The Baby Shower Guide Part 1

All classy baby showers today have some type of party favor or small baby shower gift to give attendees. When throwing a baby shower you are not obliged to give party favors to your guests but giving one is a nice gesture. It is the host or hostess’ duty to send the invitations and place orders; they also must create and prepare the guest list, check over the menu options and buy all of the party favors and decorations for the baby shower. Some decorations or party favors can be placed as a center piece at the party and later taken home by the mom-to-be as a gift. Lots of balloons, streamers, banners and colorful decorations make the party area livelier.

What gift should you bring? Gift cards come in handy when the couple needs to purchase the items they didn’t get as gifts. It also used to be practice for the grandmother to give a gift of silver to the baby. When organizing the party, it can be a lot of fun and a lot of work setting the baby shower, preparing the decorations, food and the seating, and the most important gift table. By making sure that the baby gift is useful, unique and can be used long after the baby has been born - a gift that will stand the test of time. When attending a baby shower it is always nice to create a gift yourself, this is a nice way of showing the new mother to be that the fun times aren’t over yet, its just a different type of fun.


One creative baby shower gift that is quickly taking the west coast by storm is the "baby cake" or "diaper cake".

The most popular types of baby shower games and other details will make your Shower planning better. Baby shower games are a wonderful addition to any baby shower. What are the ages of people attending the baby shower and what types of games would they like. One of the most consistently popular games with both baby shower hosts and baby shower guests is the bingo, and poem reading games. When planning the baby shower it is sometimes hard to find the appropriate baby shower games for the party.

It is important to consider the time of day you are hosting the shower, your shower theme and style, the size of your shower as well as your guest list. A theme decorated with all many stuffed bears is usually an appropriate and happy theme for a baby. Or, you may choose not to have a theme at all. The theme you decide on will determine everything else about the baby shower. Baby girl shower invitations basic theme is the welcoming of baby girls into the fold of a family.

Once you have picked your theme you need to keep it featured around that theme.

By: David Fishman -

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Melissa Fishman and David Marc Fishman are the owner of mailordermommy.com Mailordermommy sells personalized party favors

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