6 Top Tips to Ensure Your Virtual Baby Shower is a Success
Virtual celebrations were the norm during the Covid-19 pandemic with gatherings on Skype, Zoom and Teams taking place for birthdays, anniversaries, bachelorette parties and everything in between. The big advantage of a virtual event is the ability to easily get people together regardless of distance, allowing friends and family from different cities, time zones, or even different continents to join the party.
Whether it is for your bestie, your sister, or yourself, these six tips will ensure it is a success from the moment you send the virtual baby shower invitations to the event itself.
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Give Clear Instructions
Make sure to give plenty of notice of the event, especially if it is on a weekend. People lead busy lives, and you don’t want to disappoint the mama-to-be if her nearest and dearest can’t make it due to leaving it too late. Send out these virtual baby shower invitations from Greenvelope to everyone on the guest list to make it super simple. Not only is it better for the environment, but Greenvelope also makes it easy for guests to RSVP in advance of the event. Don’t forget to mention anything they need to bring to the event, or if there’s a dress code. Have fun with it. If the gender of the baby is common knowledge, you could opt for a pink or blue party, or fancy dress is always entertaining.
Go All Out
Just because you’re staying in doesn’t mean you can’t go all out on your outfit. Whether there is a dress code or not, make a statement with what you’re wearing. It might be online, but it’s still a party! Don’t forget to style your hair and apply makeup to look and feel your best. Accessories can complete an outfit so make an effort – particularly if you have any that are baby-themed.
Quirky Quizzes
Quizzes and party games are always popular at baby showers and virtual baby showers are no exception! The baby photo game can be hilarious, whether you choose to ask guests to guess the celebrity from their baby photo or pick out the expectant mom from a line-up of baby pictures. Why not put together a playlist of songs containing the word ‘baby’ and ask the guest to identify the artist or show pictures of babies from TV shows and get guests to name them. No matter which options you choose these are great icebreaker games to get into the party spirit and can produce some hilarious wrong answers!
Party Package
If having a virtual baby shower is through necessity rather than choice, you might feel disappointed that you can’t get all your posse together. Combat those feelings of distance through creating a memorable shared experience. One easy way of doing this is to send all guests a party pack to open on the day of the event. Include items like baby shower sashes to wear, snacks to eat, and anything they will need for games or crafts. Everyone loves receiving happy mail, so this is sure to be popular with your guests.
Get Creative
Why not dedicate part of your virtual baby shower to creating something special for the new mom? There are some fun activities that work just as well virtually as in person. Such as writing words of wisdom that can then be shared during the baby shower before being collected together and placed in a scrapbook for the guest of honor to look back at when in need of parenting advice. Another memento that involves getting creative is providing each guest with a plain white baby onesie and fabric marker pens and asking them to decorate it with a design of their choice. These can be held up and shown to all the guests and then sent to the mom-to-be.
Get Gifting
Gifts are an integral part of a baby shower, and you might need to think creatively during a virtual party. If each guest is going to get a present, are they going to hold it up to the screen and then mail it out? Or will they send a wrapped gift to the expectant mom before the event so she can open it at the shower? Instead of individual gifts, all the guests could come together to give one larger item, either something from the baby gift list or gift cards for a department store. If this is a second, third (or more) baby, the parents may have everything they need already. So instead of unnecessary gifts consider buying gift certificates for a massage or spa day so that mom-to-be can relax. Or donate to their favorite charity.
Virtual Baby Shower Conclusion
More than anything else, be prepared for the unexpected and accept that however much planning goes into your virtual event, some things are beyond your control. Wi-fi connections cutting out, guests dropping out because of illness, or the mom-to-be going into labor. Any of these could happen during your virtual baby shower. But if you’ve spent time putting in the groundwork organizing the event, it should be a fun celebration for all involved – no matter when it happens and with whoever can join.
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