Hosting a Gender Reveal/Sprinkle for friends

ItsGreen · March 2013

I'm hosting a shower for my friends who just found out they are having baby 2! We're combining a gender reveal and sprinkle, So I am wondering if I should ask people to bring a gift or not for baby 2? We won't know the gender and they already have a boy. If you have any suggestions on how to do so I'd appreciate the ideas. Thanks!

danabsd · March 2013

LOL.

Yup, this is an excellent question for this board.

JennaOs · March 2013

I wouldn't throw yourself a sprinkle. Honestly, when I have been invited to a baby shower or sprinkle for a second child I do not go. I think it is very tacky. Gender revealokay..but people wont be as excited to find out the sex as much as you are. Maybe

brenanigans · March 2013

get out now while you still can!!!!!

seriously though, I'd be super pissed if someone asked me to bring a gift to a "sprinkle" for a second child..... and it's especially bad if the parents to be are doing it. This is actually consi

brenanigans · March 2013

danab_sd:
LOL.

Yup, this is an excellent question for this board.

&nbs

ItsGreen · March 2013

Ok, I thought I had put this in the previous post but it appears I didn't. I think it got cut off from the title. I am hosting this for friends. It's not my party. I'm just the host.

bratty44 · March 2013

I would make the invitations up for a sprinkle then just put on there that the sex will be revealed. That way they will know its more like a shower then a party. Or just invite for the sprinkle and let them surprise the guests with announcing the sex. <b

EastCoastBride · March 2013

bratty44:
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jackson290721 · March 2013

EastCoastBride:
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Jillwithani · March 2013

jackson290721:
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santoriello21 · March 2013

I like the idea of having a sprinkle and surprising people with the reveal. Maybe you can have a.diaper raffle for a gift basket so they can at least get diapers. When people see that they may bring another gift but there won't be the pressure. Even if yo

jnjmommy0609 · March 2013

No I wouldn't ask that. If they bring a gift cool...if not then it's fine.

PunkyBooster · March 2013

A sprinkle implies gifts. So if I received an invitation for a sprinkle I would bring a very small gift.

No one cares that much about the "gender reveal" (it's sex, by the way, not gender).

But it's a fine way to combine the 2. I per

Jillwithani · March 2013

santoriello21:
I like the idea of having a sprinkle and surprising people with the reveal. Maybe you can have a.diaper raffle

PunkyBooster · March 2013

Jillwithani:
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tmccord21 · March 2013

I think its awesome you are throwing them a sprinkle/reveal party. Maybe I'm just overly generous but I love gift giving especially when it comes to baby goods. Don't put any registry info on the invite so that guests don't feel the pressur

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JocelynB0911 · March 2013

tmccord21:
I think its awesome you are throwing them a sprinkle/reveal party. Maybe I'm just overly generous but I love

Arnegard · March 2013

discobelle:
Don't ask people to bring a gift. Let them decide that on their own. Most people probably will anyway.

tmccord21 · March 2013

This board is always so vicious. Maybe her friends and family are into this kinda stuff. There are lots of people who are happy to go to gatherings, spend some time with friends/fam, and bring a gift. I don't understand why everyone is always so neg

jackson290721 · March 2013

tmccord21:
This board is always so vicious. Maybe her friends and family are into this kinda stuff. There are lots of people w

tmccord21 · March 2013

jackson290721:
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jackson290721 · March 2013

All of the other posts? I feel as though you are being far to generalized. For example, scroll down the page a little bit and look at the post I made a few days ago. No one had anything snarky or rude to say. Just awesome opinions and advice. Which is the

Cranang · March 2013

OMG...we're so mean.

And raffles are for fundraisers. Do not have a diaper raffle unless you're throwing a fundraiser.

ItsGreen · March 2013

tmccord21:
This board is always so vicious. Maybe her friends and family are into this kinda stuff. There are lots of people w

ItsGreen · March 2013

tmccord21:
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lisa5201 · March 2013

You posted here looking for opinions, that's what you are going to get, some you might not like, but some of the opinions on here will be exactly the same opinions your guests will have, so I wouldn't dismiss them outright. People here will be honest w