Launching a Baby Shower your guests will remember
If you're in charge of planning a baby shower? Do you need a baby shower theme? Decorations? Favor? This guide will give you baby shower ideas, if you are a sister, a friend or colleague.
Baby Shower themes: the first and most difficult thing to do when planning a baby shower to decide on a theme. After what has been finalized, most of the rest of the shower itself plan.
There are several ways to choose a theme. A baby shower theme can relate to be the mother and what she needs. It may be a color, a nursery theme, or a particular type of item. For example, if the nursery is decorated with flowers, the theme might be "A Garden of Baby." If it is decorated in a sports motif, the theme could be the team parents favorite sport. All donations would then coordinate with the room. If the nursery is painted with frogs, the theme might be "green." This way, guests can be a bit more creative in their gifts. Or the theme could be "Bedtime" encouraging customers to bring pajamas, blankets and nursery items.
For a second (or third, or fourth) time mother, the theme can be very creative. For someone who has almost everything they need, a theme such as "reading" in which everyone brings books for baby (and perhaps for older children as well) would be a good change of pace.
Some people do not attend to showers for second time mothers, because they believe that they have already received what they needed for their first child and just greedy. If you think this may be the case for your guests (as a group of coworkers), throw a baby shower invitation clearly not bring a gift. Or spend money on a nice gift (for example, a gift certificate to a restaurant, a Spa, or hotel) and request that guests bring a specific item (diapers, baby food specific) in exchange for a raffle ticket. They can even bring as many items as they wish, in exchange for several tickets. This way, people who may wish to be generous still give the mother be a useful gift, and no one feels obligated to bring something. At the end of the night, raffle off the prize.
Some ideas for other themes: 1) Look what the stork brings, 2) Noah's Ark (good for a shower where the guys are invited too!) 3) Alphabet Soup,
4) The blue is for boys.
Baby Shower Decorations: The decorations should flow from this theme. A color theme is the most flexible and inexpensive, although a specific theme such as "Teddy Bear" will be easy, as you can buy coordinating tablecloths, plates and napkins.
Keep the decorations simple. Put a sheet of Nice, under the cake and spread confetti rattles around her. Attach balloons to the buffet or appetizer table. Add some pastel streamers in the living room, and you're done. After all, the emphasis should be placed on the mother to be.
If you have the shower at work, the decorations can be even easier. Just put the cake under a white tablecloth and add a bouquet of balloons. A breakfast event is perfect for the office. Many ideas shower Baby works for any location, inside or outside.
Baby Shower Favors: After showering, something to give to your guests to remember. Candle holders shaped like a baby item, like a rattle or booties, are popular and easy to find online or in a party supply store. Other ideas for magnets or candies in a pretty gift box. Sure, let the favors flow theme. In a game "plateau" on the theme of baby shower, you might receive tea cups and saucers. At a party "Take care," an idea increasingly popular for mothers who have several children and therefore most of the things they really need, they might take Home Spa accessories such as a loofah or bubble bath.
Baby Shower Schedule: Generally, a baby shower last approximately two hours. If a full meal is served, be sure to indicate on the invitation that guests can plan accordingly. Usually, however, some entries of light, punch, and cake are all that is needed.
The following is a general idea of a timetable. As your guests arrive, serve appetizers, and let them sign a guest book. One idea is to make this book a rating, which allows each guest to write a piece of advice they would give the new mother. Serve simple appetizers. Two to three dishes are the best, with some cheese, crackers, chips, dips, and fruit. Some ideas for snacks that are easy and can be made in advance include: eggs Stuffed (Add salsa and cheddar for a Mexican twist) or stuffed mushrooms.
After all your guests have arrived, start with everyone present. This is particularly important if a mixed shower, with colleagues, friends and family. Make sure that everyone is talking about how they know the mother to be.
Then play one or two games. These will serve as icebreakers. Here are some ideas: 1) Baby Boggle – See how baby related words guests can make in three minutes from a sentence such as "I can not believe [Mother-Be] The name will have a baby!" something stupid or funny. Everyone reads their list, crossing out the duplicates, and the person who has the most wins other words or 2) Baby Box – Place baby items Common (rattle, diaper) in a box. Cut a small hole in the hand size on the side. Give each guest 20 seconds to touch as many items they can (no cheating!), then have them write what they felt. The person who wins the most correct words. Remember, is Short agreed, and have fun!
If it will be a full meal, the time has come. Generally, a buffet is the best, as guests can eat while the mother-be opens her gifts. If he will not be a full meal, give everyone some time to get another round of appetizers, then the guest of honor opened her gifts.
After the gifts are opened, serve the cake. At this point, the shower is over. Everyone will socialize for as long as they want, and the guests begin to leave. If time is important (ie host has somewhere she needs to be), do not forget to put an end time of the invitations.
We hope this has given enough of you baby shower ideas to begin brainstorming. Remember to have fun and be relaxed and you throw a successful baby shower.
About the Author
Jane Saeman has a Chocolate Fountain catering business.
She goes to lots of parties and comes back with lots of ideas.
Read about them onher blog at my website which is at http://www.ChocolateFountainDecadenceSite.com
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