Five Great Ideas for Baby Shower Appetizers
February 15th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Great Food Makes a Great Party. Wow Your Guests With These Great Ideas for Baby Shower Appetizers
Food is one of the most important aspects of a baby shower. Like any other party, while nobody may remember if you have good food, everyone will remember if the food is bad. If the baby shower is not being held at meal time, you’ll still want to serve appetizers and other finger food. Here are five ideas for baby shower appetizers that are quick and easy to prepare, that your guests will love.
Chicken Wings
Chicken Wings are an old party stand-by, and are an especially appropriate idea for baby shower appetizers if the mother-to-be is the type of person who prefers beer to wine or champagne. (Not that she should be drinking any of those while she’s pregnant!) If you don’t have a recipe for wing sauce, or the time to prepare it, you can purchase a bottle of marinade at the supermarket. Throw the marinade and the wings in a bowl, cover it, and leave them in the refrigerator overnight. When you’re ready to serve them, either bake or grill the wings for a wonderfully simple baby shower appetizer.
Pizza Fingers
These are another great idea for baby shower appetizers. Thinly slice a baguette (or get the bakery to slice it when you buy it), and top it with a little tomato sauce and coarsely chopped pepperoni, red or green peppers, button mushrooms, and tomatoes before sprinkling shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese over the top. When you’re ready to serve them, broil them in the toaster over until the cheese melts.
Tuna on Ritz
This is one of the easiest ideas for baby shower appetizers, and all you need is a box of Ritz crackers, a can of tuna and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Drain the tuna before mixing it with the soup, then spoon about half a teaspoon of the mixture onto each cracker. No cooking required!
Proscuitto-Wrapped Asparagus
This one takes a little more effort than the other ideas for baby shower appetizers, but it’s worth it because everyone seems to love it! Cut off the tough, woody ends of some asparagus before blanching them in boiling water for about 30 seconds. After the asparagus has cooled, carefully spread cream cheese over slices of proscuitto, and wrap the slices around the asparagus. Serve cold.
Finger Sandwiches
Our final idea for baby shower appetizers are classic finger sandwiches. Whip up some egg salad with hard-boiled eggs, mayonaise, and green onions. Spread over thin bread slices (again, get the bakery to slice it when you buy it) and make a sandwich. Cut off the crusts, and slice into eight mini-sandwiches. This is another great make-ahead, because you can make the egg salad the night before and all you have to do is put the sandwiches together and slice them up before serving.
Use any or all of these great ideas for baby shower appetizers and your guests will definitely not be complaining about the food!
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Things to Consider For a Great Baby Shower Fondant Cake
February 12th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Thanks to Shows Like Food Network Challenge and Ace of Cakes, Baby Shower Fondant Cakes are More Popular Now Than Ever.
Most parents-to-be look forward the the baby shower. This is a celebration of the upcoming arrival of their child, and they want the event to be as close to perfect as possible. There are many things that need to be dealt with when planning a baby shower. Among these things are the baby shower invitations, theming and decorations, food, and of course the cake.
Choosing a Baby Shower Fondant Cake
The chosen design of a baby shower fondant cake design is based on the preferences of the parents, and usually solely of the mother. If the sex of the child is already known, this may affect the kind of baby shower fondant cake design and the theme or motif of the baby shower. Someone who knows the pregnant couple well should choose the cake design. Do they like soft, pastel colors or are they the bright and colorful types?
A baby shower fondant cake design also depends on the size of the cake itself. The smaller the cake, the less space there is to use for the design. The bigger the size, the more space you need to cover up with your design. Although pastel colors are frequently used for a baby shower fondant cake, the gender of the child will also play a huge role on the choosing of the colors. Bright, primary colors are also great choices to use on the baby shower fondant cake.
Designs are Important, But Don’t Forget the Taste
Baby shower fondant cakes usually have attachments made of gum paste in the shape of of feeding bottles, storks, bibs, carriages, and other baby items that are easily recognizable. These usually come in small sizes and are attached to the sides of the cake. Other options for decorating the side of the cake are edible beads that range from gold to other pastel colors.
Do not forget about the taste of the cake by spending all your efforts on how it looks. The baby shower fondant cake can also be in the shape of a baby item instead of the traditional round and tiered cake. This can be in the shape of a feeding bottle, carriage, sports equipment (for baby boys), and many other baby items.
A baby shower fondant cake doesn’t need to be expensive or complicated, especially if someone invited to the party is an accomplished at-home baker. They can make a simple cake on their own, and purchase fondant relatively cheaply at a supply store, and use pre-made decorations from the same store. Their baby shower fondant cake can be a simple design or a complicated one, depending on their level of experience.
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The Etiquette of Hosting a Baby Shower Tea
February 10th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Cut Stress By Recruiting Helpers
Those who are asked to take on a responsibility as great as hosting a baby shower tea usually consider it a privilege, and take on the job with great dedication to the mother-to-be. Hosting a baby shower tea should be enjoyable, not stressful, and you too are a guest at the party, and you want to make sure you have a good time. The guest of honor will not be happy if she sees someone who is stressed out and not having any fun.
When hosting a baby shower tea, don’t go totally out of control. This is not a position of power but a position of privilege. Even though you are in charge of hosting a baby shower tea, it doesn’t mean that you have to take everything on by yourself; you can always turn to others for help. Asking someone else for help doesn’t mean you’re not doing your job, but in fact means that you are taking it seriously and taking advantage of the resources at your disposal.
Responsibilities of the Host
The person hosting a baby shower tea is in charge of everything, including the invitations, the decorations, the food, the game planning, and the thank you gifts. Now, as mentioned before, if they cannot take it all on, then it up to the person hosting a baby shower tea to get the right people to help out. It’s important to be selective when asking for help because if they fail as the helper, then the host fails as the host. No one wants this to happen, of course, as the event is supposed to go off without a hitch.
Above everything else, the person hosting a baby shower tea should needs to make sure that the mother-to-be is happy, well taken care of, and free from all worries as this is her day to celebrate her coming new addition to her life. When you are the one hosting a baby shower tea, you are making sure that it is a day that the mother to be will remember forever, and she will have you to thank. It can be stressful having all of the responsibilities on your shoulders but when everything goes as planned, it is extremely rewarding. In the end you will see that everything worked out and that you wouldn’t change it for the world.
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Free Printable and Downloadable Baby Shower Games From the World Wide Web
February 5th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
A Baby Shower is All Fun and Games When You Use Free Printable and Downloadable Baby Shower Games
It’s easy to find just about anything on the Internet today. It is a huge source of ideas, recipes and advice. So it should come as no surprise that it is easy to find games for baby showers on the Internet - even free printable and downloadable baby shower games. Games are an important part of every baby shower, ensuring that there are lots of fun and laughs for the mother-to-be and her guests. Thanks to free printable and downloadable baby shower games, the search for fun and games has become much easier - you’ll thank the Internet, and your baby shower guests will thank you.
How Well Do You Know the Future Mommy?
A favorite free printable and downloadable baby shower game is “How Well Do You Know the Future Mommy?” This game involves the baby shower guests trying to guess which features the future mother would like her baby to inherit from which parent. In order to play this game, it will be necessary to print off a chart with two columns: one for the mommy and one for the daddy. Each row should be a different characteristic: hair, legs, nose, mouth, intelligence, and humor.
Baby Bingo
Another classic free printable and downloadable baby shower game is “Baby Bingo.” All this game requires are printable bingo cards (which can be freely downloaded off the Internet) and a pen or marker for each guest. Before playing the game, number all of the gifts beginning at one. The printable bingo cards should have the same numbers on them. When the mother-to-be is ready to open her presents, she should randomly grab one to open and call out that number. As the gifts are opened and numbers are called, the guests mark the numbers off on their bingo cards. The first guest to get a bingo wins a prize!
Ready, Set, Rhyme!
How well do you remember your nursery rhymes? You’ll quickly find out which guests know their nursery rhymes when you play “Ready, Set, Rhyme!” You can find this free printable and downloadable baby shower game on the Internet, or you can create your own customized version using baby books or searching online. Pick one line from each of your favorite nursery rhymes, and leave certain words blank for the guests to fill in. This free printable and downloadable baby shower game always proves to be a challenge for guests! But if you create your own game, you can’t play!
Fabulous Fun and Games
With free printable and downloadable baby shower games on the Internet, there’s no limit to the fun and games you can play. Whether you exactly follow the instructions, or make the rules up as you go along, downloading and printing games off the Internet makes it that much easier.
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Hip Baby Shower Themes
February 5th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
With a Little Planning and Some Imagination, You Can Create a Hip Baby Shower Theme That Everyone Will Remember
When planning a baby shower, one of the very first things that should be decided upon is the theme. Choosing a hip baby shower theme will dictate the cake, the decorations, the games and the party favors. First of all, make sure you take into account whether the mother-to-be is expecting a boy or a girl, along with her own likes and dislikes, before making a final decision on the theme.
Hollywood Mommies for Your Hip Baby Shower Theme
This is a really fun theme. You can get really creative with a hip baby shower theme like this, and even ask your guests to dress a little “Hollywood.” For instance, you could have your guests wear fancy hats and dark sunglasses. For decorations you could include pictures of famous people with their children. Most party stores will have plates, cups, streamers and other decorations that will follow along perfectly with a hip Hollywood baby shower theme. You could then have a cake made that depicts a Hollywood mom or the famous Hollywood sign to complete the look.
Another Hip Baby Shower Theme: Rubber Duckies
Rubber duckies may seem ordinary, but with a little creativity you can create the most hip baby shower theme ever. For an adorable centerpiece, you could simply float a rubber ducky in a glass container that is filled with crystals and a dash of blue food coloring. You can then use orange or yellow colored plates. Some great food choices here are cheese and crackers, crab cakes, croissant sandwiches, cupcakes with rubber duckies on them, brownies and cookies. Then serve blue punch with a ducky in the bowl.
For the gift table you could fill a baby bath with ducky themed gifts. These could include everything from burp cloths to ducky themed clothes and baby items that can be found at just about any baby store. Then for a party favor, give out ducky shaped soaps.
A Hip Baby Shower Theme Just for the Girls: The Tea Party
A tea party is a hip baby shower theme which is great for mothers who are expecting a girl. Simply decorate with different shades of pink, serve finger sandwiches, lots of cookies and other sweet confections, many varieties of tea and a cake shaped like a teapot. A great party favor is a tiny teapot with flowers in it. You could have a lot of fun with this theme by serving guests on plastic toy tea sets, or adding some Alice in Wonderland elements and turning it into a “Mad Hatter” tea party.
You can choose from many different hip baby shower themes for your party. A great one if the mother-to-be is expecting a boy is the “Bear Necessities” theme. Decorate with some Jungle Book theming and drop subtle hints that the guests should bring newborn necessities like diapers and blankets for gifts.
Use your creativity for the little touches, and you will have a hip, memorable baby shower for the mother-to-be and her guests.
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Have a Memorable Party by Using Unique Baby Shower Paper Goods
February 5th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Have a Blast With Themed Decorations and Invitations for Your Baby Shower Guests
It’s fun and exciting to plan a baby shower. Whether planning your own shower or for a family member or friend, you want to keep it interesting and make sure your guests have loads of fun.
Decorations and invitations are an important consideration for your baby shower. You want to have a theme for your party, and you want everything to be memorable and distinctive. You’re in luck, because it’s easy to find unique baby shower paper goods!
In your search for unique baby shower paper goods, you’ll probably have a theme in mind. Do you want a jungle theme? How about a fire station theme? You can even have an abstract art theme! There are lots of unique baby shower paper goods to make your shower a one-of-a-kind event.
Where to Buy Unique Baby Shower Paper Goods
Start looking for unique baby shower paper goods with an online search. There are many websites devoted to baby shower themes and decorations. These sites are the perfect place to find unique baby shower paper goods because they can cater to offbeat or unusual requests better than a retail store.
Unique baby shower paper goods can be as simple or as elaborate as you want. If you would like to have an Alice in Wonderland tea party themed baby shower, for example, you can go all-out with costumes and role playing. Alternatively, you can just have pictures on the walls and a centerpiece of a large, fold-out paper tea cup.
You can even use unique baby shower paper goods for a more conventional theme. Noah’s Ark is a very popular baby shower theme, but that doesn’t mean that you need to have the same decorations as everyone else! You can use unique baby shower paper goods to spice up that conventional party theme. Make a splash with large ark animal piñatas, funny paper animal hats, or even animal masks for your guests!
Dazzle Your Guests Before They Arrive
Another great idea for unique baby shower paper goods are invitations. Instead of the same old embossed invitations with elegant, stuffy script that everyone else uses, try creating your own DIY wedding invitations with your computer and a color printer. That way there’s no way anybody is going to miss the theme of the baby shower, and with some bright colors and bold lettering you can let everyone know what a fun time the shower will be.
Unique baby shower paper goods will make the party more interesting and loads of fun. You can experiment with fun and unconventional themes for your baby shower, and make it a memorable experience for everyone involved.
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