July 23rd, 2009 | 
Author: Baby showers are lively get-togethers usually composed from four main activities: socializing, eating, playing games and the best one of all, opening all those baby presents! Planning a memorable baby shower is an important part of creating a fun event for the new mother and other guests.
Continuing roughly 2 to three hours, it’s always a good concept for the host to outline a schedule of baby shower activities beforehand so the speed of the party remains steady.
Planning the Baby Shower Schedule: The beginning of a special baby shower is the time for socialization. The majority of the guests will wish to greet one another and talk with the mother-to-be to find out the details of her pregnancy.
Something to eat is always anticipated at a special baby shower and it need not be elaborate. It’s just got to be planned. Finger foods are simplest and guests can eat across the entire length of the shower, with a special time, usually towards the end, dedicated to eating the cake.
One of the activities usually included at the party are baby shower games. These are fun and there is no end to the game possibilities, either. Nearly any game can be refurbished to make it appropriate for a special baby shower.
With a fun group, plan on playing several different baby shower games. Just be sure to decide on the games about 3 weeks before the shower so you know what games that may be played, as the host will have to make sure she has lots of game pieces and obligatory supplies. And she’ll need to get a prize to award the game winners, too!
Figuring out the circumference of the expectant mother’s belly is a traditional baby shower game that is played at many baby showers. An easy game involves filling a baby bottle with jelly beans or q-tips and having each guest make a guess how many the bottle holds. 
When the project is finished, it will be given to the honored guest as a way to remind her of this big day.
Creating a recommendation book is straightforward. Get a notebook full of blank pages and pass it around to each attendee, who records a piece of parenting advice for the mother-to-be.
Saving the Best for Last: Opening the baby gifts is unquestionably the high point of any special baby shower (at least from the expectant mother’s standpoint).
Be certain one person is in control of recording a list of the baby gifts and the name of the guest who gave each. Save the bows, too so that when it’s all over, the honored guest can be crowned with a crazy bow hat!
That is just about all you need for a special baby shower: A plan, organization, food, and some friends and relatives of the expectant mother.
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A great synopsis of what happens (or should happen) at a baby shower–a perfect reference for someone who is unfamiliar with the whole gathering. As for what to bring, a great idea is to have neutral baby gift baskets; these are perfect for when the baby’s gender is unknown.
Everyone is familiar with the rush and bustle of buying those “last-minute” gifts that will appear so tattletale when given to the recipient. This is no big deal of course; however, you can be left feeling ill at ease even though the person expresses his gratitude for the gift. To keep questioning oneself: “And what if he does not like the gift?” is of no great help. And one shouldn’t forget about giver-recipient satisfaction after all.
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Another great baby shower idea is a diaper cake. Diaper cakes make a great center piece a a shower and a great gift as well.
I love the idea of giving a baby shower games that is made for baby boys and baby girls.So this would be a great baby shower gifts.
Gift Grabber Game
Wrap a gift and set it into view. Tell your guests that as you read the
verses, if it describes them, they are to be the first to grab the gift.
There may be 1 or many who go for the gift but whoever grabs it first
returns to their seat and sets the gift on the table in front of them, if they
are seated at tables, or in their lap if they are not. Then you continue
on to the next verse. The person who loses the gift, is still in the game
with the next verse.
The news is out, quick send a cable. The gift starts with the lady at the
table.
If someone wears clothing with the color of blue, be ready because
she will take the gift from you
Now everyone knows that blue has been worn, you can grab the gift
if a girl was your first born
You can take the gift after this next verse if you are the gal who came
carrying a shoulder type purse
I’ll give you a chance and want to be fair, hurry for the gift if you have
brown colored hair
We hope everyone playing will be a good sport, you can have the gift
if your hair is short
We’re getting tricky, here’s a real humdinger! take the gift if you have
more than one ring on your finger
You’re all doing great! what a success, the gift can be yours if your
not wearing a dress
You won’t hold it long, the gift is not for you, but now it goes to the
lady with not one child but two
Don’t despair cause here’s the next clue, the gift is yours if your
wearing an open toe shoe
With each pass of the gift we are having a ball, the gift is now going to
you if your over 60 inches tall
We hope you’re all having fun, we tried to include everyone. Its your
chance to have it if your the mother of a son
From one lady to the next, you have the gift and then it’s gone, but the
gift is yours if you have earrings on
There won’t be time to practice, there won’t be time to rehearse, you are
the lucky lady if you brought a colorful purse
Everyone is watching as the gift swiftly passes, but this is your turn to
get it if you are wearing glasses
We’re ending this game and the gift passing like hopscotch, you could be
the winner if your wearing a wristwatch.
This game is over and now we are done, if your holding the gift, guess
what, you have won.
These are great ideas for making baby showers more meaningful and memorable! If I may add an idea for a musical gift, this lullaby CD– All Through The Night: a cappella lullabies– features four male voices, a cappella [not instruments, just the smooth harmonies-- imagine the sound of a Beach Boys ballad and you get the idea]. What’s great about this CD is that unlike other typical baby gifts, this one can be enjoyed for years– and by the whole family, not just to put baby to sleep– although it works great doing that too! Check it out at http://www.CDBABY.com/AllThroughTheNight
Your article makes throwing a baby shower sound like it should…a breeze! It doesn’t have to be complicated, just a bit of planning is all that’s really required.
Finding a great baby shower gift doesn’t have to be complicated either. There are lots of great online baby stores offering excellent baby gifts to welcome the new baby.