BABY SHOWER CHECKLIST
One to two months before your baby shower:
___Set a date
___Choose a location
___Create guest list (determine number of guests)
___Decide on a theme (if desired)
___Plan your activities
___Plan your menu
___Select the invitations
Two to three weeks before the baby shower:
___Send your invitations (include directions and gift registry card if applicable)
___Order cake
___Order flowers or balloon bouquets (if applicable)
___Purchase the party favors, game prizes, and decorations
___Finalize your menu
One week before the baby shower:
___Order or gather together the chairs, tables, dishes, utensils, etc…
___Make a final guest count. Make phone calls if necessary at this point
___Place orders for food if needed
___Confirm reservations (if applicable)
___Buy film for camera
___Begin to clean and prepare your house (if party is being held in your home)
___Buy and wrap your gift for the mother-to-be.
The day before the baby shower:
___Gift wrap any party favors game prizes
___Review the games/activities
___Begin decorating
___Pick up the cake
___Purchase beverages/ice
___Make street signs if necessary
___Set up tables, chairs, buffet table, etc..
The day of:
___Set out party favors on tables or on separate table
___Finish any last minute decorating
___Prepare a place where gifts will go (gift table)
___ Put out signs leading to the party about 15 minutes before the it is set to start
___Set out beverages, ice, glasses
___Keep a notebook nearby to write down the gifts received. Also, keep a trashbag
nearby the opening of the gifts to reduce in the clutter of wrapping paper.
___ Pick up balloons today
___Set up the food on the buffet table
___Have a plan on how you will run the party