Baby Shower Prizes/Favors

carleym93 · May 2015

I've searched Pinterest and haven't found anything I'm super crazy about. What, if anything, are you giving to your guests for prizes for winning a game? What about small favors for everyone who attends? I decided I'd rather pick all your brains and steal all of your ideas

Miz_Liz · May 2015

I personally like gift cards in a cute bag for prizes. We did $10 ones for a friend's shower (Dunkin Donuts). Realistically, what other "cheap" things do people use? As for favors, I say go edible....chocolate pops, cookies, etc. I have also seen a "candy bar" with different candies in cute glass containers and guests fill their own bags.

carleym93 · May 2015

@Miz_Liz Ooohhh that's super cute! I went to a shower with a candy bar and it was cute but nobody really ate out of it. I'd be perfectly fine with turning my mom's backyard into a Sweet Factory

hclzmm14 · May 2015

You could do OPI nail polish and wrap them individually. If you have a friend with a cosmo license she could take you to get them for like $4 each or less (depending on the supply house) and you could wrap them individually with a bow or something.

I personally love beauty products over things like candles and body lotions and super smelly stuff like that.

kjandericka · May 2015

Like @Miz_Liz said, a candy bar is a great idea. The hostesses for my bridal shower did one and it was a hit. They had a variety of different candies (chocolate, fruity, sweet, sour) and people were able to pick what they wanted to take home. I think a lot of people ended up taking bags home to their SO/kids, too.

carleym93 · May 2015

These are super good ideas! Thanks. I obviously am not hosting my own shower but my mom and aunt are hosting and they are adament about making sure I'm happy with everything from food choice to games. Its sweet, but ultimately they will decide what they want to do. They asked me if I had ideas on this as they were stumped and I realized I was too! I went to a shower two weeks ago and I won a tuppeware container. So this was an issue they both wanted to make sure was dealt with

I will be passing this info on to them!

ginger8484 · May 2015

For my co ed baby shower, for the boys. For games: Their playing poker and not throwing in money , but will throw in diapers :-) which is really cute. Not sure what the ladies will be doing, but mostly chatting it up lol..... On party favors , I'm buying smAll bags and will put cookies, plastic small babies and pacifiers , candy that says " it's a girl", and last but not least a maternity photo and on back of it that says how many months I was and thank you for joining this special occasion.

visualcircus · May 2015

One of my favorite favor to receive was cookie mix in a mason jar. I had fun making it a couple days after the shower and had a cute mason jar for flowers.

For my baby shower we had a rubber ducky theme. Every one got duck cookies.

sjra1028 · May 2015

If I can make it to my baby shower next weekend with my dr's okay, then I plan on giving everyone pictures from our 3d scan.

Seed0824 · May 2015

I think edible favors are the way to go. If sweets aren't your thing, you can do popcorn in bags or a popcorn bar with labels that say "ready to pop."

carleym93 · May 2015

@sjra1028 Awe, yes I read about the pre-e

Don't push it mama! I know hanging around all day resting sucks but its better for you and baby. The longer she can cook the better! Plus once you have her and have time to recover, you can always have you shower afterwards! My mom had two: one pre baby and one post baby with another side of the family that was out of state. People will happily come to your shower after the baby is born. Then you can gift them with pictures of your sweet baby girl once she arrives!

sjra1028 · May 2015

@carleyec93 thank you!!! My family talked about bringing the gifts to the hospital for me to see and then bringing them back to my house. Not as fun, but she's gotta stay put for a few more weeks! Lol

chavemann10 · May 2015

sjra1028 said:

@carleyec93 thank you!!! My family talked about bringing the gifts to the hospital for me to see and then bringing them back to my house. Not as fun, but she's gotta stay put for a few more weeks! Lol

Does your hospital have a conference room? My SIL ended up having Pre-E and had to be in the hospital and miss her shower. The AWESOME staff there let the family use the conference room for a few hours for the party. Not as big, and not as fun, but she definitely enjoyed it. They did allow her "normal" clothes but they had to come every hour to check her BP and such, and she was hooked to an IV and had to sit the entire time, but she said she was just happy to be able to have friends and family there to celebrate.

chavemann10 · May 2015

As for baby shower prizes/favors...

I am hosting a baby shower for my cousin and his wife and I plan on getting the small bottles and liquor and wrapping them in cellophane with bottle nipples on the top. I do not advise this for the conservative types, but their families are both wild and crazy and will love them! I will also have candy bar there for the favors with the mom and dad to be's favorite candy's.

sjra1028 · May 2015

@chavemann10 The staff at the hospital are incredible, so I'm sure they'd allow us to do something! That's a great idea though!

ashmiller001 · May 2015

We are doing gift cards for prizes and personalized m&ms with baby's name and welcome

kedbach · May 2015

My MIL did Bath bombs and a loofa packaged really cute! As favors we did custom lilly Pulitzer koozies and cookies, popcorn ("ready to pop") and other baby-related candies!

My mom is doing the "ready to pop" popcorn (covered in pink white chocolate candy melts) and some other type of candy. For favors she is doing giftcards or bath and body works lotions and/or candles! Nothing too crazy!

babywhaley17 · May 2015

We did chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles for the gender reveal and they were really popular. I also saw a pin where they did the mini barefoot wines in blue or pink - that was cute! My Sister is throwing me a nautical theme baby shower and I think she is doing something with chips ahoy bags

sorensensm24 · May 2015

For game prizes we are doing OPI nail polish, bath and body works foaming soap, and gift cards to target.

For a favor we are doing individual mini bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cake. Yum!

pabeybaby · May 2015

We did a candy bar at our wedding. There was nothing left afterwards! Had a variety of things, jelly beans, chocolates, caramels, etc.

For our gender reveal I did a small gift basket that I filled with popcorn, cotton candy, and brownies. I only did one small game. I decorated it with pink and blue ribbons. Afterwards I gave little goodie bags filled with candies and pink yoo hoos to the "winning team" (those who were on team pink/girl). I found pink cellophane bags at the dollar store.

We haven't figured out what we're doing for the shower yet, and we made the decision the other day to postpone it another month. Boo! Oh well.

castlec3 · May 2015

For favors we are doing cookie mix in mason jars. I will be following this thread for ideas about game gifts.

Saratiff · May 2015

I am not doing games because I think they are silly. I didn't have them at my wedding shower won't have them at my baby shower. It's going to be at the mom and pop shop where my husband and I met. Catered by them. With truffles for favors from a local chocolate shop. Similar to my wedding shower but they were a huge hit. I am always about good food, alcohol and good time for my guests and lucky for me my mother in law agrees.

jlaurentyler · May 2015

Coed shower so Mini champagne bottles and mini sparking cider for the non drinkers. All of the bottles have a message tied to them... Something along the lines of... Babies are almost here, when you get the good news pop your bottle and send them a cheer!

Dajart4 · May 2015

I brought small 2"x3" picture frames. They are pink and white pokeadot and match my theme. I will be putting a card in there that says thanks for coming. I will also wrap Hershey bars with gold foil and pink stationary.

melissaannsmith · May 2015

Since ours is a co-Ed shower we got gifts for both genders: bbq utensils, dry rub, coasters, margarita glass with mix, foot care gift set...and for the favor we are making our own dry rub and I was debating on a homemade candy as while.

cosplaymom · May 2015

Those egg-shaped lip balms make cute favors (EOS?). Costco has them in a multi-pack. Also has multipacks of nail polish and other things like that.

kboston90 · May 2015

For door prizes, we did Starbucks gift cards and scentsy burners. For shower favors, I did a little pink bag full of candy and cutesy things that said "it's a girl" on them such as pens, mints, Chapstick, etc.

kettlekitten · May 2015

For a friend's baby shower I made up little glass jars and put assorted candy and chocolates, tied a ribbon around the lid and stuck a cute sticker with a message on the front. I think that sort of thing is a good option if you want something that looks nice but you don't want to spend a lot.

joannerows · June 2015

My shower (and nursery) is themed flowers so we'll get some small potted flowers for prizes. We're having pink velvet cake pops as the favor. Joann fabrics has really cute packaging for individual cake pops!!

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