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How to Plan and Host a Baby Shower To Celebrate Your New Addition
There's no better time to celebrate both the mother and child. Throwing a baby shower for a sister, cousin, aunty or a friend allows you to show your appreciation for your loved ones while providing the chance for loved ones to "shower" their new mother with tips, tricks, and sometimes presents for the mother to enjoy in their newfound motherhood. In planning a party, there are a number of items and activities you should have organised in advance.
From booking and choosing a venue to planning out entertaining party games to ensure that guests are involved in the proceedings, we'll take you through everything you need to learn how to host a baby shower party.
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- Prior Pivotal Planning
- Organise A Venue For Celebrations
- Invite Guests To Share The Love
- Decorate The Space
- Ensure Guests Are Well Fed
- Entertaining Baby Themed Party Games
Prior Pivotal Planning For The Baby Shower
Before sending out invitations and booking venues and vendors, there are a few details you must first have organised that are of utmost importance when learning how to plan a baby shower. You want to plan out the date and time of your location as well as a rough number of guests you're planning to invite. If you're planning a baby shower for a loved one, you want to make sure they are involved in this planning, and ultimately have the final say in attendance and have a date and time that suits them.
Organise A Venue For Baby Shower Celebrations
Once you've planned for a rough estimate of guests, begin looking around for an available venue. This doesn't have to be a fancy function room. It can simply be in your living room or if you don't have the space, kindly ask a friendly loved one if they are able to open their home for your baby shower.
It is very common to have a baby shower at home, this can be in the backyard, living area or other common space. You want to ensure whatever venue you settle upon has enough room to not only accommodate your guests, but also space for a few tables for guests to eat.
Invite Guests To Share The Love
With a guest list on hand, ensure you notify those invited with enough time to spare. For a personal touch and if you have time, craft invitations to invite guests to the event. Wanting to infuse even more of an added personal touch? You may even consider including a sonogram image of the baby. Make sure the invitation outlines any important details of the shower, including the date, time and location of the baby shower. It's also good practice to include a date guests should RSVP by and any accompanying contact details. It is important to provide in sending the invitation for guests to ensure they are free, while also allowing you enough time to accommodate for the number of guests that will be attending. Additionally, for themed baby showers, you should outline the dress code details on the invitation so that guests are made aware of the theme and have enough time to plan their outfit.
Ensure Baby Shower Guests Are Well Fed
Feeding your guests is important. You should plan in advance the food you will be serving up for your guests. Baby showers are typically a more informal gathering so don't require a sit down meal. Consider the time of day of your party. In some cases simply serving afternoon tea with finger food and snacks will be more appropriate. For a lunch time party, you may require more planning of food to ensure your guests are well fed. In addition to party food, planning a cake in advance is also a nice detail. This can be the perfect finishing touch to your dessert table or a stunning standalone piece on any benchtop.
Decorate The Space: Baby Shower Party Themes
After planning the important details, the fun part starts. Start planning out a theme to represent through your baby shower decorations for a cohesive display. Some baby shower party themes include:
- Refreshing floristry designs
- Adventurous jungle
- Dreamtime with clouds or starry decorations
- Sparkling sunshine
- Elegant tea party or high tea party
- Gold and silver sparkling party
- Pink or blue themed
Baby Shower Decorations To Create a Beautiful Party Scene
Once you've established a theme, it's time to start looking for baby shower decorations that bring your ideas to life. Baby shower garlands make for stunning decorations and can be displayed in hallways to welcome guests into your space or even hung across walls, acting as a photo wall for the mother to pose for photos with guests to commemorate the big day. You can even find baby shower themed photo booth props for guests to pose with!
Other classic baby shower decorations include adorable balloons and eye-catching signs to decorate your space to celebrate the milestone moment!
To recap, must have baby shower decorations include:
- Beautiful balloons
- Backdrops
- Buntings and garlands
- Photo frames
- Cake topper
- Confetti
- Table decorations
Baby Shower Table Decorations
From the top of your ceilings to the dining table, you can infuse a decorative touch throughout your entire baby shower decorations. Baby shower tableware such as themed plates, cups and napkins will have the mother to be and the baby shower guests snacking in style! Baby shower tableware is also exceptional for establishing a cohesive theme throughout your function space and to have your guests dining in style.
Shop the Ginger Ray collection for a cohesive selection of both baby shower decorations and tableware!
Entertaining Baby Themed Party Games
Involve guests in the baby shower proceedings with guest books and baby shower games. Guestbooks allow your partygoers to sign their well wishes and also provides a great memento for the mother of the baby to look back on and reminisce about the celebrations. Entertain baby shower guests with baby shower games. While some party games allow guests to make their predictions about the baby's name and appearance including eye and hair colour, other baby shower games allow party goers to provide advice to the mother that they may find helpful in the arrival of their newborn.
Discover Our Favourite Tips And Tricks To Learn How To Host A Beautiful Baby Shower Party
Time to celebrate both the mother to be and the imminent arrival of their newborn. Decorate any function space with our selection of baby shower decorations. Allow guests to feast upon party food with our baby shower tableware. Entertain partygoers and provide the mother with keepsake mementos consisting of advice from her loved ones with baby shower games.
You can learn how to host a baby shower with our extensive baby shower range, including the Ginger Ray collection, available at Spotlight. Shop the full collection, online or at a Spotlight store near you and celebrate a momentous occasion in style.
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