Baby shower fun
Wow - now there’s a post title I never thought I’d write! I pretty much hate baby showers. I’m not really one to fawn over cute baby stuff, and am easily annoyed by people who can’t stop saying how adorable something is. I mean really, it’s baby stuff. It’s inherently cute. Does it really need to be repeated over, and over, and over, by a dozen people? When it comes right down to it, that’s pretty much what a baby shower is. Fawning and stupid games. Ugh.
On Saturday, I hosted a baby shower for a friend. I wanted to keep it as un-annoying as possible. Of course I knew that there would be some of the requisite fawning, but wanted to try something a little different. Inspired by Stephanie and Kathy, I thought it would be fun to have each of the guests stencil a onesie for the baby-to-be using freezer paper stencils.
I cut out the stencils ahead of time, and let the guests do the ironing and painting.
It was a huge hit! Everyone loved the idea, and had a great time being creative with the paint. The mom-to-be was thrilled with all the neat onesies, and I was thrilled that I didn’t have to make people smell baby food in diapers. :)
I’d definitely recommend this as a get-the-guests involved baby shower activity. It would also be great for a group of kids, as a birthday party activity or a girl scout/boy scout/4-H activity.
