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Delight guests at your Under the Sea baby shower with games that celebrate your theme!  Guessing games are always a hit, so fill a jar with fish-shaped crackers and have guests try to figure out how many are inside.  The person closest to the correct number wins a prize - like an ocean scented candle.  Another fun game is one that tests your guests' artistic abilities.  Have each person place a piece of paper on top of their head and then draw the best fish they can without looking.

The mother-to-be can judge each drawing and award a fitting prize (like a stationery set) to the winner.  If you have time to do a little research, look up the names of ocean babies (a baby whale is a calf, a baby shark is a pup, baby frogs are tadpoles, etc) then create a quiz based on these answers.  The person who gets the most questions right wins!  If you don't have the time or creativity to come up with your own shower game, you can find a number of baby shower games online.

Some of the prettiest and most colorful baby gifts available are those that celebrate an ocean theme!  The gift basket pictured above contains a hodgepodge of items including a musical CD, fun bath toys, some ocean-themed books and an adorable plush octopus!  You can purchase this gift as seen, or create one of your own by putting together "Under the Sea" items into a galvanized tub or wicker basket.  The gift container can also be used to store toys, diapers or baby blankets once baby arrives!  With a gift this beautiful, you may choose not to wrap it and instead display it as a fun centerpiece at your shower.

Need more ideas? Try this post on Under The Sea Baby Shower.

Introduce guests to an "Under the Sea" baby shower with some cute invitations that display your theme.  You can purchase Under the Sea baby shower invitations that are already filled out, you may choose under the sea themed fill-in type invitations, or you can create handmade invitations that coordinate with your theme and color scheme!  Personalized invitations may be a bit more expensive, but they are great if you are short on time and want something that just needs to be stuffed into an envelope and be mailed out.  The handmade invitations will be more labor intensive, but they are fun to design and you can include specific ocean items that your guest of honor loves.

If you choose to create your own invitations, it's a great idea to include a catchy phrase or poem that includes shower details.  Some examples include:  "Swim over to Kayla's Reef and celebrate the arrival of a new little guppy!", "Under the Sea with baby and me, join us with glee for a ocean party!"

Make sure your invitations include the basics such as mom's name, the shower date, time and location.   If you have the information, it is also a good idea to include baby's due date, the sex of the baby (if known), and any nursery theme mom will be using, as well as where mom is registered for baby gifts.  You may want to let guests know if a light lunch or dessert only will be served, as well as if the shower is for adults only or if children are welcome.  Some hosts choose a couples baby shower which works quite well with an Under the Sea baby shower theme because of the fun games and interesting ocean tidbits that you can include to keep the men entertained!

More fun ideas at this post, Under The Sea Baby Shower.