Baby Shower Ideas

Any excuse for a themed get together with games! And what great ideas for food, gifts and games..
A good friend of mine is having her baby shower and after researching I made her a chalkboard sign she can use as the baby gets older. Being a graphic designer, this was suiting form me. I also love those growth shots! I also made a sock bouquet and towel teddy bear. The card was a cute baby carriage with buttons and according pleat fan.. All in the blue theme.. I also had a go at making little gingerbread teddy bear cookies, an idea I saw on Pinterest but I used Tiny Teddy biscuits. It was too fiddly to have it holding/hugging the tiny teddy so I ended up making them pregnant :)

Food

So many great ideas once again.. Teddy bears, animals, popcorn (ready to pop), baby themes- wrapped in blankets etc..

Baby fruit

Gifts

Milestone or growth charts or gifts with a twist.. Make mundane wash cloths and socks into cupcakes, flowers, teddy bears or other animals..

My own creation of a growth chalkboard sign for photography

Milestone blanket

Sock bouquet

My own creation based on the tutorial above

Teddy bear wash cloths

My own creation using the tutorial above with a hand towel

Elephant wash cloths

Cards

Endless ideas for cute cards..

My own creation

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Cute as a button

Giraffe

Pin family

New baby card made with buttons..

Cute elephant about to pop

Card or wall art idea

Games:

A lot of quiz type ones are great! Match the baby animal or famous babies, baby related scategories, nursery rhymes etc.. And of course predictions and advice cards can be fun, even creating a time capsule for the baby to open when 18..

Pin the dummy on the baby or sperm on the egg

Guess how many lollies in the bottle

Skull from a baby bottle

Spit the dummy (see how far each can spit a dummy)
Mum or Dad? Choose between the facts (when first walked etc)

Ask Dad questions first and quiz Mum

Labour or porn- Close up pics of faces and have to guess which

Baby bingo (with gifts)
Name the song (with baby theme)

Guess the name (or suggest names)

Guess the baby food
Nursery Rhyme quiz
Animal babies quiz
Famous parents quiz
The list is endless!

Cutest-baby-shower-ideas- Some great ones on this site

And I love the idea of giving blue or pink shower poufs as gifts to say from one shower to another! (or any blue/pink shower related item for that matter)

Guess the baby

Don't say "baby"- easy and fun- Or give everyone name tags with baby related names (nappy,  bottle etc)

Tally

Advice or Mad libs

How the baby was made- Toilet roll with plunger
(or similar game with balloon  between legs and partner has to pop it by "humping" with hips)

Face mixups

Pass the parcel rhyme- this would be great for lots of parties!

Celebrity babies

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Em's Knitted Blanket

I have finally finished my knitted blanket! I used a circular knitting needle and scrap wool to create this throw. I started years ago! and finally decided it was long enough to cast off. I really wanted it to be long enough to cover my shoulders and feet when snuggling under it. It also has a bit of stretch.

I used a mix of weight and fibres, metallic, interesting and plain mainly purple yarns and left the ends to create the tassel.
I've already started on a new one!