Baby Shower Ideas

Having a baby? What better way to let all your overjoyed family, friends, and collegues share in your joy than to come to your baby shower! Strange as it sounds, it leaves the burden of searching and looking for baby stuff in the hands of the guests.

So now that you're going to have a baby shower, what kind of shower will it be? It's most common for others to throw the shower for you, but hey it doesn't hurt to have a few ideas up your sleeve in case someone asks.

Are you going to choose a theme? If so, what theme? Do you want it to be based on color? If you already know the gender of the baby, you can always go with pink or blue. Maybe you want to base the shower on baby items such as a pacifier or a baby bottle? How about character-themed baby shower like Sesame Street, Disney Princess, Looney Tunes or heck even Spiderman?

Some of the most popular baby shower gift ideas are baby gift baskets, layette gift sets, vital baby equipment, beautiful baby linen, a baby massage set, or a baby gift card. Some guests will create their own baby gift basket, while many will go for the classic clothing baby gift basket where you can never go wrong. Monogrammed baby gift baskets are always a hit, fun baby basket, mother and baby basket, gift basket for twins, or a pampering baby gift basket are a few other ideas.

It's best to hold the shower four to six weeks before the baby is due. Remember to write down the guest list and what gifts everyone brings. This makes it a lot easier when it comes time for the thank you cards. Play some games, eat some cake, pass out some party favors and have a blast. Before long you'll be too tired to party!

Here are some simple games to play at your baby shower.

Sing It, Baby!: The guests participants form a circle. They can sit or stand. Then, each guest must sing a line or two from a song that has the word "baby" in it. When the first game player has finished, the next person seated on her right has ten seconds to sing another "baby" song. "Baby" songs cannot be repeated, thus, participants who repeat a song or cannot think of a "baby" song get booted out of the game. Last person singing in this baby game shower wins the prize!

Measuring Up Mommy: Have a couple of toilet paper rolls ready and ask each participant to estimate the size of mommy's girth by cutting the toilet paper to their guess size. Then each one wraps around the new mommy's stomach the toilet paper they cut. The nearest length approximating to the mommy's stomach wins the prize!

Don't Say Baby: This baby game shower makes you NOT say what you are suppose to be attending to! Don't say "baby" during the entire length of the baby game shower for the diaper pin that was given to you upon your arrival will be taken away from you. The person with the most number of diaper pins collected at the end of the shower party wins a prize.

The Seventh Gift: We all know that the single lady who catches the bride's wedding bouquet is said to become the next bride. In The Seventh Gift, it is not so much a baby game shower but more of a fable that says that the giver of the seventh gift unwrapped will be the next expecting mother. However, avoid "planting" the seventh gift.

Dig Out the Pins: The baby game shower that tests the agility of the guests as they fish out the most number of diaper pins from a large bowl filled with uncooked rice and diaper pins in under two minutes. The participant that has the most number of pins brings home the prize.

Have fun!