Baby showers are lively get-togethers usually composed from four main activities: socializing, eating, playing games and the best one of all, opening all those baby presents! Planning a memorable baby shower is an important part of creating a fun event for the new mother and other guests.

Continuing roughly 2 to three hours, it's always a good concept for the host to outline a schedule of baby shower activities beforehand so the speed of the party remains steady.

Planning the Baby Shower Schedule: The beginning of a baby shower is the time for socialization. The majority of the guests will wish to greet one another and talk with the mother-to-be to find out the details of her pregnancy.

Something to eat is always anticipated at a baby shower and it need not be elaborate. It's just got to be planned. Finger foods are simplest and guests can eat across the entire length of the shower, with a special time, usually towards the end, dedicated to eating the cake.

One of the activities usually included at the party are baby shower games. These are fun and there is no end to the game possibilities, either. Nearly any game can be refurbished to make it appropriate for a baby shower.

With a fun group, plan on playing several different baby shower games. Just be sure to decide on the games about 3 weeks before the shower so you know what games that may be played, as the host will have to make sure she has lots of game pieces and obligatory supplies. And she'll need to get a prize to award the game winners, too!

Figuring out the circumference of the expectant mother's belly is a traditional baby shower game that is played at many baby showers. An easy game involves filling a baby bottle with jelly beans or q-tips and having each guest make a guess how many the bottle holds.

When the project is finished, it will be given to the honored guest as a way to remind her of this big day.

Creating a recommendation book is straightforward. Get a notebook full of blank pages and pass it around to each attendee, who records a piece of parenting advice for the mother-to-be.

Saving the Best for Last: Opening the baby gifts is unquestionably the high point of any baby shower (at least from the expectant mother's standpoint).

Be certain one person is in control of recording a list of the baby gifts and the name of the guest who gave each. Save the bows, too so that when it's all over, the honored guest can be crowned with a crazy bow hat!

That is just about all you need for a baby shower: A plan, organization, food, and some friends and relatives of the expectant mother.