Plan the Perfect Baby Shower

I just found the BEST site with printable games for baby showers. And different ones, too! I'm so happy to pass on this link for you to check out:

http://www.plan-the-perfect-baby-shower.com/

Have fun at your shower!

Fruit Baby in Watermelon Carriage

Source: lookiewhaticando.blogspot.com via Donna on Pinterest

There's another post on this blog about how to carve a watermelon baby carriage for showers, but this takes it one step further and puts the baby in the carriage. How cute! I saw this on the blog "Lookie What I Can Do!" Great job, Jennifer! Here's the link: http://lookiewhaticando.blogspot.com/2010/09/baby-shower-1.html 

I also saw a couple of pictures on the web where a hole had been carved out of the fruit and a pacifier inserted in the baby's mouth. That looks really cute, too!

How Big Is Mommy? Game

I've played this at baby showers for many years. Pass around a skein of yard with scissors. Each guest cuts a piece of yarn long enough to go around the mom's tummy. 

After everyone cuts their string, measure the mom's tummy and give a prize to the person whose length of yarn comes closest.

Image: maya picture / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How To Carve A Watermelon Baby Carriage

This is just the sweetest little way to decorate the table - and it's edible, too!

Baby Shower Favors and Ideas - Baby Bottle

Baby bottle favors are wonderfully easy to create and look really cute to boot. These can be filled with anything. Use your imagination. I've used M&Ms and jelly beans because they are so colorful. For a fun game, you can have everyone pass the bottle around and guess how many pieces of candy are in the bottle. Whoever guesses the closest without going over wins. Click the link for more fun ideas for your next shower: Baby Shower Bottle Favors and Ideas

Image: renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Advice for New Moms

At a baby shower recently, I bought a journal and everyone who came wrote a piece of advice for the new mom. We had some serious and some funny advice written in the book. Fun!

I also asked my Facebook friends for some advice. Debra said:

Talk to your baby like an adult. Talking to your child in this manner makes them smarter.

Teri opined: 

Babies are not born to be infants forever. Children have eternal spirits that need nurturing. Mothers plant seeds that can grow love and accomplishment or rebellion and pain. Yes, children make their own ultimate choices, but mothers have enormous power.

Jewel advised:

A parents' biggest responsiblity is to prepare their child to live without them someday.

Judy said:

 Don't rush anxious for the next. Enjoy what they do today as your God given treasure. You'll blink and they are off to college.

Victoria started early:  

Read to your baby from the womb on. I was in college while pregnant both times and I read my textbooks aloud. Both kids were speaking in full sentences by the time they were one!

If you could offer just one suggestion, what would it be? Please leave your advice AND your website or blog URL.