The Big Reveal! 19 Gender reveal ideas to wow family and friends

Every parent wants to celebrate a new baby in a big way and the announcement is just the beginning. Moments after announcing a pregnancy, the next question is often, “Are you having a boy or a girl?”

Here are 19 unique ideas to reveal your baby’s gender to loved ones.

Tell Baby’s Siblings First

1. Fill a black balloon with colored confetti and have the kids pop the balloon to reveal contents.

2. Fill a piñata with appropriately colored candy. Depending on the age of the kids, use a traditional stick to break it or buy a pull-string design to open the bottom.

3. Do a simple science experiment with pH. Buy a universal indicator to change water color from clear to blue or pink by adding either ammonia or vinegar.

4. Make white playdough and add a few drops of food coloring inside. When the kids start to play with it, the gender will be revealed.

Action-Packed

1. Many Etsy retailers offer pink or blue powder-filled balls. Have the dad-to-be hit, throw or kick the ball, which opens on impact.

2. Consider cannon poppers, which blast out colored confetti — and create great photo opps!

3. Dress mom and dad in white clothes and have them shoot each other with water guns filled with water and food coloring.

Foodie Reveals

1. Look for confetti-filled push pops online and give them to everyone for dessert.

2. Did you know that blue chai tea changes to pink when you add lemon juice? It’s a great idea for the family that is finally having a girl after several boys.

3. Purchase gender reveal cups that change colors when liquid is poured inside. Have dad fill mom’s cup while everyone watches.

4. Bake a cake and insert cake pulls under it—baby-themed charms attached to different color ribbons pulled by a select few people. Place one charm to reveal baby’s gender.

A More Formal Affair

1. Fill mom and dad’s champagne glasses and drop in a color fizzer (available online) to reveal baby’s gender.

2. Rent a bubble machine and add food coloring to the bubbles for a magical display of color.

3. For a slow and subtle reveal, pour food coloring in the water of several opaque vases filled with white mums. Place them on the table(s) right before food is served. During the meal, the flowers will change colors.

4. Another slow and subtle reveal: Light a gender reveal candle, which is white on the outside. As it melts, it reveals pink or blue wax inside.

Across the Miles

1. Use FaceTime or Skype to show parents-to-be chewing pink and blue bubble gum. As they both blow a bubble, pop the wrong color.

2. Send a package with two latex balloons – pink and blue (or whatever two colors you choose to represent boy & girl!). Put a small hole in the balloon that is the wrong color so it can’t be blown up. Ask grandparents to try and blow up the balloons.

3. Send a baby onesie in chosen color with an iron-on image reading “See you soon” or “Better luck next time.”

4. Order a pizza to be delivered to grandparents while you are on the phone. Have the pizza reveal the word “girl” or “boy” in pepperoni.

Pam Molnar is a writer and mom of three. She loves to plan parties as much as guests enjoying attending. Follow her at Pam’s Party Printables for more party ideas.

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