Baby Shower Games, Planning Ideas, Gifts and more

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Baby Rattle Recipe

Bake a batch of rice crispy balls. Form the rice crispy into the shape of a ball, allowing it to set and firm up. This acts as the top of a baby rattle. Use a Popsicle stick as the handle of the rattle. On the popsicle stick, write "It's a Boy" in Blue for a boy or "It's a girl" in pink for a girl. If the gender has not been determined, write "Baby on the Way!" Wrap the top of the rattle (the rice crispy balls) with a cellophane or plastic wrap, and secure them in place with a ribbon color to suit the gender of the baby. These make great baby shower party favors and can also be used a decorations.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Halloween Baby Shower Fun

From www.babyshower101.com

The Fall season is always filled with great holiday celebrations including Thanksgiving, Halloween and a few religious holidays. When you add the celebration of a new baby, it makes it even more special! A baby shower that takes place in October has a unique element being that it is the month when many of us focus on dressing up with our kids. An interesting baby shower theme during October is to have all the guests dress up in costume to celebrate the birth of the new little one!

Baby showers that have the dress up component can be free flowing where everyone can choose anything that they want to wear to the baby shower. Another plan is to have everyone dress up in a theme which offers a little more control to the baby shower party! Some of the more common yet still fun ideas include:

Nursery Rhyme Theme (Someone coming as mother goose, little bo peep, etc)
Favorite Book Theme (Someone coming as Dr. Seuss, Moon from Goodnight Moon, etc)
Dr. Seuss Theme
Favorite Cartoon Theme
Sports Theme (if it is a boy)
Barbie or Doll Theme/Pink Theme (if it is a girl)
Baby Object Theme (Someone coming as bottle, diaper, etc)
Favorite Mother Theme (Someone comes as Mother Earth, Mother Teresa, etc)
Alice in Wonderland or Willie Wonka Theme

The idea of dressing up just ads a little more fun and vivid memories of the baby shower as well as gets everyone excited about Halloween which is just around the corner. An important part of planning a dress up baby shower is to send invites out early to make sure the guests have enough time to plan their outfits. In addition, it is always nice to ask the mommy-to-be if she is okay with a dress up baby shower since it is really her day!

Baby showers that incorporate dress up also make it fun to have a co-ed baby shower party so significant others can dress as well, sometimes complimenting their partner with their costume. Any way you decide on having the party, the most important thing is to have a great time and make sure the Mommy-to-Be is having a ball! Have a great baby shower!

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Diapers, Diapers, Diapers

A great gift that seems to always running out for the mommy-to-be is to have everyone bring a few packages of diapers. New mommies never have enough in the house so getting diapers is a perfect baby shower gift. Thanks to our visitor Sanguine who stated to us, "My sister bought 3 packs of diapers every 2 weeks for 6 months (which is about 36 packs) and was out in less than 3 months. Diapers is extremely helpful for a baby shower gift my friend. Diapers! Thanks for your feedback Sanguine.

Friday, September 09, 2005

3 New Games

Do You Know What It Is
Materials: 10-15 baby items, 10-15 small paper bags, writing utensil, paper for each baby shower guest.
Sort the baby items (q-tips, nail clippers, pacifier, etc.) into the paper bags (one item per bag) and number the bags 1-10 or 15. Give each guest a pad and pen and have them number 1-10 or 15 depending on how many bags you prepared and then hand out the bags randomly to the guests. Each guest or team at the baby shower will try to figure out what is in each bag based on what they can feel and/or hear (the bags can not be opened). The bags are passed around until everyone has had a chance to touch and write down their answers. The mother-to-be then opens each bag and shows it to the guests. The guest who gets the most correct gets a prize, if there's a tie they have to answer a question about the mother-to-be. For an added bonus, make a really hard item (shoulder pads, baby nail clippers) a bonus at the end; for the one who guessed it correctly gets a bonus prize (if there's a tie, have them answer a question about the mother-to-be). Contributed by BabyShower101.com visitor Craig.

Make A Baby
Materials: Small containers of play-dough
Each person at the baby shower is given a small container of play-dough and everyone has 5 minutes to create a baby (using just one container). Then each dough baby is placed on a plate and presented to the mother-to-be who then looks at each dough baby and decides who's she likes the best. The winner gets a prize.

Feed The Baby
Materials: Bib, baby spoon and baby food jar for each couple that are chosen
The object was to be the first to feed a jar of food to your partner. Baby shower participants are broken up into two person teams. One teammate is given a bib and the other is given a tiny spoon. When the mother-to-be says go, begin feeding the participant who is the "baby". The first baby shower team to finish the jar wins. You will laugh hysterically as one of our visitors Myrtis told us! Enjoy the game!