Tips For A Memorable Baby Shower
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Whether you are throwing a baby shower for yourself or your friend, there are a few things to keep in mind to make sure that the event is a special one. While everyone knows the usual games played at baby showers, you can ensure a memorable event by adding a few new ideas. Here we will look at unique ways to make sure your baby shower goes smoothly and will create lasting memories.
-Create a baby shower guest book set up for everyone to sign when they come in the door. This can be nothing more than a small, hardcover notebook where people can write their best wishes and names. The guest book will stay with the mother-to-be and will serve as a reminder of who attended her baby shower long after they have lost touch. If you wish, you can decorate the guest book with baby shower stickers, ribbons and other cute little touches.
- Hand out disposable cameras as each woman enters and tell her to take all the photos on it. Photos are one of the best parts of a baby shower and you can take full advantage of this by making all the guests baby shower photographers. Collect the cameras at the end and develop the photos to turn into a lovely baby shower memento album.
-Hold a prediction session. Give out sheets of decorated notepaper (baby shower themes are good!) and ask each guest to write down their hopes and predictions for the baby’s life. To make this even more fun, ask them to write down what they think the baby will look like when he or she is born, plus what they think the child will be doing or will like at five years old, ten years old, fifteen and twenty. These letters can then be stored in the baby book for the mother and child to read together for years to come.
-Incorporate the old tradition of cake charms into your baby shower celebration. After baking or buying the baby shower cake, slip charms into it, wrapped in foil. This can be done by slitting the cake evenly all around and pushing the charms into it. Leave tiny marks in the icing so you know where to cut in order to give each person a charm. The traditional charms include a baby rattle (next to have a baby), a four leaf clover (one year of luck), a gold ring (true love), a gift (money will come soon) and a house (stability is on its way). You can add more as you wish, any jewelry store will carry these.
Combining the tips above with traditional baby shower games and activities is a sure way to create not only a fun baby shower, but also one that will live on in the memories of all who participate. The baby being celebrated will be the main beneficiary, since he will have mementos galore to recall how many people loved him even before he arrived.
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