A new baby on the way is a wonderful and exciting time. This is especially so for first-time parents. If you are planning on hosting a shower to celebrate and welcome the little one’s arrival, it is important to make the event fun and memorable. If you have attended baby showers in the past, you may have some ideas in mind to make your event special. To make it even more special, you can consider some unique ideas to incorporate into the baby shower. The main goal here is to create an event that the guest of honor will remember for the rest of her life, whether she is a first-time mom or this is her fifth.
Food Ideas
Dainty finger-food type items are traditional at baby showers. Make your choices pretty fancy ones if you want your event to be extra special. Mini crab puffs, stuffed mushrooms, little quesadillas, and mini croquets, are some good examples to help you get started with ideas. The main attraction when it comes to food is going to be the deserts. Some good desert ideas to work off of might be chocolate-dipped biscotti, fancy mini cupcakes, or handmade chocolates for a baby shower. The options are endless when it comes to food items you can serve at a baby shower, the key is to make them unique and tasty.
Fun Games
Many people picture games played at baby showers as cheesy and silly. The trick here is to pick games or activities that are actually fun. This will avoid a lot of the groaning and eye-rolling that can be inspired by baby shower games. Let’s check out some examples of fun ideas for your event.
Baby Bingo- You will need bingo cards with typical baby shower gifts in each of the squares. You can find these online, or you can design your own. Each guest gets a bingo card with a different arrangement of items in the squares. While the guest of honor is opening the gifts, the players mark off the squares on their card corresponding to the gifts. The first player to get a bingo wins a prize.
Make Your Own Onesies- You will need plain blank onesies, permanent markers, and wax paper. The wax paper is to put inside the onesies so the marker doesn’t bleed through to the back. Guests can design their own onesies for the coming baby by drawing and writing on them. To make this activity even better you can have stencils to use, or patterns to trace along with a light table.
