Baby shower
A baby shower marks the arrival of a new baby and helps the parents prepare for it. Organising one well takes rather more thought than it first appears.
A baby shower is part celebration, part practical support. Guests gather to mark the coming arrival, and the gifts they bring cover much of what a newborn needs in the first months.
The articles below work through the whole process, from deciding who hosts to the last details on the morning of the party. They can be read in order or dipped into as particular questions come up.
No celebration is complete without food, and a shower is no exception. Sharing something a little out of the ordinary is part of the occasion. There are food ideas for a baby shower at World Food and Wine, including a selection of baby shower cakes.
Getting started
- A baby shower is a time for celebration
- Who should organise and host a baby shower?
- Deciding when to have the baby shower, before or after
- Should a baby shower be a surprise?
- Baby showers and budgets
Planning the details
- Baby shower planning tips
- Baby shower planning timeline
- Creating the baby shower guest list
- Baby shower invitations
- The baby shower venue
- Hiring professional talent for a baby shower
- Baby shower photography
On the day
- Baby shower activities and games
- Baby shower gifts
- Baby shower favours
- Making final preparations for the baby shower
