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Determine the following:
• Estimated Budget
• How large do you want the shower to be?
• Co-ed or just the girls?—Men like Baby Showers too!
• Forecast weather conditions (warm, cold, wet)
• Should the event be a surprise to the guest of honor?
• Food, Cocktail party or Desserts?
• Games & activities?
• Theme & Decorations Expense

Baby Game

Make a time capsule for the baby. Have each guest at the shower write a letter to the baby on their thoughts and their wishes for the baby. Guests can also tell about the shower, about the baby’s mother and other little cherished memories.

The baby shower can be a lot of fun for all guests—male or female. With the upcoming birth (or even after), the shower is a wonderful way to honor a new life. The shower can be fun and creative or even elegant. With so many themes to choose from, the hostess will be able to re-create a bit of the guests’ childhood memories. The registry table can be set up to include the guest book, photos of the mom and dad, party favors and other trinkets. The hostess might prepare a shadow box in advance, filling it with items from the showers, including the invitation, napkin, party favor, and other things from the shower. Decorate it with baby novelties, little plastic diaper pins, baby booties and more. The new mom can hang the shadow box in the nursery for a wonderful memory! One of my favorite sources is Oriental Trading Company where you can find many little trinkets, candy, balloons and party favor items.

Shower Planning Worksheet

Date of Event:

Day of Week:

Time:

Location Site:

Estimated # of People:

Address of Site:

Estimated # of Invitations:

Guest of Honor:

Phone:

Pager:

E-mail:

Co-Hostess:

Phone:

Pager:

E-mail:

Theme Colors:

Theme:

Invitations (printed?)

Calligrapher?

Stamps

Centerpiece/Theme Decor

Flowers

Corsages

Music

Confetti/Sprinkles

Table Cloth

Plates

Napkins (printed?)

Forks, Spoons, Knives

Coasters

Candles

Party Games?

Cake

Punch Ingredients & ice

Food Items

Camera/Film

Party Favors

Name Tags

Balloons

Gift Registration enlisted at:

Budget

Themes

Tips & Ideas
• Use a crib or playpen to hold the gifts
• Scatter toys and stuffed animals around the room
• Have children’s music playing the background
• Greet guests with their own baby bottle filled with champagne (sterilize and give to the new mother afterwards)

Appropriate Party Favors
• Bubbles
• Wind-up Toys
• Jacks
• Puzzles
• Yoyo
• Frizbee
• Baby Rattler

Baby Shower Invitations
• Create a birth certificate invitation, using parchment paper
• Send a baby bib invite outlining the shower details

BABY SHOWER GIFT IDEAS
• Shampoo, soap, baby oil, and powder
• Car Bottle Warmer
• Crib blankets and sheets
• Night Light or Nursery Lamp
• Baby food grinder
• Crib gym or mobile
• Playpen pad
• Car seat
• Casual or Dressy outfit
• Pajamas
• Silver feeding spoon set
• Bath toys
• Silver brush and comb set
• Food dishes
• Portable intercom
• Waterproof mattress pad
• Stroller

Baby Wishing Well Tradition

…….a poem by Valerie Tillery

We are having a baby.

We’re happy as can be.

Join us as a special shower guest,

Celebrate your blessings and your best.

Booties, lace and blankets we’ve got,

It’s the bigger things that we’ve not bought.

Be a part of our “Wishing Well” wishes for the gifts that we desire.

Not to fuss with the shopping---let us be the buyer.

So come and drop a pretty card in our “Wishing Well”---

Any amount will do.

And as you drop the envelope, make a wish upon your heart to come true.

Fancy this “Wishing Well” tradition and make our dreams happen too!

Baby Shower Favors (paddle fans )

Baby Dedication Certificate

Baby Certificates

My 1st Haircut Certificate

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