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How To Host a Baby Shower on a Budget

August 21, 2019 By Paula 19 Comments

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Baby Shower on a Budget

Make it beautiful without breaking the bank!

Along with the honor of hosting your friend or loved one’s baby shower also comes the stress of paying for it. To help you and your loved ones can celebrate the miracle of life without going broke we’ve come up with some ingenious ways that you can cut back on the cost without looking like you’re cutting corners.

Yes, you can get it all done, from setting a date, sending out invitations, and finding a venue to decorating, planning the menu, organizing games, and shopping for the prizes and party favors without ending up in the poor house.

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Location: The average cost of the venue is 5 percent of your overall budget. So, instead of hosting the event at a restaurant or club, consider having the baby shower at your home or at another relative or friend’s home. Also, holding the party in a public space like a park, community center, or church hall can be an inexpensive option. If hosting in a public space, make sure to check on whether the location requires a permit. You’ll also need to put a rain plan in place if you choose an outdoor venue. When choosing your venue consider whether or not you will need to rent furniture. If you need to, that can take another 5% of your budget. You can save by not having this cost if you are hosting the shower in a home or someplace that has tables and seating already there.

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Invitations & Stationery: At an average cost of 10 percent of the overall budget, here is a great chance for you to save money by sending invitations online. Depending on the number of people you can send invitations through email or text message or use an online service like Paperless Post, Evite, or MyPunchbowl. Plus, guests will appreciate the ease of RSVPing via email, and you’ll feel good about saving money and trees. If mom-to-be’s grandma and great auntie are attending, you might want to personally invite them. And, by all means, include the menfolk! Invite the dad-to-be, his friends, and the husbands of your lady guests.

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Instead of a guest book, cut out dozens of stars from heavy card stock. Ask guests to pen their well wishes to baby. Later, paste the stars into a baby book under the heading “A Star Is Born.” Or use raindrops and paste them with the heading “Showered With Love.” You could also take a sonogram or Mom-to-be picture and have the guests sign the mat around it.

Also, a great alternative to a guest book is an advice jar. Each guest writes down advice for the new mom and slips the paper in a jar. The recipient can frame the advice or store the jar as a keepsake in the nursery instead of having a book that sits in a closet just gathering dust.

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Another great idea to do during the shower is to take some river stones and let your guests leave their wishes and words of wisdom on them. Then pop the blessing stones into a glass vase so the mom-to-be can display their beautiful words. 

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Decorations: Once again, these take up on average 5% (10% if you include flowers) of the total budget. Buying in bulk is one way to save. Compare online warehouse prices to those at your local store. You can also find big savings by using latex balloons instead of Mylar — a balloon bouquet with dozens of latex balloons will make a big statement. Be sure to check out the Dollar Tree, both online and your local neighborhood one,  both are a great place to get decorations, party favors, dishes, and cups inexpensively. You can also find some great baby shower ideas on their website. 

Just be sure to choose a color scheme to tie everything together. Without one, DIY or dollar store decorations can sometimes not only look disjointed or uncoordinated but also cheap.

While you are decorating, set a few disposable cameras around for guests to capture memories of the shower for the mom-to-be.

Have fun with a themed party! Anything goes from Winnie the Pooh to Taco about a Baby Shower can all be done on a limited budget. For a woodland or flower theme, look to your local farmer’s market or you could make paper flower arrangements. Just remember no matter how extravagant or simple the baby shower, what people will remember will be the funny moments and activities that they took part in to make the day special and memorable for the expectant mom.

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Party Favors: Look around your house! You’d be surprised how many shower gifts you already have. You can also create memory coasters for every guest at your shower can take home. To create a personalized coaster to remind them of your incredible party, trace and cut hearts, raindrops, or stars from a piece of craft leather and write each guest’s name on one with a paint pen.

You can also send each guest home with a cute cookie, cupcake, or mini cake. An inexpensive way to make mini cakes is g use a cookie cutter to cut out mini cakes from a large sheet cake. Check out these cute mini flower cakes that are dipped in white chocolate and rainbow sprinkles. There are also hundreds of ideas on Pinterest for inexpensive yet super adorable party favors. I have some of my favorites pinned on my Parties and Games board. One of them is a candle with this verse, “Burn this tea light on the night, once the stork has made his flight. With a flicker of the flame, please say a prayer in baby’s name.” 

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Food and Drink: With food and drink accounting for 40% of most budgets with a little bit of creativity this is a great place to save big. Skip the caterers and hired help. Even without any cooking experience, you can create a fun spread for everyone. Get Cooking! From baby poo meatballs and newborn baby deviled eggs to tea sandwiches and punches with cute little yellow ducklings floating in it you can do it. When it comes to party food Pinterest is your friend. There are literally thousands of pins dedicated to the topic. Some of my favorites are the healthiest and easiest ones to do. With your shopping list in hand, head to your local discount grocery store for ingredients. On the day of the shower, set up a buffet and let guests serve themselves.

When it comes to desserts this is a great time to enlist family and friends to help. Do you have someone that makes something special every holiday or is grandma’s cake the best you’ve ever tasted? Ask them to make one or bring a few batches. Another option is to set up a DIY decorating station and provide prebaked plain cupcakes and/or cookies, frosting, and topping options.

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Entertainment, Games, and Prizes: No need for a DJ or anything elaborate. Just make a playlist that will appeal to the guests and turn on your iPod. This is where you can really get creative and have a lot of fun for very little money.  Once again look around your home for prizes. Think plants, unused beauty products, purse or wallet, earbuds, candles, etc. Even the party centerpiece could be a prize! Anything that will motivate guests to put some effort in when participating in the games will work.

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After your guests have arrived and had a chance to mingle a bit, it’s time for games. Forget the paper and pencil games and go for fun minute to win it games like using a bulb nasal aspirator to put mini marshmallows in a baby bottle or diapering the cabbage patch baby blindfolded. Also, hearing one of your guests shout my water broke when their baby is free of the ice cube first is always good for a laugh. Another fun idea is to ask each guest for a baby picture. Display the baby pictures and have guests guess who’s who. Whoever gets the most right wins.

Don’t go overboard and have too many games. A good rule of thumb is to have 3 or 4 and for them to take only 25% of the total party time. So if you are doing a two-hour party, games should only last 30 minutes. Balance game time with activities that guests can be a part of to create a keepsake for the new mom.

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Even if you aren’t Martha Stewart or an Iron Chef, you can still have a fabulous yet inexpensive baby shower. You just need to know where to go (Pinterest, Lidl, Aldi, Costo, Dollar Tree, The Dollar Store, etc) and set aside enough time to prepare. While you’re planning, remember you are trying to create memories, so go for the experience of being together. Be sure to check out our checklist. It will help you stay organized as you plan a baby shower.

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Great Gift Ideas for Your Sister’s Baby Shower

November 7, 2018 By Paula 2 Comments

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Great Gift Ideas for Your Sister’s Baby Shower

Maybe you’re in charge of organizing your sister’s baby shower. If so, there are a lot of items on your to-do list that you need to accomplish. You have to create a theme, arrange refreshments, and make the invitations for her guests. One of the items on your to-do list should be to get her a gift. To help you with that take a look at these ideas that can help you get an appealing gift for your sister to help celebrate her new baby.

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Artwork for the Nursery

One idea is to get a piece of artwork to decorate her baby’s nursery. If your sister has a color theme for her nursery, go with a piece of artwork containing different shades of that same color. Or, if your sister is a fan of a cartoon or storybook character, go with a scene featuring that character. Think about what your sister enjoys and find artwork that would make her smile. One great place to find sweet canvas prints to decorate a nursery is Elephant Stock. They have an amazing selection of kids wall art to choose from. Be sure to make it easy to hang up, so she can display it right away.

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A Classic Storybook

Maybe your sister loved a classic storybook when she was a child. Perhaps you and she read it together as children. Why not get her a copy of that storybook for her own child? She can read it to her baby until he or she is old enough to start reading it alone. A meaningful story would be a nice addition to the bookshelf in the baby’s nursery.

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A Fun Outfit

Is your sister a fan of a particular sport? Maybe she loves football and cheers for her favorite team every fall. Baby sports clothes would be a great gift if your sister is a fan of one or more sports. She is sure to be surprised and pleased with your sports-themed baby shower gift.

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Lastly, think about your sister’s interests and her personality. While everyone else is getting her a traditional baby shower gift, you can get her one that is especially meaningful to her. She will love the thought you put into her gift and her party!

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It’s Time To Plan a Baby Shower! Tips, Ideas, and a Checklist

March 27, 2017 By Paula 16 Comments

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Let’s Plan a Baby Shower!

It’s time to plan a baby shower! A baby shower is an important event allowing everyone to get together and celebrate the impending arrival of the new baby. It is a wonderful time for friends and family to get together and show how excited they are to be welcoming this bundle of joy into their lives. The expectant mom will appreciate the thoughtfulness of the shower, and she will receive much-needed gifts for the baby, particularly if this is the first.

The Date and Location

Of course, you will want to choose a date that is good for everyone including the expectant mother. Although weekends are often chosen, you should check with everyone that you are inviting to make certain they do not have previous plans. Some people also have jobs that require them to work on the weekend so choosing the right time is important.

The location will depend on several things. One is the number of people being invited. If your guest list is extensive, it may not work to hold the shower in a private home. Other venues include community centers, churches, a hall, or even a backyard if the weather is nice. Whatever the place chosen, ensure that there is plenty of seating. A comfortable chair for the expectant mom is a necessity. Tables for placing gifts and the food that is being served are important as well.

Three Gift Ideas for Your Sister’s Baby Shower

The Gifts

Many times the gifts given at a baby shower are similar. Although there are many items that the mom-to-be needs plenty of such as diapers, they will probably not want ten or twelve diaper bags. This is why the people who are going to be invited to the shower need to communicate. Then they can make sure of getting gifts that the expectant mom will use, and she will not have to return so many items. Sometimes expectant mothers sign up for gift registries so their friends and family will have an idea of what she wants. There are several places to shop for baby shower gifts such as SunshineGiftBaskets or Up2ournecksinfabricon Etsy and stores like buybuy BABY or Walmart.

The Food

The type of food being served will depend on the time of day the shower is being held. If it is an afternoon shower, an actual meal does not have to be served. Finger food, sandwiches, vegetable trays, pizza, and naturally a dessert is perfectly fine. If the shower is going to be held later in the evening, a sit-down meal is preferable. This is the time of day when everyone will be thinking about dinner so something a bit more substantial would be a good idea. Pampers has some great baby shower food ideas on their website.

Activities

There are some fun and unique activities that can be enjoyed at a baby shower. One of the most popular is making a video during the shower that will be a timeless record of everyone that came to the shower. The expectant mother will love having this memory to share with her child when he or she is older. There is even an app on Google Play to do this! Arts and crafts activities are fun and can include making decorations for the nursery. Another popular idea is guessing games.

Three Gift Ideas for Your Sister’s Baby Shower

Planning a baby shower can be fun. There are an endless number of possibilities. It basically just comes down to planning and creativity. The most important part is making it a memorable day for the expectant mom and her guests.

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