right now hubs and i are team green, but if we change our mind, i'd love to do an understated but fun gender reveal party with close friends and family. i know some people think it's over the top, but i think it's so cute. i've spent the last half hour looking through a bunch of pictures on pinterest, and watching videos on youtube. it looks so exciting/fun.
did you have a gender reveal party? if so, share some details!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I think Mrs. Tic Tac Toe had one. A gender reveal party does look like tons of fun.
clementine / 994 posts
Not technically, but we revealed the gender at my grandfather's 77th birthday party since it'll be his first great-grandchild. My aunt made the cake, so we had the u/s tech write the gender on a card and seal it. We gave her the card and asked her to make his birthday cake red velvet for a girl or blue velvet for a boy, all with white frosting. During the cake cutting, my aunt had my grandpa read a card that explained what was going on, and after blowing out his candles, he got to cut the cake and reveal the gender to everyone.
pear / 1769 posts
We have no plans to do one, but I think they are fun! I don't know why I see so much negativity online for them.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
We didn't do one for LO, but we're thinking about doing one for #2.. probably won't though. I don't think we have the patience for it.
grapefruit / 4817 posts
We didn't do one specifically for it, but we have a big Christmas party every year with a bunch of friends and family and we did a reveal then. It worked out really well and people loved it. We did ribbons for everyone to guess and did a cake cutting. A local baker did the cake.
pomelo / 5073 posts
My cousin did. She had the cake done and then they cut it at Thanksgiving, since that was the time frame they were around. It wasn't a specific party for that purpose, but their Thanksgiving dinner was for Thanksgiving, but also so they could announce their gender.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
We didnt. I don't see anything wrong with them, but I got pregnant pretty soon after I got married so I had just had the engagement party, shower, and wedding and then a baby shower. I was all partied out.
pineapple / 12053 posts
i don't know that we will, but my neighbors had one with some questionnaires to fill out (for a game with winners later) and yellow cups. they had both moms cut into the cake with blue frosting!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I so wanted to do one with a cake that was colored pink or blue inside!!! But I got too impatient and just announced the gender. 
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
We wanted to, but my SIL's bridal shower ended up being hosted on the same afternoon. We cancelled our party, and told friends/family the gender of our baby over the phone.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We didn't! We just texted our friends and family right after we found out.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
I don't think we'd be able to actually get a group together for one. 
When we do find out, we are planning on driving down and surpring Hubs' parents with dinner and a card revealing the name (named after FIL if it's a boy).
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I've seen some samples and am totally in love with the idea. I'd love to do one, but I'm not creative so we'll see when the time comes for us.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
I'm not sure if I'd have the patience, plus I'd be afraid of my reaction in front of a bunch of people, haha. Although I have wasted a bunch of time watching gender cake reveal videos on youtube! I'd love to go to a gender reveal party!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We had one for our families, but we found out at the office beforehand. I knew I wouldn't be able to wait all day without knowing. We had a BBQ and our mom's cut a cake to see whether they would have a granddaugther or grandson! We had everyone write down their guesses beforehand on a cute sheet I created and have kept that for her baby book!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I'd love to attend one, but we aren't doing this. We did a lot of major life activities all back to back (bought a house, got married, and got pregnant all within a year), and I didn't want to have to invite people to yet another party.
pomelo / 5331 posts
I love the idea of one, especially with the cake, but I would totally dig into the cake first chance I got because I'm way too impatient. So if I did one, it would probably be just to reveal it to everybody else We're having people over on Labor Day and I thought that would be an adorable and clever time to do it, but unfortunately, I'll only be 18 weeks -- grr, 2 weeks too early! How perfect would that be. Labor Day. hehehe.
pomegranate / 3225 posts
I had one! It was so much fun. Everyone loved it. We had about 30 people and a friend helped me to host it.
In my mind, it's way less offensive than a normal boring baby shower. I'm not sure I would do it for the next one, but I'm so glad we did it for this baby (GIRL!)
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
@kml636: Just curious, why does a gender reveal party seem less offensive than a normal baby shower?
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
We had more of a come over for dessert and coffee gender reveal with just immediate family. Everyone work pink or blue depending on their guess and people even surprised us with gifts. It was really fun and we could definitely do it again. Getting to see everyone's reactions when they found out was priceless.
pomegranate / 3225 posts
@highwire: I've just been to some awful showers... I didn't want anyone to dread coming to mine!
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