Baby Shower Cupcakes

By Saira Perl

Baby shower cupcakes are always a huge hit. Who can resist the sweet little cakes?

Here are some of the most popular baby shower cupcakes!

Where I can, I will linkup directly to the recipe source for you. Enjoy!

Strawberry cupcakes with buttercream from SugarHero

Baby Boy Cupcakes from The Mucky MacBook

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35 Baby Shower Favors Guests Love

By Saira Perl

Baby shower favors are definitely not necessary.

Most guests will be happy with some good food, lively company and an entertaining game or two.

But many hostesses love to offer baby shower favors for guests at the end of the baby shower.

For me, a baby shower favor is only really worth it if it’s something guests can actually use.

Here are some baby shower favors that are actually worth buying, because your guests will LOVE receiving them.

Baby Shower Favors

These are the best baby shower favors I’ve seen.

I LOVE pink nail polish as baby shower favors for girls.

So girly & pink, not to mention chic and current.

You might want to hand these out personally to guests as they leave, so they don’t all end up in one guests handbag!

Don’t worry – there are some gorgeous blue polishes available too.

There’s everything from baby blue to indigo to metallic blue to perfectly match your baby shower favors for boys with your theme.

Baby Shower Favors to Eat

Another great way to go for baby shower favors is baby shower favors you can eat!

Here are some unique edible baby shower favor ideas – click on any of the pictures for full details.

I love these pink chocolate kisses or blue cookies & cream kisses as edible baby shower favors.

Who doesn’t love snacking on a sweet or two after leaving a party?

This baby shower favor gives you both – a keepsake AND a sweet treat. All you need are these cute jars sold in bulk and some candy to match.

If you REALLY want to go all out, you can get a candy table, which is a gorgeous decoration AND baby shower favor all in one!

Clever, right??

I love these because you can use these as pretty decorations and then give them away to your guests & mom-to be during or after the baby shower.

Who can say no to these Chocolate Covered Oreo Sprinkle Pops?

You can choose from pre-made designs like “It’s a Boy”, “It’s a Girl”, “Blue or Pink?” or even upload your own!

Another delicious favorite are these White Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookies shaped like Baby Blocks.

You can find these in pink, yellow, blue or green.

Personalized Baby Shower Favors

You’ll find an endless supply of customizable baby shower favors from Etsy here.

I love shopping on Etsy because not only will you find unique items, you’re also supporting small businesses – many of them run by women & moms from their home.

If you know the baby’s gender, name or due date, you can easily add these details to create a really special keepsake for your guests.

If you’d rather buy from bigger businesses, items like these personalized glass coasters are thoughtful keepsakes.

You can completely design the wording, colors & pictures.

These bottle openers are a personal favorite of mine – completely customizable & super practical.

There are many different theme choices.

These are PERFECT for coed baby showers!

They work for gender reveal parties too!

These customized glasses make beautiful party decorations and will definitely be used again & again.

Cookie cutters are always popular and go nicely with pretty much every baby shower theme.

A more classic favor, these heart-shaped measuring spoons (already boxed & wrapped with a ribbon!) are both pretty & practical.

They also work with any theme – great if you don’t know the gender of the baby yet.

Your guests will think you spent a fortune (but you won’t have!) on this adorable white ceramic sugar bowl.

The bowl comes with a lid and is decorated with “Sugar & Spice” on one side of the bowl and “Everything Nice” on the other, all written in silver lettering.

This baby shower favor comes already boxed with a ribbon & gift tag – very pretty to display & very little extra work for you!

Personalized favors are a guaranteed way to show mom-to-be how much you care.

With so many choices available, it can be hard to choose!

Personalized gifts are perfect for when that handmade baby shower favor project goes out the window!

Here are a few more gorgeous personalized baby shower favor ideas.

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Baby Shower Gift Ideas

Surprisingly Simple Gift Ideas

By Saira Perl

Whether you’re buying a gift to pamper mom-to-be, to shower the new bundle of joy, to thank the hostess or to reward the game-winning guest, you want to get the right gift at the right price.

Meals on Wheels

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While it’s not always easy to judge what another family will find tasty (too spicy? too fishy? too rich? too light?), an simple solution is to pickup takeout from a popular restaurant like Chili’s, TGI Fridays, or Subway.

Before choosing where to pickup the meal, check with Anncoupons.com for the best discounts. The amount you save may be enough to cover dinner for your family too!

Thank You For Being a Friend

Gifts that show you planned ahead are especially thoughtful – and can even be organized last minute! Who doesn’t love to be surprised with flowers, plants, chocolates or fruit delivered right to their door? All it takes to say thank you is a simple order that can even be placed the day before.

If you didn’t wait until the last minute, arrange for personalized gift that is monogrammed or engraved. There are a variety of online companies that offer these services now, so review all the offers together at Anncoupons.com before you buy.

And The Winner Is…

Prizes can be tricky, because they should be generic enough to appeal to everyone’s tastes but still be rewarding enough to motivate the participants. These are simple gift ideas because they have broad appeal, and you can often find discounted prices too.

Big budget? Think designer wallets, cute clutches, sparkly earrings or trendy scarfs.

Tight budget? The big name department stores are always offering some kind of sale. Visit Anncoupons.com to find special offers from Macy’s, Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Nordstrom, and more. Shopping the deal of the day will

Still stumped? Click through the deal of the day to find inspiration & bargain prices. Make sure you check back often – deals come & go quickly and you won’t want to miss out!

* This is a sponsored post representing my own honest opinion and has not been edited by the company prior to publication.

Fun Baby Shower Games, Favors & Prizes

By Saira Perl

Top 10 Funny Baby Shower Games
These baby shower games will make sure people are talking about your shower for long after the baby is born. The games are not expensive either – most you can play with items you have in the house! Be warned – you might have your mom-to-be laughing so hard she she’ll pee!

FREE & Fun Baby Shower Games
Whether you’ve thrown lots of baby showers or are planning your first, this is a great resource for FREE baby shower games! I’ve left out the horrible games (Guess Mom’s Girth = NO!) & only included the fun ones. Be sure to check them out for baby shower idea inspiration!

Coed Baby Shower Games – Great Games for the Men!
Planning a couples or coed baby shower? Make sure to include at least one game with men in mind, so they have fun too. Warning: these games can be messy, so let the ladies sit back and enjoy watching the men mildly embarrass themselves in the name of friendly competition!

FREE Printable Baby Shower Games
Great game idea for the mom-to-be who does not want to be stared at while opening gifts! Baby Gift Bingo is played during the baby shower, as presents are opened. Free printable cards included (along with fun baby shower gift ideas!).

Baby Shower Game Prizes
If you keep your spending on the baby shower games to a minimum, you can use your budget toward the prizes! These baby shower game prizes are based on the theme of the game using the list of FREE baby shower games described above.

Baby Shower Favors
Baby shower favors are definitely not necessary. Most guests will be happy with some good food, friends and an entertaining game or two. Even so, some hosts do like to offer favors for guests at the end of the baby shower. These are the best baby shower favors I’ve seen.

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Free Baby Shower Games

By Saira Perl

Planning a baby shower & need ideas for baby shower games? Here are some fun & FREE Baby Shower Games, but be warned – you might have your mom-to-be laughing so hard she she’ll pee! If you decide to play one of these games, these are the suggested shower prizes for each game.

Top 5 FREE Baby Shower Games

#1 – Baby Scattergories

You Will Need: 1 Baby Shower Scattegories card & 1 pen for each guest.

Choose from 5 versions & print 1 page for each guest:

How to Play: For each round players need to come up with 1 answer for each category on the list & the answers must all start with the assigned letter without using the same word twice. Answers need to be original to get points – if 2 players have the same word for the same category, they both must cross out their answers. Suspicious answers? Have a vote to decide if the word is acceptable! After each category is reviewed & duplicate answers are crossed off, players count the number of words left on their answer sheet for that round & play continues with another letter. The winner has the most total points at the end of all rounds.

#2 – Baby Shower Bingo

You Will Need: 1 Printable Baby Shower Bingo card & 1 pen for each guest.

How to Play: While the gifts are opened, guests keep an eye on their card to see if any of their squares match with a baby gift as it is opened. The winner is the first guest (or guests – a few people may win at once!) who has 5 in line (5 across, 5 down or 5 diagonal) & shouts out BINGO.

#3 – Who’s That Baby?

You Will Need: A picture of each guest as a baby, and a paper and pen for each guest to record their guesses. Specify in the invitation if you want them to email the photo ahead of time for you to print or if they should bring their photo along with them to the shower.

How to Play: Display all of the pictures & assign a number to each. Everyone writes down which baby picture they think belongs to which guest. Then go through the pictures as a group & to identify each baby. The person with the most correct matches wins.

#4 – Mommy Mad Libs

You Will Need: Write a story before the shower about the mom-to-be and baby, but then blank out nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

How to Play: Without letting them see your story, ask guest to write down nouns, verbs & adjectives in the order the blanks appear in the story. Collect their papers & then read your story out loud using their words to fill in the blanks. The group chooses the best based on whose version is the most funny.

#5 – Diaper Change

You Will Need: 1 roll of toilet paper per person

How to Play: Split the group into teams and give them 5 minutes to “diaper” one of the team members using the toilet paper. Best diaper wins!

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Top 10 Funny Baby Shower Games
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Baby Shower Favors that aren’t expensive

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Baby Shower Bingo 100 Printable Cards

By Saira Perl

Up to 100 baby shower bingo cards – all different – ready to download, print & play immediately.

So you’re planning a baby shower & looking for the perfect game for your guests.

You want to make sure it’s a game everyone can play – no matter how old or how young.

It also has to be FUN – something your guests can get into.

There are LOTS of baby shower games out there to choose from.

Some are hilarious but others… not so much.

Baby shower bingo is perfect for any baby shower because it’s:

A modern twist on a classic game
A fun & simple icebreaker
Perfect for ALL ages
Easy to print & play – no setup or prep needed
Guaranteed to make the hostess look good

Baby Shower Bingo Cards

Ready to play – all you need is 1 bingo card & a pen for each guest!

You can also find:

Ready To Download – Print & Play

Just estimate how many guests you will have.

Cards will be emailed to you immediately.

You can print in beautiful full color & play right away.

How To Play

Game 1: Basic Bingo

Play like regular bingo. Just cut up the last page & have the mom-to-be draw pictures from a bag.

Game 2: Play During Gift Opening!

Keep the party moving by combining 2 baby shower activities: play the game while mom-to-be opens her gifts!

Give one card & a pen to each guest.

The game is played WHILE the shower gifts are opened.

This is the PERFECT game for a mom-to-be who does not want to be the center of attention while opening her gifts.

Guests watch their card while presents are opened & mark their squares when they match a baby gift as it is opened.

The winner is the first guest (or guests – a few people may win at once!) who has 5 in line (5 across, 5 down or 5 diagonal) & shouts out BINGO.

Prizes can also be given to the first person (people) who gets all the squares crossed off their card. This is a good way to keep the game going once someone gets 5 in a line.

Testimonials

“I have been searching the net for baby gift bingo cards that modern and up to date but most have items like “pram” and “cot” which are totally foreign to my neck of the woods. When I happened upon your page it was such a relief to find modern cards.” ~ Liz

“I wanted to let you know that Baby Shower Bingo was a big hit at the shower! Even the guys got in on the intensity of winning Thanks so much ” ~ Sharma

“We had fun with the bingo cards. Our shower was last Sunday. The baby’s name starts with an I so we played for an upright I anywhere on the card, up and down and one to the right and left on top and bottom. We had a large group since this baby was much prayed for and waited for for 7 years.”~ Erika

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Enjoy your Baby Shower!

Bestsellers Revealed – Top Toy Picks

By Saira Perl

Here are your Bestselling Toy selections- as chosen by the ones who matter most – you!

Cottage Play House

Personalized Ballet Slipper Gift Bag

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Mommy identifies each of her 10 baby penguins with a number & special song when snapped into her tummy
Tap the mommy’s foot and the baby will dive into the tub
Fishing net for catching, scooping & storing baby penguins
Includes suction cups attach mommy penguin to tub wall

Foam Bath Toy Letters & Animals for Kids

Includes 26 letter-and-animal puzzles (52 pieces total) + mesh storage pouch with suction cup
Every letter has a matching critter puzzle piece! E is for elephant!
Float ’em, wet ’em, stick ’em to the wall
Made of soft, non-toxic EVA foam and decorated with safe, non-toxic paint
Encourages phonics, vocabulary & creativity, for ages 3 and up

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Little Tikes Basketball

3 colorful & funny-faced twirling balls
Net can be opened for ball to fall through or closed for storage
Sturdy suction cups attach securely to the wall

Alex Toys Water Flute

Discover & create real flute sounds and tones by filling with varying amounts of water
Waterproof song sheet included – sticks to wet walls & tiles
Phthalate-free (non-toxic)
Part of the Alex “Tub Tunes” Symphony range of instruments

Kids Bath Time Crayons

Chubby bathtub crayon is fun to hold!
Lasts longer than other bath time crayons
6 bright colors can be used to create bath time art on shower walls, tile surfaces or yourself
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VTech Splash & Count Penguins

Mommy identifies each of her 10 baby penguins with a number & special song when snapped into her tummy
Tap the mommy’s foot and the baby will dive into the tub
Fishing net for catching, scooping & storing baby penguins
Includes suction cups attach mommy penguin to tub wall

Kids Bath Time Crayons

Chubby bathtub crayon is fun to hold!
Lasts longer than other bath time crayons
6 bright colors can be used to create bath time art on shower walls, tile surfaces or yourself
18+ months

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Alex Toys Water Flute

Discover & create real flute sounds and tones by filling with varying amounts of water
Waterproof song sheet included – sticks to wet walls & tiles
Phthalate-free (non-toxic)
Part of the Alex “Tub Tunes” Symphony range of instruments

Alex Hoops For The Tub

Basketball hoop with net & 3 squirting balls
Sturdy suction cups attach securely to the wall
Kids will have a ball at bathtime with the mini-basketball set

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Baby Shower Game Prizes

By Saira Perl

There are lots of fun baby shower game ideas, and I like prizes based on the game theme.

If the mom-to-be is having a baby girl, I LOVE this pink nail polish with the “It’s a Girl” tag (although blue would work too!).

Ultra-Cool USB Stick

Be the coolest host around with these pretty & handy USB sticks! Coming in a variety of colors & not at all expensive, you get all the fun of a toy with the practicality of a grown up!

Pampered Pedi

A Personal Pedi Foot Care System will go great with the previous gifts as a theme – nail polish, lotion, pedicure. This would be the BIG prize to give out toward the end of game play.

Another adorable way to present a prize with a homemade touch is with this “Pedicure in a Jar” consisting of basic pedicure tools, nail polish (1-2 polishes per jar), and cotton rounds all tied together in something like a mason jar.

To really personalize, order these round labels for the lids to match with you baby shower theme colors.

How to make it yourself:

Personalized Mason Jars
Personalized Labels
Nail Polish
Cotton Rounds
Nail Brush
Basic Pedicure Tools

I’m a sucker for any kind of stationery. Depending on your guests, you might want to stay away from anything too “crafty”, and stay with more generic (but cute) office supplies that everyone can use.

These gorgeous note packs come in a dozen different themes.

Vicotoria’s Secret Pink Lotion comes in a variety of lovely bottles & is oh so girly.

These prizes are perfect for these FREE baby shower games!

#1 – Baby Shower Scattergories is available in 5 different versions for free download! Choose from a normal version (boy names, girl names, baby brands) or for a crazy group checkout my FREE Adults Only version! Once the laughter finishes & the scores are tallied, a nice gift for the winner would be a game of Scattergories to take away! Another fun way to go would be a pretty notepad set (maybe as a 2nd prize).

#2 – Baby Gift Bingo winners could be given an item from the actual bingo card (gift card, frame, pretty towel). You may want to have 2 prizes ready for this game if you continue to play until someone crosses off all the items on their bingo card.

#3 – Who’s That Baby? uses guests baby photos, so a photo frame would work really well. I like these photo album flip frames because they make excellent gifts.

#4 – Diaper Change people either love or hate. I think it’s a good game for guys to play at a coed baby shower. Once they have their fill of chocolate and dirty diapers, the winner should be happy with a 6-pack of beer. You could really up the ante by giving out any of these “mustache” themed items (who knew there were so many to choose from??)!

#5 – Mommy Mad Libs has an obvious prize choice, as there are so many Mad Libs booklets to chose from – girls just wanna have fun, diva girl, in love, happily ever after, worst-case scenario survival handbook, etc). Your guests will love the nostalgia, and your wallet will love the price!

Coed Baby Shower Prizes

Duct Tape has been popular with men for a while, but now it is all the rage with women & even teenagers!

For coed baby showers Duct Tape comes in all kinds of prints now – a prize guaranteed to be both entertaining & useful!

Print out some of these Duct Tape craft ideas to go with the prize for a real laugh!

These Slipper Genie slippers double as mops! If these don’t get a good laugh, I don’t know what will… and then they will get used! They come in a variety of colors: pink, green, purple, taupe, black. You’re welcome! LOL