I am helping my cousin, throw a baby shower for our cousin. Iwas wondering if anyone has any new baby shower ideas. I'm in charge of the decorations and games. Any help would be greatly apprecated!
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There is a great website that I have used twice to plan 2 baby showers. It has tons of fun, different games.
http://www.babyshower101.com/
Also, you don't necessarily have to do the typical "pink /or blue" decorations. One of the baby showers I helped plan we did a "primary colors" theme (bright red, yellow, and blue). You could also do a black/white theme (we did this for the other baby shower I helped plan), or "rainbow" theme, etc. Be creative, have fun with it, and just find something that matches your cousin's personality, since it is all about her anyways :)
Hi Marlene - I have a gross but REALLY FUN babyshower game idea. You take 5 or so diapers and melt fun size candy bars in the microwave in the diaper. the ladies then take turns gussing what candy bar is in each diaper. Like I said gross but really fun. I played this at a baby shower and everyone had a really fun/funny time with this.
Hi Marlene! I've hosted a few baby showers and one really fun game is to get tiny plastic babies that come in a package of 6 ( I think). They are about a 1/2" in size. They are sold at both Michael's craft store and Walmart (I think in the cake decorating section). You take the babies and put them (along with water) in an ice cube tray. Freeze them and then bag each ice cube baby separately in a sandwich baggie. If you want, you could tie pretty ribbon around the baggie, but that is for decoration only. Keep the individual baggies frozen until you are ready to play the game. The object of the game is to see whose "water" will break the fastest. The players have to try to melt the ice cubes to get the babies out any way they can. Some people would hold it in their hands others behind the knee. I think one person actually microwaved it. Everybody ended up having a lot of laughs with this one. All you have to tell the guests is get creative and whoever's water breaks first, gets a prize.
Have fun!
Hello Marlene,
At both my showers for my son, they held a Diaper Raffle. Every if they wanted to participate brought a package of diapers, any size! And they received a raffle ticket and one ticket was then taped onto the diaper package.
So, you would need to purchase or print out the double roll of raffle tickets.
Then the hostess had a 1st - 3rd place prize. The 1st received a $20 gift card to Target.
Enjoy,
Megan
Hi Marlene,
Check out my website www.bearbottomdiapercakes.com. I sell really cute mini diapercake centerpieces, bootie bouquets and also have a page dedicated to baby shower theme ideas. Most of the centerpiecs I do are custom to match the theme or shower invitation. If you are intereseted in seeing more pictures I have done just let me know and I can email some. This week I did created a flower/butterly and bee themed showers cakes and a new ladybug shower mini cake for an order. So check out the mini cakes section to see some of those they run from 7.99- 10.00. I also do large diaper cakes which are great gifts, centerpieces and can be a game too! Guess what is in the diaper cake. Lastly I did a shower a few months ago and did a Sugar and SPice theme. I asked some people to make a few baked goods, picked up bags of candy at the dollar store along with some cellophane bags and people filled up a goodie bag for their favors when they left! They loved it. Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions. I have tons of ideas from other showers I did along with games don't worry if you are not interested in the diaper cakes, I am here to help, this is what I like to do.
Best,kelly
My friends threw a shower for me and they put out onesies of different sizes (0-18 months) They deocorated a 1st birthday, christmas, new year's, halloween, thanksgiving, and many other unique onesies that my girl wore around these special events. I LOVED them! You can use sharpies or fabric paint.
Another thing that was cute was that they bought a bunch of playdoh. During th eshower, the people could create a baby out of the playdoh. My husband and I picked the one that we thought was the best. They were really funny!
Good luck with your shower!
For my SIL's shower I made a diaper cake... it turned out soo cute, it was a great decoration as well as gift for her. I also made a mold of her tummy and that was another great decoration and gift. Then we used some balloons as additional decorations and that was it. As for games, you can do a onsie making station. That's a lot of fun. Instead of games which can sometimes get a little silly... you can set up a station with puffy paints and stuff from Michaels with onsies. That way, the guests can make something personal for the baby. Just a few ideas... good luck and have fun!!
I am also throwing a baby shower in a few weeks. Here are some things I am doing.
If it is not too late I sent out request to the guests for a very yummy and EASY recipe and picture of them self for the parents to be. I am putting it on really sweet paper, laminating it, and binding so they can make quick meals. (don't forget to make a few xeroxed copies for yourself and others that have helped. This could also be the party favor when people leave).
I took off the wrapper from water bottles and made a label with her baby picture that says ______Baby Shower & Date. Tape them on with double stick tape. They are very easy to make.
For favors I am panting small pots pink and planting flowers in them with a little note on a popsicle stick that says Thank you for coming to.....
I hope this helps! If you need an example of the water bottle template just ask!
I just threw a baby shower for my sister and these 2 games were a big hit and you don't see them at too many showers.
"Match Game" - the participants fill in the blanks and their answers have to match the mom to be.
Examples: ______ test, maternity ______, _____ book
it was really fun to see what people come up with."The Price is Right" - take items with different prices off of the registry and put them down the left side of the page (instead of numbering them, use letters - A, B, C, etc) and then list the actual registry items down the right side of the page and have them match them up. Fun to see how many the mom to be gets right since she is the one that registered.
Hope this helps. Have fun.
For my sister's shower we did a Spring theme. The announcements were special made with a drawn picture of a clay pot and a baby sprouting up out of it saying "Look what we grew" and the entire color scheme was all spring colors with clay pots acting as candy dishes, etc. You can have a lot of fun with this.
Another idea I am taking from my niece's shower. They had a large blanket that everyone drew a special picture on and it was later turned into a quilt.
Games I've played at showers (including my own) were:
1) As others have mentioned, the onesie decorating station. I still have some of my favorite ones.
2) Diaper races... get some cloth diapers (which work great afterwards as burping cloths) and some stuffed animals (or dolls) and race to see who can diaper the "baby" the fastest. We did it in heats; winner took a prize gift certificate.
3) Using ribbon, have everyone cut off a length that they think will fit around the mother-to-be's stomach. Whoever is the closest wins.
4) Get some inexpensive plastic beaded necklaces and when everyone arrives they get one. Anytime someone catches someone else saying a key word like "baby" (you announce the list of off-limit words when they come in the door) the caught person has to give up all the necklaces they had accumulated. Whoever ends up with the most at the end of the party wins.
5) Ask everyone to bring a picture of themselves when they were a baby. Arrange them all on a table with a number and have everyone list on a piece of paper which number belongs to which guest. Whoever has the most matches wins.
Prizes at my shower were small gift certificates to Target, Bath and Body works, and Barnes and Noble. Just some ideas... and have fun!
Hi Marlene,
I just had a baby shower in September and it was so fun. Some of the games were build a baby. Everyone builds a baby out of playdough, or gum or whatever, and the mom to be is out of the room. When she comes back in she picks her favorite. I, of course, picked my mother in laws. I love the babies she makes!
Another one was a drawing. On the invitation it said to bring diapers of any size/brand and they would be entered into a drawing for a prize. The only time we have had to buy diapers is when we have been out of town. He's 6 months old.
Oh, and another one was different melted candy bars inside diapers. You smell them but you can't taste them and whoever guesses the most wins. They look like...well, you can guess. Fun though.
I hope the shower turns out great. Get lots of pictures!
There are so many ideas out there it's crazy. Here are a few of my favorites.
Decorate with a variety of clear bowls filled with colored glass rocks (blue, pink, or both) and water with blue and/or pink food coloring. Float a variety of rubber duckies in them.
Take paper plates and have guests put them on their head. Give them each a crayon and give them 1 minute to draw a picture of the upcoming baby. Hint: It's easier not to lift up your crayon as you have trouble with where to start again. The mom-to-be picks the best one.
Nursery Rhyme Game
Mother Goose Pictionary
Baby Trivia
If you need more ideas, I have plenty. These are just some of my favorites. I can also email some of them over to you so you wouldn't have to recreate them. Just send my your email address and I'll shoot them over. Have fun!!!
Hi Marlene:
Okay not sure If I am too late, but I did these for my daughters baby shower. Her theme was baby pooh, so for the keepsakes, I purchased miniature bottles of honey and put "have a BEEutiful day" (with her name and date of the party etc....), then tied pink and blue ribbons on them and attached tiny bottles and pacifiers. They were a hit, because people use honey for tea and cooking, It was something they could actually go home and use. (most party favor are thrown away right? One of the games I did because the party was co-ed, not sure if yours is, but we put beer in small baby bottles (which we bought at the 99cent store) and had a contest for the men. They had to suck the beer down and the one that did it the fastest won. It was hysterical. You can do the game for women, but use maybe apple juice or wine. Its funny to see grown people sucking on a bottle.(nice xmas picture!!!) We also (for the men), blew up balloons and tucked them under their shirts, then had them sit down, untied their shoes. The idea was to see them try and re-tie their shoes with this huge ballon in their way without popping it. That was just as funny because they were pretty ingenius with trying to get around the (tummy)and it makes for awesome funny pictures. This game of course would work with women as well. For the women we did the bubble gum baby, candy in the diaper, and onsie painting. We also did, name the baby. We wrote down like 10 famous couples babies names and asked who the parents were. they had to write down both famous parents names. And lastly, we did "how well do you know the mommy to be"? We asked a series of questions of the mommy, like what was her favorite pregnancy food? How much weight has she gained. She went around the party all day and talked about these things but the game was to see who was paying attention. It was fun because even though she talked about all the things that were in the questions, only half remembered. That was the final game. Anyway, hope these idea help. Good luck and have tons of fun!!!
Veronica
I just went to a baby shower my friend was giving for her daughter, and she had the funnest matching game. You make a big board 30" by 30" or something... and you square it off like a giant bingo card... then you put matching words on the squares in random places. Then you cover the squares with post it notes. You number the post it notes. Then when it comes time for the game you go around the room in clockwise (or counterclockwise) and have them play memory, choosing two numbers to see if the words under it match. The words are things like "breast" for example and when the guest finds the two matching "breast" squares say "and what do you get when the baby finds a breast?" and then the prize is a Milky Way candy bar. :-) And all of the words match the prize like "good husband/boyfriend" gets a sugar daddy, or "delivery" brings a baby ruth" you can come up with words that match any candy bar to fit a baby shower. You just go around the room until all of the squares are uncovered. The time we played the people who had won didn't get to pick squares again and it seemed like everyone got a candy. It was fun, filled the time, and everyone got candy.
Hi there, for my baby shower, I had all the guests bring in a baby photo of themselves and we posted them on a big piece of foam core. Each guest had to guess who was who. It was a lot of fun!
the melted candy bar in the diaper is a riot.
who ever brings a pack of diapers (various sizes, as she will need them all!) entered into a drawing (gift card or inexpensive jewelry, something at least the value of a pack of diapers).
my sister had everyone decorate quilt squares (she brought stencils & fabric markers), and now I have a beautiful, very personal quilt from all my friends & family. If you don't want to go to the trouble of cutting the squares, maybe they can decorate scrap book pages for her.
baby bingo is an old classic. give everyone blank "bingo" sheets, they fill in what they think the mom will get and cross them off as the gifts are opened.
Take the labels off baby food jars and everyone has to guess what it is. Make sure you number the jars and labels so you know the correct answers. No tasting or smelling!
Famous moms & their kids match game (use celebrities or tv show families)
Can't say "Baby" clothes pin game. everyone gets a clothes pin, and if someone hears someone else say (or spell!) baby, they get their pin (and all pins they've collected) The person with the most pins at the end of the shower wins
In the invitation, instruct everyone bring a baby pic of themselves, and a current pic (to be returned later). Then at the shower everyone has to match up the baby pic with the current pic.
Have fun!
Envelope Raffle (helps new-mom with thank you notes):
Have a nice floral centerpiece, or something you can give away to the raffle winner.
Have a large-ish bowl to place the raffle "entries" into.
Pre-purchase (your gift to the new mom) the thank you notes that the new mom will send for all the stuff she's about to open at the party.
Leave the envelopes (along with a pen) next to the bowl on a table.
Ask guests to fill in their name/address on an envelope and place the envelope into the bowl.
At the end of the party, have the new-mom draw a name. That person wins the centerpiece (or whatever).
The filled-out envelopes and the thank you cards are a gift to the mom, to help her out.
Have fun!