A Food Festival Baby Shower Party

The Theme

Consider making the party a potluck and ask guests to bring their most reliable family recipe.

• Keep track of who is bringing what so you can be sure to have the proper number of main, side, and dessert dishes.
• Decorate with fresh flowers, herbed bouquets, colorful tableware and other country kitchen finery.
• Rent some Julia Child videos and have them running as "background music."
• Create a basket of local take-out and delivery menus for the mom-to-be.
• Give out aprons and chef hats to wear.
• Consider choosing a specific food theme such as Asian foods, vegetarian, or finger foods.

• Plan a perfect shower that fits mom-to-be's personality with our Baby Shower Planner.

Game: Baby-Food Taste Test

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Playing time: 20-30 minutes

Players: All present

What you'll need

• 15 jars of baby food (no blends) with labels removed. (Write the content information on a piece of masking tape and place it on the bottom of each jar.)
• plastic spoons
• a blindfold

Before the party

• Purchase baby food and prepare the jars. Try to pick a variety of baby food flavors, such as peaches, bananas, green beans, and squash. Stick with stage one or two foods.

At the party

• Each player dons a blindfold and is fed teaspoons of the baby food. The player who guesses the most flavors correctly wins.

• Plan a perfect shower that fits mom-to-be's personality with our Baby Shower Planner.

Game: Empty the Bottle

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Playing time: 15 minutes

Players: All present

What you'll need

• 4-oz. baby bottles, one for each player
• enough apple juice for all the bottles

Before the party

• Fill and chill the bottles.

At the party

• Distribute the bottles to all players.
• At "go" all players will attempt to be the first to finish their bottles.

Game: Lunch Bag Mystery

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Playing time: 15 minutes

Players: All present

What you'll need

• 10 medium-sized baby items, such as a rattle, a pacifier, a brush
• 10 brown paper lunch bags
• paper and pencil for all players

Before the party

• Place each item in its own bag and staple it shut.
• Number each bag.

At the party

• Pass around the bags.
• Each player can have a turn feeling the item through the bag.
• Have guests record their answers on paper.
• The player with the most correct answers wins.

Gifts for Guests

Suggested prize

• small kitchen items

Party favor ideas

• pot holders
• kitchen magnets

Gifts for the guest of honor

• cookbooks
• baby food mill
• feeding set
• bibs

• Plan a perfect shower that fits mom-to-be's personality with our Baby Shower Planner.

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• By Ellen Neuborne