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All Things Baby Shower
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items I felt so lost when trying to plan my baby shower. I had to plan it myself because we do not have any family in our area. Below is what I used. I hope that it can help someone else that may not know where to start or what to do.
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Booking a Venue
Invitations/website creation
Cake and Dessert
Gifts for Guests
Baby Shower Games
Booking a Venue
If hosting at your home is not an option here are some ways to find a good space.
If you are tight on a budget but still want a nice space to host your event, this site has a lot of options.
Peerspace Select - Your personalized booking …
If you are in the DFW area this is a great space. They worked with our budget and had an in house decorator. I cannot recommend them enough.
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You can use this site to find spaces OR ask your friends that live in apartments if they would be willing to host the shower at their clubhouse - this is a great option to help lower the budget.
TOP 10 BEST Clubhouse Rentals in Dallas, TX - Yelp
Invitations/website creation
Make it super easy for guests to find your event info
Paper invites are kind of a thing of the past. Here is what we used to send the invitations.
Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people …
I paid for the premium feature so that my fiancé could add people to invite. It was a great way to keep track of who was coming.
Punchbowl: Invites & eCards - Apps on Google Play
We had a lot of people coing from out of town so we made a website to give people ideas on where to book hotels and things to do in the area while they were here visiting us.
Website Builder - Create a Free Website Trial - Squarespace
I searched baby shower templates and made it my own. It was super cute and free!!
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Cake and Dessert
You don't have to break the bank, you just have to think outside of the box.
I wanted the custom cake feel without the price so I got a custom cake from Walmart and added some additional decorations from Amazon to make it my own. I recommend the strawberry filling for sure! It as really good.
Walmart Bakery
adding these to my cake made it look super professional
ASTARON 32 Pcs Rose Gold Pink Cake Toppers
This was probably the hardest part of the desserts that I made. It took a few practice tries to get it right.
Best Macaroons Recipe - How to Make Macaroons
Buy these and then dip one end half way in melted white chocolate wafers. I colored mine pink of course and they were delicious and looked professionally done.
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats, 60 Bars
Gifts for Guests
I wanted my guests to have party gifts that they would actually use and enjoy but that also represented who we were as people. We had different gifts for both men and women. Overall, this was probably the most expensive part of the shower but it was ...
These bags can be reused so I felt like it was a win.
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Our shower was in the heat of summer so I felt a fan was a good edition to the bag
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I LOVE perfume so I wanted my guests to be able to have a travel safe perfume item. I was going to bring a couple perfumes as well for them to decant some to take home.
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The ladies bags got a pink bow so it was easy to know which were for them.
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I just thought this was a cute edition to the bag.
Temu | Explore the Latest Clothing, Beauty, Home, Jewelry & More
What's a baby shower without candy?!
Strburst All Pink Chewy Candy - 2 lbs
What's a baby shower without candy?!
Strawberry Lemonade Frooties - 360 Pieces
What's a baby shower without candy?!
Hershey Milk Chocolate Kisses Bulk 4 Lb
Baby Shower Games
I wanted it to be fun and kinda cheesy but mainly fun.
We used baby themed phrases like “changing a diaper” and “crying baby”
250 Best Charades Ideas for Adults and Kids - Parade
super easy premade game that was fun!
60 Prefilled Baby Shower Bingo Cards - Eucalyptus
Super easy game that runs itself. I highly recommend.
Party Hearty Baby Shower Games - Don't Say Baby
I got these for the bingo game and just threw them away after or let guests keep them.
Tinlade 60 Pcs Sage Green Baby Shower Pencils
Make sure you let your guests know about the diaper raffle before hand. We didn't run out of diapers until she was 4 months.
Pajean 51 Pcs Greenery Diaper Raffle Tickets