4 Unique Wedding Shower Themes Your Guests Will Love

First, we can’t very well write an article about unique wedding shower themes without clarifying what a wedding shower is in the first place.

Most people are familiar with the concept of a bridal shower, which is just for the bride and is normally hosted by her close female friends and/or relatives.

Unlike a bridal shower, a wedding shower (also called a “couple’s shower” by some) is for both the bride and the groom, and can be hosted by either of their friends or family.

While bridal showers tend to take on a decidedly feminine appearance most of the time, the appearance of a wedding shower should be appropriate for both sides.

That’s why many people have trouble coming up with ideas for how to design one.

So, we’ve put together this short list of unique wedding shower themes to help you all out. 😉

1. Yellowstone

You could substitute “Yellowstone” for any other national park in the US, but the theme is basically forests, big sky, rivers, waterfalls, and all that lovely stuff that you’ll find in the national parks.

You can also incorporate iconic North American animals, birds, and fish, like buffalo, deer, owls, raccoons, trout, and so on.

To accomplish this, you can put up posters and photos as well as buy some stuffed animals or replicas, and pick up some artificial plants from a craft store.

If you want to really sell it, you can also get a small water feature, like a table fountain, or set up a speaker behind one of the artificial plants or rocks to play nature sounds on a loop.

The whole idea is to bring the national parks as close as you can without actually going there.

Of course, if you do want to actually just go there, that would also be a great idea, as long as you keep everything clean and don’t leave any trash behind.

2. America’s Coastline

America has a vast and extensive coastline, from Hawaii to Alaska and from Florida to northern Maine.

And that coastline runs through a wide variety of different climate zones and biospheres.

So there are a lot of different things to draw inspiration from, but we generally recommend sticking with one region as your inspiration, just because it can be challenging to mix them.

You could do a Latin-inspired theme based on the aesthetic of southern Florida and Puerto Rico.

Or maybe you’d prefer a more Red Lobster-esque theme inspired by the coast of New England.

And of course, there are always Hawaii and Southern California (or the less talked about but equally breathtaking Northern California.

Lastly, Oregon, Washington, and southern Alaska have their own thing going on.

Whichever region you choose, you’ll want to include things like rocks, water sounds, and maybe even a bit of moss or something like that, depending on your chosen biome.

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3. Citrus & Stone Fruits

You can really have both or choose one of the two.

Most people know what citrus is (lemons, limes, oranges, etc.), but “stone fruits” might be a term you haven’t heard before. Essentially, it refers to fruits that have a large, hard pit/seed in their center.

Think cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and so on.

If you want to do one or the other, you can think of citrus fruits as being representative of the warmer months and more southern latitudes.

Stone fruits are the opposite, representing autumn or even winter and more northern latitudes.

Of course, this is not a hard and fast rule since you can just as easily picture stone fruits in the summer or lemons in Vermont.

This is one of those more unique wedding shower themes that you can have a lot of fun playing around with.

And you can incorporate much of the same stuff as in the previous themes, like wood, rocks, nature sounds, etc.

4. Random Foreign Country

Seriously, we mean random.

Like, throw a dart at a map.

With foreign country themes, most people choose the same countries because those are the only ones they know (Italy, France, Mexico, Japan, Jamaica, etc.).

But why not mix things up a little by choosing a place that’s a bit more mysterious and eccentric, like Singapore, Mongolia, Bolivia, Argentina, Ethiopia, Kenya, or Mali?

If you have a twisted sense of humor, you might even choose the Balkans (Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, etc.).

The point is to have fun with it by choosing a country or region that neither the bride nor groom is likely to be very familiar with.

It’s a nice way to try some new food recipes, discover some new music, and generally just goof around.

Since you’re all on “foreign ground” so to speak, you can relax into the discovery process without any one of you feeling like you’re the one who’s behind.

Even if none of you ever set foot in the theme country, this one is still very interesting and entertaining.

*Side Note: Check out some of the music from the countries we named. Mongolian throat singing, Argentine tango, and Malian Afropop (like Fatoumata Diawara) are all fascinating. And Balkan Turbofolk is hilarious.