12 Halloween Baby Shower Ideas Perfect For Spooky Season

Thinking about throwing a Halloween-themed baby shower during the spookiest season of the year? At Peerspace, we love this idea and want to help. Here are 12 Halloween baby shower ideas that will make your gathering an adorable success!

1. Baby ghost-themed baby shower

Even within the category of spooky imagery, there are all kinds of themes that you could choose for your Halloween baby shower. One of our favorite Halloween baby shower ideas is a baby ghost-themed party. Use baby ghosts as the central theme of your invitations, decor, and all the snacks you serve.

If you decide to have this party somewhere other than your own home, renting a space like this attractive garden space in Washington, DC will give you the ideal canvas to decorate.

2. Send out some spooky yet adorable invitations

Regular old Halloween invitations might not work for a baby shower because they don’t all have that bit of sweetness required for the tone of a baby shower. You want to strike a balance between the spooky Halloween theme and the fact that you’re hosting a baby shower.

Something like these little ghost Halloween baby shower invitations from Zazzle would be the perfect choice for this occasion.

3. Make a spooky cake

Romper has a bunch of suggestions for cute Halloween baby shower cakes that will look wonderful in photos and that your guests are sure to love. Options include a spooky bat cake, a pregnant witch cake, and a baby ghost cake, among many others! This is an area where you can really get creative.

As an alternative to one big cake, you can also decorate some Halloween cupcakes for single-serving treats that will still look super cute. We love this vintage Halloween cupcake kit from Sammy and Nat. Yum!

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4. Play the “don’t say baby” game

Can you and your guests really spend an entire baby shower without saying the word “baby” once? Probably not, but it’s worth a try and the effort will make for plenty of laughs and lots of fun. Here are the rules of the game if you haven’t played it before!

5. Halloween-themed snacks

It’s easy to find lots of recipes for delicious Halloween-themed snacks to serve at your baby shower. But if you’re not sure where to begin, here are 60 spooky Halloween party food ideas for your monster bash from Woman’s Day!

Whether you’re drawn to the spiderweb nacho spread or the pumpkin hand pies, there’s something here for every palate, and your guests will be impressed by how well you’ve stuck to the theme.

6. Serve gourmet candy

Another one of our top Halloween baby shower ideas is to serve candy since that’s half the reason many of us love Halloween! But instead of giving out the usual stuff like Hershey bars and mini bags of Skittles, go a little more high-end with your candy choices to elevate the gathering and make it adult-friendly.

Boxes of premium chocolates like the ones on this list from the New York Times would make fabulous fancy treats, especially if you display them in their beautiful boxes. And if you don’t like chocolate, Epicurious has plenty of ideas for fancy Halloween candy you might like.

7. Use googly eyes as an easy and fun decoration

The Green Spring Home has a fabulous yet simple idea for Halloween baby shower decor: stick googly eyes onto whatever you want! They suggest, for example, that you “add them to candle holders, sweet holders, containers, drinking cups, etc.”

Not only will this help strengthen the Halloween theme, but it’s also hilarious. Your guests will definitely laugh when they notice this decor choice.

8. Serve some spooky Halloween punch

This idea comes from Simply Happy Foodie, which provides an easy recipe for a spooky Halloween punch – the ideal beverage for your Halloween baby shower. In addition to the punch looking like a big bowl of blood, we love their idea of including ice cubes in the shape of hands!

All you need for this recipe is some cranberry juice, pineapple juice, frozen lemonade concentrate, and ginger ale, so it’s not only tasty but also super easy to execute.

9. Halloween balloon arch

A balloon arch is a simple and affordable way to add a festive feel to your party. Using balloons in shades of orange, silver, purple, and/or black will make your balloon arch as Halloween-y as can be! To make things even easier for yourself, you can even purchase a Halloween balloon arch-making kit like this one from Amazon.

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10. Use Halloween cake toppers

Cake toppers are one of the lowest-effort and lowest-cost ways to incorporate a theme into your party’s snacks and decor. Halloween cake toppers like these ones from Target will definitely bring in even more of the Halloween vibes you’re seeking. Of course, you can use them on large cakes and cupcakes, but feel free to incorporate them in more creative ways, as well.

11. Ask your guests to dress in costume

If you’re really going all-in on the Halloween theme for your baby shower and embracing the fact that it’s taking place during the spooky season, why not have your guests come to your party in costume? Just be sure to mention that part of the dress code well in advance, ideally on your invitations, so they have time to prepare the perfect costume.

12. “Hocus Pocus” baby shower

Here’s one of our favorite Halloween baby shower ideas! Are you a big fan of the movie “Hocus Pocus”? If so, this beloved film that defined so many of our Halloweens as children will make an unbeatable baby shower theme! Start off by sending out Hocus Pocus-themed invitations and keep going from there! Plus, here are lots more “Hocus Pocus” party ideas that aren’t specific to baby showers but that will absolutely work for yours.

And if you want to make this theme extra special, have your shower at a venue like this 1910 craftsman home in Los Angeles. The hosts write that it has the perfect combination of charming and spooky vibes. 

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