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12 Awesome Co-Ed Baby Shower Ideas

By Michele Laufik
Updated January 15, 2020
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Instead of having a traditional ladies-only baby shower, invite the daddy-to-be and his friends too. These co-ed baby shower ideas will bring your celebration to the next level.
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What is a Co-Ed Baby Shower?

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Both men and women attend a co-ed baby shower, meaning that mom and dad can enjoy the festivities together. Co-ed showers also include other important men in your lives, whether it’s fathers, grandfathers, siblings, friends, neighbors, or relatives.

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Send Out Invitations

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Co-ed baby shower invitations don't need to be challenging! Choose fonts, colors, and designs that appeal to both genders. Address both men and women on the envelope—and since baby showers are traditionally for ladies only, go a step further by clearly stating that your shower is co-ed. 

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Pass on Pastel Decor

Festive décor for co-ed baby showers.
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While soft pastels are traditional for baby showers, the dad-on-deck will appreciate less muted hues. Seri Kertzner and her team at Little Miss Party Planner in New York like to work with either a neutral palette or a mix of bright colors like yellow and purple. At mama Megan Kopf Stackhouse's gender-neutral baby shower brunch, for example, the stylists decorated with giant white balloons anchored in cubes filled with white jellybeans.

  • RELATED: 9 Baby Shower Ideas for Boys

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Serve a Hearty Meal

Outdoor barbecue as theme and food for co-ed baby shower
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Instead of typical shower fare like dainty cucumber sandwiches, offer heartier eats that men and women alike will enjoy. Take a cue from State College, Pennsylvania-based creative services company Pie Collective, which threw a casual backyard barbecue for a soon-to-be mom and dad of three. The summertime shindig featured lots of grilled goodness and picnic-inspired decor, with just a few baby-related items.

  • RELATED: It's Burger Time: 10 Recipes to Up Your Grill Game

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Stock Up on Drinks

Festive cocktails and décor for co-ed baby showers.
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When planning a co-ed baby shower, make sure to offer a variety of beverages that appeal to teetotalers and drinkers alike. Though the mom-to-be may be sticking to festive mocktails, beer and bubbly should flow for the rest of the party crowd. Placing bottles in silver buckets with some on-theme decor makes it easy for guests to serve themselves.

  • RELATED: 10 Baby Shower Ideas for Girls

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Play Partner Games

Baby bottle chug is fun game for co-ed baby shower.
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Looking for fun co-ed baby shower games? Incorporate activities that involve both partners—and that both male and female attendees will want to play. Kertzner had guests at the co-ed shower she planned face off in "Baby Bottle Chug." To play, give each guest a baby bottle filled with milk, juice, water, soda, or beer, which they try to drink as quickly as possible. Whoever finishes first is declared the winner.

  • RELATED: Fun Baby Shower Games

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Give a Pop Quiz

Couples quiz is fun game for co-ed baby shower.
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Another gender-neutral activity option is a quiz. At the Stackhouse shower, guests played a game answering pregnancy-related questions that could apply to either of the soon-to-be parents, such as, "Who gained more weight during pregnancy?" If the answer was Megan, the couple held up a pink paddle; if it was father Britt they held up a blue one. Though Britt and Megan, who's vice president of public relations for NBC's "Today" show, had expert interviewers Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales running their game, amateurs can totally pull off this activity.

  • RELATED: 17 Adorable Baby Shower Favors

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Hand Out a Crossword Puzzle

Custom crossword puzzle is fun activity for co-ed baby showers.
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Games need to be fun for both sexes, agrees Ara Farnam-Levinson, owner and creative director of event design and styling firm Rock Paper Scissors Events. A crossword puzzle like the one guests filled out at Savannah Guthrie's baby shower, which Farnam-Levinson's team designed, is something guests can work on together. It can also inspire conversation and connection among attendees who may not know each other yet.

  • RELATED: 4 Free Printable Baby Shower Games

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Go Outside

Water balloon toss is fun partner game ideas for co-ed baby showers
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Remember that fun co-ed baby shower games don't have to be played indoors, either. For the baby BBQ that the Pie Collective planners organized, guests participated in a "Don't Break Mama's Water" contest, throwing and catching water balloons at increasing distances until the last pair of competitors emerged victorious—and dry. You can even pass out fun co-ed baby shower prizes to the winners!

  • RELATED: A Quick Etiquette Guide to Baby Celebrations

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Create a Photo Station

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These days it's not a party without a photo booth, some fun props, and major Instagram bait. Farnam-Levinson suggests creating a DIY backdrop with a pretty sheet or ordering a custom one (like the sheet at designer Rebecca Minkoff's shower, shown) from a print shop like Minted. Be sure to come up with a fun custom hashtag so the parents-to-be can check out all the snaps on social media after the shower.

  • RELATED: How to Plan a Baby Shower

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Give Gifts to Dad

Men bring special gifts for dad at co-ed baby shower
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Men are unlikely to be excited about baby registry items like breast pumps and swaddling blankets, so give the fellas in attendance the option to bring a gift especially for the dad. At the baby BBQ in Pennsylviania, the dad got to open fun toys and baby boy-related surprises in honor of welcoming his first son (the parents' other two children were girls) as mom opened the family-oriented gifts.

  • RELATED: 10 Best Walmart Baby Registry Items to Add to Your List

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Pass Out Co-Ed Baby Shower Favors

Bath soap made with beer as favor idea for men at co-ed baby shower
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Traditional baby shower favors like personalized tea bags, cute seed packets, or mini bubble-bath bottles are perfect for the lady guests, but the dudes in attendance deserve something customized more for their tastes. Spinster Sisters collaborates with local breweries to create blends for its beer soap, which uses beer (instead of water) during the soap-making process, with hops and barley mixed in for exfoliation. The all-natural soap from the Golden, Colorado-based company comes in an assortment of guy-approved scents including "Workshop" and "Pine Tar." The "Grit & Suds" four-soap sampler costs $38, while an individual bar is $9.

  • RELATED: The Modern Baby Shower: Things You Need to Know

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End on a Sweet Note

Chocolate cigars as favor ideas for co-ed baby showers
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Send guests home with something sweet that everyone enjoys—chocolate! Kertzner of Little Miss Party Planner suggests chocolate cigars, a nod to that old tradition of fathers passing out the real thing after their babies were born.

  • RELATED: 15 Adorable Baby Shower Party Supplies

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    1 of 13 What is a Co-Ed Baby Shower?
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    4 of 13 Serve a Hearty Meal
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    10 of 13 Create a Photo Station
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