More Baby Shower Games and Ideas



Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007

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Baby-Patch.com

Sick of the same old baby shower games? Do something a little different next time you organize a baby shower. We hope one of the ideas below will inspire you to try something different.

Have a Traditional 7-Month Ceremony

The origins of the concept of a Baby Shower come from the traditional 7-month ceremony celebrated in many countries. The 7 month ceremony is celebrated in Guatemala with a ritual where the mother walks around outside and describes the scene she sees to her unborn child, describing the mountains and rivers.

In Indonesia the 7 month festival centers around a feast held at the home of the maternal grandmother-to-be. The table is laid with seven pyramids of rice to symbolize the seven months of pregnancy and a large pyramid of rice to symbolically provide strength to the baby.

You can hold your own 7-month ceremony with a feast and include your own ritual within the celebration. Have each guest whisper words of wisdom to the unborn child. Light 7 candles or plant 7 trees.

Jar of Fun and Advice

Make a ‘Jar of Fun and Advice’ from family and friends. When the mother-to-be has had the baby, she has had little sleep and needs a little distraction she can dip into the Jar and pull out a message from a friend or relative. Write the messages during the baby shower and present the jar to the mother-to-be at the end, she must be instructed not to read the messages until she has had the baby and when she needs distraction. The messages can include embarrassing or funny stories about the mother, words of wisdom, jokes or advice.

Write Special Messages to Baby

Have a special book at the baby shower. During the celebration each guest can write their own special message to the child.

Plant a Flower Garden

A lovely idea for spring babies is to give the mother-to-be bulbs to plant. Instead of presents (or as well as) guests can bring a bulb. During the baby shower friends and family can help to plant the bulbs in the new mother’s garden. When the baby arrives so to will a beautiful array of flowers!!

Make a Quilt or Blanket

Ask each guest to knit or decorate a square of fabric that can be sewn together to make a blanket or quilt for the baby when he/she arrives.

Jen Hart is the author of the informative website www.baby-patch.com/uniquebabyshowerideas.html providing parenting information, baby gift advice and ideas of how to create the perfect baby shower. She is the mother of a charming baby boy and writes about him frequently on her blog www.baby-patch.com/blog

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