Spring Flowers bring Baby Showers!

Your best friend is pregnant with her first baby and you want to throw her a fabulous baby shower. Where do you begin and how do you pull it all together.

When to throw the baby shower:
Baby showers are typically scheduled one or two months before the baby is due. This gives the mother time to get out thank you notes and shop for items she may still need before the baby arrives. Planning the baby shower a couple of months before the due date also ensures mom will still be available for the baby shower, if scheduled to close to the due date there is a chance the little one may come early.

Planning for the shower:
Location- for the baby shower depends on the seasons. If the weather is warm consider having it on your back patio making it a casual affair. When weather is colder you may have to bring the event into your home and in some cases space becomes an issue. Another option rent out a space or have it at your favorite restaurant or community club house.

Invitations- You may have a start on who you may want to invite but make sure to review the guest list with the mom-to-be. This gives her a chance to provide additional friends and family you may not have met yet. Invitations can be sent via email; however hand written invitations are still more personal and add a professional class to the event.

Don’t forget to include information about the theme of the event, where mom is registered, map to location and when to RSVP. Keep track of those who have RSVP and consider calling a week before the event those who have not yet RSVP to get an accurate count of guest.

Party favors- Setting up for the baby shower should be fun and exciting. Decorations can include streamers, theme plates and center pieces. Consider making name tags for guest. A great center piece can be a practical baby shower gift, such as diaper cakes. Diaper cakes come in all sizes with approximately 80 diapers, bottles, baby toys and other small baby items. Put together small baby shower goodie bags to hand out to guest after they leave. This could include small party favors and a note from the mom-to-be thanking them for attending.

Budgeting: Keep in mind the host is responsible for the cost of the baby shower so planning the event should be reasonable and affordable. Some cost ideas include having a potluck where guest bring an item or make up food and freeze ahead of time. Use your dishes vs. purchasing paper plates and cups. The idea is to make it fun and memorable for the mom-to-be and most likely good food and conversation is what she will remember most not the table clothes and paper plates.

Games: The fun of all fun when it comes to the baby shower. Here is a list of a few games played at baby showers. There are many more and are easy to find surfing the web.

Guess the size of mommy’s tummy- Have each guess cut a piece of string from a ball of yarn. They can cut as long of a piece of string as they need to make it around the mom’s tummy. Now everyone gets in line and tries to get there string all the way around the moms tummy. The closest to the measurement wins.

Never say baby- Tell your guests that through out the baby shower they can not say the word baby. If a guest says the word baby the person who hears them will give them a diaper pin. By the end of the game who ever has the least amount of diaper pins wins and you can even give a prize to the one who said it the most.

This is just a few of the many games out there for baby showers. Have fun and get creative. Baby showers can be a wonderful way to make the mom-to-be feel comfortable about her up coming journey and most of all supported by her family and friends.

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