Gender reveal parties can be great fun. Make sure that all of your guests know about the celebration by sending out invitations.
Make it gender-specific by having a bakery create a gender-specific cake or use pink and blue confetti to fill a pinata or box for your party, then reveal its contents!
Have a Gender Reveal Game
Gender reveal games offer guests a fun and interactive way to discover the sex of the baby. There are various gender reveal games available so that you can select one that best matches the spirit of your party.
For an exciting scavenger hunt-style reveal, create riddles leading to one final clue that reveals the gender. Or create gender-related clues by hiding items at your party like baby bottles filled with pink or blue balloons or boxes of diapers (great option for expecting parents!).
Make this gender-themed charades game more interactive by providing acting prompts specific to babies or writing and performing gender-themed poetry or lullabies, or even asking friends and family members to bring movie titles that include words such as “boy,” “girl,” or “baby.” Guests can then take turns guessing which movies match up with each of the gender answers provided.
Gender-themed musical chairs are another fun game to try at your baby shower. Arrange chairs in a circle, play music, and remove one chair when it ends; when that stops remove another one until only one person remains standing (to determine the baby’s gender). Or you could create a quiz featuring questions related to gender-neutral topics like favorite colors or children’s books so guests can compete against one another to answer as many correct questions correctly and use that information to figure out who their baby’s father/mother might be! Guests could compete in teams to see who can answer correctly before using these answers to figure out who the father/mother really is!
Have a Gender Reveal Party
Gender reveal parties are an excellent way to share the news with family and friends, often held close to your due date and encouraging guests to bring gifts for your baby. Some couples opt to add registry elements so guests can purchase items directly for their bundle of joy.
Start the excitement flowing by playing gender reveal party games! From classics such as beer pong to gender-specific ones like “pink or blue?” (where guests fill out a card with their guess), entertaining guests during your welcome speech and meal service can help keep everyone occupied!
Make the event extra memorable with an interactive version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey where your guests try and pin a pink or blue pacifier onto a picture of you with your baby, similar to “pin the tail on the donkey”. It will be great fun and provides great photo ops!
Gender reveal parties can also serve as an opportunity to commemorate upcoming holidays. For instance, if your gender reveal party falls around Halloween, consider creating boy or girl pumpkin pins for guests to wear at the party; or use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to create “Waddle It Be?” banners with quotes and hearts as decorations.
Have a Gender Reveal Activity
Gender reveal activities can be an engaging way for guests to participate in your big reveal announcement, with activities ranging from simple to more intricate options available.
One popular option for gender reveals is creating a gender-reveal dessert. A local baker may offer gender-revealing cupcakes or cakes; or you can DIY by using food dye to transform a favorite treat into one that reveals a baby’s gender.
Gender-reveal pinatas can also make for an exciting crowd-pleaser. Have your partner or children hit it blindfolded, or fill an on-theme pinata with pink or blue confetti for guests to guess before pulling the string to open it! This party game is sure to make everyone’s celebration unforgettable.
If you’re planning a sexy theme, have your guests guess their gender by holding up cardboard mustaches or lips on sticks, giving everyone gender-themed fortune cookies to read, or having them place their answer into blue or pink boxes set up near your snack table.
Your guests can take part in an entertaining gender reveal quiz. Or you could provide old wives’ tales for gender prediction as a checklist and see who can correctly identify who will be having your baby. Just be sure to stock up on baby wipes just in case any gender-reveal mishaps arise!
Make a Gender Reveal Cake
Gender reveal cakes are an elegant way to commemorate your baby’s big announcement. Create one yourself using banners, balloons, or small signs as the centerpiece. Or go with something more modern: sprinkle-covered cakes make for fun baby shower celebrations: just bake a cake then cover it in tons of pink or blue sprinkles before cutting into it and serving.
Layered cakes can also be an enjoyable option, simply by making a white cake and then decorate its layers with either pink or blue frosting – when cut open, the gender will be revealed! You could even use different colored frosting for each layer to reflect different themes at your party – strawberry buttercream might work well for girly pink parties while French vanilla might provide more neutral options for non-gender-specific celebrations.
An exciting creative project involves making a drip cake. This easy method involves pouring chocolate over it to decorate it; any type of chocolate works, with white being the most commonly used. Furthermore, food color tinting the melted chocolate gives an eye-catching finish!
If you’re planning a safari-themed baby shower, an adorable gender reveal cake from an artisan store is an adorable option to use as the focal point. Decorated with fondant elephants, lions, giraffes, and more safari animals topped with faux grass and trees make a gorgeous scene!
Make Everyone Participate
Gender reveal party activities can bring extra fun and anticipation to any gathering, from simple games like pin the tail on the donkey to more emotional occasions such as unveiling the baby’s gender with custom scratch cards that eventually reveal her or his gender. Your guests can use these scratch cards while enjoying dinner and dessert to discover your big news!
Your guests could also use water guns filled with blue or pink water-based thin paint and set them up on a painting canvas, then have them aim at their target and spray the painting to discover the gender of the new baby. Or you could make your gender-reveal lasagna deliciously fun by having each bite reveal which gender your child is. Alternatively, have a low-key gender-reveal bubblegum fight where guests blow a bubble of either pink or blue gum before having someone familiar with its gender pop it and reveal it.
Trying a gender-reveal baseball game might just be what’s needed to complete your family unit’s reveal! Simply fill some baseballs with pink or blue powder, have friends and family hit them with bats or kicks, then watch as they explode into a dust cloud of pink or blue dust! Or consider trying gender-reveal basketball: line up teammates in a line in front of a basket that explodes with pink or blue dust as soon as one of their throws goes through, creating the reveal moment!
Add a Touch of Personality
Dependent upon your personal style, gender reveal activities can range from elaborate to simple. If you want something easy and quick, just place gender reveal balloons around the party room: neutral-colored ones should rise first, creating suspense until pink or blue helium-filled balloons arrive to reveal the gender of the baby.
Or make it more of a game and fill a themed pinata with pink or blue candy – take turns knocking it open for its big reveal – this will show just how competitive your guests can be! It will definitely give an unforgettable party experience!
One extremely exciting idea is for expectant parents to blow bubbles with pink or blue gum while someone stands nearby and pops the parent’s bubble with that color in order to determine whether their baby will be male or female.
Crafty couples could create an oversized gender reveal tic tac toe board using paper plates or cardboard cutouts and adding the words “boy” or “girl.” Guests at your shower could then play it and then display the results when it is time for you to reveal them.
Be creative! Make the party even more interactive by setting up a gender-reveal photo booth where guests can pose with props representing baby’s sex (ie bow and arrow or diaper) to take home as memorabilia of this special momentous occasion! These pictures will create memories for years to come!
