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We did a sign on the wall with 5 common words relating to baby and everyone started with a clothespin on their clothes. If you heard someone say one of the no-no words (baby, crib, bottle, labor, poop or whatever you want) you get to take their pin.  The person with the most at the end of the party gets a prize.

We also made it a tea party. Made small sandwiches (cream cheese/dill/salmon) (chicken salad) (cool cucumber salad) and had a couple pots of hot water with a selection of teas. We also did a relish and a veggie tray.  We ate small petifours for desert.  Congratulations and have fun!!”

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Melanie said: “Diaper cake! get a few packs of diapers, roll them up rubber band them, then rubber band a group of 5, put 4-5 together for bottom tier, 3 for middle and 1 for top. you can decorate with pacifiers and rattles and such. A great center piece/present for about $20-$35.

Ask guests for a baby photo of themselves or their baby and a cute saying, or some words of wisdom and make a photo book.”

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Emily said: “For prizes/favors, try Michaels (if you live near one) – they always have cute little things in their dollar bins that are targeted towards women.   Also the One Spot at Target, although typically items you find there are geared more for kids.   I agree with some of the other posters here – have the decorations double as your gift(s) to the mom-to-be and play games that don’t require you to incur any additional cost.
One activity I like (I know some may find it controversial, but it really helps out the mom-to-be!) is to have all the guests address thank-you note envelopes with their name/address (or you as the hostess could do it beforehand, as well) and then put them all in a bowl. Then you can draw one or more out for prizes. Kind of like a raffle.

One inexpensive but fun/festive thing I like to have at parties is dipping chocolate w/marshmallows, bananas, pound cake and maybe strawberries (although strawberries in the winter are pricey). The dipping chocolate you can get in the baking aisle of any grocery store and it’s only a couple of dollars for one container. Marshmallows and bananas are very inexpensive. You could make your own pound cake (or some other firm cake) or buy a frozen one. Everyone seems to like dipping things in chocolate! ”

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Tamara said: “I’m having a shower for my daughter in law very soon. My theme is vintage. Lots of lace (doilies) and balloons hanging from ceiling with a marble in them so they hang still. Make a banner out of doilies. Spray sticks from yard and pine cones white and pink ( or blue) tulle is cheap for bows. So many nature themes things to do. My invites asked everyone to bring an unwrapped gift for the mom’s clothes line. Also bring a book to add to babies reading nook! Homemade food such as pasts salad and tortillia roll ups are very cheap. I’m making the cupcakes too. It means more that way. We are only doing words of wisdom in place of games. By the time we look at all the books and hang the clothes it will be time to go. You’re only talking 2 hrs!”

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Tracy said: “An inexpensive activity idea: I am planning my Son’s now, I’m planning to buy a couple dozen cupcakes w/o frosting or decorations. After other activities, mom n dad to be get a bit to rest while the guests decorate the cupcakes. Then we can select the favorite cupcake as “best in show”, who’s creator wins a prize then we eat ‘em! game, rest, and “cake” all in one.”

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Lahni said: “I take cheap/clearance/cute baby bottles, take the nipples off, tie a pretty ribbon around where the nipple ring would go, and use them as vases… a few roses, trimmed up, go in each baby bottle, and then decorate throughout the party with them.. very very pretty effect and very cheap.”

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Celeste said: “My sister placed mints in bottles.  An icebreaker we had was Hot Potato.  We gathered all the guests in a circle and tossed a Baby Doll (I know it may sound mean, but it was funny because everyone was trying to gently toss it but at the same time win) – it was a great icebreaker!”

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Roxanne said: “When it was time for my son’s baby shower, the idea I had was so original, I couldn’t believe it was mine. hehe  I have always loved reading, so I decided to have a book shower.
I had everyone bring a book from their childhood that was special to them, then had them write their name and why it wa special. Not everyone was able to find a book, and some brought clothing too. Others brought books that they enjoyed with their own children.
I was able to amass a collection that would have been very pricey to buy myself. The books hold more meaning than a cute little onsie ever could.
As for decorations, the sky’s the limit if you want to go with a book theme. I didn’t do a book themed game as I was not the hostess, but you could try book Jeapordy based on Dr. Seuss or other very common books. Yes, I did just think that up. 🙂 ”

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Carrie said: “For a baby shower I hosted for my friend, we had a Guess That Celebrity parent game. I took old US Weekly and People magazines and cut out the baby pictures and numbered them (also with numbers from magazines) on a piece of poster board. I turned the board over and each guest had paper and pen. They had maybe 60 seconds to write down as many “celebrity parents” they could. I had some easy pictures that everyone could guess and some were harder that only a few guessed. It was super fun and super cheap!”

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Meredith said: “The last baby shower I threw, we made the cake from scratch. We styled it to match her bedding. We also made cake pops for the favors. It was a huge hit, the mom to be was thrilled we put so much effort into it and the guests loved their favors. We also made most of the food, but there were 3 of us hosting and that made splitting up the tasks easier.”

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Jaymie said: “We recently held a shower for a coworker at work. We held a ‘She’s About to Pop’ theme. So fun and relaxed.  We served popcorn, popscicles, tootsiepops. We did brownies and chips and dip too.- not in the theme. You can stay in the theme with soda pop and cake pops! You can decorate with balloons and bottles of bubbles that you can personalize. We also made a pop art poster. 🙂  I hope to use this again theme again soon.”

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Judy said: “Just went to a baby shower yesterday and we played a fun game. Hostess had little candy bars, which were answers to baby questions, example hos much does it cost to have a baby? 100 grand candy was answer. Baby giggles, Snickers…the women who it was for has big babies, so Whoppers was answer for size of baby…. something about breast feeding was Milky Way. If you are creative, you could do this or maybe find it on a web site.  For favors, they had Starbursts wrapped in tissue paper, with the saying, we are bursting with joy for your new star.”

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Nancilee said: “We are planning a baby shower and we are planning on making a scrapbook for the mother, instead of games.  The guests get to decorate a page and it’s more relaxing.”

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Alex said: “Here are some ideas for decorating and food.  I did a natural theme.  I collected many different types of clear glass vases from friends.  In each vase I filled with mardigras silver, pearl, and blue bead necklaces (I live in New Orleans so this made it free, you could use some pretty marbles or even river stones). I spray painted branches white that I got from the yard (take leaves off or leave on) and stuck them in the vases.

Then, I traced the outline of baby related shapes on cardstock (baby bottles, rubber ducky, teddy bear, baby rattle, and an old school type stroller) cut them out, made a hole, tied a loop with pretty{cheap} ribbon, and hung them on the tree (or you could use a Cricut and save a lot of time!) The ornaments can be later used for a game where people would have to collect as many as they can or not have any at all.

I did a pot-luck. It was at a church so I really had to decorate to warm things up. I used some white plastic tablecloths from the Dollar Store (or borrow some) and covered the food tables. Under the tablecloth I put sturdy boxes ranging in size in random spots. Food was placed on the table and on top of the boxes (this added heigth and definition. I added a few before mentioned vases on the food tables and laid throughout randomly some ice cycle lights.

Next, I did streamers in a centric pattern for the ceiling. I spray painted a bird’s nest white and gave each person a blank 3×5 card and a pen–each person wrote down advice for the mother (you could make it funny) and then place the cards in the nest for the mom to keep words of wisdom and encouragement.  The best thing I did was to appoint someone to help with the shower. I was good at decorating but a friend of mine wanted to do the games. We split the responsibilities and that helped a lot with stress.

A great looking and tasting drink is sweet iced tea with lemon wedges and blueberries floating on top, lemon and strawberries work well too! All in all I spent $30. On a budget the best thing to do is to come up with a theme, look at your friends and pull together your resources. What are you good at, what you are not good at, which of your friends is good at what you’re not, ask them to help. What they contribute can be put in a card and they can say what they contributed to the party as their present.  I hope this helps.”

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Sonita said: “Have it at someone’s house. This saves rental fees. Borrow anything you or the host house doesn’t have.

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Courtenay said: “I just recently threw a baby shower for my best friend from high school (who is having a girl.)  Her sister and I got all of the decorations and most of the food from the Dollar Tree (they have TONS of adorable decorations, and the drinks and food are sometimes better tasting than a store brand!)

We held it at her mom’s house since she is from out of state. We also sent out invitations via facebook instead of mailing them. This is also very handy if you don’t have access to addresses for all of the guests.

It is very possible to be on a budget, I believe we spent less than $40 on the entire thing! Just have fun with it and be creative!!!