If you’re planning a baby shower at this time of year, you can use that cozy, earthy magic as the basis for the entire celebration.
There is something about this time of year that feels like home: the cool air, cozy sweaters, wonderful smells of cinnamon, baked apple, and just simply that time of year that makes you want to slow down and appreciate the simple things in life, like falling leaves and hot cider.
Whether it’s your sister, best friend, or yourself planning the baby shower, below you will find the top trending fall baby shower themes for 2025 that will bring the cozy experience of autumn to life in their own ways.
This article also includes cute fall decor ideas that bring a warm, autumnal vibe.
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Fall-Themed Baby Shower Ideas for 2025
Baby in Bloom (Fall Edition)
This version of “baby in bloom” is richer and deeper than our spring version.
Use jewel-toned flowers- maroon dahlias, burnt orange mums, golden sun flowers- and have them spilling over wooden containers or ceramic vases. A flower crown for the mama-to-be could complete the decor. It’s still feels feminine, but with the wisdom and strength of autumn.
A Little Pumpkin Is On the Way
This wouldn’t be a real fall list without this one. It’s sweet, timeless, and endlessly flexible.
You could fill the space with bright orange pumpkins for a fun and bold vibe, or stick to neutral tones with white and dusty pink pumpkins for a more elegant feel. Some mamas even choose velvet pumpkins for a cozy, textured look.
Add a “Pumpkin Patch” sign, some hay bales, and maybe even pumpkin-themed cookies with baby’s name. It feels classic, but never boring.
Apple Of Our Eye
Fall apple season is the inspiration behind this darling theme.
Celebrate with red and green balloons with leaf cutouts above rustic wooden crates or barrels filled with fresh apples, fruit baskets on each table and burlap table runners. Host it outdoors near an apple orchard or create an indoor orchard in a backyard, park or other outdoor setting with this fresh and colorful theme.
Sunny Sunflowers
Throw a sunny late summer or early fall baby shower with a Sunny Sunflower theme.
Think big yellow sunflowers, rustic touches and all things in shades of yellow and gold. A sunny sunflower baby shower with bright yellow balloon garlands, sunflowers in mason jars and lovely shades of beige, brown and green is adorable and eye-catching.
Bright yellow sunflowers on invitations can help set the sunny theme, as can delicious sunflower cookies, lemon bars and chocolate-dipped strawberries on your refreshment table.
Baby Is Brewing Baby Shower
A Baby Is Brewing baby shower will keep guests warm and toasty on a crisp autumn day.
Decorate with autumn neutrals (think caramel, cream, sage, dusty rose), rustic wood signs and dried florals in amber glass vases. Set up a cute self-serve coffee, tea and hot cocoa station complete with seasonal syrups.
Finish the look with mini pumpkins, eucalyptus garlands and warm, soft lighting.
We Can Bearly Wait
Who’s ready for a shower as sweet and cuddly as your little cub on the way?
Balloons and fluffy pom-poms in brown, beige, and cream, adorable stuffed teddy bears, paw prints, and a sweet “bearly wait” banner are must-have decor touches for this shower. Use wooden plaques, burlap flags, and naturally textured decor and tableware to keep the rustic fall theme going.
Read this We Can Bearly Wait Baby Shower article, to know how to host a memorable shower party?
A Little Cutie Pie is on the Way
Your Little Cutie Pie baby shower will perfectly celebrate your little girl-to-be with love and cozy autumn vibes.
Arrange pie plates and napkins throughout the area and then display apple, pumpkin, and sweet potato pies as edible centerpieces. Paint the room in a soft scheme of orange, tan, white, and pale green, then sprinkle the space with gold balloons, glittery streamers, and shimmering accents on the tables.
Boho Fall Mama
One of the loved ones for mamas who love calm, earthy tones with a little bit of fancy.
You could make use of macramé backdrops, pampas gras arrangements, amber glassware, and linen napkins in muted rust and beige colors. You could have a little crystal station, a herbal tea bar, or even essential oil rollers as favors! The whole event could feel a little more like a wellness retreat, lots of belly laughs included.
Baby It’s Cold (almost)!
For those showers at the end of October or beginning of November, this theme is perfect.
You could include baby mittens on strings, snowflake sugar cookies, or a guest table that reads “Warm Wishes for Baby” where guests can write notes for the parents and drop them in a cocoa tin. Use winter whites as the dominant color with soft browns and pale blues as accents to be in the season.
Floral Fall Baby Shower
Nothing is cuter than combining two classic themes into one super adorable celebration.
The combination of soft pink florals and ivory with rustic orange and warm copper will bring the autumn vibes. Use loose white linens and green garlands as the base for the event and layer in blooms like roses, dahlias, and peonies to really take things to the next level. And don’t forget to add the pumpkins!
Moon and Stars
Picture gold-painted pumpkins, crescent moons, stars sprinkled across your tabletops, and perhaps a “Wish Upon a Star” table where guests leave hopes for baby.
Use soft materials like velvet pillows and chiffon runners. If the shower is lit up for an evening event, dim down the lights, and let the candles or fairy lights create the world. It is a delightfully ethereal property.
Sweater Weather Baby
If your baby shower was a feeling this is it: Cozy knits, layers, comfort food, and soft laughs.
Yarn balls as centerpieces, a mini sweater garland banner, and perhaps even a DIY station where guests use fabric markers to write messages on baby socks. In fact, no dress code but to wear your most comfy fall sweater (no judgement!). So cozy and warm and so cute.
A Farm-to-Table Fall Harvest Baby Shower
This will work best for smaller gatherings of foodies.
Serve food that is in season like roasted veggies, pumpkin soup and fresh warm bread with butter. Arrange charcuterie on wood boards and display seasonal fruits and veggies like pears, apples and squash. You could add a handwritten label on kraft paper and offer paper napkins. You can keep it casual because the love will shine through the simplicity.
Woodland Creatures and Cozy Fires
There is something so comforting about woodland animals and wood texture.
Create a woodland corner with some cuddly stuffed animals, faux tree stumps for stools, and brown kraft paper table runners. You could turn into a “Storytime Nook” and fill it with woodland animals’ books for guests to read or give as gifts.
Apples and Cider
This is easy if you love a September baby shower! There is so much to fun playing off an apple theme.
You can incorporate apple cider donuts, caramel apple dipping station or apple-shaped name tags. Use wooden crates mixed with red checked linens and mason jars with cinnamon sticks to decorate. This theme is so simple yet so warm and nostalgic, it feels like a small town fall harvest festival just for baby!
Fall in Love With Baby
This one is all about love.
You can also print pics from the parents’ journey and hang them with mini clothespins on a string – wedding day, first apartment, ultrasound. You can add romantic touches like candles, lace tablecloths, and soft instrumental background music. Ask guests to share a love letter or poem for the baby. Sweet and sentimental.
A Little Boo Is Almost Due
Halloween doesn’t have to be eerie.
Use banners that read “Trick or Treat Yo’ Self,” adorable ghosts with smiley faces, tiny bats, and baby pumpkins wearing tutus. Make a candy bar and give the guests goodie bags to fill. It’s lighthearted and ideal for humorous mothers.
Farmer’s Market Baby Shower
Make small “market stalls” for sweets and favors, such as a cider stand, a baked goods area, or a jam table.
Give visitors paper bags to fill and embellish with the baby’s name. Make use of small chalkboard signs, kraft paper, and burlap. It transforms taking a shower into a memorable experience that people discuss for weeks afterwards.
A Cute Camper
This shower (outdoor or indoor!) is ready for fall fun.
Use rustic touches like wood signs and flannel alongside darling camping-inspired decorations. Banners like “Adventure Awaits,” or “Happy Camper” paired with rustic arrows that direct guests to the “Campfire” (AKA s’mores station) or “Games” and “Grub” areas make this shower really stand out. Plaid blankets, lanterns, and mini pine trees will set the scene as soon as guests arrive.
Pumpkin Patch
This is yet another pumpkin inspired theme that’s perfect the fall celebration.
Create an autumnal paradise with carved and uncarved pumpkins in a variety of sizes, hay bales for seating or tables, and a scattering of colorful fall leaves.
Create a rustic wooden photo booth area with hay bales, flannel blankets, and pumpkins and “Mommy’s Little Pumpkin” sign for some adorable guest photos. It’s a surefire way to shower the mom-to-be with love, laughter, and a whole lot of pumpkin spice!
Ideas for Fall Decor That Create an Autumnal Feel
Tiny orange and white pumpkins
They shout “fall” right away and are small and reasonably priced.
They can be stacked next to welcome signs, arranged in irregular clusters on the tables, or hollowed out and used as miniature vases. Combine glossy and matte textures. Add some velvet ones as well; they’re surprisingly elegant and soft to the touch.
Dried Flower Bouquets
Dried flowers will always hold their beauty unlike fresh flowers that wilt, and there is rustic charm that complements the season very well.
Think bundles of pampas grass, grasses, eucalyptus, and burnt-orange flowers together in an amber vase or ceramic vase, and some smaller bunches tied with twine for guest favors. To me, there is something really magical about using dried flowers it’s like holding onto beauty as the seasons change.
Woven Baskets & Crates
Practically decorative. A wide, shallow basket can hold rolled-up plaid blankets, a deep basket can hold apples or favor bags.
Stacking wooden crates & placing food on a few on one height & stack up others on different heights which adds a bit more warmth & dimension. The jars & crates don’t have to be perfect, in fact, the more rustic looking they are, the better.
Hay Bales
Nothing says “rustic farmhouse” like a few hay bales! Stack them up for cute corners, photo booth backdrops or even seating (throw a plaid throw on top!). Add in a few pumpkins, corn stalks, and some fall florals and you will have the perfect pumpkin patch feel to your fall baby shower.
Fall Leaf Garlands
You can go full DIY with some real leaves from a nature walk or you can buy some faux leaves that you can use for multiple events.
Drape them on the dessert table, wrap around the backs of chairs, weave into a backdrop, or behind the mama to be. Add twinkly lights for twinkle glow for a nice golden hour touch.
Cozy Lighting
Lighting really makes the space. Battery-operated lanterns, tea lights in mason jars, strands of fairy lights zig zagging across the ceiling, it’s really about creating a soft atmosphere.
If the shower is running into the evening, the softer light will make it feel like a cuddle. Oh, and it helps if you sprinkle in cinnamon- or vanilla-scented candles whereever you can.
Buffalo Plaid Blankets on Every Seat
It is the easiest way to keep your guests cozy.
Take a palette of warm earth-tone colors of late autumn, burgundy, mustard, tapping into a mossy green, and fold or lay-over a blanket on each chair. It will act as decor and keep you warm, especially if it is a chilly outdoor gathering.
Apple Crates for Dessert Displays
Instead of putting food on flat trays, create height.
Find some old apple crates and turn them on their sides to use as stacked desserts, or rustic food stations. Use a pencil, and stick it into a mini pumpkin, and make little signs with each dessert, like, “apple crumble bites” or “cinnamon swirl cupcakes.” It gives it an harvest-type display that looks good, and is operational.
Handwritten Chalkboard Signs
There really is a homemade quality to true handwritten signs.
Use them to label the drink station (“Cider Bar”), leave a note at the guestbook table, or write a note such as “Love is Brewing” near the tea station. And, if your writing is not perfect, do not worry. That is what makes it feel warm and genuine.
Leaf Confetti or Table Scatter
Choose nature-inspired options instead of glitter or confetti.
Cut fabric or felt into little leaves, and scatter them down the center of your main table. Incorporate acorns, wooden beads, or cinnamon sticks. This adds just enough detail to your table to look festive, without going overboard.
Mason Jars with Twine
Mason jars work great for almost anything: drinks, flowers, candles, or even cutlery holder.
Simply wrap the top rim with some twine or jute, if you are feeling adventurous, add a small wooden tag, or sprig of rosemary. For drinks, throw in a cinnamon stick or striped paper straw. A rustic feel with little to no effort.
Cinnamon Stick Bundles
Small bundles tied with string or ribbon add scent and texture to the table.
Place one on each napkin, or drop them in mini jars as take-home favours. They look lovely but take little time to prepare. When people pick them up, the smell hits, a perfect sensory detail.
Wooden Signs
Free-standing signs, pallet wood, or framed wood discs with prints or sayings like “Harvesting Love,” “Little One on the Way,” or “Thankful for Baby” create beautiful photo opportunities.
Lean one against a wall by the entrance or place a few by the dessert table. Or to keep it simple, just write it on kraft paper and pin to a board. Don’t strive for Pinterest perfection here, done is better than perfect.
Pumpkin Vases or Candle Holders
You can take little pumpkins, cut off the tops, scoop out the insides, and drop a small vase or glass inside with an arrangement of flowers or a candle.
You can leave them plain or paint soft colours that match your colour scheme. They can be on every table or a large one can be a centerpiece. They feel very “fall,” but in an understated beautiful way.
Gourds and Natural Centerpieces
Not everything has to be symmetrical or styled.
Take a wood bowl and fill it with odd shaped gourds, apples, pears, dried corn, or even pine cones. It’s imperfect (a little wild) and completely seasonal. The mix of textures and colors makes it feel like it’s alive.
Scent corners or stove-top simmer pots
If you are entertaining in doors, you can simmer cinnamon sticks, orange peels, and cloves on your stove or in a slow cooker.
It makes the whole house feel and smell warm. If you can’t use your stove, have little bowls with dried potpourri in key areas. Folks might not notice it right away, but they will feel it.
Final thoughts
Whether you are celebrating with flannel and donuts in the yard or candles and cinnamon in a quiet living room, the most important part is how people feel.
They will remember the cozy blanket on the chair. The soft song in the background. The smell of cinnamon and baked apples. The tears when mama-to-be opened that first baby book.
That’s the magic.
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