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Baby Shower
Themes, Games, Etiquette, Poems, and more |
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Hostessing
Tips
Decide on a date, time, and place.
Make a guest list so you know how many to plan
for.
Make sure you know what the Mommy-to-Be likes.
Colors, themes, food, etc...
Write down all your ideas and then decide what's
good for you and what's not.
Decide on a theme and colors. Maybe what the
mommy is doing the nursery in?
On your invitation, give your guests ideas of
what the Mommy-to-Be needs. This is usually
appreciated by everyone because they don't know
what to get. You can include the nursery theme.
If she hasn't already, have Mother-to-Be consider
a local gift registery. You can list this on the
invitation.
Decide on the menu. If there are a large group of
people coming, you could consider doing potluck.
Depending on your guest list - some people are
offended by having to bring a gift and a covered
dish.
Decide on if and what games you will play.
Consider the size of the group you will have.
(Games are not necessary but can be great fun as
well as ways for Mom-to-Be to get to know her
guests better and in cases where "both sides
of the family" are invited ways to two sides
can come closer.)
Get your decorations and party favors together
early. You may have to make a change or two if
you can't find what you're looking for.
Don't forget about the Mommy-to-Be's corsage. You
can make this or have it made at the florist.
Buy disposable cameras and have the guests pass
them around while they take pictures.
Place the bows and ribbons from the gifts on a
paper plate and fix the Mommy-to-Be a hat to wear
or buy a straw wreath and wrap it with ribbon.
Then pin the bows around the wreath. You could
also place small toys in it. A lady at a baby
shower when I was expecting child #3 (my only
daughter) did this with a hat and I then hung it
on the wall in Val's nursery as decoration (it's
now packed away in a box with cards and other
"new baby" STUFF!
Buy an inexpensive child's white umbrella and
glue white lace along the edges and write the
showers info (date, time, place) on it in
permanent ink. You can have everyone sign it.
Another nursery decoration in the making - saw
this at a neighbor's house years ago.
For some humor, have a person write down the
various comments the Mommy-to-Be says while
opening her gifts.
Pass a journal around and have everyone sign it.
They could add a word of advice, a blessing, or a
prayer.
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