Wed 4 Apr 2007
I thought I would share a quick shower idea with you that I found to be a lot of fun. It is something I did for a couple of co-workers of mine and it was a huge success.
I call this shower idea “Scattered Showers”. Instead of having one big shower we spread out the shower over several months by giving scattered shower gifts every few days throughout the later part of the pregnancy. We gave everything from sleepers and blankets to rattles and bottles.
I made a big sign to hang by the expectant mom’s desk that said “Scattered Showers” and was decorated with little baby things like rattles and pacifiers. I attached a gift bag to the sign where the scattered shower gifts would be placed. Anyone who was interested in participating would give me either small baby items to place in the gift bag or money with which to purchase a few things myself. I would store all the accumulated gifts at my desk and every couple of days or so I would leave a scattered shower gift in the bag for the expectant mom.
It was a fun twist on the typical baby shower and everyone really seemed to enjoy it. We were able to surprise the expectant mom over and over again. It was always fun to see her face when she came in that day to find a surprise baby gift in her bag.
Do you have any interesting and different shower ideas?
Care to comment
I like this idea alot, Lisa – I’m making a copy of your article and will take it to work to show to our Social Committee. It’s hard for us to have many people show up for anything after hours as many of my co-workers live so far from our office. And lunch is a problem as people have to take different lunch times to provide office coverage and the rest of us are out on the road. This approach would be an easy way for people to get in on the fun. I think we’d see alot of beautiful hand-crafted items as I work with alot of talented women.
My wife would have liked that better I think.
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