As anyone who has ever thrown a baby shower knows, they are not necessarily inexpensive affairs. If the baby shower is not held in someone’s home, there is the expense of renting a room for the event. There is always the cost of a gift, the cost of the food items that are served, and the cost of invitations. While generic baby shower invitations are not terribly expensive, anyone who wishes to create custom baby shower invitation had better be ready to spend some serious change. At least, that used to be the case. Now, with the rise of home printing technology and the internet, it is possible to use free printable baby shower invitations that you can create and customize from the comfort of your own home and the only expense is the cost of the printer ink and paper.

There are many places online that offer templates of free baby shower invitations. To use them, all you have to do is download them, open them up in your favorite image processing software, modify the contents to suit your needs, and then print them out. While some may choose to use expensive top of the line image processing software to do this, it is possible to download cheap or free image processing software programs that are easily powerful enough to handle the sort of image processing that is required for free printable baby shower invitations. It is easy to create personalized invitations without spending a lot of money by using free printable baby shower invitations.

Baby shower games can be so much fun, and games always add excitement and laughter to the festivities. You really are limited only by your imagination and resourcefulness. There are many easy and fun game suggestions online, at party supply stores, and in magazines. Let’s discuss some easy, popular baby shower games for your baby shower!

Combine party favors with a fun baby shower game by creating mini baby diapers, by cutting small triangles from pink, blue, or yellow baby print fabric. Use pinking shears to cut them out, then pin them together with a tiny gold tone safety pin. Add things like jelly bellies or butter mints, but in one of the diapers, put a surprise such as a smear of peanut butter or a chocolate chip. Pin these on guests as they come in, and the one with the “surprise” wins a prize!

A cute piggy bank game is to ask the guests to bring extra pocket change. Everyone can take a turn at mentioning something they have never done before (‘mooned’ someone, gone skinny dipping, etc.) Everyone who has done the thing mentioned must put a coin in the piggy bank. Once the game ends, give the piggy bank to the mother-to-be as the baby’s first piggy bank.

Arrange with one of your friends that the mother-to-be does not know, to come in late to the shower. Ask them to dress oddly, and carry a large purse or bag. Act as if you are upset, because the late arriver has disrupted the shower, and you are not sure they are even supposed to be there. Tell the late arrival they must show their invitation, or leave. The guest then plops down on the floor, and starts taking baby items out of the bag to try to find her invitation. When the invitation is shown, tell her that she can stay. Then she clumsily picks up the bag and joins the party. Now, the guests have to write down every “goodie” the guest had in the bag. Whoever can remember the most correct items that fell out of the bag is the winner. Also, the mom-to-be gets to keep all the “goodies” in the bag!!

Buy several different kinds of chocolate candy bars, and a package of baby diapers. Number the diapers with a marker. Write the same number on an envelope, and put the candy bar wrapper in the envelope. Melt about half of that candy bar in the diaper. Have each guest write on a piece of paper, the number on the diaper, and what candy bar they think is melted in it. Let them sniff the mess in the diapers, if they want, and be sure to have a camera on hand for some pictures of the diaper-sniffing!

Purchase several tiny clothespins. Clip 2-3 onto the collar or shirt of each guest when she arrives. Let each guest know that whoever catches another person saying the word “baby” gets to take her clothespin. Whoever has the most clothespins at the end of the shower wins!

No matter which of these baby shower games you choose, of if you have your own to play, baby shower games really make baby showers lots of fun. With any luck, they will provide entertainment and plenty of useful items for the new arrival!

Finding baby shower games is often pretty easy if one has access to the internet. A fun and free baby shower game is a word scramble printed off the internet. There are many places to find a free template for the word scramble.

A free baby shower word scramble game can be found on baby sites, pregnancy sites and party sites. A search engine search for free baby shower word scramble game will turn up plenty of results. Some place offer a template which is downloaded and then filled in before printing. Other sites offer a already made up version that can just be printed off the website. The choice between the two really depends on the person. If they have the extra time and creativity to make their own word scramble then they can use the blank template. An added bonus is that the word scramble can be made personalized with information like the hospital name, mother and fathers names and the baby’s name, if known. Using a pre-made word scramble is good for someone who does not have the extra time or who is not comfortable with making their own word scramble. These word scrambles typical have words associated with babies and pregnancy. Either type works great as a game that can be played as guests mingle, eat or when they first get to the party before everyone has arrived.

A free baby shower word scramble game is a nice addition to the baby shower. Regardless of if it is a customized or pre-made word scramble it works great as a filler for times when the party may be quite.

Will you be throwing a last minute baby shower? Do not scoff - it happens more
often than you think! As a matter of fact, did you know that very often these last
minute showers can turn out to be the most memorable ones indeed? It does not
matter if another host’s availability fell through, if you perhaps were a bit slow
on the draw when it came to planning the whole affair, or if the mom-to-be changed
her mind at the last minute and decided she would not mind for you to go ahead with
the shower - throwing a last minute baby shower will require just a bit more
planning, but can be pulled off successfully just as easily as one that has been in
the works for months.

First and foremost, decide on a location and a hostess. While you may be the party
planner, you do not automatically have to also be hosting it. Once these two are
worked out, you will need to delegate. Close friends who will be on the guest list
should be recruited to clean the party location before and after the party, while
the hostess should be working with the mom-to-be on a guest list.

While the guest list is being put together, you will need to go ahead and order the
food and balloons. Yes, you will need to order food before you even know how many
people will come for sure, but if you are throwing a last minute baby shower, you do
not have the luxury of waiting for RSVPs to be received. Instead, focus on foods
that can be easily frozen, so as to provide yummy snacks for the parents-to-be for
the next few weeks. These make for great quick meals that any hurried pregnant mom
will appreciate having in her freezer!

Once the guest list is comprised, you will want to consider using electronic
invitations rather than mailing out traditional paper ones. While this will not
work for everyone - after all, some folks do not have email - it will get the
information out quicker. If time is of the essence, then these emails can be
followed up with phone calls a few days later to get a preliminary guest count. If
your mom-to-be is a member of a church, you may also wish to include an announcement
in the weekly bulletin. At this point, getting the word out is absolutely
essential.

Last but not least, you cannot throw a last minute baby shower without contemplating
games and entertainment! Make sure you are in close contact with the mom-to-be and
find out if she has any preferences. If the gender of the baby is known, or if a
name has already been picked out, this will also help you come up with some specific
games that will incorporate this information. So take a deep breath and relax -
last minute baby showers happen more often than you think, and they are just as much
fun as the ones that have been in the works for months!

A Halloween themed baby shower is a great idea for a baby due in October. Halloween is a great holiday to center a party around because it allows for many opportunities. There are so many Halloween ideas that a person could make this a party not soon to be forgotten.

The first step of any shower is to send out invitations. With a Halloween themed baby shower the hostess just has to make sure she puts a message on the invitation about costumes. Every Halloween party needs costumes, but since this is a Halloween themed baby shower everyone should have to wear a baby themed costume. This is only part of the fun.

Decorations should include all the typical Halloween décor. Spider webs, witch hats and black cats are a must have, but to pay up the fact the party is really a baby shower not a typical Halloween party, the hostess should use spider webs with small baby items caught in them, witches hats on baby witches and black kittens.

Games are the next place to really play up the theme. Bobbing for pacifiers is a nice game that ties in both the baby shower and Halloween theme. Another good one is the ‘smell the diaper’ game that uses candy.

In addition to games and decorations, the Halloween costumes will really make the party a blast. Halloween themed baby shower ideas are abundant, so anyone planning on using this theme should have no problem getting the party together.