Hi All, Has anyone here had a baby shower before? I haven't been to one, yet my friend has decided to throw one for me. I've never been to one and don't know much about them. What's involved?
My baby shower was so much fun! We just played a few games, had supper (it was a night shower, but
You can do morning tea, lunch anything you want!) people gve me presents and we all just chatted.
The games we played were things like everyone got the same list of animals and they had to guess the name of the baby, eg. Cow = calf etc... Also everyone got a piece of string and cut it at what they thought would be the circumference of my belly and the closest person won (someone got mine exactly down to the cm!!)
They really are fun!! If you google baby shower games there is sooooo many you can do! And the shower can be anything you want, casual, formal, whatever! However you want to celebrate your baby!
I just finished organising & hosting my gf on the weekend.
We started at 1pm & put on lunch (sandwiches, finger food) and then a selection of slices & cakes with coffee & tea.
We played a couple of games (such as the belly one mentioned above) and then watched my gf open her presents. We finished about 4.30pm, it was a fun filled day.
I sorta had one. My sister was having a chocoholics anonymous party, so we sorta combined it. There were no games. Just lots of chocolate (and mainly her friends).
This time round, I'll be having a proper one, with games and everything! I want to have it in the morning, that way DH's or partners can hang out with my DH outside (and maybe they can all babysit all the kids ) and if they want to stay for lunch, maybe they can bring their own BBQ food and we'll just have a BBQ. That's what I want. Whether DH will agree to it or not, lol time will tell
I had one, We had a bbq, guys and girls, but baby showers are traditionally just girls. DH and I are both super excited about our bub considering our ttc history so we invited all our closest friends and family. Kept it casual, everyone chatted and ate. We got lot's of presents and one of my friends organised a few games, it went for 3 hrs and was so much fun.
A baby shower I went to a while ago had some hilarious games.
- guess which baby food is in the unlabelled tin how much pain do you want to put your friends & family through
- Put the nappy on the doll using only one hand
- hang the washing on the line with baby on one hip while talking on the phone
I must admit it sounds a bit strange but omg it was absolutely hilarious!! We had people using their toes to help with the nappy and everything.
They timed most of it and had a score at the end.
I had a baby shower back in September and it was great
My girffriends organised a high tea theme and came up with different activities. It was great, loved the food - Cupcakes (seeing as my bump/the baby has been nicknamed Cupcake!), scones with jam and cream, little sandwiches, biscuits, cakes, mini sausage rolls etc.
One of the girls painted a big pink pregnant torso (on 6 A4 pieces of paper stuck together) and cut out some jellybean shapes to play pin the baby on the belly (we were blindfolded and spun around to nursery rhymes), there was a box of different baby items that were covered up and we had to remember what was in it and write it down, then seeing as there was a tie a couple of things were removed when we weren't looking and we had to say what had been taken out and there was a word association game as well.
Lots of time was spent just chatting - none of my friends have had kids or are pregnant and they were very curious about what its like to be pregnant, and they all wanted to feel Cupcake move. They could see my belly moving which made them all very excited, but she wouldn't let them feel her My friends are quite crafty and one of them organised to make a beautiful mobile based on things you find outside - she brought along some needle, threads, felt, a hot glue gun, sticky eyes etc and we ended up making a mobile with all sorts of animals on it. Its absolutely beautiful but it look ages so I probably wouldn't recommend it even though I've got a beautiful keepsake of the occasion.
Something else I did was to go and buy some pretty pens and beautiful peices of card and I got each of my friends to write down some messages/nice words of advice (seeing as we know we're having a girl) and I'm going to string them on some pretty ribbon and hang them in the baby's room so she can grow up surrounded by words of womanly wisdom.
I just had my first baby shower and it was great fun! 2 of my friends organized it for me and helped with food. We did an afternoon tea thing with lots of little finger foods.
For games we played:
The price is right: guess the prices of common baby items, like the phil and teds buggy, heinz baby food etc then the closest one to the final bill won
Pair the socks: 20 pairs of socks mixed up to be paired and folded, as many in 15 secs.
Who's baby: list of questions to name celebrities babies
Nappy chocolate: Melted chocolate bars on nappies and guess what flavour it is without tasting of course.... the turkish delight ones were the best!
Baby photo: Guess who's who with their own baby photos that everyone brought
Then of course we had lots of champagne and girly chit chat.
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) and if they want to stay for lunch, maybe they can bring their own BBQ food and we'll just have a BBQ. That's what I want. Whether DH will agree to it or not, lol time will tell 
how much pain do you want to put your friends & family through 
My friends are quite crafty and one of them organised to make a beautiful mobile based on things you find outside - she brought along some needle, threads, felt, a hot glue gun, sticky eyes etc and we ended up making a mobile with all sorts of animals on it. Its absolutely beautiful but it look ages so I probably wouldn't recommend it even though I've got a beautiful keepsake of the occasion.
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