Throw an Enchanting, Butterfly-Themed Bridal Shower
An indoor table setting with pink and purple decor and butterfly decorations. Image by Bridal Shower 101.
As your bride gets closer to her wedding day, she probably thinks about the butterflies she felt when she first saw her future spouse. Remind her of that fluttery feeling by throwing her a butterfly-themed bridal shower!
Butterflies are not only enchanting, but they symbolize new life, beauty, and the arrival of spring-themed bridal showers! So they are the perfect image to center a spring bridal shower around.
Let’s take a look at everything you need to know to plan an enchanting butterfly-themed bridal shower for your favorite bride-to-be.
Butterfly-Themed Invitations and Announcements
Since the invitations will be the first glimpse potential guests get into your event, it’s important to get them right. And with a butterfly theme, there are endless options you can choose from to tailor the design to your one-and-only bride.
You’ll want to mail them out at least six to eight weeks before the event. This will give guests time to check their schedules and decide if they can attend.
Invitation Design Tips and Styles
White invitations with gold butterfly sleeves laid on top of roses. Image by DesignPartyLove on Etsy.
For a butterfly themed bridal shower, you should include all things butterfly on your invitations. Consider floral accents or just go with a group of butterflies in the color palate of the party.
To make your invitations stand out, you can use vibrant colors and beautiful butterfly graphics. For extra oomph, laser-cut butterfly invitations are breathtaking and sure to capture your guests’ eyes!
Embossed textures are also an elegant way to make your shower invitations pop. You could also go for alternative materials, like acrylic invites to really make a statement!
Content Suggestions
When designing the invitation, make sure to include the venue address, time, and how the guest can RSVP. Consider including a QR code that takes them right to a Google form.
Then guests can easily let you know whether they can attend and even if they have dietary restrictions. Include a cute, on-trend phrase, like “Lifetime of Butterflies'' or “Butterfly Kisses.”
These phrases look cute on invites and event signage and will tie in the idea that butterflies represent new beginnings.
Venue Decorations
The butterfly theme is perfect for any venue, but especially fits a unique bridal shower venue outdoors with flowers, trees, and maybe even some real butterflies!
So whether you are hosting in someone’s home, in a garden, or cafe, it’s easy to decorate the space to fit this flexible theme.
Setting the Scene
Naturally, an outdoor garden setting will complement the butterfly theme perfectly. You can use the surrounding greenery and flowers as decor by hanging paper butterflies using fishing wire. They will look gorgeous fluttering in the breeze.
Hosting indoors? No worries- you can easily create a floral and butterfly-filled backdrop to set the vibe and make your pictures pop!
You can DIY one using a panel of faux greenery and some butterfly garland. Add some fairy lights and your guests will be transported to a butterfly wonderland!
Table Settings and Centerpieces
Table decor is crucial for any party, so start with some pastel tablecloths and butterfly shaped menus. Look for plates and napkins with a butterfly pattern, or go the elegant route with cloth napkins wrapped in a butterfly napkin ring.
If you’re assigning seats, butterfly place cards make a charming way to let guests know where to sit.
Look for butterfly table confetti and full floral centerpieces. You can add delicate butterfly figurines or hang paper butterflies from the ceiling if indoors. Alternate hanging butterflies with floral garland or ribbon for a magical look.
Butterfly-Inspired Activities and Entertainment
It’s important to keep your guests entertained during the bridal shower. If you are interested in classic shower games, you can find editable printable templates that you can customize and print off at home.
Otherwise, you can plan other activities to put a smile on your guests' faces.
Craft Stations
Crafts are a fun way to entertain guests and give them a keepsake to take home. Set up a station where guests can decorate fun butterfly masks or assemble flower crowns with small fabric butterflies.
You can also have guests paint wooden butterflies or write inspiring messages on them to give to the bride-to-be. If you glue a magnet on the back, these would look amazing displayed for the bride to see.
Photo Opportunities
Photos are the best way to remember fun times, so create an unforgettable opportunity for everyone at your bridal shower. Create a photo book complete with butterfly wings, fairy crowns, and a themed backdrop.
You can set up a Polaroid camera and ask guests to pin their photos on a bulletin board. This will give the bride a fun keepsake to help her remember her bridal shower.
Guests can still snap selfies on their phones to post to social media. Don’t forget to create a snappy hashtag so they can tag the bride in all their fun photos!
Themed Menu Ideas for a Butterfly Bridal Shower
Pink and purple desserts with butterfly decorations. Image by Bridal Shower 101.
Appetizers and Main Courses
Make the menu as delicate as a butterfly’s wings. Serve finger sandwiches cut into butterfly shapes with butterfly-shaped cookie cutters.
Arrange fruit platters into colorful butterfly shapes. You can also incorporate the theme by offering butterfly-shaped serving utensils on your food tables.
Another great idea is to offer a garden menu with butterfly decorations. Choose picnic foods or a fun bridal shower charcuterie board idea and serve the bride’s favorite dishes family style and add butterfly decorations to the edge of the platters.
Desserts and Drinks
When your guests are ready for something sweet, it’s easy to make your desserts and drinks on theme. You can offer butterfly-shaped cupcakes or cookies decorated with edible flowers.
You can also add sugar wafer butterflies to your desserts as an edible decoration. A butterfly theme calls for fun pastel drinks. Mix prosecco and fresh grapefruit juice with edible glitter for a delicious, refreshing cocktail.
You can substitute alcohol with sprite for a nonalcoholic punch. Top your beverages with a butterfly edible drink topper customized with the bride’s name!
Butterfly-Themed Favor Ideas
Party favors are a great way to thank your guests for attending the bridal shower. Keep them functional and choose a butterfly or floral pattern to keep everything cohesive.
Butterfly bookmarks are a unique party favor, especially if your bride loves to read. Small mason jars of butterfly-shaped candies or a butterfly candle are great options as well.
If you are looking to offer personalized favors, butterfly keychains will fit your theme and look great on your guests’ keys. You can add the bride’s name or the bridal shower phrase you chose to put on the invitations.
DIY Favor Options
If you are looking to DIY your party favors, it’s easy to find impressive items that fit in budget. You can make butterfly seed paper using packs of flower seeds and recycled paper.
Soak the paper in water for several days and then use a blender to create a pulp mixture. Mix in the seeds and spread them out thinly on a baking tray. Allow it to dry completely and then cut it up, adding a tag to tell guests how to plant it!
You can also fill small glass vials with butterfly garden seeds so guests can plant them in their gardens or craft a DIY garden kit in a small pot for guests to keep on their windowsill.
They can plant the seeds at home and watch them grow to remember the special day!
Bridal Outfit
The star of any bridal shower is the bride. She needs to stand out and feel special. Ask the guests to wear pastels and have the bride wear a white butterfly-themed dress.
If she already has an outfit picked out, you can get her some butterfly accessories, like a crown of butterflies or fun hair clips. Decorate her chair with paper butterflies, faux flowers, and tulle so she has a special place to sit and eat during her event.
Conclusion
Your bride-to-be’s heart will flutter when she sees all the effort you’ve put into planning the perfect shower.
Remember to ask your bride about her color preferences and what her perfect shower would look like. The day is all about her and you want to give her exactly what she wants!
Butterflies are beautiful symbols of new life. That makes them the perfect fit for a bridal shower theme. There are so many ways to incorporate them into your bridal shower, so get creative!