20 ideas to organize the perfect baby shower
Organizing a baby shower can be a lot of fun, especially when it comes to preparing and decorating food, because it really is an "occasion where you can indulge yourself!"
Colored cupcakes, gummy candies, cookies decorated according to the chosen theme, signed postcards as a souvenir to leave for guests. Only one thing is missing: the birthday list, so you can be sure of receiving targeted gifts that really need and you will use right away.
In this article we suggest 20 ideas that cannot be missing from your baby shower.
The party is also an opportunity to play and guess the name chosen for your child. Here is a video with baby names with the most beautiful meaning!
What to give at a baby shower?
Before getting to the heart of the party and choosing a theme and all the decorations, we think it is useful to give you some ideas on the gifts to give to the mother for the future birth of the baby. We have collected some tips on useful items to give and that can help parents during the first months of the baby's life.
The Fisher-Price Baby Box is the perfect gift for a sweet welcome, it has everything you need to start taking care of your little one from the first hours of life, the Nuvoletta Coccola e Brilla and the Soft Otter Relax are designed to facilitate its rest in the best way. Finally, the Pacific Joy Dondolino and the Grow with Me Lama will help him develop key sensory skills. Scroll through the photos in the gallery to find out more about these accessories.
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1. Guest book
Searching online you will surely find ideas for the signature book to be original and remain a tender memory for the future. Welcome guests in a different way: make their signatures and greetings a small work of art. For example, use different colored pens, leave free space for imagination and creativity. In the end, the result will be surprising and no one will want. refuse to leave his memory.
2. Original flower bouquets
Have you been invited to a baby shower and don't know what to bring? Do you want an idea for something useful and practical? How about an alternative bouquet? Around there are compositions of wipes, rompers and bibs that look like real bouquets of colored flowers. Just wrap them with colored paper and add some decorations and some themed details: it will surely be the most original bouquet that has ever been given to you!
3. Library of books on motherhood
Are you looking for a special baby shower gift? Help your friend build her library of motherhood books. Choose useful books for her about the happy period she is experiencing: if you also write a dedication on the first page after the cover, she will always remember your gift and your thoughts will acquire a greater value. It can be an original and practical gift, especially for the first months of motherhood.
4. Healthy aperitif
Do you want some snacks, original and healthy for the party? Focus on fruits and vegetables. Their shapes, colors and flavors will allow you to create delicious appetizers. Here are some ideas: skewers, finger food ..
Or this pram-shaped watermelon. It is the ideal choice to offer as a centerpiece for your guests. Making it is easy, follow these steps:
- cut the top of a "watermelon to give the shape of the basket
- empty all the pulp of the watermelon
- fill the void with your favorite fruits
5. Green light to treats!
The candies that cannot be missing in any baby shower, are the protagonists because it is easy to find them in a thousand tastes and colors: in the shape of a pacifier, a bottle, a newborn, a pink or blue bow ... in short, we are sure that you will find those in theme with your party.
But that's not all: popcorn, cakepops, lollipops ... they will attract attention on the table and will also serve as decorations.
Guests will not be able to resist and will want to taste everything!
6. Decorated cookies
Instead of offering the typical cookies, how about surprising guests with cookies decorated specifically for the occasion? Here are some ideas on how to decorate them:
- Shaped like shoes
- Pram
- Baby bottle
- Baby
- Stork
- Pacifier
Are they or aren't they adorable? If you have already discovered the sex of the baby you can adjust the color accordingly, otherwise you can make it a little blue and a little pink.
7. Cocktails for everyone
Just because the party is dedicated to the baby on the way and the expectant mother doesn't mean guests can't enjoy some good non-alcoholic cocktails. There are hundreds of recipes to create the perfect non-alcoholic cocktail for the occasion.
Homemade cocktails without a drop of alcohol and therefore with fewer calories and without harming anyone's health. But the best thing is that they are fantastic! Here are some tips to create your favorite
8. Fun drinks
Forget the boring old cups or glasses: green light for special glasses to serve cocktails and all drinks! It is time to innovate and what better time to do it than the party for the unborn child? In this way, even your non-alcoholic cocktails or cold drinks will take on new life by becoming the protagonists of the party: they will have all eyes on them!
9. Cupcake with baby's face
Nowadays there are endless ways to decorate cupcakes, but why not make them with the baby's face for the baby shower? But be careful: try to be precise, or the result may not be what you hoped for. to be done by pastry chefs: you will not believe your eyes admiring them in all their perfection.
10. "Do it yourself" table
If you really want to entertain guests and entertain them, you can think of setting up a table to let them express all their creativity. Make available all the material so that they can create an original gift for the child themselves. Password: have fun. You don't need to be an expert to blow up something exclusive!
11. Rubber ducks for decoration
What's more adorable and sweet than a rubber duck for a child's party?
Make sure your chosen ducklings can float. Put them in a bowl filled with your favorite drink.
This idea can also be used for a fun and original centerpiece.
Fill a bowl with plain water, simulate the blue color of pond water with a dye.
Add some ice and place the ducklings that will float to the surface.
12. Themed centerpiece
Still not sure what to put as a centerpiece decoration? A "different idea is to create shapes that recall the baby bump! It's very easy, simply:
- Attach a polystyrene ball to a stick that will be your belly
- Above create a dress with edible ingredients or simply with decorative paper.
- Tie a small bow on top of the ball to hold the dress
- You will have made your avatar!
13. Make guess the sex of the baby
If you intend to reveal the baby's gender during babyshower, you can do so by playing with the guests to make them guess.
When your friends arrive at the party, ask them if they think the baby will be a boy or a girl; at this point assign him an accessory such as lips for those who say "female" and a mustache for those who think they are "male".
When you reveal the correct answer, you can reward everyone who guessed right with a little thought. It will be funny!
14. It is forbidden to say "baby"!
This is a fun game that is used a lot during baby showers. When the guests arrive at the party, have them wear a pin decorated with a diaper, for example, and tell them they can't say the word "baby" throughout the party.
When someone else hears someone else say this word, they steal the pin and in the end whoever gets the most pins wins! Of course, you can decide to decline the game with any other themed word!
15. Guess the baby's name
Another nice game to organize is the baby name contest. What do you need?
Print out a few pieces of paper with the letters of the alphabet in a column or give each guest a sheet of paper and a pen.Everyone will have to write a name for each letter of the alphabet. The first to finish will receive a special gift.
Finally, and most importantly, if you haven't chosen your baby's name yet, this can be a very useful game to inspire you!
16. Sweets as a wedding favor
Choose your favorite desserts and prepare them in very special packages. They can be made in the shape of shoes or socks, it all depends on your personal taste. Place several on the tables so guests can take them as a souvenir. It is also a brilliant idea to create a sort of themed wedding favor!
17. Guess the weight of the baby!
Before the baby's party begins, the mother will write down what she thinks her child's birth weight will be. Then have the other guests do the same. Once the party is over, it will be necessary to reveal the weight that the mother said at the beginning and who among the guests will be closest to it, will be the winner.
Another game idea to put on the list!
18. Thoughts for baby shower guests
It would be a particularly nice idea to think of some gadgets that each guest can take home with them after the party is over. If you know the sex of the child, you can adjust the gift accordingly: for example, for a female, give a bottle of nail polish. pink with a bow. Or, if the baby will be a boy, choose a keychain in the shape of a toy car. We're sure guests will love it!
19. Messages for the baby
One of the gifts that can be given to mum is to create "mailboxes" with a sign that says: "Messages for the baby". Just leave paper and pens on the tables so that each guest can write his personal message and insert it in the container. It's a very original idea! What do you think?
20. The great announcement
There are dozens of ways to reveal your baby's gender during the baby shower, but one of the coolest is to do it by filling a box of balloons and letting them fly once opened.
Inflate balloons of the color corresponding to the baby's sex, then close the box and decorate it outside.
At the highlight of the party, open the box and let the balloons fly revealing the sex this way.
It will be impossible not to capture these moments with a photograph to keep as a souvenir!
It will also be fun to observe the reactions of your guests.
