Baby shower ideas that work

There are so many themes, so many choices now when deciding on a baby shower. You choose something at home, at a function venue or outside.

When having a baby shower outside, the ability to ‘decorate’ is limited. Choose items which can be used from the ground up. Select helium filled balloons on weights which can stand quite tall. There are many foil shapes out there which can suit any theme.
You can also choose yard signs and join them with bunting to cordon off an area if required.

A baby shower held at a function venue is a way to leave the cleaning and preparing up to someone else and is great when you have a small or large group of guests. Depending on where, sometime you may need to share your event with other people, such as a high tea and you may be limited to the games or activities involved.
A fun idea is to have ‘chair prizes’ and place a scratch to win game card under every chair and see who may be the winner!
Another great idea is to play ‘The Price is Right’ game. Ask each guest on their invite to bring one baby essential and nominate it so no two guests bring the same item. Ask them to keep the receipt and give it to the host/mother to be. On the table, place each item, either length way for a square/rectangular table or around in a circle for round tables. Give each guest a game card and ask them all to guess the correct RRP of each item. The guest who is closest is the winner. This game does not disturb other parties and does not need any space.
You can replace the venue napery with a packet of baby themed napkins and provide a bonbonniere on each person’s table setting as a thank you.

For a traditional at home baby shower, you should consider how many guests versus how much space you have.
If you are having a lot of guests, look to double up and create teams for your games. Bingo in pairs, play two games of pin the dummy at the same time to save time.
The “Itty Bitty Ultrasound” game or “who’s that baby” (must ask each guest to bring a photo of themselves as an infant) is great for large volume of guests. You can place each ultrasound picture or guests baby photo on the wall and have your guests come up and match the correct answers throughout the day, so long as you ensure your answers are in before the end of the day to win a prize!
Our new "Breaking Waters" game is a great 'ice' breaker - pardon the pun! When all your guests have arrived, start the party off by placing all the ice cubes in a bowl and ask your guests to place one in an icecream/lolly cup and see who is first to have their baby break free from the waters!

Ideas that work for all types of baby showers
Notes of advice for the mother to be.
A great idea for any baby shower is to present the mother to be with her very own set of “new mother advice cards”. This is a perfect idea to present to the mother to be so she may look upon them when she needs to know – how to settle, why baby is crying, how to get over a rut, how not to get down, best feeding tips etc. Advice can be funny or insightful, but definitely personal.
If someone in the family is crafty, they can place these into a wonderful keepsake scrapbook to look back on in years to come.