Help, I offered to throw a baby shower....

[green 6]

Here are my suggestions: no games, but lots of wine and interesting food. Painting pottery sounds like fun. Drinking while painting pottery sounds like fun, too. Wine loosens people up and then they will talk, laugh and have fun. Food always puts folks in a good mood.

I suspect that the best gift that you can give her is some new friends seeing as she is a recent arrival to your town.

[georgia girl 35]

Here are my suggestions: no games, but lots of wine and interesting food. Painting pottery sounds like fun. Drinking while painting pottery sounds like fun, too. Wine loosens people up and then they will talk, laugh and have fun. food always puts folks in a good mood.

I suspect that the best gift that you can give her is some new friends seeing as she is a recent arrival to your town.

This does sound like fun! The only possible problem with drinking wine is that the "mom to be" might feel a little left out since she can't drink. I don't know her, so I couldn't say for sure..........just a thought.

Green, you seem like one fun lady!!!!

[GreenChrysalis 1]

Here are my suggestions: no games, but lots of wine and interesting food. Painting pottery sounds like fun. Drinking while painting pottery sounds like fun, too. Wine loosens people up and then they will talk, laugh and have fun. food always puts folks in a good mood.

I suspect that the best gift that you can give her is some new friends seeing as she is a recent arrival to your town.

This is an awesome idea. I have been to several showers and I'm not really a fan of the traditional games, but that might just be me.

For the mom-to-be you could get some nice sparkling cider or juice so she doesn't feel too left out by everybody else drinking wine.

[travelgirl 3]

I've spoken with her, and it will most likely be held in a church, so I'm guessing alcohol will be OUT.

I talked with my sister-in-law, and she said she helped plan one where they made a game out of this: Take several different kinds of candy bars, and place them inside a diaper. Microwave the diaper so the candy bar melts in there a little and looks gross. Then hand them out, and have the guests try to figure out what kind of candy bar it was. She said she got some hilarious pics of people smelling the diapers, and even a few who were adventurous enough to try putting their finger in it, and tasting it if they couldn't figure it out. She said everyone loved that one.

[georgia girl 35]

I've spoken with her, and it will most likely be held in a church, so I'm guessing alcohol will be OUT. :confused:

I talked with my sister-in-law, and she said she helped plan one where they made a game out of this: Take several different kinds of candy bars, and place them inside a diaper. Microwave the diaper so the candy bar melts in there a little and looks gross. Then hand them out, and have the guests try to figure out what kind of candy bar it was. She said she got some hilarious pics of people smelling the diapers, and even a few who were adventurous enough to try putting their finger in it, and tasting it if they couldn't figure it out. She said everyone loved that one.

I've heard of that one! I've also heard about a similar one where you spread different kinds of baby food in diapers and the guest try to figure out what flavor of baby food it is by smelling it. This would definitely make some colorful diapers, lol. Sounds gross, but could be interesting...........

[green 6]

Looking at dirty diapers is not my idea of fun. It will save you money on the food part of the party. Nobody is gonna have an appetite after looking at dirty diapers even if they are only fake dirty diapers. Ugh!