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Diaper cakes
Positioned in the middle of the “sweet table”, the essential diaper cake, the “Diaper Cake” is the star of the Baby shower.
What is the baby shower?
A Baby shower is THE ultimate mother-to-be party. It makes pregnancy a point of honor by celebrating the transition from woman to mother. This festival usually takes place during the third trimester of pregnancy, a peaceful period conducive to serenity. Surrounded by friends and relatives, the mother-to-be has fun and relaxes around games, entertainment, cupcakes and other delicacies made in the USA. In a few hours, she is offered many gifts for herself, but also for baby.. If you do not yet know this prenatal party, know that this phenomenon, still young, has been essential in France for two years. For Pauline Porcher, manager of Pauline Evénementiel: “it’s an event that is becoming trendy with mothers, even if some are still superstitious and would prefer to celebrate the Sip and See (the post-natal Baby Shower)”. Claire Woelfing Esekielu, from Mybbshowershop.com, shares this opinion and confirms a clear evolution: “for a few months, we have been selling more and more baby showers via the internet. “
A tailor-made organization
The success of this convivial celebration is essentially based on the organization. For inventive and creative moms, prep kits are available for sale. Another simpler and more practical alternative, but also more expensive, is to call on event specialists. This solution is also the most frequently used. Pauline, from Pauline Evénementiel explains: “when I organize a baby shower, I offer a turnkey service and I do tailor-made. I have to take care of everything from the invitations to the decorations, the games, the entertainment, the gifts for the guests and of course the food. “
Essential: the choice of theme
The first step in organizing a baby shower is essential: choose the theme of the party. Seasonal or magical, gourmet or festive, the theme ranges from invitations to decoration, including activities, games and even the buffet. Once the theme is chosen, the invitations are sent with the place, date and time of the party. Then comes the decoration, another important step in the preparation. The atmosphere of a baby shower must be magical and unforgettable. The whole staging is meticulously studied. The “sweet table”, a gourmet table, highlights the various delicacies on offer. Cupcakes, cookies, whoopie pies and sweets of all kinds are inevitable during a baby shower but nothing prevents innovating with salty like cheese platters, skewers or verrines.
The diaper cake, star of the party
Positioned in the middle of the “sweet table”, the essential diaper cake, the “Diaper Cake” is the star of the party. Pink or blue depending on the sex of the baby, this cake is very often personalized and made to measure. This inedible mounted piece is made from real layers, twenty or more. This original cake is considered a real birth trousseau and includes layettes, blanket, bottle, small clothes, bath accessories, rattle etc. For Claire from Mybbshowershop.com: “The most ‘trendy’ diaper cakes are really the ones that mix the useful and the aesthetic. We especially sell those with everything you need for the bath, soft toys, socks, bodysuits and bibs. Since the beginning of the year, it is the cupcakes of diapers with bodysuits and slippers which are all the rage ”. All baby’s universe is gathered in one cake, which moms really like. This incredible gift isn’t just for the baby shower. It is increasingly offered at birth, on the occasion of a baptism or a first birthday.
Themed games
For the entertainment of the party, classic games are always very popular. With the “waist size” the guests have to guess the waist size of the mother-to-be. But beware of susceptibilities! The “taste test” allows you to taste different small jars blind in order to identify them. Recently, new original activities are all the rage. Pauline Martin, manager of Baby Pop’s Party talks about her new products: “in our baby showers we offer original activities such as a cotton candy or popcorn stand, a cupcake workshop, a nail bar, or a photobooth (photo booth) with accessories). Laughter guaranteed ”.
From the baby shower to the Gender Reveal Party
If this festive concept seduced you, you will not escape the other trend of the moment, the Gender Reveal Party. During this “feast of revelation”, parents discover, surrounded by relatives, the sex of their unborn baby. At the second pregnancy ultrasound, the future parents ask the practitioner not to reveal the sex of the baby. In order to preserve the mystery, the latter must write the result on a piece of paper that he will slip into an envelope. This envelope is then entrusted to a relative or directly to the pastry chef who will be responsible for making the “Revelation cake”, an essential element of the Gender Reveal Party. The sex of the baby is discovered when the cake is cut, the topping of which is neutral in color. The interior will be pink for a girl and or blue for a boy. According to Pauline, of Baby Pop’s Party “it is not yet known to the general public, nobody talks about it either in the written press or on television”. Now it’s done!