Virtual Baby Showers: The New Trend!

What a beautiful cake.

Congratulations on your baby!!

I make cookies and cakes and a lot of soon to be mommas have definitely gotten creative with baby showers.

The best ones I’ve seen so far are the planned virtual ones. Attendees get boxes before the shower with games, favors, and some food so they can all enjoy when on zoom.

I’m glad you were able to enjoy it ☺️🥳 congrats!

So cute!

My second daughter was born before the pandemic. No one threw me a shower so I didn't have one. Our family is in other states and we didn't think about having a virtual one.

I just had my virtual shower over the weekend 2/20 and it was horrible!!!!. I used Evite Video Chat and Some people couldn't get in, I couldn't upload docs to play the games, Videos kept pausing due to poor connections. I was so disappointed 😭😭 Luckily I invite 10 close friends and family in person and we were able to carry on but I had over 50 ppl RSVP to join virtual and only saw 6-10 ppl. Smdh

Yay that’s so good to hear. How many did you have?

I'm definitely struggling a bit. My Mom and Sister are throwing me a Zoom shower but they seemed like it was more of a chore to do. When I made suggestions they basically said "well this is what we are going to do, most people won't come anyways" and joke's on them - almost everyone RSVPed yes!! It's tough, I love them and I know they wanted to do this for me, but it's hard to make it "special" you know?

Congrats on your babyboy ! But yes I think this would be a great idea especially for those who can’t hAve a baby shower :)

Love ur cake 💙 I had something very similar for my baby shower but all in lemon and white, I would love to do it all again I'm hoping the end of April we can mix more and have a few people over, congratulations looks amazing x

I didn't even get a virtual shower. 10 years ttc, a round of IVF and noone wanted to celebrate with me. Family sent gifts after he was born, but I am still grieving the loss of a normal pregnancy experience

I am hoping by the time I have a shower in late July or early August, we will have some type of normalcy and do an actual baby shower.

Love the pics, I had a virtual 1on zoom on valentines day to spread the love.. Organised and suggested by my good friend, I had 15people join in. I did a quiz of "how well do you know the parents?" and "guess the size of the bump?!" to the winners, I sent out prizes.. I was also sent some baby advice and predictions to put in the baby book. I had doorstop deliveries and cards on the day and presents sent by post.. You can make it as personal as you want x

I was lucky enough to have an in person shower! Of course not everyone came but I gave them the option to video chat and send gifts if that was more comfortable for them.

I baby showered virtually, and I kind of preferred it because we could invite folks from all over. My friends hosted games, our moms gave advice. It was very engaging and fun. Two little things we did that I’d recommend to other moms: I mailed out little party packs. I thought these would make people feel more included and more likely to actually attend. The party packs included a recipe for a drink and a cookie, a game (beer belly or baby bump), balloons, and confetti. We sent out 50+ party packs, so it cost some money, but less than we would have spent on an in person shower. The second thing we did a little different is that we didn’t open up gifts on video. Everything was in Amazon boxes anyway so it wasn’t cute. Instead, I staged our apartment as if the baby had arrived and I did a video of our apartment with all their gifts in their new locations. We put out some toys, we set up the crib, stroller, changing table... it was really well received and took way less time!

I had a drive by baby shower for closer friends. It was so good to see people I hadn't seen in months even if for a quick second. Told family we would celebrate after baby comes on a Zoom call. Party favors turned out cute :)

My Mum and sister have arranged a virtual baby shower for me tommorrow. I'm really looking forward to it. 💙👶🏻

The cake is soooo cute !!!

My MIL is planning me a mail in shower. But I'm still gonna plan an in person shower for my friends and family so I can see them before I go into labor. I haven't seen most of them in a while.

My cousin is organising my Zoom baby shower in three weeks 😀

What games would you all suggest to play for a virtual baby shower?

I’ve not really grew up with baby showers being a thing. There’s more focus on christenings some time in the months after baby is born or if not religious a naming day. This is what we’re planning to do anyway despite lockdown but may be an idea for those still wanting a celebration in person as most of us will have our babies when lockdown is currently planned to lift. 🤞🏼🙏🏼 I plan to have mine in the first week of September, with baby due the first week of June, hopefully the weather will still be nice.

Aww this is sweet it’s baby number 4 for me and I have never had a baby shower

I'm having 2 baby showers a virtual and one that isn't virtual. The virtual is next Saturday March 6 then after that I have my maternity photo shoot. Then on March 21st I have my actual baby shower.

This is such a lovely thread to read. I think we’ve all become ‘Zoomed-Out’ at some point in the past 12 months. But you’ve all shown the power of a virtual connection.
So wonderful.
I help my Doula clients to organise Mother Blessings (a baby shower that focussing in Mum not baby), it’s so very lovely to be part of.
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I can so relate! I always dreamed of having the cutest baby shower if I ever had kids (which for a while I wasn't sure I could). We ended up having two Zoom showers and one drive by parade. It was the best and we were able to have even more loved ones join from far away who wouldn't have been able to had it been in person. 💖

I wanted to do zoom but to have it longer then 40 mins you have to buy a 150 membership so idk cuz I’ll only using it once. I liked the Facebook live idea I found on YouTube tho felt like everybody wouldn’t want to be on camera

I’m thinking about waiting till after the baby is born as we won’t be out of lockdown on time. But could I still call it a baby shower or is a baby arrival better lol or would you call it something else ? Xx

What games did you play?? Still struggling with deciding!!

I wanted one

Soo I gotta say...at first I was SUPER bummed about having a virtual shower, but my shower was yesterday and it was AMAZING!!!

My partner has been out of the picture since the beginning and I was living in another state away from my family feeling so incredibly isolated and depressed. I finally moved in with my mom in December and she was excited to throw me a shower. After how terrible I felt the entire pregnancy, I just desperately wanted to celebrate with all my family and friends and feel happy for ONCE in this pregnancy. So when we decided to do virtual I legit cried and already decided it was going to be lame. It turned out AMAZING!!

My aunt was the host, and she sent out candy, the invite and little game cards in a cute box all with my theme to everyone! People were texting me constantly about how cute it was and how excited they were for the shower!!

Also, getting boxes from my Amazon registry was so fun!! Piles of boxes were being delivered for weeks and made me feel so excited as the pile grew!!

I’m starting to think a virtual baby shower won’t happen for me 🥺 nobody’s getting anything off the registry really only a couple people got things. I mean I still have a whole month so maybe I’m over exaggerating 😩 it’s April 10th

Does anyone have good party favors and game ideas for a virtual baby shower? I’m think non-food ideas as favors since everyone’s dietary restrictions r different...

We did a drive by baby shower and it was amazing! We got to see people in person and they got to see me with my belly.

So this is my first baby shower and it's going to be virtual. Any ideas?

How would I have a vertal baby shower? I'm very interested in this.

Definitely would
Love a virtual shower just don’t know where to begin to plan.

How do people get their themes? Do they match their nursery? Or is the shower theme different?

I did a virtual baby shower and I'd like to think we all had a blast. I used this template from Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/955422457/virtual-baby-shower-games-powerpoint?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=virtual+baby+shower&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1&bes=1

We didn't use all the games but selected a few and made a baby trivia game myself. I sent out little boxes filled with baggies of flower seeds saying "love grows", blue candles, balloons, lollipops, and some Hershey candies with HE colored in blue as favors

I threw my sister a virtual baby shower just last month. I was a nervous wreck up until the actual day of the shower . I just wanted everything to go as planned. Not only because it was for my sister but because the idea of a virtual baby shower is so new to us because if the pandemic and even though I looked up ideas on Pinterest and search Google there wasn't a whole lot of info out there. It was mainly other telling there experience with their own shower. Some were a hit and some weren't. So I took what information I could and learned from others mistakes and began planning about two months before the actual shower. First and foremost you need a video chat platform that will allow you to have more then 10 ppl if you planning a big shower and something affordable as well. After some research I ended up using Google meet. You can have as many ppl as you want and it's free plus there's some extra features that are pretty awesome you can use. You can change your background from a list of all kinds of stuff

To you can you closed caption for those who are hearing impaired. And you can also share your screen with everyone in the room. It was fairly easy to use and you can have co-host which was pretty cool. So after choosing a video platform I created a invite with punchbowl and online application for invitations. And I sent that out a month in a half in advance for everyone to RSVP by a certain date to know exactly how many packages I need to send with the baby shower games in them. I went on Amazon and got a bundle box with a think 10 to 15 different games to play it came with 50 of each game for like 20 which wasn't bad at all. I would send a friendly reminder about once a week just reminding everyone I had invited about the rsvp date and needing their addresses to mail the package to them. One the rsvp date I got all addresses and made little game bundles and got the small shipping boxes from the USPS which by the way are also free , all I had to pay for was the actual shipping on them. And sent them out

2weeks before the shower. They come with tracking numbers so you can confirm th3y received the package. I also got a all in one decoration box from Amazon with streamer and balloons pretty much the works for 20 bucks. So we decorated the background of where we were doing the video chat. Where the neat features about Google need is that you can actually go into meeting a little bit early and if anybody's having technical difficulties you can walk them through on how to enter the chat room which is a plus. So the actual day of the shower I logged onto the video platform in 30 minutes prior to the actual shower time to be able to assist anybody and I was actually physically there at my sister's with my mom so it was just us three and my nephew at the actual baby shower everyone else was there via Google meet. And I also did a special Big brother thing for my nephew cuz he's been asking my sister for a baby sister for forever and he was so excited when she found out she was pregnant so I made him

A big brother survival kit and inside the kit was a camera customized with his name on it along with a photo album with his name on it so that he can take pictures of him and his sister there was also a big brother cape Big brother certificate and a few other things some books and things that he liked and I had a special moment for him to open his gift in front of everybody so that he didn't feel left out all in all it turned out to be a great baby shower it was different but it went off without a hitch no big bumps in the road or nothing like that my sister thoroughly enjoyed it and was extremely thankful and grateful for all the time and after that I put into planning and actually doing the baby shower and I had a big sign of relief once it was over knowing that it was a success and I didn't feel my sister but yeah that's my long experience with virtual baby showers didn't mean to make it three second post or something post

I love that idea! So glad you didn’t have to miss out on a baby shower ☺️

We found out I was pregnant in January 2020. I was extremely high risk and we didn’t want to tell people until we had our 20 week check. I was already in my second trimester when we found out. We went to our 20 week visit in March 6- everything was fine. My birthday was the next day- we told everybody as they called me to wish me a happy birthday. Four days later our state shut down due to covid. I was due in July. Those were such uncertain times and as an essential worker- I was still working. I worked through the whole thing. We have a lot of elderly family (we are older parents- I’m in my mid 30s he’s in his 40s. Our parents are older and a lot of family who we would be inviting we’re older. We were very concerned about sending out invites to people who may not have jobs or may not have the ability to participate. We also weren’t sure how long it was going to last. We ended up not having a baby shower. Our daughter turns one on Sunday.

I ended up waiting until yesterday to through a party for my baby and he's now 5 months old. I was thinking of doing something virtual but I feel like it wasn't going to be the same. Yesterday when all my friends came over to meet my baby it felt amazing. Absolutely amazing! Everyone got to hold him and play with him and we had pictures taken. I honestly think that it's better to be safe during the heat of a pandemic. My country opened up complete and there was no more restriction on how many people can gather on July 1st so it was a good time to gather especially since all of us had our vaccines. We were also very fortunate to have our family and friends send us gifts even though I didn't have a shower so this was a good way to treat everyone and say thank you!

Last May in the thick of it, we had to do virtual. It was so simple. Had a small cake delivered to me. Got a few decorations to add to the baby room. Didn't have to clean the house or leave the house. Just had to take my time getting ready then sat in the baby room. We did a virtual tour, opened gifts, and chatted a bit. There was a guessing game that we did and everyone wrote down their answers in the chat. My mom and sister kept track. Winners got giftcards to Amazon since we couldn't do too much.

It was so low key. For a socially awkward introvert it was magical. After, I organized the gifts a bit then stuffed my face with cake, lol.

Tomorrow is my sister's traditional shower and it is so overwhelming for me. I am so happy it was virtual. And the fact that during quarantine...no one touched me. I always dreaded being pregnant and people touching me specifically during the shower.

Aww I had one back in February! Loved it!! So good! So worth it!

It was a surprise.

The host got packs together, of the games, and sent them to the guests before (it also included balloons, bunting and a item from a baby shower photo booth. She then kinda ‘lead each one’, by having a PowerPoint play (using screen share).

We did things like make a baby using a towel (you tube it 😁).
People emailed in baby photos and we had to guess the baby, then normal things like predictions, or pregnant or beer belly. All the games you’d normally play at a baby shower but online.

She also sent me a pack and ordered cupcakes and stuff. I’d deff do it! I was so happy I did!

Really I never heard of it until now

I don’t know if I should try to plan something I hate to plan it for myself I was thinking of doing a meet and greet baby virtually and it could double as a baby shower kinda thing I guess more like a virtual sprinkle because I have a 2 year old and one on the way in 3 weeks do you guys feel like it would be weird to do that?