Photo by Tuva Mathilde Løland If you’ve been chosen to throw someone’s baby shower, you want to make sure it’s as perfect as possible. It’s a huge responsibility, but someone has to do it! Don’t worry too much – it’s not as hard as you’d think. As long as you include these six ingredients, everyone (including the mother-to-be) is sure to have a brilliant time.
1: Close Friends and Family
The most important part of a baby shower is the people. Without the mother-to-be’s close family and friends, there’s no point! Spend time on the guest list, making sure no one of importance is missed out. It’s a special day, and your guest of honor will want to be surrounded by people who support and love her.
2: Tasty Food and Drink
The second most important part is tasty food and delicious drinks. Sweet treats are often the way to go at baby showers, along with some cocktails (or just mocktails!). You can get everyone involved by asking people to bake some cookies, cupcakes, and cakes that are baby-themed. Better yet – you could make baking one of the activities for the party! Planning a baby shower is challenging enough to take the hospitality part out of your hands by booking a bartender from eventbartenders.com.
3: Exciting Games
Is it really a baby shower if there aren’t any games? Make them even more exciting by personalizing them. For example, you could host quizzes that relate to the friends and family that’ll be in attendance. Be as creative as you want, and don’t forget to provide some amazing prizes!
4: Useful Gifts
Gifts are another essential part of a great baby shower. It’s not just about fancy items, though; it’s a chance for the mother-to-be to receive things that’ll help her out during the first few months of having her little one. To ensure they don’t receive two cribs or far too many baby-grows, have a conversation with everyone attending to establish what should be bought. If one person purchases a stroller, then everyone else should know not to gift one, too.
5: Arts and Crafts
Arts and crafts are the perfect way of making cute things for the baby while doing a fun activity. There are plenty of crafts you could make, including dream catchers, wall-art stencils, scrapbooks, and baby headbands. To inspire creativity, bring along pictures and instructions for creating some simple arts and crafts.
6: Advice, Chatter, and Laughter
It’s a day the mother-to-be will remember forever, so it’s important for it to be filled with lots of advice, chatter, and laughter. If you have had a baby, tell your most embarrassing and funny stories after giving out gifts. You could even include a game that has everyone tell a baby-related joke! It’s the chatter that makes an amazing baby shower, so consider conversation starters to inspire interesting, entertaining, and funny stories.
As long as you include these six ingredients for your friend/family member’s baby shower, you are sure to impress with your hosting skills.
