Beep Beep! Car Themed Baby Shower – Real Party
April 27, 2010 by Shelley
My sweet sister is expecting her first baby boy! This past week I helped throw her a ‘Car’ themed shower. I hope she loved it. I can hardly wait to meet the little stud muffin.
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Can you believe I made those cookies?!! I can’t! I’ve been secretly pretending to be my idols: Bridget at Bake At 350 and Marian at Sweetopia. They are the sweetest gals who are MASTERS at royal icing and cookie making. If you want to learn, THEY are who you want to learn it from. I will admit, that picture was the BEST cookie I created. They took me WAY longer than expected {and I wanted to say a swear word by the time I was done with them}. After a good nights rest, I woke up and was pretty happy with my first attempts.
The car sandwiches were filled with chicken salad and cut with the same cookie cutter I used for the sugar cookies. And because I know that someone is going to ask, HERE is where I found the adorable vintage-like paper straws. Did you spot the Lemon Meringue Cupcakes I told you about last week?
I love babies. I love a good party. I love food.
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SHELLEY!!! Do you see me jumping up and down????? you did an AWESOME job on the cookies……..and ALL of it!!!!
I SOOO know what you mean, my cookies always look better the next day after I have time away from them! lol…..when you’re working on them you see every little mistake. Yours look FANTASTIC!!
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Ah thanks Cheryl! That means a lot coming from you. I must admit,…it was my third TRY on these same cookies. I do two PRE-TRIALS that weren’t as successful. Royal icing is tricky!
I love what you did!! Your cookies were beautiful. My best friend with the last name of Carr is having a baby boy. The nursery will be “car” themed. Did you have coordinating invitations? I have been searching for car themed invites, but I can not find anything like I want. Thank you for your help
I just put something together really quick on photoshop. It was really nothing fancy. I’d bet you could find some adorable car invites on Etsy?
I love both of those cookies ladies, too! The party is so cute – I love the straw tags – beep beep!
Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
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wow…. ADORABLE! WOW, again!
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thanks again sis! Love ya:)
wow… Amazing.
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sorry….I didn’t think it posted the first time, so I did it again. I don’t know how to delete the second comment. I think I should go back to bed!
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That is so cute and so sweet…of course I am sucker for vintage and homemade!
You did a great job! What a cute theme! My friend is having baby number 3 and it’s a girl! Hope I can throw her a shower as sweet as yours
And yes I agree those royal icing cookies are way harder than they look LOL! My first attempt was like a saturday night live skit!
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Shelley,
I knew you were good – but those cookies…I am AMAZED! Nice!
*sigh* This party is making me swoon! LOVE it!
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…And I love this party!! Every detail is perfectly adorable!
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WOW Shelley!! Again, you are amazing. I LOVE the car theme. I will have to file that one away for future use!! And the cookies, they turned out sooooo cute!
It was SUCH a CUTE party! I was so glad that I could be there. Everything tasted as good as it looked. And congratulations to the soon to be mother!
So cute! Love it! Just found your blog via Tatertots and Jello and love it!
Absolutely adorable.
That is all so adorable! I almost wish I was having another baby so I could have a shower. I will definately use these ideas when my new neices and nephews start to arrive. Thanks for sharing!
Loving the cookies! Too cute! I love the new picture that you guys have on your emails, but you need to label it again so i know who is who!
just an idea! 
Thanks for all the great ideas on your website!
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Super cute!! I love getting y’all’s e-mails–can’t wait to see what you’ve done now!
Such creativity and perseverance! I love those car cookies–sooo very sweet.
Can I add a *squeal* here?
Too late; just did! Your beep beep cookies are squeal-worthy! Love them!
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I can’t believe I got comments from both of my baking idols! Thanks Marian and Bridget!
You both totally made my day!
Those cookies REALLY are impressive! Nice job!
really cute, love those cookies
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I am so not faking when I say those cookie & everything else is soooooo Cute!
I don’t have the patience for that type of thing so I am so impressed by those of you who make amazing things like that. =)
THose cookies are great! What a beautiful baby shower!
WOW the cookies are really really GOOD
in all seriousness they do look really good
pye
I love Volkswagens, so love these cookies!! Cutest things I have ever seen and wish I was that talented.
They look professional!
What a cute theme! Your cookies turned out amazing and the straws were a fun touch. I really like that you cut the finger sandwiches with the car cookie cutter. Fun addition!
I love the the car cookies. They are adorable. Where did you find the cookie cutter?
Hobby Lobby!
Awesome! The cars look great ~ I LOVE the cookies! What a great idea, and a wonderful change from the hum drum baby stuff!
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waay cute! those cookies put the pedal to the metal!
Seriously….those cookies look fabulous! Never would have known they took you FOR. EV. ER. Loved everything!
You are too funny. The cookies are FABULOUS with a capital F. They look like they were time consuming. Thanks for sharing.
NO wonder they took forever…. they are fantabulous!!!!
Awesome work!! Lovw those cookies and the theme!!
Those cookies are the cutest ever!!! The car theme is awesome too.
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HOW ADORABLE! The cookies came out way too cute! Love it all!
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Those are fantastic! No faking required- you did a really great job, too bad my boys are a bit ollder you caould do a 1st or 2nd bday with this too!. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. I can see why they took you forever to make. But how cute and they look so professional! (Are you taking orders??) Just kidding! You probably never want to see frosted cookies again, right?
What a great shower!
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“Fake like you’re impressed”???!!!! Are you serious?! Your cookies are GOR-GEOUS! OMG! They’re stunning, love the colors, the packaging… EVERYTHING ROCKS!!!!
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LOVE the tiered tray! Where is it from?
it looks like two cake stands to me. and i agree, they are adorable!
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It wasn’t mine so I’m not sure where it is from. I borrowed it. I think it was two cake stand though.
fabulous pictures and party. thanks for sharing this great idea!
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Hello! I featured this adorable baby shower as part of a Baby Week ideas roundup. I love a good baby boy shower! You can check it out here:
http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/2010/06/wednesdays-wowzers-more-baby.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
~Alison
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ok shelley.. i gotta ask. I’ve been looking at several cookie decorating sites. The two included on this post. And I want to know your favorite recipes. Favorite recipe for sugar cookies and favorite recipe for royal icing! I really want to learn how to do amazing cookies like you!
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Shelley. You did a great job on everything. Are you able to provide a picture of how the entire baby shower set up was? I ma trying to find baby shower beep beep decor, but I am having no luck. Anything you can provide will be great. Thanks
I wish I did! I’m sorry, I was so rushed that day, and all the pictures I have are posted here.
I’d love to see your party once it’s pulled together! 
How Fun! Good Luck with it.
Hi Shelley, the cookies look great! In fact someone has asked if I would make them for their baby shower. I was wonderIng if you could tell me which order you did the colors. I see why you had a tough time getting it!!! Ps love the blog!! So glad I found it!
Hi Jennifer. I did the light blue main part of the car first and let it dry. Then I did the white window. Lastly, I did the dark blue wheels. Then I place a white circle on the wheels. Whew.
Catch all that?
Wow you did a great job!! Love the cookies going to borrow your idea for a car themed baby shower I’m having for a good friend in a few weeks. What did you use for frosting the cookies to get such great detail, and not have it blend in together? Thanks for your help and ideas
Thanks Vicki!
I used royal icing. You can see more details here: http://www.howdoesshe.com/valentines-sugar-cookies-rated-g-pg-pg-13 Hope that helps! 