A VIRTUAL baby shower is a fantastic option these days, to bring all your loved ones together digitally and celebrate this exciting milestone in the expectant mother’s life. We know that many pregnant women find this emotionally challenging and stressful and a virtual baby shower can help the mother feel loved and supported during this difficult time.
To avoid it feeling like a normal catch up call with friends, it’s important to make the virtual celebration feel as unique as possible to make mom feel special. Check out our top tips below on how to host a virtual baby shower.
Guest List and Invitations
Create a guest list for the virtual baby shower and choose a time and date that works for everyone. A Saturday is a good option for a celebration, because none of the guests will be busy with work and will have plenty of time to enjoy the virtual party.
There are many different platforms to choose from for video calling and each of them has a different limit on the number of participants.
- House party: maximum 8 guests
- Whatsapp: 16 guests maximum
- Facetime: 32 guests maximum (IOS only)
- Skype: 50 guests maximum
- Zoom: 100 visitors maximum on the free plan for 40 minutes
An e-invitation is a great way to invite your guests to this virtual party and to acknowledge this special event. There are many great options available to help you create personalized baby shower invitations, just be sure to include all the basic information on how to access the invitation and any items they may need such as paper and pens for games etc.
- Paperless Post has some great templates that can be emailed to all visitors for a small fee.
- CanvaThe free editing platform by is a great choice to create personalized e-invitations with mom photos that can be sent via text, whatsapp or email.
- Etsy has some great e-invitations for a virtual baby shower that can be instantly downloaded and customized.
- Finally, a Facebook event can be a great way to invite a large number of guests and let them know all the key information.
Baby Shower Decorations
As seen on ITV This Morning, our Baby Shower in a Box is a perfect gift package to send mum to be ahead of the virtual baby shower to make her feel as special as possible. The mum to be will love the decorations and it will help the virtual event to be unique and as close to the real event as possible, so she doesn’t feel like she’s missing out.
Baby Shower games are one of the highlights of the celebration. Our fun games with Baby Prediction Cards are a great way to entertain your virtual party guests, everyone will love to predict all the special features of the long-awaited bundle of joy. Keep them safe until the big day, so you can see how close the predictions are to the reality of the wonderful new arrival.
Virtual Baby Showers just got easier… our Baby Shower in a Box is the perfect isolation baby shower kit for a lockdown baby shower celebration.
Baby Shower Gifts
With many expectant women feeling apprehensive and anxious during labor and delivery in the hospital, the Delicious Mummy Hospital Box is a great gift to send the mummy-to-be, to show her you’re thinking of her. It’s full of important essentials that she will bring to the hospital to make the experience special.
If possible, send some of the key gifts to mom ahead of the event so she has something to open at the virtual celebration. Check out our baby shower gift guide for all budgets, for more inspiration.
Special Presses
Adding special touches to a virtual baby shower is a great way to make it feel as close to the real thing as possible and make the mom feel special. Our top 5 tips cover some quick and easy ways to personalize a baby shower, guaranteed to please the guest of honor.
- Throw a surprise virtual baby shower. Enlist the help of the mother’s partner and family to hang decorations before the call and prepare her favorite food to make the event special. Assurance, our Baby Shower in a Box can be sent in plain packaging (upon request) so the surprise is not spoiled. If you decide to invite guests through a Facebook group, just remember to make it private so the secret doesn’t get out.
- Everyone loves baby photos and what better way to add a special touch to the celebration, than by including them in your virtual baby shower. Collate digital baby photos of all the guests and play ‘Guess the Baby Photo’ on the call, for a fun game everyone can enjoy. Just make sure to choose a platform that allows you to share your screen, so all visitors can see the photos.
- Send the mother to desert personalized cookies or chocolates for an extra personal touch. If you love baking, you can always prepare some sweet treats and decorate them with icing to make the mother-to-be happy.
- Instead of a traditional guest book, ask guests to send a special message (advice, words of encouragement, personal memories) for mom. Messages can be written on colorful paper scrolls and placed in a decorated mason or jam jar to create a thoughtful gift that the mother-to-be will treasure forever during this troubling time.
- Beautiful flowers are a major centerpiece at most baby showers. Send the guest of honor a beautiful bouquet of her favorite flowers to bring a pop of color into her home and brighten her day. For extra brownie points, recreate a bouquet similar to the one she had at her wedding.
Music
Play our FREE baby shower playlist at your virtual celebration to help everyone get into the party mood. With over 50 memorable songs with ‘baby’ in the title, it can also double as a fun game where guests can guess the song and artist. With songs from Britney to Beyonce to Bieber, it will provide hours of entertainment.
Please tag us on instagram with #BonjourBabyShowers as we would love to see your virtual baby showers.
