Baby Shower Game: Round the Tummy

It’s time for another Baby Shower Game!

Here is one of our favorites, and a very traditional game that sure to be fun!

ROUND THE TUMMY

Game: Round The Tummy
Supplies: String or yarn, scissors


Instructions:
Each guest must pull the string or yarn to the size they believe would fit perfectly around the Mother-To-Be’s tummy.

After everyone cuts their string or yarn, compare the results to the Mommy-To-Be’s actually tummy.

Whoever is the closest is the winner!

This is a baby shower favorite!

Tip: If Mommy-To-Be doesn’t feel comfortable with having her belly measured by each guest, have the host measure mommy to be’s tummy accurately, and cut the string. The host can then use that piece of string to compare to measure against the guests.

Baby Shower Game: Inside the Diaper Bag

Inside the Diaper Bag

 

A memory game, with a twist!   

Rules:

The first person starts by saying the name of something that can be found in a diaper bag (for example, "Inside the diaper bag is diapers"). The next person says that item and adds another ("Inside the diaper bag is diapers and a bottle"), and the next guest does the same ("Inside the diaper bag is diapers, a bottle and a wipe case").


This continues around the circle.  The key is to list everything that was already mentioned, in order, and then add another item.  

If someone forgets an item, or lists them in the incorrect order, they are out.

The last person still in the game is the winner.

Baby Shower Q&A: When Should we Have the Baby Shower?

From time to time, we get questions from our customers and blog readers looking for baby shower tips and advice.  A question we get a lot is:

When should we have the shower?

A baby shower should be in the third trimester of the pregnancy, maybe a a month or two before the baby's due date. 

This is a good time because for those who want to know the gender of their baby do by this time.  It gives the mommy to be a chance to use the items received at the baby shower to prepare for baby.  Some babies arrive a few weeks early, so a month or two before the baby gets here to have the shower should work great.

Baby Shower Idea: Pamper Passages

Diapers are always needed with a new baby.  It's the most practical and useful gift that you can give a family with a new baby.

As the host for the baby shower, you can purchase a package of newborn diapers, and add a sticky note to each one (double-sided tape is also useful for this).  As each guest arrives, give them a diaper to write a note of encouragement to the mommy and daddy to be.  The first few weeks, even months of parenthood can be tough, so encouragement can help reduce some stress and create smiles during diaper duty.

It's also a great temporary keepsake for the new parents and baby.

Baby Shower Bingo with A Twist!

Everyone loves a little Bingo now and then, and most of us have played our fair share of your traditional game at a Baby Shower. However, if you want a modern twist to your average baby shower game, try Baby Shower Bingo with a Twist!

Hand out blank bingo-style cards and have guests fill in the squares with gifts they think mom-to-be will receive. As presents are opened, players check off the corresponding squares. Whoever gets five in a row calls out "Baby Bingo" and wins. If nobody gets a bingo, whoever predicts the most gifts correctly wins.

This is also a very easy Do-It-Yourself game.  Instead of having to print out images on card, you can just print blank boxes on cards, or blank pieces of paper.  Makes for an easy and affordable game.

Baby Shower Tip: Diaper Raffle

To ensure the expectant mommy and daddy, as well as new baby get enough diapers, you can hold a very easy diaper raffle with your guests.

Simply add a note to the invitation that there will be a special raffle for anyone who brings diapers along with their gift. 

Everyone who brings any size package of diapers gets entered in a special drawing.  You can use raffle tickets, or just simply have each guest write their name down on a strip of paper, and place it in a container.

Wee Bit Trendy's Price List

Due to many inquiries, our price list has been posted both on our blog & facebook page.  We still have some behind the scenes work to do with our online homes, but for now that's where you can find our price list. 

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Price List


Be assured that we can work with ANY BUDGET and still produce a high quality item!

We can make it as FUN or as ELEGANT as you like.



The prices listed below are base prices, and increase depending on upgrades that you choose (if any). We use quality items in our creations, so that you get nothing but the best.

Diaper Cakes

3 Tier Boutique Style Diaper Cake

Starting Price: - $45 & up

Includes theme of your choice with ribbon decoration, 80-100 diapers, cake topper, washcloths, washcloth lollipops, Johnson & Johnson travel products, etc.



4 Tier Boutique Style Diaper Cake

Starting Price - $65 & up

Includes theme of your choice with lots of decorations, 150-210 diapers, stuffed animals, infant toys, teethers, rattles, pacifiers, onesies, books, baby care kits, baby booties, mittens, washcloth lollipops, bottles, Johnson & Johnson travel products, and more.

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Lollipops

Washcloth Lollipops

Starting Price $1.50 each, ½ dozen for $7.00, Dozen for $16

Includes washcloth & spoon you choose the color of the washcloth & the spoon



Onesie Lollipops

Starting Price- $3.25 each

Includes Onesie & spoon, you choose the base color of the onesie, and color of spoon.

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Cupcakes

Washcloth Cupcakes –

Starting at $10 for a box of 4

Includes a total of 8 washcloths presented in a cupcake box



Onesie Cupcakes

Starting at $10 for a box of 4

Includes a total of 4 onesies presented in a cupcake box

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Candy

Washcloth Candy

Starting Price: 2 for $1.00 , ½ doz for $2.50, dozen for $5.00



Jumbo Candy

$5 & up

includes one standard baby blanket; upgrades for different brands of blankets. Have a blanket you want wrapped into candy? Contact us for a lower price.

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Stork Baskets

Starting Price: $12 & up

Includes 10 diapers, a baby toy, a blanket, or changing pad, and decoration relating to the theme of your choice

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Baby Shower Favors

$0.20 & up – we do various baby shower favors, including edible treats.

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Tot Pops

$2.50

Includes washcloth & toothbrush

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Baby Baskets

$20 and up

Made to order. All baskets include a reusable basket and a plush toy for baby.

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*prices subject to change

Baby Shower Game: Gift Timer

Here is a cute game to play while mommy to be is opening her gift! A possible way for a guest who is not into games to still win a prize!

When to Play:
While guest of honor is opening gifts.

Supplies:
Oven Timer or Stopwatch

How to Play:

• Set the timer for any amount of minutes your desire.  (We usually choose about 3-4 minutes depending on the amount of prizes we have left to give away or alloted for the game). 
• Each time the timer goes off, whomever present the mommy to be is opening wins a prize.

Baby Shower Signature Drink

For  unique touch to your baby shower, offer your guests a Signature Drink. This can be in addition to your original beverages, or even something your Baby Shower Bartender can serve.

Check out our recipes for mocktails, decide on one that fits best for your guests or your theme and name it!  It's always great to use the name of the guest of honor in the drink title, but below are some quick fun names:

• Baby-tini
• Mocktini
• Preggatini
• Baby Bliss
• Pink Punch

To find a list of mocktails, click here.

Have fun!

Baby Shower Bartender

Wee Bit Tip! Have a bartender at your baby shower!  Sounds a little weird? Not really.  The Baby Shower Bartender serves mocktails (non-alcoholic drinks).  Just put someone in charge of serving the drinks, in addition to punch or whatever other beverages you may serve.

Just stock up with these basic ingredients

• Ginger Ale
• Grenadine Syrup
• Ice
• Cherry
• Lemon Juice
• Lemonade
• Orange juice
• Line Juice

Grab someone to be the bartender

Give them this list

Let them help to keep the guests happy!

Here are a few recipes to get you started!  Also, be sure to check out our mocktail recipes for more drink ideas!  Or even make your own (as long as there is no alcohol) :-)

Shirley Temple Mocktail Recipe

Ingredients:
■1/2 cup chilled Ginger Ale
■1 tablespoon Grenadine syrup
■ice

Recipe:  Stir ingredients, pour over ice.
Garnish:  maraschinos cherry
Serve:  Frosted high ball glass.


Margarita Mocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
■1/4 cup sour drink mix
■splash of lime juice
■splash of lemon juice (or orange juice for a different twist)
■ice
Recipe:  Put all ingredients in blender. Blend until icy and smooth.
Garnish:  Rim a glass with margarita salt. Place a single lime slice on the rim.
Glass:  Margarita glass

Strawberry Lemon Daiquiri Mocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup lemonade
• 1/2 cup strawberries
• crushed ice
Recipe: Add lemonade, strawberries, and 5 ice cubes to blender. Blend until slushy. Add more ice if needed.
Garnish: Place a sugared strawberry on the rim of the glass. Add a little umbrella.
Serve: Margarita glass.


Fuzzy Navel Mocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup orange juice (fresh is best!)
• 1/2 cup peach nectar
• ice
Recipe: Pour the peach nectar and orange juice over ice. Stir until mixed.
Garnish: Put a single mint sprig in the glass. Put an orange wedge on the rim of the glass.
Serve: Highball glass

Pink Cake Box Baby Shower Cakes!

We are planning a baby shower, and check out the cakes that we have come across for inspiration from Pink Cake Box. These are our faves, but they have tons more....

Check out the "little brown bag" .. we love this cake

Pink Cake Box's cakes have been featured in Modern Bride, Brides NJ, NJ Bride, InStyle Weddings, Bride & Bloom Magazine, Brides Magazine, People Magazine, Elegant Bride, The Knot Magazine, and several other local magazines. Anne has also appeared on two segments for Daily Connections, a talk-show featured on Ebru TV (a new Satellite network), as well as on CNN as a “Small Business Success Story.”

These cakes were also included in the “The Art of Wedding Cakes II,” a special produced by Martha Stewart and WE's My Fair Wedding tv show. Additionally Anne and her staff have competed in two Food Network Cake Challenges and two cake challenges for the TLC network. The team recently won one of the TLC Cake Challenges with their legoland themed cake.

Pink Cake Box, 18 E Main St Suite 101, Denville, NJ, 07834 USA

Make it Juicy! Add a Little Fresh Fruit!

Fresh Fruit
Everyone loves fruit! Fruit is a great addition to any menu, let alone a baby shower! Safe and healthy for guest, especially mommy-to-be.  An affordable way to spruce up any menu!  A great addition that will leave your guests wanting more :).

DIY!

Fruit Kabobs/Swekers
Cut up some in-season fruit and slide it onto some skewers for instant fruit kabobs! Slice and dice! Use cookie cutters to shape the fruit, or a small knife if you're brave!

Pineapple, watermelon, kiwi, honeydew, grapers, cantaloupe, strawberries, oranges...all make for great skewers.


Fruit Bowl
Hollow out a watermelon and fill it with scrumptious fruits.

OR

Present a fruit salad, with all different fruit mixed together.  Makes for great "sauce" when juices mix together.

And as always, you can always search for someone to make them for you, or pick one up at your local supermarket.

Inspiration:

Baby Shower Game: Name That Baby Song & Giveaway

Time for another baby shower game!!  This game is called "Name that Baby Song"

Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Timer (can be a human timer if you like)

Rules:
Shower guests have 3 minutes to list all the songs they can think of with the word "Baby" in the title.

Whoever has the most songs at the end of the game wins a prize!

Very easy to play and very easy to set up, and to help you out we are giving you this game free as one of our giveaways!  We are giving away 5 (yes count them all on one hand... FIVE... Name that Baby Party Pack).

Name that Baby Party Pack includes:

1. 20 Party Sheets that include the rules to the games
2. Rules of the games for the host
3. An answer list -
4. A CD full of songs that include the word baby, the CD tracklist includes:
• Baby by Brandy
• Baby, Baby, Baby by TLC
• There Goes My Baby - Usher
• Cry Baby - Janis Joplin
• Baby Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
• There Goes My Baby - Charlie Wilson
• Baby, I'm Yours - Shai
• Baby, I Need Your Lovin
• Baby Boy by Beyonce
• Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
• Give It To Me Baby - Rick James

Here's how to enter the contest!

Mandatory Entry: Visit our etsy store, and comment here telling us which product you like the most. http://weebittrendy.etsy.com/

1. Like Us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/weebittrendy)
2. Follow us on twitter (@weebittrendy)
3. Tweet about this giveaway, be sure to include hashtag #weebittrendy
4. Post this giveaway on Facebook and be sure to tag our Facebook Fan Page

Five winners will be randomly selected  on or about October 15, 2010.  Winners will be contacted by email and must claim their prize within 48 hours.  Currently open to US residents only.

Take a Leap Diaper Cake

We welcome the newest member to our family! The "Take a Leap" Diaper Cake

This diaper cake includes:

• 3 Squeeze Baby Frog Bath toy
• Johnson & Johnson's Travel Products
• Pacifier
• 80-100 size 3 Diapers
• embellishments
• 2 Washcloth lollipops!

Guess Mom's Tummy Size

This baby shower games is a sure to be hit! With guests and with mommy to be!

Materials:
String or yarn and scissors)


Rules:
Have each guest pull the yarn to the size they believe would fit perfectly around the Mother-To-Be's tummy. After everyone cuts their string, the host measures mommy to be's tummy.  Compare the the guests results to the Mommy-To-Be's actual tummy measurement.

Give a prize to the guest who is the most close!

Almost Time for Baby

Baby Showers are lots of fun, so we are always looking for new ideas!  Host an Almost Time for Baby Baby Shower.  The keyword here is "time".

Each guest is assigned a certain "time" of day in the babies life; For example, story time, bedtime, bath time, feeding time, changing time, sick time, etc etc.  You can just ask the guest to bring an item related to their "time of day" right on the invitation.

The guests then bring items relating to that time including books, bottles, blankets, towels, washcloth, a diaper cake........whatever.

When to Throw a Baby Shower

Traditionally, baby showers are held one to two months before the baby is born.  This is a good time period, as you don't want to have the shower too close to mommy's due date,and you want to have it early enough so that she has time to return items that she receives duplicates of or needs to exchange gifts.

She will also need time to order or purchase the items she did not receive that may have been on her baby shower registry.

The extra time before the birth also helps The Mommy-To-Be and Daddy-To-Be to set up all the great gifts they received if they building (Pack-n-Play, Crib, Play Mat, etc.).

Cakes by Linsay

Surfing the net, I came across Linsay Jarvis' blog "Cakes by Linsay" Linsay got into cake decorating when she was planning her wedding!  Here are some cute cakes she decorated herself!  We loved them so we just wanted to share (as you know how crazy we are about cakes) ... and unlike our diaper cakes... Cakes by Linsay are edible!

Baby Registry Essentials!

Below is a list of BABY SHOWER REGISTRY Must Haves. For all my mommies to be and baby shower planners... check out this list below and ensure you have the essentials for Baby's Arrival!

• Diapers: Whether you're going the re-usable or disposable route, you'll need plenty on hand.
• Burp cloths (fabric diapers can also double as burp cloths).
• Disposable wipes. Diaper rash cream
• Diaper pail
• Diaper bag: Make sure it hangs well from your stroller handlebars.
• Baby monitor
• 1 or 2 pacifiers, if you want to use them. Be sure to get ones labeled "newborn."
• Portable crib, commonly known as a Pack 'n Play, for when you visit the grandparents.
• Co-sleeper. It's so nice to just reach over to nurse your baby at night. But you can easily substitute the portable crib if it's easier.
• 6 bottles, including nipples: Make sure you buy nipples for newborns.
• Bottle brush
• Breast pump: Go for the fancy automatic double pump if you're going back to work.
• Breastfeeding pillow
• Nursing pads
• Lanolin lotion for sore nipples
• Breast milk freezer bags or storage cups
• Thermometer. The rectal kind.
• Nasal bulb syringe for clearing stuffy noses
• Baby nail clipper
• Alcohol swabs and bandages
• Infant bath tub
• Baby shampoo and cleanser
• Baby lotion
• 2 to 3 hooded towels that let you swaddle baby post-bath
• Crib
• ExerSaucer. You won't use it for a few months, but once your baby hits 4 or 5 months, it will blow his little mind.
• Swing or bouncy seat. The movement makes almost all babies very, very sleepy.
• Activity mat (also called the baby gym)
• Mobile for the crib: Think music, lights and movement. We like ones you can turn off remotely.
• Crib bumper
• 2 to 3 fitted crib sheets
• 2 waterproof mattress pads
• 2 or 3 changing pad covers
• A rear-facing infant car seat with base. If you have two cars, you'll need a second base.
• Baby carrier and/or sling
• Stroller: Baby won't sit up for a few months, so you'll need a Snap 'n Go, a travel system or a model in which baby can fully recline.
• A "take-me-home" outfit. Look for a set that's cute for photos, but practical (something warm for winter or light for summer).
• 6 to 8 onesies, half short sleeve and half long sleeve. Choose kimono styles that don't pull over baby's head to cut down on screams.
• 5 pairs of pants
• 6 to 8 sleepers (aka coveralls) with built-in footies, or rompers if it's spring or summer
• 5 to 6 sleeping gowns, which snap5 to 6 sleeping gowns, which snap, zip, or cinch closed at the bottom, making late-night diaper changes a breeze.
• At least 3 sleeping gowns should have built-in mittens to cover fast-growing baby fingernails and avoid scratches on smooth baby skin.
• 1 to 3 sweater cardigans or zip hoodies, depending on the season
• 1 snowsuit or winter bunting (for winter babies)
• 1 to 2 pairs of mittens if they aren't included in the snowsuit (for winter babies)
• 8 pairs of booties or socks
• 4 to 6 hats, including at least one sun hat
• 4 to 6 receiving blankets. One should be soft and thick enough to be a blankie contender; two should be thin enough for your diaper bag.
• 4 to 6 bibs. At least two should be waterproof. Once baby starts solids, you'll need something you can just hose off.
• Velcro swaddle. This crucial miracle item may be the key to peace in your household.
• Sleep sac, for when baby outgrows the swaddle or sleep gowns, but is still too young for a blanket in the crib.