Share the Joy! Gender Reveal Party Baby Shower Ideas

Instead of tweeting from the doctor's office, savor the surprise with friends and family by announcing Baby's gender at a Big Reveal celebration! Imagine cutting into a cake with a colorful pink or blue surprise inside. Or filling up a giant box with balloons and seeing which color floats out. If you ask your ultrasound tech to put the gender into a secret envelope, you can give it to the bakery (don't peek!) so the cake is a surprise for everyone – including you!

Team pink or team blue? Fill giant glasses with adorable It's a Boy and It's a Girl buttons and set up cute signs to prompt guests to Choose a Team and Wear a Color. Is the grandma-to-be positive it's a girl from the shape of the baby bump? She can show off her vote by wearing an It's a Girl button and sipping pink lemonade from a pink flute! Let the battle of the sexes begin!

Make a sweet diaper cake that plays up the mystery – and makes a pretty decorative element for the entryway. The mom-to-be will ooh and aah over the pretty ribbons and adorable tiny pacifier and rattle charms, and guests can make a game of casting their "votes" with little It's a Boy and It's a Girl signs (they're actually cupcake picks!). After the stork comes, the parents will appreciate the much-needed supplies for their bundle of joy.

There's a bun in the oven, what will it be? By the end of the party, we shall see! Play up the theme by having everyone "vote" by choosing a pink or blue plate at the buffet. Taking sides makes for fun competitive conversation at the table – and everyone can savor the surprise reveal to come.

Every team needs cheer gear! Because it's a Gender Reveal party, you can make your baby shower games even more fun by having everyone take sides on Pink and Blue teams. Stir up the competitive spirit by providing extra wearables in "team colors" – you'll want to have plenty of pink and blue ribbons, tiaras, mustaches and leis to go around. Game on!

Sitting down to the pre-reveal meal, your guests will be beside themselves with curiosity. Savor the sweet uncertainty by displaying clever cake pops and cookie pops. Decorate the treats with question marks, leopard spots and zebra stripes to match the look of the party. Stand them up in a clear container filled with white Jordan almonds. Almost too cute to eat!

Will it be a bouncing little he or a pretty little she? Get ready for shrieks of joy when you cut into the cake and reveal Girl or Boy! Remember you can have the ultrasound tech put the gender info into a secret envelope and give it directly to the bakery – so everyone can find out together. Have cameras, champagne and confetti handy to celebrate the big moment – you can even stream it live online for faraway loved ones!

These cupcakes are not only delish, they hide the exciting answer inside! Make a batch of your fave cupcakes and pipe blue or pink cream inside. Bake them in pink and blue polka-dot baking cups and decorate in a neutral-color icing so no one can guess! Add cupcake toppers made of fondant and label each Boy? or Girl? with a food writer pen. It’ll be a sweet surprise for your friends and family – especially when they've been sweating it out the whole party!

Mom is about to pop – and so is everyone waiting to find out what the baby is! For another adorable reveal idea, decorate a giant box, label it with signs that say "He or she? Open to see!" and fill it with blue or pink helium balloons. When the parents-to-be open it, a flurry of revealing balloons will float out to the sound of cheers and a resounding "awww!"

There's a baby on board and Mom wants pickles and ice cream! A cute idea for your dessert table is to play off the old superstition that certain cravings mean boy or girl. For your "it's a boy" desserts have crunchy lollipops and sour lemon cupcakes. For "girl" desserts do chewy cookie pops and sweet cupcakes. Make a banner with the parents' choices for boy and girl names, or play up your cravings theme with a sign like "What's Ashley Craving?" Super fun!

Hide the news inside stylish leopard-spot and zebra-stripe cake pops that match your Safari baby shower theme. Tie teensy blue and pink ribbons around each pop stick for extra cuteness (have equal amounts of pink and blue to keep it a surprise!). Order your cake pops from a bakery or create a special delivery by making them yourself with the supplies below. You'll also need white, blue and pink candy melts, available at Party City stores.

Fill patterned favor bags with pink and blue baby shower candles, picture frames with question marks and other adorable reminders that everyone found out “boy or girl” together at a festive celebration! When Baby grows into a youngster, everyone can tell stories about the party and chuckle at the frame Grandma has in the opposite color!

Decorate your gifts station in equal parts pink and blue by creatively combining Safari banners, cutouts and hanging fluffies for a cute-as-a-button look. Include an autograph frame for everyone to sign – they can give parenting advice and suggest their favorite boy and girl names! Put a gender reveal graphic in the frame for the party, then when baby arrives display a first photo surrounded by the signatures of all your loved ones.

Deliver adorable invites that make it clear this is no ordinary baby shower! It’s fun to use an owl-themed design with a “guess who” message, or you can share your favorite boy or girl names on the invite. Experiment with our DIY design tool or drop by your Party City store and work with a customizing specialist. It’s going to be amazing finding out the thrilling news at a fabulous get-together!