Shower Help

[unomesowell]

I shouldn't put this here. People who will be attending this shower read my LJ and its no fun knowing all the games in advance. But I am stuck and Er told me I should post like it was the most logical thing in the world. I will not be detailing the games but if you have a clue thats good enough

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[peacekaat]

As Er has pointed out quite thoroughly, your party skills are par excellance, so I throw out my two cents quite humbly. I have no idea what most of your games are, but I went to a shower not too long ago that had two very memorable games.

One was a memory thing where we had 10 minutes or so to wander past and look at a posterboard covered with baby items and then, after a few more minutes in which we could lose the memory, we were supposed to list as many things in as much detail as possible, including brand names and the slogans on the items. it was quite hard. what was nice was the posterboard was made up of different $1-$5 gifts for the baby contributed by the planners (her sister, his sisters and their moms)

the other, which I loved more, was kind of gross, but fun for everyone. the planners took 12 different mini-sized candy bars, or chunks of candy bars, put them each inside a numbered baby diaper, and microwaved and squished them all to disguise them. when they passed them out and circulated them among the tables, we were supposed to identify the "mess." york peppermint patty was a dead giveaway, as was kit kat and resees cup, but the real test came down to those who could tell their snickers from their baby ruths.

I don't know if it's within your budget, but they also went to a party supply store and bought clear plastic baby diaper pin table favors (they knew it was a boy so they were all blue) and filled little squares of tulle with butter mints and tied them shut with a baloon ribbon from which the "pin" hung. it gave us something to do while we chatted, gave the six or eight little kids who were there something to play with, and the bags were also heavy enough to weigh down the balloons.

oh, and one last thought: they had long tables and we divided up naturally into his family, which had a lot of smokers, and her family, which didn't. we said afterward it was a real shame a, there was so much smoke going around the pregant girl, the kids, and the two who brought their babies, and b, we never got a chance to meet his family. smoking aside, which I guess is up to the mom in question, my suggestion would be smaller tables or at least assigned seating if possible with an aim to mix it up.

hope that was helpful. good luck with your planning. based on what I've seen and heard, I'm sure it will be a smashing success!

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[unomesowell]

Thank you for the help. I know about the two games you mentioned and have both of them on my "backup list". The first one you can do a good twist on too. You have the mom walk around with the platter and then have her take it out. Then tell them its time to write down everything they remeber . . that the mom was wearing! They were so focused on the platter hopefully they barely noticed her. The second game . . . well thats just gross. I'm sorry but Eww! The comment about the smoking is a really good point as I hadn't even considered that. Almost all the guests are smokers but my sister gave up smoking for the pregnancy and is havin a really hard time being around it with the cravings and all. Plus we are having it in her brand new just finished being built basement apartment. I highly doubt she will want anyone smoking there. We may have to have a no smoking level, and send all the smokers to the second floor. Which poses more problems to games and getting everyone to participate. Thanks you really gave me things to think about!

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[blahblah100]

By the way, I got your invite. Thanks! I am marking it on my calendar.

I will call you for the official RSVP.

I'm excited to see everyone!

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[unomesowell]

Yeah! I heard from Aunt Sue already and don't forget its coed so bring your boyfriend, sister, mother, father, cousins, grandparents and random neighbors. The more the merrier!