Quick Tips To Throwing A Baby Shower

August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Baby showers are always a sweet, cherish-able and cheerful event and even more-so for the expectant mother. Getting showered with gifts, getting pampered and spending time with her closest family and friends is a wonderful way to celebrate the pregnancy and the highly anticipated big day.

Here are some quick tips for throwing a baby shower:

 Planning

You must have someone responsible who is taking the initiative and making sure everything, and everyone comes together for the baby shower. It could be anyone as long as they are willing to step up to the plate.

It could be a co-worker, friend or even family, but the one person that shouldn’t host the party is the expectant mother herself. It doesn’t always have to be a hush-hush event, and the expectant mother can be told in advance about the baby shower.

In many cases, telling the mother-to-be would be the better idea because it allows the person planning it to co-ordinate closely with the expectant mother. This makes it easier to make sure everyone who the mother to be would like to come is invited, and you can avoid anything she’s not too fond of.

The event is usually hosted a couple of months before the child’s (expected) month of birth, therefore, but can be at any time.

 Invitations

After the exact date has been set and the list of people to invite has been written, then next comes the actual invitation. There are many ways to send out an invitation to a baby shower.

An  invitation send in the mail is lovely to receive these days, and iliv Cards has a beautiful range of  baby shower invitations available.

In addition, written invitations carry a more “personal” touch to it. However, if printed invitations are not possible due to time constraints, then you can always email the invitation. You can still keep the email baby shower invitation personal by using a beautiful image rather than just text.

Also, the host needs to make sure beforehand with the mother-to-be if this is a “girl-only” event or are men and children also welcomed. Some mothers would feel like this has always been a “girl-only” tradition while some other mothers usually think that it would also be nice to have her spouse (or her guests’ spouses as well) involved in such positive events in her life.

Filed Under: Pregnancy Announcements and Celebrations

Great Party Games Ideas For Boys

August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Need some ideas for party games for your little man’s next birthday party? Little boys are naturally full of fun, energy, excitement, enthusiasm, and everything else that goes into describing the perfect preschooler and are simply going to be that way for many years to come. Therefore, it would only be fitting that when it comes to their birthday, you host a series of party games that gets them up and moving.

Here are some great party ideas that will make the boys be occupied with tons of fun, and end up as a memorable birthday bash that any parents can be proud of:

Sports!

Boys have a ton of energy to burn off and therefore, sport-themed games are the perfect venue for them to disperse it while promoting motor skills and overall health from an early age.

You can go for games such as football, mini-golf, poison ball, Frisbee-throwing and many other throw-and-catch games. (Provided your backyard or lawn is large enough to accommodate the games plus the amount of children present. If not, then it’s also a good idea to hold the event at the nearest park if possible).

The best thing about it since there will always be his friends (or other boys around) is that you can promote it into a team game, encouraging the boys to work together.

Even mum and dad can get it on the action and have a friendly competition.

Face Painting

Which boy doesn’t imagine themselves as their favourite comic-book/cartoon hero or character that they see from television or read from books?

Allow them to re-live and be their hero for the day by holding a face-painting session. In addition to helping them face-painting their favourite hero or character, army camouflage and pirates are also a very popular face-painting choice among boys.

Lollies + Whacking Stuff = Pinata

Being able to swing a bat around and collecting lollies as a reward has got to be every little’s boys dream come true. Don’t forget to acquire the necessary blindfold and the appropriate pinata bat.

It’s a good idea to hang the pinata outdoors and make sure that there is plenty of swinging room for the boys. In addition, parents should supervise and monitor the situation as well as making every boy or girl present at the party a fair chance to take a swing.

It’s usually cheaper to buy an empty pinata yourself and fill it than buy the ones already made up, or if you’re feeling crafty a strong paper mache balloon can do the trick.

Board / Card Games

Board or card games are the perfect way to give the boys a chance to wind down and take things slow as the fun-filled event comes to a close. Board and card games are also a great way to get them to settle down and at the same time giving them something to do and focus on so that they will not get bored.

Parents can continue letting them play until their respective parents arrive to pick them up and take them home.

Chances are they will already be exhausted and not only will they be going home tired, but they will go home with the memory of one of the best birthday parties they ever had, which will definitely have them looking forward to next year’s bash.

iliv Cards has a great range of invitations for your next boy’s birthday party, check them out here.

Filed Under: Party Ideas