Baby showers are joyous occasions to celebrate the birth of a baby. Baby showers not only add excitement but are also a great way to get together for blessing the new parents-to-be as well as the baby (if the baby is already born). They are a fun way to greet apprehensive moms-to-be. Lots of balloons, streamers, banners and colorful decorations make the party area more lively. Baby showers can be more fun if they are well decorated according to a theme or a particular idea.

Baby shower decorations can be based on themes like animals, nursery rhymes, fairy tale characters, or family themes. The plates, glasses, and other accessories can be based on these themes. Even the guests can dress up to suit the theme of the party. The gifts and favors for the guests as well as the games can also be designed to suit the theme of the party.

Some common decorations for baby shower are beanie babies or stuffed animals as center pieces on tables, candles shaped as babies or baby accessories, pacifiers as napkin holders, potted plants wrapped in colorful diapers, small baby-shaped cakes as center pieces, candy dishes made of jellybellys, baby booties filled with candies placed all over the room, colorfully decorated diapers on clothes line, fun shaped baby tubs as punch bowls, fun shaped lamps which the mom can take for the baby's room, confetti that says "It's a boy!" or "It's a girl!", chocolate lollipops in the shapes of umbrellas as table decoration, the baby's crib or stroller decorated to fill in the gifts, pins for all the guests and a special one of the mom-to-be, cloth diapers as placemats, baby bottles as drinking glasses, carriage made of water melon chunks as table decorations, or baby bottles as vases. The idea is to be as creative as possible to make the occasion very memorable and a lot of fun.

There are an endless number of themes to consider when decorating for a baby shower. The only limitation is the imagination of the person doing the decorating.