Do you have fond memories of the cabbage patch dolls? The ones with the chubby faces and the very charming dimples; you will remember those dolls especially if you were a kid during the 80’s since that was the time that they became really popular. Although their star might have waned a little, the cabbage patch dolls are slowly starting to become popular again. Take advantage of this popularity to make your sure your baby shower cabbage patch theme is a hit with other women who might also have cabbage patch dolls of their very own. You can have so much fun with these, what with the all the decorations that you can put up and also the fond memories that you will get to talk about with people when you were younger and playing with cabbage patch dolls.
First thing you may need to do to inform your guests about the theme is to make sure that you make invitations with a cabbage patch theme so that they know at first glance what the theme is. You can buy some cabbage patch kids stationary and even some ready made invitations from a card store. These are not expensive and may even be cheaper then if you attempt to make invitations on your own. If you would like to make your own simple invitations, you can buy green paper and envelopes and seal the envelopes and then invites with some cabbage patch stickers and cutouts. You can print the cabbage patch pictures from images you find online, print them out and then carefully cut them out. You may use pens with different colored ink or even some glitter pens if you really want to relive the whole cabbage patch moment of your youth.
Another way that you can make use of cabbage patch kids’ images and cutouts is by printing all the characters and cutting them out. You then paste the images to some stiff cardboard so that they are more durable. You can then string these and hang them vertically along the entrance to your venue. You can also attach some sticks to the cutouts and have your guests use them for the games. Name that cabbage patch doll. Whoever can name the most dolls correctly can win a doll that he or she can take home.
You may use cabbage patch dolls as table decorations before you give them away as prizes to your guests so that they serve a dual purpose and your money is well spent. If your budget will not let you buy dolls for every table, you can alternate dolls with some character cutouts for every alternating table. If you can find some cabbage patch doll cake toppers, then by all means put them on your cake. If you can not find the table toppers, then you can ask the baker to use icing to recreate your favorite cabbage patch kid on your cake. This baby shower cabbage patch theme is enjoyable for people of all ages and should you have kids at your baby shower, they are sure to end up loving the cabbage patch theme as well.