Anyone actually doing or did a gender reveal party???

slabancz · July 2015

Hello everyone! Was curious to see if any of us are throwing a gender reveal party for our December baby or do something real cute to reveal the sex? With this being my first I'm having a small gathering with close family to reveal the sex of our baby. We are doing the normal cake cutting. If you have pictures of your cake or what you did I would love to see!

lmgagliardi@hotmail.com · July 2015

We just had our gender reveal party this past weekend- it was such awesome anticipation and my family was so into it! Here are some pics

nbobbette · July 2015

We had a gender reveal party to tell all our friends and family.

ACarter0914 · July 2015

We're doing a really awesome gender reveal! My husband is an avid hunter so he will be shooting at balloons until one of them pops with either blue or pink powder. It will be a surprise for both of us until then.

spottedginger · July 2015

I'm a dirty lurker on this board, but I feel an obligation to point to the numerous gender vs sex discussions that have been had over the past few months. Gender and sex are not interchangeable terms and board regs have made several enlightening posts regarding these terms. Good luck with your sex reveal parties!

jenngoldie84 · July 2015

Hey! Here are a few cakes I've made for friends gender reveal parties. We are personally doing the balloons in a box photo shoot for our twins next week, eeekkkk!!!

slabancz · July 2015

@spottedginger I know that has been a topic in the past but ppl know the parties by gender reveal but if you look in my actual body of the post I do say finding out the sex. Honestly ppl call things different things all the time and I don't see why either way should really be offensive but that's just me.

spottedginger · July 2015

@sammykkkla I understand that you aren't trying to offend anyone. This topic has been discussed many times and explained more eloquently than I could explain it. I just wanted to chime in because many people are unaware that the terms are not interchangeable and that which word you use matters to many people.

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

spottedginger said:
@sammykkkla I understand that you aren't trying to offend anyone. This topic has been discussed many times and explained more eloquently than I could explain it. I just wanted to chime in because many people are unaware that the terms are not interchangeable and that which word you use matters to many people.

Yes yes yes to this.

lmgagliardi@hotmail.com · July 2015

Yea the words are closely enough related that it doesn't matter. And I am not sending out invites to my family members inviting them to a "sex reveal" it just doesn't sound right- gender it is!

slabancz · July 2015

@spottedginger and if you understand that I'm not trying to offend by using both in my post I don't see the necessity in bringing it up besides trying to stir people up. Anyways I will accept that as on apology and would love to get back to what this thread was originally suppose to about.

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

lmgagliardi@hotmail.com said:
Yea the words are closely enough related that it doesn't matter. And I am not sending out invites to my family members inviting them to a "sex reveal" it just doesn't sound right- gender it is!

They are actually very different. I'm glad this BMB educated me on the difference because I'd never want to offend anyone by wrongly saying "gender" instead of "sex." Call your party whatever you want, but your child won't reveal his or her "gender" for a few years.

jenngoldie84 · July 2015

magburt said:

lmgagliardi@hotmail.com said:
Yea the words are closely enough related that it doesn't matter. And I am not sending out invites to my family members inviting them to a "sex reveal" it just doesn't sound right- gender it is!
They are actually very different. I'm glad this BMB educated me on the difference because I'd never want to offend anyone by wrongly saying "gender" instead of "sex." Call your party whatever you want, but your child won't reveal his or her "gender" for a few years.

This. Absolutely true. However, until our children are old enough to express their genders to us, their genders are determined by there sex's as infants thus why we decorate their nurseries in pink/blue and dress them in boy/girl clothes, rather than dressing them in neutrals until their genders are expressed to us by them.

I get this is a heated topic, and each to there own for sure, perhaps we can all just agreed to disagree on what to call it and help the OP with reveal ideas and cakes like she originally has asked?

OP. Have you tried googling or looking up on Pinterest gender reveal cakes? I get a lot of inspiration from there when I need to come up with new designs, but make sure you book a cake designer asap as it is wedding season and many could be booked already.

mpsampson · July 2015

So back to the original topic....I find out in two weeks and want to do something cute with my husband and our moms. I am always looking for new ideas

this is our first too!

Sorry your original discussion was bombarded with soup boxers. Good luck mom to be:)

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

sorry for "soup boxing." It's something I feel passionate about.

Back to your topic: I'm going to do a small sex reveal next Monday with just family. I'm torn between a balloon pop and cupcakes. I don't want to spend much and I've been on Pinterest. You can easily make your own cupcakes by either using red velvet or blue velvet cake mix or cutting a small hole, fill with pink or blue icing, and ice the top a white color. There's a balloon boutique in town that does adorable sex reveal balloons, but they are closed on Mondays and Monday will be the day we have anatomy scan and reveal.

slabancz · July 2015

I don't have my cake yet but it's ordered. My party is on the 25th. Anyways I'm combining two cakes. I'm doing the bow on the polka dot cake and the style of the chevron cake. We aren't doing elephants though because our wedding anniversary is right around the corner so we are doing peacocks since our wedding was peacock themed!! And the cake had cookie dough filling so I'm excited!!

Jenichael1217 · July 2015

0.3% of the U.S. Population is transgender... Meaning that 99.7% of the time, we are finding out our child's gender when we discover whether it has an X or Y chromosome. In the mathematical world, 99.7 is three standard deviations and describes the data "with near certainty".

Yes, there have been numerous topics on this board where others have strongly voiced their opinion on which term they believe is best to use. Other people will continue to use gender for reasons that are political, religious, or simply because they would prefer to describe it as gender, especially when they know that what they are describing is the same thing "with near certainty".

My point is: the debate has been discussed numerous times and no one is changing their minds at this point. We really don't need the politically correct police swooping in over and over again. The original poster was just wanting to see and hear cute ideas for gender reveals. That's all this thread should be about.

spottedginger · July 2015

@sammykkkla Cookie dough filling sounds amazing.

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

@Jenichael1217 with all due respect, those who message back in paragraph form about how wrong it is to change OP's topic are also deviating from OP's topic. Although I disagree with the terminology I also tried to offer my ideas toward the initial topic.

Jenichael1217 · July 2015

We are planning on picking out a boy and girl outfit and having the people at the checkout counter wrap the correct outfit!

slabancz · July 2015

@spottedginger I've never had it before but I'm so excited. Apparently they blend their cookie dough truffles into the filling so I'm going to be craving it!

@magburt I never heard of a company actually do the balloon reveal so that's pretty cool! I always thought those were a DIY.

jenngoldie84 · July 2015

magburt said:

sorry for "soup boxing." It's something I feel passionate about.

Back to your topic: I'm going to do a small sex reveal next Monday with just family. I'm torn between a balloon pop and cupcakes. I don't want to spend much and I've been on Pinterest. You can easily make your own cupcakes by either using red velvet or blue velvet cake mix or cutting a small hole, fill with pink or blue icing, and ice the top a white color. There's a balloon boutique in town that does adorable sex reveal balloons, but they are closed on Mondays and Monday will be the day we have anatomy scan and reveal.

I love the balloon pop idea! Could you maybe pick up the balloons on Sunday? Cupcakes are
great to, I'm a cake designer so I see so many cakes/cupcakes go out for reveal parties, I find pink or blue filling works best, keeps a bit of surprise for your guests until they bite in! Are you finding out the sex at the anatomy scan or are you having it written down and finding out with your guests?

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

sammykkkla said:
@spottedginger I've never had it before but I'm so excited. Apparently they blend their cookie dough truffles into the filling so I'm going to be craving it!

@magburt I never heard of a company actually do the balloon reveal so that's pretty cool! I always thought those were a DIY.

You can order them off Etsy too ( but those are kinda DIY). The boutique does all kinds of beautiful balloon bouquets of sorts. It's a locally run shop. I'm tempted to order a boy and a girl option on Saturday and then just pop the correct one on Monday! If I do then I will post a pic then.

MrsBwIVF · July 2015

We're having a family member set up balloons in boxes I'll make beforehand. We are having a photographer meet us at the park we did our engagement photos at to capture our reactions as we open each box for both babies. Then we are doing a mini shoot afterwards, hopefully with our dogs involved.
We'll also have 2 pairs of blue and 2 pairs of pink or purple booties ready to use for the shoot.
We'll then send out a reaction shot from the balloons to family and then make a more formal social media announcement with the other photos.

jenngoldie84 · July 2015

sammykkkla said:
I don't have my cake yet but it's ordered. My party is on the 25th. Anyways I'm combining two cakes. I'm doing the bow on the polka dot cake and the style of the chevron cake. We aren't doing elephants though because our wedding anniversary is right around the corner so we are doing peacocks since our wedding was peacock themed!! And the cake had cookie dough filling so I'm excited!!

I love your cake designs! It will look amazing and taste amazing too from the sounds of it!! Hope your party is amazing!!!

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

@jenngoldie84 if I pick up Saturday, I'd have to order a boy and a girl version since we won't know the sex till Monday, but I might do that cause they are so cute!

DH wants to find out at the scan, secretly I do too.

I just don't want to have to look away from the sonogram at all. I want to stare at that wiggling baby the whole time! I haven't seen him/her since I was only 6 weeks pregnant. It would be fun to find out with everyone else, but I'm a little impatient.

slabancz · July 2015

@magburt I would love to be impatient but if I look at the envelope I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret. We have our scan the 18th and having to wait to know until the 25th is going to be so hard.

adecembermom2015 · July 2015

sammykkkla said:
@magburt I would love to be impatient but if I look at the envelope I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret. We have our scan the 18th and having to wait to know until the 25th is going to be so hard.

I'm afraid my big mouth husband will spill the beans. Kudos to you! I'd be peeking if I had to wait that long!

momotheflyinglemur · July 2015

ITT:

Everyone else: We just want to talk about balloons and cakes!!!!!

momotheflyinglemur · July 2015

We are going to do a dinner with close family after the 20 week scan. We are going to buy two Hershey's Bars and color in "he" or "she" on the bar depending on whether it will be a boy or a girl. Or maybe we will put colored balloons in a box so that when grammas open the box the balloons float out. All we know is that it's going to be relatively small and just direct family.

spottedginger · July 2015

@sammykkkla I want some of that cake so badly now. I demand pictures and an in depth description of flavor profile (a la chopped or top chef).

beccabeeee · July 2015

My husband and I talked about doing a gender reveal as well, since this is our first baby, and everyone is very excited and impatient about knowing the sex lol. For my husbands side of the family we will probably wait till a Sunday after we find out to have a bbq with them (they usually have a bbq with the family every Sunday). Not too sure how we will reveal the gender with them. We're not going full out gender reveal, just like a simple bbq and then the reveal, but we will probably keep it a secret until half way through the bbq to tell them we know the sex and then do the reveal.

I would love some advice if any of you ladies have any for me =]
Most of my family is out of state. My mom lives in Kentucky and she's really excited to know, how could I make a gender reveal cute for just her? My dad lives 20 min from me so I'll prob do a gender reveal at his house with just a few family members and a bbq lol I guess I'm really into bbq's =P then the rest of the world will find out through fb with gender reveal photos

weasleyB5 · July 2015

Yes- we are having ours next Friday!! Can't wait but soooo nervous to find out! Ours is a Ties or Tutus theme. I will post pics after. ☺️

slabancz · July 2015

@beccabeeee you could probably have a flower delivery go to your mom. With either pink or blue flowers

slabancz · July 2015

@spottedginger I will definitely post pics and a detailed description of the flavor

beccabeeee · July 2015

Aww thank you so much @sammykkkla that's actually a perfect idea! And she loves flowers

I'm totally going to be doing that! For my dad I'm thinking of doing something simple like buying either little girl shoes or little boy shoes and then writing something cute on a small chalkboard so he can keep it

0leahmarie · July 2015

I did the cake for a small family bbq on Father's Day.

Elizabella85 · July 2015

Gender Reveals are so fun! DH and I will find out the sex together at the anatomy scan. Then we're going to hold a family-only dinner at my MIL's house and reveal our little one over dessert.

Our theme is Guns vs Glitter. I'm a girly-girl who loves all things that sparkle, while DH is an avid hunter/gun collector, so we're trying to meld our tastes in a way that works. We're not really going to decorate, just keep it low-key. However I do have a chalkboard sign from our wedding two years ago, that I'll write the theme on. Then we'll probably have the family vote for what they think we're having. So I'm going to make 2 dozen cupcakes - one dozen "girl" made of chocolate with pink frosting and a chocolate tiara on top, wrapped in a pink glitter cupcake holder, and one dozen "boy" made of vanilla with blue frosting and chocolate gun on top, wrapped in a blue camo cupcake holder. The filling inside the cupcakes will tell the family if we're having a boy or girl. I'm going to make a strawberry compote filling if it's a girl, we can't decide what to use for a boy. My MIL just says to use the blue buttercream to fill the insides, but I think that's a little boring. I like the idea of a peanut butter ganache, but I don't think that will taste very nice in a vanilla cupcake, nor would a blueberry compote taste fantastic in a chocolate cupcake. Looks like I still have some thinking to do if we have a boy!!! Pity some family members hate chocolate, it would make life so much easier!! LOL!

Afterwards we're going to pass around one of those personalized books called "what's my name?" to announce the baby name. DH really wants to announce the name (I cannot talk him out of it) but I really don't want to hear any comments from his family, and I think a personalized book will stop them from saying anything. We'll see!

Can't wait to see everyone's pictures and/or plans!!

Praying41 · July 2015

We are doing one this weekend. We find out on Thursday. I made a piñata. Will be filling it with blue or pink depending on results. So excited. But this is for immediate family only. Our families are huge so just between immediate families, spouses and kids that's 30+ people :-S

Praying41 · July 2015

Oops forgot to add picture of piñata.

Praying41 · July 2015

Ok this thing doesn't like me. Lol

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