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DIY Travel-Themed Baby Shower

December 15, 2016

By: Michelle Edgemont

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Plan the ultimate travel-themed baby shower with printable invites and a DIY paper airplane garland.

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Create a Travel-Themed Food Table

Anything travel related is fair game to use as decor for this adventure-filled party. A street atlas, luggage, maps and globes serve as easy-to-find decor.

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Mail Out Invitations

To have a baby is to go on one of life’s greatest adventures. Use that quote as a guide when you send these travel-themed invitations. Download the pdf version of the invite, add your own informational text, and print out on white cardstock. Send in kraft paper envelopes with travel-themed vintage stamps, which can be easily found online.

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Incorporate Luggage

Miniature luggage sets, sold online, are used as stands for platters of food. The different sizes of luggage create a sense of height and variety for the table.

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Give an Old Atlas Purpose

All you need to make any table ready for a travel-themed party is a white linen and a street atlas of the United States. Tear out pages of the atlas. Scatter them around the table to almost completely cover the linen. It’s an easy, inexpensive way to bring a travel-themed party to life.

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Serve Delicious Snacks

To add a travel-inspired touch to the food platters, serve some of the less messy dishes, such as lemon poppy bread, on a placemat made from a page out of the street atlas.

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All in the Decor Details

And, of course, no travel party is complete without a globe and a paper airplane garland. Find directions to make the garland here.

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Decorate With Plants

Here’s a secret to a well-styled buffet table: add a few small plants. That’s it! No flowers to arrange. Simply purchase a few small household plants and scatter around the table to fill in gaps and add a pretty touch of life.

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DIY Clouds + Paper Airplane Garland

Floating DIY clouds and paper airplane garland complete the look. Always remember about the space above the table, too. Either a pretty backdrop, or in this case hanging decor, bring the eye up to create a sense of variety. Find instructions to make the adorable cloud backdrop here.

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Present Savory Quiches

Quiche, popular in France, is an egg mixture baked in a flaky pie crust. Serve a variety of quiches to please even the pickiest guests. We recommend bacon cheddar, truffle mushroom and spinach ricotta.

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Provide Fresh Greens

Fresh green salads are a perfect complement to rich quiche. Keep the exotic travel theme going with the salads by incorporating interesting ingredients such as almonds, blueberries, goat cheese, goji berries and feta crumble.

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Serve Something Sweet

Greek yogurt (full fat version is the best) topped with homemade granola and a drizzle of honey is a guilty pleasure that tastes as good as it looks.

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Make Mimosas

Don’t forget the drinks! These fruity mimosas were made with champagne and freshly-squeezed juice.

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Offer Iced Coffee

Serve iced coffee in stemless wine glasses and decorate them with map hearts and mini clothespins.

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Give Advice

Advice for the parents-to-be! Have guests give the parents their best “travel” tips for their new life with a new baby by filling out these printable cards.

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