Planning a baby shower or helping someone that is? A great way to treat your guests is to have amazing food for them to enjoy while they are celebrating! A creative, recently made popular trend are charcuterie boards! Here are a bunch of baby shower charcuterie board ideas that your guests will absolutely love!
What is a Charcuterie Board:
A charcuterie board is a French tradition and term that used to be mainly used for a way to present and preserve meat. In the more recent past, charcuterie boards are full of edible goodies, and many no longer include meat, which is great for vegetarians and vegans! They are a way to elevate and combine vegetable, fruit, and cheese trays to make them more aesthetically pleasing and intriguing for your guests. They are also referred to as snack boards.
Main components of a charcuterie board:
-A wooden or plastic board that will hold all of your food
-Fruit and/or vegetables
-Crackers/bread/pretzels/snacks
-Proteins (cheese, etc)
-Spreads (hummus, jellies, almond butter, etc.)
Boards
So now that the wheels are turning in your head of what you might want on your baby shower charcuterie board, here are a few ideas of what to use as your base (board) for your platter:
Heart Shaped Board:
This is a beautiful touch to a baby shower for a very loving mother-to-be. Although simple in design, it is not your run-of-the-mill rectangular wooden board. After filling the board with goodies, it will be make statement on its own.
This charcuterie board is versatile enough to go with any baby shower theme while sending a message of love to the soon-to-be mom and baby.
Check it out here.
Sea Horse/Under the Sea/Mermaid Themed Baby Shower Board:
This is perfect for any nautical themed baby shower. Whether your mommy-to-be is a fan of The Little Mermaid or just loves the ocean, this would be a great board to use for her baby shower.
It also comes with a SUPER cute cheese knife is incredibly affordable (less than $15!!!) for a board you can use over and over again.
Check it out here.
Mickey Mouse/Disney Board
If your mommy-to-be is a fan of Disney in any way and is having Disney themed baby shower (think Disney Princesses, The Jungle Book, Star Wars, etc), then you need to get her a Mickey Mouse Charcuterie Board for her food presentation!
She will not only LOVE it at her shower, but she can use it again and again. What’s really cool about this platter is it comes with a drawer to hold these cute platter utensils that have little Mickeys on them! Love that!
Check it out here.
Pineapple/Hawaiian Board
Whether you are having a luau-styled baby shower or maybe you just want to put a whole bunch of fruit on this platter, this board is a great choice. It also comes with a matching cheese knife.
Check it out here.
Personalized Charcuterie Board
This would be a fun way to celebrate the baby by putting the last name of the parents on a board as another gift at the baby shower. They will appreciate the personal sentiment and they will be able to use their gift over and over again (especially for their stay at home with the baby date nights!!)
Check out a personalized board here.
Baby Themed Boards and Platters
Perfect for a gender reveal or baby shower event, comes in 2 sizes and currently is on sale for $16.80! Click here to check it out.
Click here to check out this cute snack board for parents expecting a little baby girl!
Click here to check out this cute snack board for parents expecting a little baby boy!
Super awesome grazing board that comes in 3 sizes to work for any size party or price range. Click Here
Perfect if you wanted something baby themed but not necessarily a huge block of wood. Great for gender reveals or baby showers. Comes in quantities of 1, 2, or 4, whatever you prefer. Click here
Extras
If you want your tray to “pop” and scream “baby”, you might want to add a few little “extra” items to your board for the occasion.
1.) Colored Cocktail Picks
Perfect for putting in a bowl next to your baby shower snack board, or you can place them throughout the board for extra pizazz!
Check those out here.
2.) Cupcake Toppers
These are great and would be a unique addition to a snackboard because they are usually used for cupcakes! Why not “baby up” your board with these cute cupcake toppers?
Check them out here.
3.) Mini Chalkboard Signs
These are perfect for both of these things: labeling food items (types of cheese, quiches, allergy friendly, etc.) or to put a nice Baby Shower Message like “Welcome to Baby Smith’s Shower” or something like that. You can also change what they say, so that’s an added bonus!
Check them out here.
Food Ideas
-Brunch Board: Think fruit, croissants, cheese, granola, pancakes, french toast, donuts, jams, peanut butter, cereal, and nuts
Here is a Brunch Snack Board Idea from Lovely Lucky Life. Click Here to see it.
–Epic Vegetarian Charcuterie Board: For when you are having guests over that have meat-free diets. Think hummus, cheese, olives, tomatoes, grapes, nuts, crackers, ranch, honey, jams, etc.
Here is a Vegetarian Snack Board from The Fiery Vegetarian. Yum!
–Specific Color-Themed Board: Do an all blue or all pink board. For blue: think blueberries, pretzels dipped in white chocolate with blue sprinkles, blackberries, strawberries dipped in blue colored chocolate, blue Lindt chocolate candies, blue macaroons, and blue jelly beans!
Click here to view the above blue dessert board.
and for pink: watermelon, strawberry shortcakes, strawberries, raspberries, red m&ms, starbursts, pink frosted cookies:
Click here to view the pink snack board.
Hopefully you got some ideas for your charcuterie/snack boards! If you need other ideas on planning a baby shower, check out:
Easy and Inexpensive Baby Shower Favors that Your Guest will LOVE!
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