzle, and they have added products that match for you to coordinate the other paper products for your party.
Invitations on Zazzle.
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A guest book that you make into a photo album.
Get a personalized guest book like this one, have your guests sign it, then add photos of the party after it’s over. It will be a keepsake album that you can look back on in the future. This one is part of a larger collection, so you can get invitations and other paper products to match.
Donut baby shower decor ideas.
This is a fun theme to decorate for, since it’s easy to buy donuts and sprinkles, and there are a lot of colors to choose from.
Customized welcome signs.
Get a personalized welcome sign to greet guests
at the entrance of the party. Match it to the invitations to carry the theme through the party.
Donut and treats table centerpieces.
Create centerpieces with real or imitation donuts and sprinkles. These could also double as part of the desserts!
Balloons arch.
Get bows and colorful balloons in shades of pastels and tie them together to make an arch or garlands that can be used around doors, or for a photo booth backdrop. You can make your own, or get this cute set to make an arch on Amazon (affiliate link.)
A pastel mantel.
You don’t want to put real donuts all over your mantel, but you can definitely do a pretty pastel display then add some imitation ones in. You can get realistic donut props at craft stores and online, like these from Amazon (affiliate link.)
Sprinkle and donut themed table runners.
Get some table runners with donuts to create a themes table display. You can get this one premade, or buy the fabric to make them yourself, in my Spoonflower shop here.
Donut baby shower food ideas.
This is a no-brainer. If you tell people that you’re having a donut-themed baby shower, they’re going to expect donuts, and you should give people what they want!
A donut bar.
You should definitely have donuts, whether they’re plain or decorated. You can also do a donut bar with plain donuts and toppings like whipped cream and sprinkles to let your guests decorate them themselves. If you can heat up the donuts and keep them warm, you can serve them with ice cream, too!
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Donut holes.
Put donut holes out and drizzle them with ice cream toppings like caramel or fudge.
Potato chips with sprinkles.
This sounds weird, but I promise it’s good if you like a salty sweet snack. Get some kettle-cooked chips (they’re sturdy) and dip them in melted chocolate, then sprinkle colorful jimmies on them before the chocolate cools off. People won’t eat as many as they would if the chips are plain, so you can get away with doing one or two bags at the most. It will be a nice break from the straight sugar of the donuts!
Coffee bar.
No donut party would be complete without coffee, so set up a coffee and tea station with different flavors of creamers and coffee so that people can enjoy their favorite combinations.
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Donut party games and activities.
Donut hole race.
Do the classic egg and spoon race with donut holes instead. See who can run through an obstacle course with the donut hole on the spoon without dropping it, and the winner gets a dozen to take home.
Scavenger hunt.
If you have an outdoor space, hide a bunch of pictures of donuts that you’ve made to look like different types of flavors around the yard and give people a list of the ones that they need to find in the shortest amount of time. The first person to find everything on their list wins a prize. Don’t use real donuts for this or you’re going to end up with a lot of ants!
Donut themed bingo.
Get donutn-themed bingo and other printables to play at the party. Get these cards at Greengate Images.
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Donut baby shower party favors.
Stickers:
Get some cute donut stickers to give to your party guests in our Zazzle store.
Vanilla scented candles.
These cute candles that you can customize on Zazzle would be a useful party favor, and you can choose vanilla scent to make them smell like donuts!
Donut assortment.
Naturally, you could give your guests a little bag of donuts to take home, or gift cards to a local donut shop. That might be too much, though, because you have to assume that they probably ate a lot of sugar at the party! A gift card to a local donut shop would let them sleep off the sugar buzz and get more later, so that could be your best bet if you want to go with a donut gift.
Coffee or tea.
You can give your guest a little set of ground coffee or tea, or gift cards to a local coffee shop. That would be totally on theme, and they could use that later when the sugar has worn off! You can get personalized bags in our Zazzle shop and add your own message to them.
This is a cute theme for a spring or summer baby shower if you use pastel icing, and you can also bring it into the fall months with fall themed flavors and colors. Let me know if you have any ideas that I can add to this list!
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