Planning Baby Shower Ideas
Planning baby shower ideas so that you can relax and know that you've done all you can do to have a successful baby shower. Follow these plans carefully to ensure that you've covered everything. Feel free to write down planning baby shower ideas for your own use.
Who is in charge? Do you need help, or can you do it alone? Decide who does what and delegate.
Decide who gets invited. Do you have any family members that are in the dog house? Do you want the Father-to-be invited? This could take awhile. You don't want to forget
Aunt Sally. Maybe it's just for close family members. Or a church group. You might want to have separate showers if there is friction in the family. Write down all the names you can think of and then go back through and weed out the ones that you might not want to invite
for whatever reason. Be sure and ask the Mother who she wants invited.
This is very important as we can get crazy when we're out there shopping. Everything's so cute that you want to buy it all. List your budget for everything. Invitations, games, prizes, favors, decorations, cake, and food. It can add up
quickly, so be prepared. And don't assume that it's cheaper to make your own baby shower items. Favors can really add up and invitations can cost you an arm and a leg if you're not careful. You can save money
if you don't match everything exactly when planning baby shower. Use plain white cards with a blue or pink ribbon for instance. There are alot of things you can do to keep costs down when planning a baby shower.
Talk with the Mom-to-be about this one. Make sure you work around her schedule. Then ask around and see what's good for everyone else.
Decide where you are going to have the shower. If you are renting a place, you'll need to check on it quite early. There really is no rule for where to have a shower. If it's a small shower, then someone's home would work fine. Alot
of people have them in their church. Any place that you would have a party, you could have a shower.
Finger foods are really the best for baby showers. Two or three different finger foods, and a few sweet things like chocolate strawberries and speciality cookies. As far as the cake, are you going to make it yourself or purchase it. If you are going to buy a cake, order it in plenty of time. Diaper cakes are really popular. You don't eat them, but it
becomes your centerpiece and you can serve simple cupcakes or a sheetcake.
Even if you're not doing a major theme, you still need some kind of direction. It can be as simple as blue Baby Boy Shower, or pink Baby Girl Shower. If you need some ideas for themes, visit our Baby Shower Themes
page for some unique ideas.
Since you know your theme by now, this part should be simple. You do need to decide what kind of invitation you're going to use. There's printables, homemade, or store bought.
It's just up to you and your schedule. And your budget.
There are any number of places you can purchase your shower decorations. I suggest Birthday in a Box. They have some great baby shower boxes. If you just can't find plates to
match the theme you've chosen, don't be afraid to use birthday plates. For instance, cupcakes, rainbows, Strawberry Shortcake, Princess, fairies, construction, John Deere, cowboy, daisies, roses, polka dots,
Fancy Nancy, and the list goes on. I think you get the point. Solid partyware is great as well. You can always bring the theme in with other things.
Three or four games should be plenty, but you might want to have a few more on hand. Sometimes a game is a hit, and sometimes it flops even with all the planning baby shower ideas. Be prepared. Here's a great source for Print and Play Baby Shower Games.
- Purchase or Make Prizes and Favors
As I said, homemade stuff can really run into time and money when you're planning baby shower ideas. If you just don't have the time or energy to make your own favors, Shop Beau-Coup for Unique Baby Shower Favors and Gifts . You really must go look at the gorgeous favors they offer. So cute!
And if you want to try your hand at homemade favors, check out our Homemade Baby Shower Favors page. Remember to keep your budget in mind.
Are you looking for free forms for your next church baby shower? Look no further. Here are some great Baby Shower Games and Invitations free to download along with other free church forms, etc... Have fun at your next baby shower with all these new ideas....at Free Church Forms.com.
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