Traditionally, baby showers are all about the mom-to-be, with no intention of excluding the dad. But, it really used to be ladies only party – it’s all about the mom-to-be and her girlfriends.
Well, you can organize several baby showers, so it would be great to have one for the ladies only. A baby shower that focuses on the mom-to-be alone. Don’t worry, we’ll have the dad-to-be and his friends in another baby shower.
Here are some ideas on what activities to do for an all-girls baby shower.
1. Girls Night Out
Every girls night out is fun. So, gather all the mom-to-be’s closest girlfriends and head out for a fun, fun night. Wear your lovely dresses and do your hair and make-up, and head out for some night life. You have to remember though that your guest of honor is a prego, so choose a decent, safe but cozy bar where you can listen or sing along to live band.
You can also spend the night at one of the girlfriend’s place, wear your PJs, prepare snacks and popcorns, and binge-watch chick flicks or sing karaoke or do some fun dancing.
If you prefer to have it a little formal and quiet, you can book a space at a fancy or fine dining restaurant. Put on your lovely dress and enjoy the conversation and laughter over exquite meal while listening to some jazz music.
2. Pamper Mom-To-Be
Pregnancy and child birth for second time, third time or so moms-to-be, takes a lot of toll on their body. Since the focus of the shower is the mom, how about pampering her with full body and beauty treatmemt: massage, facial, manicure and pedicure and the likes. Wow, isn’t that relaxing?!
Gather all the mom-to-be’s girlfriends and book a salon all for yourselves for a day or hire home service. But the salon is more ideal and fun. Everyone gets a full beauty treatment while having chats and laughters.
Then, reserve a room or space at a lovely cafe or pastry restaurant. While you are having your favorite deserts, ask the mom-to-be’s girlfriends to present their gifts to her and then ask them to say some good words, some advice, tips and some parenting wisdom. It sure is going to make the mom-to-be feel special.
3. Tea Party
Ladies love some tea and pastries. That sounds yum and relaxing. So, bring out your lovely teacups and teapots, and prepare some colorful pastries and tea sanwiches or biscuits, and bring out your china and your flavourful tea.
A tea party is not going to be one, if you are not wearing a tea dress. So, make sure that when you send the invitation to the mom-to-be’s girlfriends, you inform them of what to wear. You can have this type of party indoors or outdoors. Personally, outdoor and daytime is the best venue and time.
What is lovely about tea party is that it makes for great photo opportunities while you enjoy the party. And if you don’t have the teapots and all, and the time to prepare snacks, then you can opt to hire catering services.
Finally, whatever activity you plan to do and whichever venue you choose, you can never go wrong as long as your goal is for the mom-to-be feel special while enjoying and relaxing with her girlfriends. Don’t forget to take pictures or better yet, turn on the video recorder.
I will be sharing more baby shower ideas in my next posts. Until then, enjoy the baby shower.