Ruffles and lace or trucks and blocks? A Baby Shower is one of the most popular ways to congratulate the soon-to-be mother. Traditionally, Baby Showers have been a Sunday afternoon party. Ofcour...
Ruffles and lace or trucks and blocks? A Baby Shower is one of the most popular ways to congratulate the soon-to-be mother.Traditionally, Baby Showers have been a Sunday afternoon party. Ofcourse, that will depend on the guest of honor! If this is a surpriseshower, involve the future moms family to arrange her arrival.
A successful shower should begin with a budget. There are severalquestions to guide your decisions here. How many people will beinvited? What is the location? What will be the menu? And what is thetheme?
A guest list is a prime consideration, especially when determining avenue. Grandmas tiny living room wont be a suitable location ifthirty people RSVP. If a large group is expected, check into renting ahotel conference room, a local hall or church basement, or a back roomat a restaurant. Most restaurants will include the space at no chargewith the understanding that they will provide the meal. If the showeris held in a home or facility that allows it, you can cut costs byasking friends to bring their favorite dish to share. Dont forget toorder a cake that reflects the shower theme too.
So back to the age old question: pink or blue? If the mother-to-beknows the answer, you can select incidentals, such as place settingsand decorations, in the proper color scheme. If the gender is still amystery, personalize the color choice by using the mothers favorites.
Current shower themes include baby booties, zoo animals, a mother birdhovering over an empty nest, hatching eggs, and the old stand-by Mr.Stork. Select invitations that reflect the color pallet and image, andmail them about six weeks in advance of the shower. Baby shower favorsshould coordinate with the theme and may be a container filled withcandy, a soap shaped like an egg, an egg timer for the kitchen, or akeepsake oval picture frame.
Another trend is the resurgence of shower games. Plan on spending fiveto ten minutes for each and reward the winners with small wrappedprizes that they may select from a grab-bag. Assign two people to snapphotos and another to maintain a list of gifts so the future mother cansend thank you notes. In fact, its nice to include packages of thankyou cards that coordinate with the invitations among her gifts.
Before her due date, present the mother-to-be with a photograph albumso she may remember the fun shared that day with her family andfriends.
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