• Purchase several baby socks then fill it with assorted chocolates and candies and then tie each pair of socks together with pretty bow of ribbon. And advise them to give back the socks to expectant mother so the baby can use it.
• Prepare baby themed puzzles such as word-search or crossword, make this a part of their favor pack.

• Set up a craft table and provide materials such as cloth diapers win the size of 14 x 20, paintbrushes, craft paints, chunky stamps, etc. Ask guests to decorate a piece of cloth diaper – this will be used as a burp cloth while the soon-to-be-mom will decorate a little canvas of tote bag for the guest.

The venue of the baby shower party is quite flexible, it can be held in a park, restaurant, or even your home. The organizer or the host will take care of everything for the expectant mother, including the food, entertainment, decoration and even the guest list. For others, they opt to have more than one baby shower say for example one with family and close friends and other one with colleagues or workmates.


Guest are expected to bring gifts for the soon-to-be-mother or the baby, it doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive for as long as it is useful for the baby. In fact, you can even give the hand-me-downs of your baby like toys or clothes. To make the party exciting, preparing several games would be a nice thing to do.

After eating, the host passed around a pretty thread with one knotted end, we are asked to put one bead on the thread as we wish something for the mom. After it has been passed along with the whole group, the hostess will pass along another thread but this the wish should be for the babies. After that both threads should be tied together and be worn by the expectant mother during the labor and delivery so the guests’ wished would come true. If there are more beads you can make a bracelet for the babies, same procedure as of the necklace.


Baby shower is always fun and sentimental, so activities should create something that should remember it by.

The best way to make the baby part of the baby shower is to make a time capsule for him or her to open it when she or he is grown up enough to appreciate such things. This can be done by asking the guests to bring something that would fit in a gallon jar for the baby. People usually bring articles in the newspaper, letters or recorded video in a CD that contains messages for the baby, pictures, mementos or even jewelry. They can give anything under the sun for as long as it fits the jar. Then after the baby shower party put everything in the jar and seals it with glue.

• Cut Flowers Centerpiece – the host of the baby shower will make a centerpiece out of different cut flowers. At the end of the gathering, each guest should take one flower and take it home. As the get home they should count the number of petals and give the expectant mother advice or tips on parenting with the same number of the petals in the flower they have pick. You will be surprise how much advice you will received.

• 21 Letters – the host must write numbers 5 to 21 on small pieces of paper and put it in a bowl or box. Each guest must pick one paper and should write a letter to the baby which will be opened in the future birthday, depending on the number that you pick. Say for example, you pick 10 then the letter should be opened on his 10th birthday. This will only work if the guests in the shower are close friends and family.

So as not to be greedy, instead of hosting a baby shower why not have a sprinkle party? A sprinkle party is just like the traditional baby shower party with the sumptuous food while socializing and having lots of fun but a little more casual and gifts are very much low keyed which is a perfect compromise.

Of course they still be gifts but it not like the baby shower where gifts are expensive as the baby necessities are pricey like stroller, crib, car seat, etc. In Sprinkler, this is crossed out of the list as the expectant mother is not a first timer, thus she has these items from her last birth. Gifts should be small things like handmade or homemade gifts. Or the cheap baby necessities like diapers, bottles, nipples, formula milk, hand me down toys, baby cosmetics, etc.

Start by instructing your physician never to mention the gender of the baby instead asks him to write it down in a piece of paper and give it to the host of planner of you baby shower party. She will now hold on to this information and guard it with her life so others will not know before the party. The host will now think of fun ways on how to reveal the gender of the baby.
The host can instruct the baker to make cake or cupcakes with neutral exterior but the inside should be pink if the baby is girl or blue if it is boy. Is it not fun and exciting how everyone gets to know the gender of the baby at the same time with the first slice of the cake or bite of the cupcake?

Luckily for the expectant fathers, the trend on Man Baby shower is arising so you will have your fair share of party and relaxation with your boy buds. The most popular man baby shower party is the Poker or Beer party with Diaper Drop at the door. A simple beer and barbeque in the backyard will do, and of course you should prepare the poker table and poker chips. As simple as that and the guys will enjoy unlike the traditional baby shower party that takes a lot of time to plan and pull it off.


I bet the father-to-be will be really excited on having an excuse to seat around all day while playing with his buddies without her wife nagging him. I bet the soon-to-be-mom will be very pleased to with the number of diapers they will receive.

As mercenary as it sounds, it’s not. The visitors can be creative like wrapping the coupon with a baby outfit that is cute or adding a small piece of toy. It can also be inserted in a personalized and fun card. And since the coupon is bought online, the gift giver can see what the expectant parents are planning to by cash.


Technically, it is very similar to the conventional gift registry. The only difference is that you do not exchange it for items instead you exchange it for cash and you can choose what to buy. Hence, giving you more flexibility on the gifts more than ever. Avoiding the instances that gifts just go to the storage room for you have no use for it or some gifts was received in more than 1 number.

The birth of a baby is such a momentous event that should be celebrated in any way possible, so I guess a grandmother baby shower is a good idea. They deserve it for most of the time the expectant grandmother is more excited than the expectant mother and they will do most of the job for the baby during the first weeks anyways including teaching the new mother on how to properly care for the newborn child.