im in charge of my sisters baby shower and i have no idea what to do ideas would be much appreciated?

Question

im in charge of my sisters baby shower and i have no idea what to do ideas would be much appreciated?

Answer 1

buy clothes pins

play the came where you give evryone 3 clothespins and whenever they cross their legs or say "baby", whoever catches tham get one of their clothespins.

at the end, whoever has the most wins lotion or some cheap old lady crap

Answer 2

Prepare invitations for her relatives and friends and request an RSVP so you know about how many to expect. Send the invitations out about a month before the shower so people can make plans. Include directions if needed. Make a list of foods to serve at the shower. I made crab dip and had chips along with things like carrots, celery, crackers and cheese, nuts, dinner mints and finger sandwiches. I had coffee and several types of soda and punch available to drink. If you serve spiked punch, be sure that the everyone knows it is spiked. Don't forget a cake. You can opt to keep refreshments simple with just punch, coffee and cake and maybe some mints/nuts if you desire.



Go for a few decorations if you want. Hallmark stores used to have some cute centerpieces that you can use to dress up the table with the cake and punch.



Most towns and cities have a party or novility store of some kind (Hallmark used to have things like this). I found pads with party games and purchased a "Stork Bingo" game and the winners got a little gift. You can find figurines and such at a dollar store for a buck. My guests enjoyed the bingo so much that we played a number of games after the gifts were gone.



Be creative. One game you can play is choose a name. Each guest writes several names on paper. The expectant mother chooses the name she likes the best. But, you tell the guests what the first letter is. You can start with a girl's name and say O, give everyone a chance to write, then call Y, and so forth. Do the same for a boy's name. You can do the same type of thing and use all letters of the alphabet and let each person choose 3 names. The expectant mother reads from her list and everyone else marks that name off and so on down the line. The person who has the most names on the list wins.



Try to find out if she has registered anywhere for things that she needs. I believe Wal-mart has a baby registery. If she needs something like a crib several people can contribute. When I gave baby and wedding showers, I always included a pack or two of thank-you notes with my gift. It was inexpensive and welcomed. The soon to be mother won't have to worry about shopping for thank-you notes with swollen ankles and a baby laying on her bladder. It will give her something to do at those times when she has to keep her feet elevated.



MAKE SURE you keep a list of who gave what when she opens her gifts. You can do it yourself or get someone to do it for you. Also, any cards should go back into the box from which it came. It will make sending thank you notes easier.



I hope you find this helpful and mother and baby have a safe and healthy delivery. God bless.

Answer 3

I'm sure you can find some 'baby shower' ideas online if you did an online search for it. Games like unscrambling baby words would be an idea. It would be helpful to have printouts to pass around to everyone. Have a few prizes for those with the most correct answers. Doesnt have to be anything expensive, like candy or soap. Don't forget the food, desert and drinks! Find a some baby decorations, they are always festive for baby shower parties.

Answer 4

There are all kinds of ideas on the Internet. Just type in "baby shower ideas" and you'll even get recipes and gift ideas! Cute idea I used at my sister's shower: Get Little rubber ducks and float in the punch bowl.. very cute! Good luck to you and your sister!

Answer 5

make everyone in at the shower write words of inspiration to the mommy-to-be. Things that she can look at when she is feeling run and tired from the baby.

:)

or...same idea...but addressing it to the baby. Words of wisdom or something like that.

Answer 6

Here are some great sites that me & my mom checked out when she was planning my shower last October



www.babyshowermoments.com

www.babyshower101.com (we liked this one the best -it had tons of ideas and even told you the history of babyshowers)

www.baby-shower-gala.com



hope these help



My mom ended up making my cake -she made a regular rectangular cake and decorated it into squares and each square had a rattle made of icing on it -each guest got a square - we played 3 games - and my theme was Baby bugs & flowers(Ladybugs,Snails, Butterflies & flowers)(I had a girl)

Answer 7

melt candy bars in a diaper have people try to guess the candy bar, Taste the baby food game, oh a super fun one tie ribbons on clothes pins or safety pins if anyone says baby than that person who hears it gets all of that persons pins the lady's had fun with this one, word scrambles are fun, scoop cotton balls onto a plate with a spoon plate on top of their head eyes closed and blindfolded.....good luck contact me if you need any other ideas

Answer 8

Try this, get you a glass coke bottle ok, while standing over the bottle try to drop a cloths pin in it . One at a time, about 8 would do. and whoever got the most pins in the bottle wins the prize. Trust me its harder than it looks.

Answer 9

buy 4-5 jars baby food number them 1-5 and write down what they r rip label off then get guest to taste and guess what it is.whoever guesses most gets prize.



get roll of toilet paper get guest to tear off amount they think will fit around mamas belly then measure closest is winner



make a questionaire but dont tell n e one last game give it out and make mama leave room ask questions like is she wearing pants or shorts,how is her hair fixed,what kind of shoes,earrings or not,was her nails painted just questions like that and see who pays attention and u could ask duedate and ect. ask about 10 -15 ques. whoever gets most wins just dont tell n e one.



also go to http://allaboutshowers.com theres guest list and i think a word scrambler game u can print out



also u can get guest to bring baby pic and # them get guest to guess who is who

Answer 10

oh god they can be the most boring events ever. you can make everyone bring a baby pic of themselves and have a guessing comp.



i went to one where they attached 5 clothes pegs to you and if someone said the word baby or pregnant to you you took one of their pegs,,,, the aim is to get as many pegs as possible without losing your own pegs without saying the taboo words.......i am bored just thinking about this....gotta go. good luck.

Answer 11

cool game we did for my sister... have the guests bring a non-perishable food item that begins with the same letter of their name

Answer 12

Planning a Baby Shower (What to do…):



One of the first things you will need to plan for the baby shower idea is the location of it.

Are you going to have it at your house?

Are you going to have it at a family members house?

Are you going to rent out a small reception room to have it in?



Gift registry:

Are you going to have the mommy-to-be register at the local stores (JC Penny’s, Wal-Mart, Babies-R-US, etc.) and/or on-line? If so, be sure to include on your invitations that she is registered & where.

Is it going to be a diaper party? If so, be sure to include on your invitations, various sizes please. That way, some guest can bring newborn, while others bring size 1 & 2...etc.



The next thing you will want to do is make sure that you have a list of everyone you want to invite to the baby shower.

A good rule of thumb is to mail out your invitations at least two weeks in advance. This is so that your guest will have time to plan to come to the baby shower.



Invitations For The Baby Shower

What type of invitations are you going to send to your guest to invite them to the baby shower?

Are you going to have a ladies only baby shower?

Is it going to be co ed baby shower?

Are you going to let the guest bring their children to the baby shower?



There are several types of Baby Shower CAKES you can choose from. You can go to your local grocery store or bakery and buy a pre-decorated baby shower cake with an edible picture (theme of shower) on it or plastic character decorations. Or you can have someone bake the cake for you or do it yourself.



Be sure to ask the Mother-to-be what her favorite cake is & make the cake with that flavoring. (EX: Carrot Cake, White, Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana Nut...etc.) Theme should be what she is using for the nursery. (EX: Precious Moments, Winnie the Pooh, Care Bears, Boyds Bears, Looney Tunes...etc.)



Styles & Recipe of cakes: foam and butter cakes

http://www.baking911.com/cakes/types.htm

http://www.baby-gift-source.info/07/ideastobakeababyshowercake/

http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/babyshowerthemes/l/aabutterflycake.htm

http://www.allrecipes.com

http://www.wilton.com



What type of food and drinks are you going to serve?

Finger Foods, bought platters or going to restaurant?

Punch, Soda, Tea…etc.?

http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/babyshowerfood/l/blshowerecipein.htm







What type of games are you going to play?

Table games? (You can play where you sit.)

Activity games? (You get up & move around.)



Who will be the host/hostess at the baby shower?

You’re best-friend?

You’re sister?

The in-laws?



What type of decorations are you going to have?

Baby theme?

Matching the mommy-to-be’s nursery theme?

Plain baby colors?



Table center pieces?

Diaper Cake, baby items or stuffed animal with 3 helium balloons, wicker basket full of baby items, small vases with flowers in them…etc.



Door & ceiling decorations?

Diaper Wreath, baby shower banner, umbrella with streamers hanging from it, air balloons…etc.



What type of baby shower favors will you have for the guests?

Fold party napkins into diapers & fill them with mints & others with nuts.

Make little decorative pins with little plastic items that look like baby items from local dollar stores, Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Be sure to add some ribbon in the color theme of the party for a really cute look.

Little vases with flowers. Don’t forget to add some ribbon on these vases to.

Personalized Votive Candle Favor’s - Candles wrapped in tulle with ribbon tied on top

Any cute ideas that you can come up with to decorate the tables & the guests can take home.





Get Help With Baby Shower!!

Anyone who is wanting or willing to help out.





THE PARTY:



Decorate the room where the party will be held the night before (if possible) or early the morning of the party. And have party favors on tables available for people to take home for a remembrance.



Let everyone come in to sit & mingle. (If the mother-to-be will be mailing out thank you cards, it’s a good idea to have the guest fill out the thank you card envelopes with their name & address for a prize. You get them all & have the mother-to-be to close her eyes & pick one to be the winner. (Hold the envelopes for mother-to-be to send out with her personalized thank you cards to the guests.)



When there is a good number of people or most that were invited, announce that you will start playing games. You can start off by playing the written games such as Bingo, Word Search, Scrabble, Maze…etc. (Be sure to take extra pens, pencils or crayons for people to use to play the games.) Then play any of the other baby shower games that you like. (Be sure to take prizes for winners!)



If you notice that people are getting hungry, you can announce that you will be taking a break to eat & cut the cake. Once people are getting done, if you still have more games and time, continue playing games.



After the games are done, let everyone know that the mother-to-be will be opening presents. (Have someone write down all the gifts given to her & who gave them. (Then the mother-to-be can use this list to personalize her thank you cards.)



When everything is done & time is up, be sure to get people to help you clean-up! Have fun!

http://library.momsbreak.com/artman/publish/babyshower599.shtml

http://www.babyfit.com/articles.asp?id=417



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FUN GAME IDEAS:



I liked the idea of baby dictionary, where you get some cards write or type baby words on them. Each guest gets to draw what the word is...until someone guesses the word. They hand their card to that person. The person that gets the most cards by guessing the right answers wins!



You can draw pictures or just write the word of a baby related item on pieces of paper. As a guest arrives, you pin that paper on their back. When there's enough people to play, then they can ask 3 questions about their word which are answered in one word. Example: Does the baby drink from it. (Yes or No) Does the baby sit in it? (Yes or No) Is the item big or small. (Big or Small) The first & last person to guess what's on their back wins a prize.



The prize is right game. Buy about 10 baby items. Get some small envelopes with cards & write down the amount that corresponds to the item amount & seal the envelopes. Have them write 1-10 on a piece of paper and write down how much they think each item costs. The closest answer without going over gets that point. Then the one with the most points at the end wins!



Make a SCRAPBOOK. Be sure to take everything you need to make one, the album, paper, scissors, scrapbook glue, etc & an instant camera to take pictures of the guests with the new mommy-to-be & let them each make a scrapbook page for her. Be sure they leave room to place a future picture of them with the baby on their page.



Get a small box & place the word winner inside of it & wrap it. Place it in a bigger box & wrap it. Place that one in a bigger box & wrap it & continue as much as you can or want. Play some baby music & stop, that person gets to open the first box. They then pass the box that was inside to the next person & start the music again..then stop and that person gets to open the next box. continue until the last small box is open & the paper is taken out that says winner!!



Guess the # of Q-tips

Place Q-tips in a jar - better if it's colored ones. Have guests guess how many of one color or all colors in the jar. The person with the closet answer not going over wins. I use pink, white, blue.





Dice in a Bottle

MATERIALS: 2 dice, baby bottle, empty plastic baby wipe container with the top off, wrapped prizes in the center of the room.

Games is timed for ten minutes. Everyone sits in a circle and takes turns shaking the dice in the bottle and throwing them into the baby wipe container. If a guest throws doubles, they get a prize from the center of the room.

After all the prizes are gone, dice winners take prizes from the other winners. When the ten minutes is up, whoever has a prize gets to keep it.



Pin The Pacifier On The Baby



Have up to six guests try to pin a pacifier on the mouth of a large picture of a baby.

(Just like pin the tail on the donkey)



More ideas:

http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/babyshowergames/l/blshowgameindex.htm

http://www.baby-shower.com/d-games/index.html

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TABLE GAMES:

There are free table games that you can print out & play...like Baby Bingo, Crossword Puzzles, Maze, Word Scramble, word search. You can print out the number amount that you need and after they are printed, you will know where you have free space on those papers. You can add at the top or bottom the words, "Baby Shower for _____" & add some clip art to those open spaces to mach your theme (Precious Moments, Winnie Pooh, Care Bears..etc.) or just baby items (babies, stroller, walker, pacifier..etc.). I've done these in many baby showers and everyone loves them.

http://www.babbee.com/baby_shower_games/contents1.html

http://genxero.com/nubbins/index.cfm/mnu/games.html



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CO-ED FUN GAME IDEAS:



Dress The Baby

This was a great game for a coed party. Each of the women who were invited were told ahead of time to bring a diaper bag with an outfit to dress "their baby". As the couples arrived each was escorted to a private bedroom where the wives dressed their husbands as "their babies".



All 8 couples cooperated and it was a hoot! Prizes were given for cutest, most authentic looking, humorous, and ugliest baby. There were enough categories for each couple to win at least one prize and all the husbands were great sports! In fact mine even went home dressed in his diaper!



Prize Balloon

This is a really easy game to play and set up. First, you'll need to know how many guests will be going to your baby shower and then get that amount of balloons.(Example: 16 guests = 16 balloons. It's always a good idea to get a couple extra just in case one pops or something).



Then, you get little pieces of blank papers and put them into the balloons before you blow them up. On only one piece of paper, write "winner" (or whatever you'd like) and place that in a balloon.



Right before your baby shower is over, hand out one balloon to each person and have them pop it. The person that has the paper with writing on it gets the prize. It's as easy as that.



Feel Up

Two guests stand in the middle of the room facing each other. The hostess or a designated person then blindfolds each player. The hostess then strategically places 5 clothespins on each player. The players then must "feel up" the other player to find the clothespins on the other player. Whoever gets the most clothespins in the designated time (usually 1 minute) is the WINNER! Lots of laughs!



Pudding Game

This game is the best baby shower game ever! Before the baby shower, buy those already-made pudding cups for each person playing the game.

Before you start the game, pair up couples across from each other, blindfold them, and put a trash bag over them so their clothes won't get dirty. (You may want to warn them in the invitations to wear casual clothes they wouldn't mind getting 'messy'!)

Start the timer for 30 seconds or however long you prefer, and as soon as you say "GO", each couple will have to feed each other as fast as they can. The couple who finishes their pudding first wins!!



Pin the Baby in the Mommy

Make or find a big (poster size preferably) picture of a pregnant woman and another picture of a baby. The game is played just like Pin the Tale on the Donkey. The only difference is you pin the baby in the mommy. It's cute and everyone at the baby shower I threw really enjoyed it.



Baby-oake

Have guests divide into teams.

Each team chooses a lullaby or nursery rhyme and personalizes it for the parent(s) and baby.

They then perform their new lullaby/nursery rhyme for everyone, the parent(s)-to-be choose the winner.

Make sure you have a video camera!!! Great for a couples shower.



Balloon Drop Race

Divide the guests into two teams. Place two laundry baskets at one end of the room; give each person an air-filled balloon. The object of this game is to have each person carry their balloon down to the laundry basket and drop it in-with their knees! Done in relay-race style, each guest must get to the laundry basket and drop their balloon in without using their hands! The team who drops all their balloons in first wins a prize.



http://www.baby-shower.com/d-games/index.html

http://www.babyshowertips.com/category/000831.shtml