The Perfect Baby Shower

How to Use Arts and Crafts to Add to the Fun and Create the Perfect Baby Shower

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A common new practice that began a few years ago is to include an arts and crafts segment as part of your baby shower’s itinerary. Arts and crafts are a great way to create fun and excitement, and to strengthen bonds between participants . A lot of women, and even men, enjoy spending time together while partaking in enjoyable activities like arts and crafts. Nowadays, there are several newborn-related designs that are a blast and will create a great time for your participants at the party .

One of the newest activities for baby showers is the designing of a baby diaper cake. This is a group affair that all your participants can do together. It is a great way to start the party , as it makes a mood of togetherness and establishes unity among all your participants . For this project, you will need around fifty diapers, fifty feet of a smaller, narrow ribbon, and eight feet of a thicker, wide ribbon. Trim the fifty feet of thin ribbon into one-foot segments. Have your participants roll up each diaper and tie it in place with a thin piece of ribbon. Ribbon can be baby blue for a boy, and pink for a girl. For a more neutral color, soft green or light yellow work fabulously . Start the base of your diaper cake with twenty-five diapers; stand them together in a circle. Utilize fifteen diapers for the next level of the “cake,” and then eight diapers for the top level of your cake. Prepare each level separately and tie each batch of diapers, or each level of the cake, with a strand of wide ribbon. Now, load the levels of the baby diaper cake in order from largest to smallest, and you should have a fabulous newborn baby idea!

Baby bottle sand art is a fun craft that renders fabulous souvenirs that your participants can take home. All you require for this affair is at least the same amount of newborn bottles as your number of participants , alternative colors of sand, and funnels. Baby bottles can be the simple, cheap ones, and the sand should match your color palette for the baby shower. Hand out the newborn bottles among all your participants . Have them fill the newborn bottles up with several layers of alternative color sand using the funnels, and then close the newborn bottles with their tops. These turn out beautifully , and they are easy to create ; they also create great party favors from which your participants can always keep in mind your baby shower. For a special touch, you can have ribbon that has been personalized with the Mom’s name and the date of the shower, which is a twist on the newborn gift idea that is actually created by the participants at the shower. You can also have stickers made with the title of the festivity and the date, and stick them on the newborn bottles.

Scrapbooking is an art that so many individuals have come to like today , and also makes a great craft at baby showers. You can give each invitee a layout page and supplies, and have them design a background page. These can be put together to form an album for the baby shower. Any of these ideas will makd the baby shower a smash and offer a unique gift newborn and Mom will cherish for many years to come!

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Free Baby Shower Game Ideas

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Baby showers are a great way to show your expectant friend or family member how excited you are about their new arrival.  Unfortunately, planning these parties can sometimes get a little expensive! However, you can stay within your baby shower budget by trying some of these free baby shower games.

These unique baby shower games cost little or no money and are lots of fun! One game that is always popular and inexpensive is the clothes pin game. This game is played during the entire baby shower. As each guest arrives, they receive a clothes pin that they must clip to some part of their outfit. Once everyone arrives, the hostess explains the rules of the game. No one may cross their legs during the shower. If they do and someone catches them, the person who crossed their legs must give their clothes pin to the person who caught them. At the end of the shower, the guest with the most clothes pins wins and receives a small gift. There are many variations to this game. Instead of clothes pins, you can use safety pins or buttons. Also, crossing legs can be replaced with not being able to say the word “baby” or even the expectant mother’s name. The possibilities are endless!

Another unique baby shower game idea is the “Guess that Baby” game. This game is basically free except for the cost of the prize. In the baby shower invitation, ask each guest to bring a baby photo of themselves. When each guest arrives, tape each baby picture to a piece of cardboard, poster board, or other sturdy paper. Each picture needs to be numbered. Pass paper and pens out to each guest. Then, ask the baby shower guests to match each baby picture with the appropriate person. Give them about ten to fifteen minutes to complete the task. Whoever matches the most pictures correctly wins. This truly is a great icebreaker game! If you do not want to ask your guests to bring baby pictures, another variation to this game is to find baby pictures of celebrities online and see if they can match the picture to the celebrity. Either way, the guests are sure to be laughing by the end of this baby shower game!

“The Toilet Paper Game” is a new baby shower game that will definitely be fun for everyone. The basic premise of this game is to get a roll of toilet paper and pass it around to each guest. Do not tell the baby shower guests what the toilet paper will be used for. As it is passed around, have each guest tear off a piece. They can choose how much toilet paper they wish to tear off. After each guest has their piece of toilet paper, ash the expectant mother to stand up. Each guest then takes turns trying to wrap their piece of toilet paper around the expectant mother’s belly! This is always a lot of fun because some people have only one or two sheets! Whoever gets closest to her actual girth wins. Of course, toilet paper is not the only item that could be used for this free baby shower game. String, blue or pink ribbon, and rope can all be substituted.

You really don’t have to spend a lot of money on baby shower games to have a great party. In fact, these free baby shower games are just as entertaining as their more expensive counterparts. The next time you are planning a baby shower, remember that unique baby shower games don’t have to break the bank!

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