The Grand Arrival

Baby Showers are organized in anticipation of the new arrival. To avoid any kind of awkwardness for the family members the event could be hosted by a group of friends of the would be mother as it is primarily a gift giving ceremony.

The right time to organize the event is a month or two before the arrival or soon after the arrival.

Great care should be taken in designing the invites. It can be personally designed rather than picking up off the shelf .The invitations should symbolize the babys birth.

As is the case in all invitations, the guests name, time, date and the venue should be clearly mentioned. The hosts should also give their contact numbers*

To give the guests ample time to organize themselves and buy a suitable gift for the occasion, ensure that the invitations are mailed well in advance.

Its always a nice idea to have a theme party. Keeping the baby gender in mind, one can choose an appropriate theme.

An interesting suggestion if the baby is a boy could be that of sailboat. Doing up the whole place with different sizes of sailboats could be fun. The centre piece of the food or cocktail table could also be a sailboat. One could use a tube or any part of the sailboat to focus the name for the child.

Similarly, if the baby is going to be a girl, choosing a cookie theme could be fun. The old time rhyme saying girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice could be highlighted. To add to the fun and frolic, recipes and jars full of various ingredients used in making cookies can be displayed. The suggested name for the baby could be displayed on a giant cookie1

Many a times we find the parents have not yet decided on the babys name .The celebration is a good chance to help the parents choose the name. Doing up the place with alphabet cutouts and organizing games around it could be fun

What if the parents are unaware of the gender? Or maybe you are in for a surprise! To have a live ultrasound scanning for all to watch and find the gender of the baby could be exciting.

Quizzing is always fun! Organize a quiz, have questions designed around the gender of the baby and let everyone have fun guessing the gender.

A little time , planning and imagination will ensure that your baby shower celebration to be one of its kind .The above are just a few suggestions regarding games and themes .

The host along with a group of friends can organize the event and make it memorable for the would be parents or else professional help is always there.