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Baby Shower ideas? says
Any ideas for a baby shower for someone who hates traditional shower games? The party will be 3 hours long so my mother is insisting we have something for people to ‘do’ – i don’t mind some sort of activity but hate the traditional shower games. Any ideas? TIA!
NewMomAnon says
I was at a baby shower recently where we used puff paints and fabric markers to decorate white onesies in various sizes. I really liked that.
LegalMomma says
In the same vein, we decorated wooden blocks at mine and my sister’s baby showers. They are a really nice keep sake that the kids like playing with (so last longer than onesies / bibs – though we have those too). My husband then put food grade sealer over the blocks so the kids didn’t eat the paint when they chewed on the blocks as babies. Oldest is almost 3 and the blocks have held up great. I will say – make sure people sign them in some fashion otherwise you will forever be answering questions you don’t know the answer to about what relative painted what block. Link to the blocks we used to follow.
LegalMomma says
https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Standard-Solid-Wood-Building/dp/B00008W72D
I forgot to add that this set comes with a nice wooden storage box!
Anon in NYC says
Yep, the wooden blocks is a cute one!
In terms of a “game,” a friend had a written baby book/nursery rhyme game that was both legitimately hard, fun, and not at all embarrassing. It was a fill in the blank type thing like, “Humpty Dumpty had a great ____” (but way harder). I’m sure you could find something like this online. People were able to sit around and do them at their leisure, and then there were small prizes at the end for the top 3 winners.
Anonymous says
Support Stickers – get a pack of blank labels (like 2*4 inch file labels) and have guests write a message of support or draw a little picture then stick to front of a diaper. Great to have those little reminders of support during late night diaper changes.
Anon says
At my baby shower, people decorated blocks for me. Since I was having a girl, they also made headbands (I think there are headband kits you can buy). We played gift bingo at one party I went to which was fine. Another party had the guess the size of the belly with string contest, and that was kind of cute and I don’t think would have embarrassed me if I were the expectant mom. My mom had folks play the nursery rhyme game referenced above at my home-town baby shower I missed because I was in the hospital at 38 weeks with chest pains (everything turned out fine, pregnancy is weird). Depending on the crowd, they could go around and share the worst piece of advice they were given? Might devolve into a fight about current vs. old standards though, so maybe not. You could also put some easter-colored m&ms in a jar and have them guess the amounts?
Pogo says
At mine we had little cards that said either “my wishes for baby” or “my advice to mom”. Some of them made me cry they were so sweet! Both were purchased at some party store or online (my mom did it, so I’m not 100% sure). They were fill in the blank and people got really into it. My favorite was “When I grow up, I hope you become…” and one of my friends wrote “A feminist!”. Which reminds me I want to get my son a “Feminist like Daddy” onesie and send the pic to her.
I was fundamentally opposed to other “games”. We did hang up baby’s ultrasound pictures so that was a fun conversation piece.
Anon says
At an office baby shower (not for me), people submitted photos of themselves as babies and there was a contest to match the person to the baby photo. Might be fun (and takes some of the attention off the mom-to-be).
Anonymous says
I liked the Price is right game, with baby items.
AwayEmily says
I’ve been to a number of onesie-decorating showers (and hosted one) and always enjoy them. Cheap, too. Make sure to buy a range of sizes (ie, not just 0-3 month ones).
Anonymous says
I was at a baby shower where the host had card stock sheets with each letter of the alphabet and some colored pencils. We each took a letter or two to decorate and then the host was going to bind it to create a personalized alphabet book for baby. Pretty cute!
Bactria says
I asked everyone to bring their favourite childhood book and talk about what it meant to them; we had a game in which everyone had to supply the names of different baby animals (‘cygnet’ for ‘swan’, etc); and I think we also had a nursery rhyme game.