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Couples Baby shower ideas
any links to blogs with ideas for a couples baby shower? We want to host one for friends, but I can't convince DH that it won't be really girly and lame. Not really interested in playing games, just ideas for themes/decorations. We're looking to do it in the late spring, so some tables will be outside. Invite list will be about 40 people with around $1,000 to spend. More if needed. TIA!
Re: Couples Baby shower ideas
In your price range, it'd probably make the most sense for you to hire a professional event planner, because they're going to have the types of ideas you're seeking. The Hostess with the Mostess blog is probably your style.
IMO, the key to co-ed showers is to make them not a shower. They're cookouts or dinner parties or cocktail parties, whatever works for the couple, and the gifts are treated like an after-thought. "Please join us for a dinner party in honor of Jill and Thomas' pending arrival" or something along those lines.
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DH and I were thrown a couples shower, and it more or less a big BBQ where I happened to be pregnant and we opened gifts as well. I loved it because I don't really like the games anyways, and DH could socialize and drink a few beers with friends and family.
This is kind of what I was thinking. We'll have it at my parent's house, which is on a an acre of land so it lends itself best to a BBQ. The only problem is that they hosted a BBQ engagement party for us and several of the same people will be invited to this baby shower (it's DH's best friends who are pregnant). I'll start to look for chic bbq baby showers (if that even exists...)
One thing I thought was cute, and helped to drive home the whole baby thing, was that my Aunt wrapped the utensils, plastic, in cloth diapers that were used as napkins, and then sent home with us. If you have a baby, or have been around one, you know these are invaluable as burp cloths.