We played put the dummy in the baby’s mouth,we had to cut a piece of string to guess the size of mums tummy.Find a word themed on babies.Games made it fun!

Baby blessings are very popular these days, buy I think it’s just a fancy word for baby shower. I love the games, they are most fun at showers.

6-8 weeks before ur due date is a good time… measuring the belly game is great fun – if ur not easily offended :p a high tea is nice

I recently went to a baby shower where everyone had to mould a ‘baby’ out of play dough and the mum-to-be judged the best…and worst, that was pretty funny.

get toilet paper and guesstimate how much you would need to measure the belly
guess the gender, length and weight of baby for when it is born
guess the date and time of birth

have it at 34-36 weeks

Maybe get one of your friends to help.. You can get someone to make you a nappy cake.. Theme it all pink and white , and games such as change the nappy, the fastest, bottle -how fast people ca drink out of a bottle etc

i made a nappy cake from dispoable nappyies put a toys some socks bottle on top for decorations mum to be got the cake !!! i also played many games like guess how big mums belly is so each persom had to cut a bit of string to how long they think belly is also every one go a dummy foe a necklace and picked a word that they are not allowed to say eg something related to baby so belly bubs ect and if you said it you lost the necklace had to try to cheap it all baby shower what baby food is that i got apples punkin custards all in a bowl they all had to taste the baby food and guess what it was had decorations up as a clothe line and had baby clothes hanging up at the end of the party my sister the mum to be got them clothes that was there also i had a book for every one to write some advice or something well wishes ect for mum to be to look at latter on down the track

I never had a baby shower but my friends who I just went to did a few games two that were funny she froze icecubes (with small plastic babies in them) and gave everyone one to melt in their hands once they baby was free you waters had ‘broken’ and you were the winner. The other was guess how big their tummy is by cutting a piece of string. With the food just make it finger food especially if its an afternoon thing maybe you could ask people to bring a plate they would be happy to do that.

I think around 30 weeks! Google some games to play there is alot of good ones out there:)

pinterest is great for ideas on birthdays baby showers etc and the great thing is you can pinn ideas you see and like to a album

Pinterest has some great party ideas. worth scrolling through.

I hope you find something fun to do I must be the only person I know that didn’t want/have one!

I just wanted afternoon tea with my girlfriends – last chance for an uninterrupted chat!

For my sisters baby shower we decorated baby singlets as a game with the best 3 she liked getting prizes but she loved the personal touch of the singlets we did hers in the June and she had her baby in the July both of mine were done the month before I had my kids

I made a fruity baby carriage – it was a hollowed out 3/4 of a watermelon then half a honeydew (or rockmelon) then grapes and sultanas for eyes and you fill it with watermelon, honeydew and rockmelon balls. Everyone loved it. If you google fruity baby carriage you will see what it looks like and prob find instructions on how to make it.

I had my baby shower a few weeks before my daughter was due.

Our baby shower was a gathering of people whom we adore. We didn’t have a whole lot of structure – it was more about spending time, talking and being excited about the expectant baby. We played a few games mentioned previously, but it was honestly just nice to have all our favourite people in the one room with plenty of food and drinks.

Baby shower ideas to set your day apart
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A baby shower is one of the nicest ways to celebrate with your nearest and dearest the fact that you’re about to become a mumma. But how do you make sure that your baby shower is different to everyone else’s? What can you do to ensure you and your guests have a truly special day?

Here are some baby shower ideas for different types of showers to make sure your day is as individual and special as the little bubba on the way.

1. Pick your favourite restaurant

Don’t feel like you have to stray from what you know and love just to make your day special. There are reasons why it’s your favourite place to eat and you know you will have a fabulous time. What is more personal and individual for YOUR day than your favourite venue?

2. Head to the Day Spa

Once your little one arrives opportunities will be few and far between to get a massage or full body scrub. Take full advantage of your current downtime. It wont be long before the closest you get to an organic vegetable facial scrub is cleaning pureed carrot off your eyelids after a direct hit from your little cherub!

3. High Tea

Stacks of finger food and sweet treats. Need I say more to a pregnant lady?

4. Head Away for the Weekend

Who says that a baby shower has to be limited to a few hours and you can’t have a ‘baby shower weekend extravaganza??’ Grab your closest friends and head somewhere completely impractical for someone with a baby – because you still can!

5. Girls Only

The traditional baby shower. An oldie but a goodie. Even if you feel like you have been to a squillion girls only baby showers before, the fact that it is all about you and your little one makes it completely unique and special. Hiring some fabulous decorating items, introducing a theme or making a statement with your choice of entertainment are all ways to make sure your baby shower is different to all the others you have been to before.

6. Include Partners

Dads to be and other partners get the short straw when it comes to celebrating a new bubba. They are forced to head out with their friends to ‘wet the baby’s head’ and get drunk while you, the new mum, is stuck in hospital trying to figure out what to do with this little person that has suddenly appeared.

Um… Hang on a second…

Well, regardless – it’s still a nice idea to include the boys in your baby shower and a different way to spend the day. You will be surprised how excited they will get about the shower and the Dad-To-Be will be very grateful for the opportunity to gather some last minute tips and tricks from your friends.

7. Head to your local Watering Hole

It could be the last time you get there for a while! Just because you are pregnant doesn’t mean you can’t head to the pub. There aren’t many meals more satisfying than a counter meal which is always front of mind for a pregnant lady! And you can get some last minute brownie points stored in the bank by being the designated driver.

xLCB

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Lynette Bolton is a very proud first time mum who gave birth to her darling daughter Siarra in January 2012. Married to Sydney Swans Veteran Jude Bolton, Lynette is one busy lady who juggles motherhood with being a wife, business owner (LCB productions – weddings & events) and media personality.

Lynette recently appeared on the hit Australian television series WAG Nation and is regularly sought after for media appearances and hosting/MC roles. Her work with Channel 7, including The Morning Show’ and ‘Sunrise’ has her chatting about all of her favourite things – fashion, weddings, event planning and of course babies!

She is a member of the ‘Style Squad’ panel and makes regular appearances as the resident ‘celebrity’ baby commentator alongside the editor of Practical Parenting Magazine. You will also find her every now and then being allowed to comment on the AFL!

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Gender reveal parties and baby showers are quickly becoming a hot trend for parents who want to share the joyous news with friends and family around. The great thing about gender reveal parties is that men can be invited, too! The reveal can be for the guests or the guests and parents alike.

Use the Cake

A genius way to find out the sex of your baby is to use a gender reveal cake. How does it work, you ask? At your doctor visit, ask for the sex of the baby to be written and placed in a sealed envelope. By using food coloring to die the cake mix, the party guests will be learn the sex of the baby once the cake is cut into. On one episode of “Cake Boss” a couple enlisted the help of cake maker extraordinaire Buddy Valastroto make their gender reveal cake. This couple didn’t even know the sex of the baby until they cut into their cake, so it was a surprise to everyone. The cake itself can be decorated a variety of ways, depending on what the theme is of your party. Some ideas:

Baby carried by a stork with the words, “He? She? Open to see!”
A diaper shaped cake reading “It’s a. . .”
A bee shaped cake reading “What could it bee”
Registering for Gifts

Since you don’t know the sex of the baby, you should ask for gender neutral, necessity items. They include:

Crib, mattress and crib sheets
Changing station
Diapers and wipes
Bath time items
Onesies or any gender neutral clothes
Stroller
Car seat
Portable crib
Pack and play
Aside for the necessities, you can ask for gift cards and money, that way once the gender is revealed you can buy specific clothing items. You could also ask for gifts that benefit you as the parent, like parenting books. “The 10 Commandments of Parenting” is a great book for all new parents to read. Author Ed Young draws from decades of counseling and raising his children to help others by detailing clear and simple rules to parenting. Included amongst Young’s commandments are “Thou Shalt Spend Time With Thy Children” and “Thou Shalt Discipline Thy Children.”

Name Suggestions

Before the excitement of shower games and presents being unwrapped, what can guests do while eating food? Instead of having them sit there twiddling their thumbs and making idle chit-chat, encourage them to think of baby names. Supply guests with pink and blue pieces of paper and have them write down name suggestions: one boy name and one girl name. At the end of the party, the mother-to-be can go through all the names and save the ones she likes.

The Games

The Diaper Game: This one is fun AND just the right amount of embarrassing for everyone involved. It includes diapers and poop (well, chocolate). Take a few varieties of chocolate bars and microwave one bar with one diaper. I recommend using Hershey’s, 100 Grand, Snickers and Twix bars. Once melted in the microwave, pass around the “loaded diapers” and have guests guess which diaper has which chocolate. This makes for some picture-worthy moments seeing as it looks like everyone is sniffing, and eating, a dirty diaper!

Old Wives Tales: Specific to gender reveal parties is the Old Wives Tales games, in which you ask the mother a series of questions, ultimately revealing the sex of the baby, according to the Old Wives Tales. Some questions include:

Do you crave the heels of bread or the middle? Heels: Boy; Middle: Girl.
Eating more or sick/nauseated: Eating more: Boy; Sick: Girl.
During the pregnancy have you been crabby or happy? Crabby: Girl; Happy: Boy.
Carrying low or high? Low: Boy; High: Girl.
Show Your Spirit: Not a game per se, but have the guests guess what the mommy will be having. Supply guests with either pink or blue pins and have them choose a side! The friendly competition will add the the fun of the party. Once they choose a side, have them wear the corresponding color.
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These blogs were on here ,..so I hope they help.

I have done so many and these are some we do
we do little plastic babies in shot glasses and freeze water (always put a small amount of water with baby in the freezer when frozen fill them up or babies will float to the top and the first baby is a winner and no holding licking just place on the table in front of each person they yell out baby delivered
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Get a roll of string and every one cuts a piece they ting goes around the soon to be Mum and the one that gets closest wins.

Get dolls and nappies and clothes and the first on one who is the fasts one to change the baby wins.

Get toilet paper and split into pairs and they have to use the toilet paper put booties mittens nappy bib bonnet
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get a basket and ,put in bottle, dummy, rattle, baby powder, bath wash, baby spoon, nappy, dummy clip, bib, mittens, booties, bonnet and rubber duck…it’s like a memory game and you show all your guest what is in the basket than take a item out d show again and repeat taking more than one item out or none the one that has the most correct wins.

They will need paper and pens
fill a baby bottle with jelly beans and the closet to guessing how many wins the bottle of jelly babies
paper and pens needed again for baby names for animals like a baby horse is foal a baby cow is a call and so on again the most correct wins, you can also do baby items

All prizes and party bags for the guests have little plastic nappy pins dummies building ABC blocks booties and things tied to them all. What we use for prizes are little bottles with lollies in as well as small packets us jelly babies I also make chocolates of booties rattles baby shoes nappy pins and sleeping babies on their tummy’s . Do these up in cello and curling ribbons

How well do you know the Mummy to be so pens and paper needed as well things like D.O.B colour of eyes favorite colour is she right or left handed things like that
pen and paper again say a letter and they have to write a baby’s name down starting with that initial

you can do pass the parcel with a gift under each layer of paper like lollies dummies small packets of jelly babies and things like that and do it to baby nursery’s

You can put on baby girl banners as well as rubber ducks,bottles and thing like that as well as balloons with baby girl on you can get plates and paper napkins cups with baby girls or it’s a girl on as sets as well as plastic table clothes.

You can get sashes with Mum to be as well as nanny/Grandmother on them. as well as center pieces with baby girl or baby items on them. You can have it 4 weeks before your due date incase you go early

You can do fairy cakes as well as sausages rolls. cheerios wrapped in puff pastry, party pies sandwiches. chips and dips as well as cut puff pastry into strips cook first and when done cut in half through the middle length ways and put cream and if you want jam if you want and dust with icing sugar. chips and dips, picklets,fruit salad lollies, cheerios with sauce to dip them in. As well as cheese cakes, a pull apart dip made with a cobb loaf that you pull some of the middle out and get a cheese ball to put in side and put in the over and serve hot. Mini dim sims and mini spring rolls

You can do punch as well as soft drink, tea. coffee, as well as having cold water

Guess the ingredients game – using baby food. Toilet paper guess the size of my belly game. Jump on pintrest for some awesome looking buffet ideas. Lolly buffet or a at home high tea are fun.