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Tara*N*Chris
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Is this tacky?
Tara*N*Chris
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I am throwing a shower for my SIL and she hates showers. She does not like to be the center off attention, or the games. So I was thinking to have a movie themed shower. She loves movies. On the tables I was thinking of having movie themed trivia, so people can have something to talk about if need be. Then before gift opening starts have people go to a popcorn bar if interested. Have different toppings and different popcorn to sample. When it was time to start opening presents, to also start the movie, maybe behind or above her we could have a tv with baby pictures of her and my brother to try and take some attention off her, and also the popcorn bar would still be open.
what do you think, sound like fun or tacky?
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Re: Is this tacky?
fun!! but I would skip the actual movie and just go for a photo slide show... a movie might get distracting or draw too much attention away from the shower... Trivia cards sound like a great idea and so does the pop corn bar... you could maybe do a "game night" theme instead of movies, this makes the trivia and pop corn still make sense
ETA: the more I think about it if you put on a "children's classic" like Alice in wonderland or a Muppet movie this might be a good mix since it ot kid oriented and most people will have seen the movie so you wont have people distracted too much... movie still seems a bit odd to me though.
i was thinking the movie would be the sideshow of pictures, maybe with some actual video of them as kids in there as well. Just something to try and divert the attention away from her, but so that it is still about them.
I think the popcorn bar idea is cute, and I like the movie trivia idea (maybe do kids movie trivia in keeping with the general theme of it being a baby shower) As for the movie, my first thought is that it would be distracting. But, pictures on a slide show are always cute. Love that idea too. Games - don't even worry about it. I've been to showers with and without games and I NEVER miss not playing games. In fact, no games at my own shower and it did not seem like we were missing anything.
My main question, though, is have you asked SIL what she would be comfortable with? If she doesn't like to be the center of attention, it can be hard, but if she agreed to a shower, she must get that she will be the center of attention, right? It's unavoidable.
I like all of your ideas except the movie. I understand not wanting to be center of attention, but this just seems a little off.
One idea-- maybe the movie trivia could be from classic baby themed movies? "She's having a baby", "Look Whose Talking", "parenthood" (Maybe stay away from Knocked Up--LOL)
You sound like a really thoughtful SIL!
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I like it!
I'd suggest including the theme in the invitation and asking guests to bring their favorite movie from their childhood, for the baby.
I had a book themed shower (I'm a major bookworm) and the invite asked guests to bring their favorite children's book for LO's library. We got some awesome books! Some guests even created gifts around their book of choosing....for ex: if it was a Clifford the Big Red Dog book, the gift was themed with dog things (sleeper with dogs on it, burp cloth with dogs on it, etc)
I love that idea! The shower is supposed to be about her anyway. The only thing I don't like is the picture movie thing. I think they are horrible at weddings and even more unrelated at a baby shower.
Other things you can do while gifts are being opened is announce that cake is served. That will let some people watch the gift opening and other go to get cake then they will switch. MTB won't have all eyes on her at once. GL!
If she hates showers why are you insisting on throwing her one? I think it sounds like a lot of work but if you want to do it that way - go for it. I don't think it's tacky but I wouldn't be interested in something like that because I'm not into movies. I've never even seen the ones the other pp mentioned so could not comment on them. Your sister is going to be the center of attention at more places then just the shower. I doubt she'll give birth while she is alone.
BTW...I do like the slide shows at wedding receptions (or baby showers) of the participants when they were little and growing up. Wish I had thought of that for my own reception. It gives the guests something to do while waiting to get into the reception room. Not sure how it would work out during gift opening...but if you do that I would not have it "behind" her (maybe on the side).