Cutesy-Spooky Bat Baby Shower

A smiling couple standing outdoors in front of a moon-shaped backdrop decorated with pink, black, and purple balloons and small black bat cutouts, celebrating a spooky or Halloween-themed event.

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Ok, baby shower, birthday party, Halloween party. It works for all of them.

My baby shower theme, officially, was Bats and Bubbles, but I leaned heavily into the bats. The shower was held mid-october so I wanted it to be spooky themed, but also something that seemed suitable for, well

I designed the invitations myself, and tried to capture the essences of a cutesy-spooky theme through all the decor.

First things first was the BABY sign. I had this picture in my head of these letters with some small white balloons and bats flying over them. I used spray adhesive to hold the balloons in place then to add the felt bats. I had bats that I had previously made for halloween decor, but you can buy packs of them like these (highly recommend)!

Large white decorative letters spelling the word 'BABY' with black bat stickers and white balloons inside each letter, outdoors on a stone wall with trees in the background.

I am also the queen of photo booths, I need them, I want them, nothing gets me hopped up quite like a good photo booth.

For the shower I decided to do a circular back drop which I have never done before. The frame I purchased is no longer together, but this one is very similar.

Then we added a balloon arch. Our party was centered in the backyard and it was windy that day which led to some of the balloons popping, but the arch was so cute when it was first installed by my amazing sister.

Balloon arch with pink, purple, black, and white balloons, featuring ghost-shaped balloons and bat decals on a backdrop.

But my FAVORITE decor? These bat balloons. I ordered way too many of them so they will be a staple in my home for a while. We put them in the pool and using weights so they wouldn’t float around too much, I should have made the pool a giant bath tub and to this day I regret not thinking of that before the party.

Black bat-shaped balloons with big white eyes floating over a backyard swimming pool, with reflections in the water and trees and a fence in the background.
Black bat-shaped helium balloon with cartoon eyes and fanged smile, surrounded by white skull balloons and purple bat-shaped cutouts on a table with croissants.
Halloween-themed party table with skull decorations, bat-shaped balloons, a cake with bats and the words "Baby" written on it, fruit platter, cheese, croissants, candies, and a framed sign that reads "Eat, Drink, Be Scary".

Some other items I got for decor are:

- Bat Table Cloth - Definitely open this and steam it before the party. This would be an easy early prep for the party

- Bubble decor to put on the cake - I ended up ordering a white cake and decorated it myself (I didn’t want to chance that a baker wouldn’t understand my vision)

- 24” Bubble Balloons - To be honest, I love these for every party. They are large so I recommend renting a helium tank from a party supply store. Those tanks you can buy at aren’t big enough.

Halloween-themed party table with bat decorations, a cake, skulls, balloons, and food, with striped blinds and Halloween banners in the background.

I absolutely loved this theme. We had about 60 people at the baby shower (it was co-ed) and I got endless compliments on the theme/decor. My daughters nursery is also bat themed, but that is for another post.