Does the thought of choosing between blue or pink decor for your future baby shower bore you to tears? If so, we totally understand! Long gone are the days where pink and blue were the only color options.
There isn’t anything wrong with either color, of course, but those traditional color schemes are a bit dated and don’t cover the full range of options for modern showers.
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Your child could grow up to become a boy, girl, or other nonbinary identities that don’t wear pink or blue! Or, maybe you just like to think outside of the box and want to try something new.If you can relate to either problem, it sounds like a gender-neutral baby shower might be for you.
Why You Should Have A Gender-Neutral Shower
Gender-neutral baby showers serve different purposes for different families. Some parents don’t want to force traditional gender identity norms on their kids. That is, as a boy or a girl. Instead, they want their kids to develop into whichever gender identity fits them when they’re older.Unfortunately, a mom’s decisions about gender are often subject to mom shaming — just read our article containing mom shaming interviews we conducted with real-life moms.
A little Surprise…
Some parents may raise their child traditionally, but still want to be surprised when the baby is actually born. So, they go gender-neutral so as to not spoil the surprise!
Then, there are those parents that just don’t want to get a bunch of traditional baby gifts, so they opt for unisex colors.
Your reasons for going this route are your own, but whatever they are, get excited — gender-neutral is totally possible to pull off!
How To Have A Gender-Neutral Baby Shower
Good news! There’s barely any extra work involved in planning a gender-neutral baby shower than there is when having a traditional one.
It’s Easy
It really just comes down to specifying your theme to your guests so they can send the appropriate gifts and so you can modify your games a bit. And the best part is that gender-neutral showers work well with either physical or virtual events!
Before we explain more, decide what type of baby shower you want to throw. There are in-person gender-neutral baby shower options, or you might choose to host a virtual baby shower with a gender-neutral theme. WebBabyShower offers plenty of templates, as well as ready-made and beautiful gender-neutral themes.
If you can’t decide and like both ideas, why not opt for a hybrid baby shower? This combines the best elements of an in-person and a virtual event into something more inclusive and fun, with opportunities for all guests to participate.
Check out our detailed guide — you’ll find all the information you could want about hosting an in-person or virtual gender-neutral event.
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Plan a Theme
To begin, you’ll need to choose a theme for your party. This is one of the most fun parts of planning, and once you decide on a design direction, picking a theme is simple.
Below, we’ve included some of our favorite options for gender-neutral baby showers.
Theme Ideas for a Gender Neutral Baby Shower
Night Sky Theme
Create an adorable theme featuring the night sky. Hang up a paper moon, and use neutral colors like white, mint green, and gold. Add moons and stars to decorations and food, creating a peaceful and fun atmosphere.
Donut Theme
A colorful theme that immediately lets you know what to serve for dessert! You can use balloons with donuts on them as centerpieces and bring in a pretty color palette of pastel blues, pinks, and greens.
Orange and Citrus Theme
This “cutie” theme is perfect for gender-neutral events. Use pastels and bright orange in contrast to whites, greys, and any other neutral colors you may like. Then, get creative by adding greenery, oranges for centerpieces, and making fun invitations!
Rustic Look
Browns, earthy greens, and bright whites mark this celebration. Or, for the ultimate rustic atmosphere, consider hosting your event outdoors. Be sure to include wood accents and plenty of flowers to brighten the theme!
Garden Party
This theme adds flowers, greenery, and succulents to the event. Instead of focusing on gender, add details like bouquets, vines and foliage, and hand-painted signs that show off your creativity. It’s the perfect thing for spring and summer baby showers.
Bumblebee Baby Shower
Bright yellows, black, and white — what’s not to love about this original and colorful gender-neutral theme? Add bumblebee decor and desserts, and don’t forget plenty of sunflowers. Or, add some daisies for a fresh outdoor look!
Adventurous Theme
Do you have a future traveler or adventurer to welcome into the world? Try an adventurous baby shower using details like passports, airplanes, boats, hot air balloons, jungle details, a fun sign, and happy colors that work well together!
Peter Rabbit Party
This classic story can make a beautiful theme for your party. Add fun children’s books and a lot of outdoor greenery to make it feel like a garden, even while indoors. This is also the perfect moment for a rustic tiered cake, and pastel colors like peach and white.
Bohemian Look
Perfect for those that appreciate bright colors and fun designs without too much formality. Greenery like vines and garlands, rustic wood details, and any colors you like will work well! For an extra eye-catching design, try out bright pink or yellow flowers to help decorate.
Winnie the Pooh
This classic theme is truly a no-brainer for any baby shower — especially a gender-neutral one. Feature beloved characters as decorations, and include bright colors. You could even go for a woodland look!
Choose a Neutral Color Palette
Blue and pink are conventional options that can be cute, but there are a lot of adorable neutral color palettes out there. Opt for black and white, green, yellow, or any other combination that isn’t specifically related to gender.
Food Ideas
Refer to your theme for guidance about what type of food to serve. As an example, you could have a cake made that resembles an open book for a storybook theme. Or try cookie cutouts of moon and stars for a night sky theme. The options are endless — use your imagination!
The Invitations
Now that you’ve gotten the basic details out of the way, let’s talk about invitations. We mean, there’s no point in having a baby shower if no one knows about it. So, invites are a must-have!
With invites, you can choose to create your own electronic invitations or maybe, if you want your guests to have physical keepsakes, you could send them in the mail. But if you choose to utilize electronic invites, WebBabyShower, of course, has that covered as well! You can learn all about how to send invitations here, which are included in WebBabyShower’s packages.
Modern Baby Shower Games
Some conventional baby shower games might leave you yawning. Instead, choose from modern baby shower games that don’t suck. Playing gender-neutral games can help everyone join in and be part of the fun!
Gender Neutral Baby Shower (Virtual)
By now, you should know that virtual baby showers are a sitch to pull off! And oh, so fun! Especially if you take advantage of WebBabyShower’s services, which are incredibly affordable and which make planning super easy.
Whether or not you know the baby’s gender — or have plans to abide by traditional gender norms at all — WebBabyShower has fun, adorable themes available on our gallery page.
There’s something there for everyone!
Plan a Covid-Proof Shower
As Covid-19 continues to thwart plans of parties and get-togethers of all kinds, rest assured that a virtual baby shower is completely Covid-proof!
There’s absolutely zero risk when you host your party over the internet – especially with WebBabyShower!
Zero Risk, Zero Frustration
Why? Because WebBabyShower makes the process foolproof, fun, and entirely up to you!
From themes to invitations to games, we have everything you need to throw the perfect shower that will be remembered for years and years to come!
Now The Fun Begins
The best parties are well-thought-out and planned down to a T. But while the outcome is always worth it, the effort can leave you burnt out – something that’s not a problem with WebBabyShower.The pre-made templates and tools require such little effort, planning your gender-neutral baby shower can be super fun!
What Guests Should Buy for a Gender-Neutral Shower
Okay, so here’s the tricky part. You might have pulled everything off on your end, but will your guests be able to adhere to your gender-neutral theme?
The answer is yes, of course – but only if you express to them that you don’t want gendered items.
It can be hard to resist the adorable themed items in baby stores, for boys and girls, and some guests might not mean any harm but will still buy what they want the baby to have. Rather than what you want your own child to have.
(There are also those guests who can’t let go of tradition and will defy on purpose.)
If you want to skip this headache, it might be best for you to sign up for a registry. This way, you can lay out exactly what you need and want for the baby, and each guest has the option to buy or not buy you an item or two from your list.
WebBabyShower has a gift registry page that includes all of your favorite stores, so your guests can be sent directly to your registry right from your shower page.
If you don’t want to go the registry route, you can help your guests by reminding them that there are many items that both boy and girl babies will need. Think bottles, diapers, wipes, and pacifiers.
And, even if multiple people buy the same items, you can never have too many baby supplies. So it’s a win-win!
Capture the Memories
The memories of your baby shower will last a lifetime, but there’s nothing like having physical evidence of the festivities! (Especially when you want to take a trip down memory lane once your little one is all grown up!). You could always keep a pregnancy journal too to keep all the memories in one place.
If you choose WebBabyShower you can take as many photos of your pregnancy journey and shower as you like and upload them to your photo album page, which you and your guests can access. You can also add pictures of your sonograms, and your growing baby bump, too!
Communicate Your Needs
For a virtual shower, it’s probably easier to take the photos yourself. But if you do have a traditional shower down the line, you should make sure the photographer is knowledgeable about gender neutrality. That’ll cut down on confusion and creative differences once the big day comes.
What About Decorations?
For virtual showers, some people skip over putting up too many decorations, which don’t always translate well over a video call or photos. But that doesn’t mean that you have to! If it’s in your heart to decorate, then you definitely should!
After all, this baby shower is a celebration and a little pizazz never hurt anyone!
If you do decide to decorate, don’t worry about going too crazy. Your guests won’t really experience the full effects of the decor, which can be costly.
Get a little thrifty and see if your friends have any old decor you can reuse. Things like banners and signs hold up well over the years, which work best as you can display them behind where you’ll be sitting during your virtual event.
For things like streamers and other paper decors, the dollar store is a great place to look as well.
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Can You Have a Cake at a Gender-Neutral Baby Shower?
Ahh, the cake. The sweet, colorful, delicious cake. Does it have a place in a virtual baby shower? Yes, if the host sees fit! You see, cakes don’t just serve as yummy dessert for the guests (though how great is that?), they also serve as gender reveals!
But since the guests won’t actually be in attendance, and we’re talking about a gender-neutral shower, what does that mean? Nothing at all! The mom-to-be and those in her household can still cut a cake just for the sake of tradition.
Let Them Eat Cake
And, if there’s time or desire, the parents can also cut and deliver slices of cake to guests who live nearby.
Don’t Forget to Have Fun!
Fun – that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Having one last hoo-rah in your baby’s honor, before your life is consumed by diapers and baby bottles. (Oh, and getting gifts to offset the cost of raising said baby.)
Because let’s be real: the baby shower is all about the parents!
Whatever kind of shower you decide to have, don’t allow the stress of planning it to counteract the joy you should get from it. Virtual, traditional, adoption, or gender-neutral, your baby shower should fill your heart with joy and laughter.
Make things a little easier by utilizing WebBabyShower’s services. From the themes to the invitations, to the photo album, it has everything any new parents need to throw an amazing gender-neutral shower for themselves, their friends, and their new little baby!
