Steph Peters It’s almost time to announce the sex of our 2nd baby! We find out on Monday and are still debating how to break the fun news to our family and friends. For our first child, Bryce, we announced using the frosting inside the cake at the Baby Shower. So what should we do this time?
Idea #1: My husband thought of making marshmallows, coloring them the color related to the sex, and then covering them with chocolate. But do we want to do the food thing again?
Idea #2: I’m seeing more people use balloons to announce the news. Using a black balloon with colored confetti representing the sex inside, pop the balloon, and see which color flies out. This may be fun for us to do with each group of family members over Skype too. But then again, our Skype is usually fuzzy and noone would be able to really see the color until we take a piece and hold it close to the webcam.
Idea #3: Creating a puzzle. Our friends experienced getting a puzzle to do to find out the sex of their friend’s baby. They said it was so cute and the puzzle had a sweet poem on it about a girl as opposed to just saying “It’s A Girl” so that added another fun element.
Idea #4: Sending a picture of Bryce holding up a sign or something related to having a Brother or a Sister. Mailing the picture to all our family and friends and wait for the fun phone calls of excitement to come in several days later.
Idea #5: Just jump on Skype and tell everyone the news right away.
What ideas have you seen or done that turned out to be fun and memorable? Share your ideas by clicking on “leave a comment” above!
I always enjoy seeing the sibling holding a sign, or similar. But really, I say just post a photo of the ultra sound image showing the “parts” and let people try to decipher, “Is that testicles or swollen labia?” Haha. After all, it IS the only time that it’s appropriate and acceptable to post pictures of vaginas/penises on your facebook wall.
Seriously, though. I’d skip the food thing and the balloon thing and either go with the Bryce card or the puzzle (People really like getting stuff in the mail). Or, if you go on Etsy, there are several people who sell gender reveal scratch cards which are kind of fun.
Either way. Congratulations!
HAha that would be a fun game to guess what “parts” – thanks for your comment! – Steph