With Bettijo’s due date just weeks away it seems like a fun time to share this party. Bettijo and I threw a big Boy-or-Girl? Reveal Bash back in November when Bettijo had her ultrasound to find out what her baby was going to be. We’ve been keeping things under wraps for a while because the amazing Amy Atlas featured our party on her blog yesterday! (You can see her write up here). We are so excited about the feature and wanted to share a few more of the party details with you all.
These “gender reveal” parties are starting to become popular, but no one in our neck of the woods has really heard of them. Of course we love any excuse for a party, but also since early on in Bettijo’s pregnancy, her husband was badly injured (don’t worry — he’s all better now), his accident made it necessary for Bettijo to tell her family and friends that she was pregnant without any big, fun surprise. Since Bettijo felt a bit cheated having to reveal her pregnancy early, she decided we simply must throw a party to reveal the baby’s sex.
We went with a gender-neutral color scheme of yellow and gray. Bettijo designed the invitations to be simple and modern and used only gray and white. I love the circle punch in the upper-right corner — such a clean way to dress up the card and all you need is a corner rounder and 1-inch circle punch. Bettijo says the circle cutout was inspired by a growing mama’s baby belly.
If you want to make this invitation, we do offer printable templates customized with your party details in our Supermom Co-op.
We used pregnancy cravings as the theme for our dessert table featuring something sweet, sour, salty, crunchy and chewy. (If I’m being completely honest here, this pregnancy has definitely altered Bettijo’s taste buds! I think she’s been through each one of these cravings — and sometimes on the same day! What a trooper she is!)
We served all her favorite cravings: crunchy tortilla chips with her favorite ranch dip; chewy chocolate-dipped marshmallows; salty freshly-popped popcorn; sour pickle chunks; and sweet chocolate-dipped oreos.
These marshmallow pops on a stick not only add color, they also were a favorite treat among the kids at the party. (After all, doesn’t everything taste better on a stick?) I used fabric tape, a new favorite discovery of mine, to embellish the stick top.
My favorite detail of the whole party was the fabric scrap popcorn box embellishment. It is so simple and unexpected, yet it was the perfect touch to coordinate with the draped fabric scrap swag on the table.
To make the popcorn box fabric detail, we punched a hole in one of the scallops then looped a short piece of fabric through the hole. We also printed extra salty signs on adhesive paper to affix to the front of each box.
Pickles for dessert? Absolutely! Bettijo requested whole Claussen pickles, as this baby has distinctive tastes! It took me a few days to come up with a buffet solution that would accommodate such a … different?… dessert. (Thankfully, I didn’t have to worry about serving ice cream with it!) In the end, along with the popcorn boxes, the pickles are also my favorite detail. The tiny silver appetizer forks are just adorable and nearly steal the show!
Chocolate-covered Oreos are beautiful, and with a little yellow chocolate drizzle, they were the perfect sweet to round out the dessert table.
To create the Ultrasound Garland that dressed up the fireplace, Bettijo used her beloved large circle cutter to make a couple sizes of yellow circles out of construction paper. She then sewed them all together with a long, straight stitch on the sewing machine. She layered over a piece of cotton rope and used mini wooden clothespins to clip up various ultrasound photos.
No one at the party actually knew the gender, Bettijo and her husband found out with everyone else when they opened the box and saw the colored balloons. We accomplished this by giving Bettijo’s ultrasound tech a note card and envelope. Bettijo asked the technician not to tell her the gender of the baby, but instead to wait until she left the room and to write the gender on paper and to seal it in an envelope.
I took the envelope to the party store along with a big white box and explained to the sales clerk that we wanted her to look inside the envelope and if the card said, “Boy” to fill the box with blue helium-filled balloons, and pink for “Girl.” Bettijo wanted me to get the balloons just in case there was any kind of slip-up, then I would be the only one that knew the secret, and it wouldn’t spoil Bettijo’s “surprise” moment at the party.
We had guests suggest possible boy and girl names, and Bettijo and her husband took turns reading them out loud to the group just before the big balloon reveal. Some of the suggestions were pretty humorous and this game actually ended up being a highlight for the party.
Each guest was asked to cast a vote on whether they thought it would be a boy or girl, and then they put on a mini flair button that showed their vote. Bettijo designed the buttons, and I love the simple gender-specific person! You can purchase buttons for your own party in our Supermom Co-op.
We took photos of “Team Boy” and “Team Girl” before the balloon reveal. Since Bettijo already has two daughters, nearly everyone was with Bettijo in rooting for a boy. Only a handful of people, Bettijo’s husband included, were wearing “girl” buttons, but in the end, they were right.
EDITOR’S NOTE: After posting this, we’ve had several requests for a printable template of the labels we used at the party. So, Here you go. Also check out Bettijo’s most recent gender reveal party.
Very cool party!
you are so awesome. LOVE this party.
~Ashley
ok, just love this. can you share any info about the black and white labels? how are they made or where were they purchased?
thanks.
Hi LP! I actually made the labels, and since they’re generic I’m not sure why I didn’t think of making a free printable label download for everyone. Will put that on my to-do list and post as soon as I can. –b
Bettyjo: If you could that, I will send you a cyber hug and kiss! Looking forward to it. LP
Love it!!
sooo adorable! :) such a good job done!! i loved every details and the look on their faces in the last picture – priceless!
LOVE everything about this party! So modern and chic and fun! Can I ask where you got the buttons? I’d like to do something like that for my friend! Did you get them custom made? Or find them online? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
The buttons were a big hit at the party. It’s probably a little late now for you, yet we decided to make more buttons and offer them to our readers. You can get them here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/92153341/20pk-boy-girl-buttons-for-baby-gender
thats my cousin!!!! the very bottom picture!!!
Very cute Party!! I am doing one for a friend next month. Where did you get the cute pink and blue gender buttons?
We actually did the buttons ourselves… they have been such a hit that we just started selling them:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/92153341/20pk-boy-girl-buttons-for-baby-gender
Can you PLEASE tell me where you found these adorable buttons!?… the pink with girl
So glad you like the buttons. We’ve had so many inquiries about the buttons, we decided to make more and offer them to our readers. You can find them here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/92153341/20pk-boy-girl-buttons-for-baby-gender
Adorable party! We are having a gender reveal party next weekend and I was hoping to duplicate the balloons in the box idea-but I cannot find a big white box-ANYWHERE!! any suggestions?? thanks!!
Bettijo picked up the box during the holiday season at Walmart. You can also check Hobby Lobby. Also, I ordered small balloons to be filled with helium–I think they were 7″–to fit in the box. Good luck with your party!
Where did you find the oval frame? I love it!!
The frame is from IKEA.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00091967/
It was black, so we spray painted it white. We cut a board painted with chalk paint to fit inside. We have gotten a lot of use out of this frame!
Where did you find the stands for the chewy and sour labels?
I got my silver memo clips from one of my favorite stores–Crate and Barrel. I’ve had them for about five years, but they still sell them!! You can purchase them online or in-store. (If you don’t see them on the sales floor, ask an emplyee because they usually have them in the back.) The advantage to buying them in-store is that you can hand-select the base shape (circle, square or triangle) whereas when you buy these online they come in sets of three–one of each shape.
Here’s the link:
https://www.crateandbarrel.com/decorating-and-accessories/office-accessories/set-of-3-shiny-silver-memo-clips/s369724
Hope that helps!
This is adorable! I love the boxed balloons idea- sort of a different take on the “gender cake” that everyone is doing and a bit more dramatic!
Another cute gender reveal: https://vtmamateurs.com/2012/03/05/monday-mayhem-announcing-the-baby-gender/
Look alike you had fun making the video. Thanks for sharing!
I am looking for the templates for the Boy-Or-Girl? Reveal Party and its not working?? When I click on the link for template it takes me to the description page again?
Hi Melissa:
The link in this post (that you commented on) takes you to the post with the link to the actual printables. (Originally we didn’t offer the printables.) You will see the link in the first paragraph:
https://pagingsupermom.com/2011/04/pregnancy-cravings-party-printables/
Good luck with your party–be sure to let us know how it goes!