Baby Shower Etiquette – Planning Your 1st Baby Shower

Planning your first baby shower can be a challenging experience if not familiar with baby shower etiquette. Depending upon whether couples, just men or just women are being invited will help determine other decisions needing to be made for planning a shower.
Making a list of everything you need is the first step. Start with who will be invited, the venue and what date it will be on. Speaking to family members can be very helpful in making a guest list and picking a convenient date and time.
Baby Shower Themes
There are numerous themes to choose from. It isn’t a necessity to have a specific theme, but using a specific theme idea helps in choosing the invitations and decorations. Some popular themes are teddy bears, traditional blue or pink, nursery rhymes, rubber ducks, baby animals, Disney, and scrap-booking or baby books. If you are having a shower just for women, then maybe you could throw a tea party or even a makeover shower.
Once a theme is decided upon, it is time to shop for invitations and your decorations!
Baby Shower Food
Plan your food menu. Are you serving finger foods, snacks, or a pizza party?
Baby Shower Game Ideas
A fun part of planning is which game ideas to play and of course, choosing the game prizes, gift bags and/or door prizes. Favourite game ideas include the dirty diaper game, diaper bag contents memory game, change the baby blindfolded and making baby names from letters of the parents’ names.
Baby Shower Party Favours
Baby shower party favours take some planning. So have a look round and decide whether you will be giving favours to the guests or visa versa.
Last but not least, make a time line to follow. Know when during the shower the games will be played, food will be served and gifts will be opened. Plan on how long the party will last and how to end it comfortably.
Once the theme ideas and decoration ideas have been determined, the rest of the planning will fall into place fairly easily with your checklist on hand. Don’t be overwhelmed. Proper baby shower etiquette isn’t hard and should not deter one from planning and having a great baby shower.