You Are My Sunshine Easy DIY Baby Shower Theme (And Free Printable!)

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table with a white tablecloth and a bunting hanging across the font, with a basket, flowers and a picture on the top of the table

My sister recently hosted a baby shower for a new mom in our church, and I was so excited to help her with the decorations. If you are looking for a quick DIY for a baby shower (or you could use these for a birthday party too) then these are so easy make in one afternoon. (Ps. I took these photos at home and the shower was held elsewhere, but I knew I wasn’t going to be able to get any photos there.)

hello baby paper bunting

This bunting was made out of double sided scrapbook paper with wooden letters glued on top. I sewed the top edge (the same method that I used for this garland) instead of using a twine, and then we pinned it to the front of the present table.

On top of the table we put Psalm 139:13-14. My sister made this cute design using Canva. The little polka dot book was for guests to write in any tips and encouragement they had to share with the new mom, and that way she could take it home with her.

psalm 139 framed verse for the top of the food table

We saw a similar sun floral arrangement on Pinterest which is how we came up with the sun theme. Since this shower was being held after the baby was born, we were able to do a boy theme and didn’t have to do gender neutral, so we were able to do a play on words with “sun” and “son”.

floral arrangement with dried baby's breath flowers and a sun and banner pick

We did four arrangements with smiling suns and little banners. One banner says “You are my sonshine” and the other says “Here comes the son”.

here comes the son banner in flower arrangement

We paired them with some dried baby’s breath flowers, tied the vases with blue ribbons and then placed one bouquet at each table on top of a doily.

you are my sonshine banner in floral arrangement

table centrepiece floral arrangement and card basket

And this was not part of the decor, but part of our gift- a tiny vase for tiny flowers. Both my sister and I saw this idea a while ago, and were just waiting for a new baby to be born, so we could do it! Isn’t it just the sweetest?

tiny vase for tiny flowers

So if you would like to make these little suns and banners yourself, I have a free printable for you. You print out the faces on cream or light yellow cardstock, and then print out the sun shapes on a darker yellow. Cut them out, glue a bamboo skewer to the sun, then place a face on each side of the sun with foam tape (to give it some dimension). Cut out the banners and using double sided tape or glue, fasten them to bamboo skewers as well.

You Are My Sonshine Baby Shower Template The Artyologist

This was so much fun, I need an opportunity to do another one!

top of table with card basket, floral arrangement and framed verse for baby shower