She’s about to be a mom. Let her be the guest of honour.
A baby is on the way, and that’s worth celebrating properly — with the people she loves, beautiful food, a few silly games and a lot of happy tears. A great shower makes her feel spoiled before the sleepless nights begin.
The problem is that someone always ends up playing waiter instead of guest. Book a butler and he handles it all: welcome drinks and mocktails, serving, clearing, running the games and getting everyone into the photos, so the hostess gets to sit next to the mom-to-be instead of behind the kitchen counter.
Polished, warm and completely handled. All she has to do is open the gifts.
14 baby shower ideas
Pick five or six. Any more and a two-hour shower turns into a schedule.
Ask her how she actually wants it
Some people want forty guests and a cake table. Some want eight people, good food and no games at all. Ask first, then plan.
Two hours, not four
Baby showers drag when they are open-ended. Two hours is long enough to do everything and short enough that nobody is checking the time.
Put someone else in charge of the day
The friend who hosts ends up refilling glasses and clearing plates and misses the whole thing. Book a butler and she gets to be a guest.
A grazing table beats a sit-down
It looks generous, it works for every diet, and nobody has to plate forty portions. It is also the thing guests gather around.
A proper mocktail bar
Mom-to-be spends nine months being handed water. Give her two or three real mocktails that look like a drink and taste like one.
Three games, maximum
Two or three good ones beats eight filler ones. Pick from the three below and cut the rest without guilt.
A well-wishes station
Cards on a table from the moment people arrive. Guests write a message or a piece of advice for the parents-to-be.
Give one person the gift log
Somebody writes down who gave what as gifts are opened. Mom will thank you when the thank-you notes are due.
One theme, stated in the invite
A single theme makes the decor, the cake and the invites decide themselves. Six good options are below.
A photo corner, not a whole wall
One good backdrop in decent light does more than an entire styled room. Everyone takes the same picture in the same spot.
Let her sit down for the gifts
Gift-opening is the longest part of the day. She should be in a comfortable chair with someone passing her things.
Favours people actually keep
A candle, seeds, something edible. Skip the trinket that gets left on the table.
Do not make it a surprise
Surprise showers go wrong more often than they go right. Pregnancy is tiring and unpredictable, and she may want a say in the guest list.
Plan the clear-up before the day
Someone has to wash up and carry gifts to the car. Decide who that is in advance, or it defaults to the guest of honor.
Baby shower themes
One theme, named in the invite, does more for the photos than any amount of decor. Your entertainer dresses to match at no extra cost.
Soft Neutral
Beige, cream and greenery. Calm, modern, and it works whether you know the baby’s sex or not.
Garden & Botanical
Florals, eucalyptus and daylight. The easiest theme to photograph and the easiest to shop for.
Boho Pampas
Pampas grass, muted tones and texture. Effortless, current, and it holds up in photos.
Little Star
Twinkle twinkle. Sweet, gender-neutral and simple to style with one motif repeated.
Brunch & Bubbly
A daytime brunch with a mocktail-and-bubbly bar. Relaxed, grown-up, and over by mid-afternoon.
Classic Blue or Pink
The traditional route done tastefully. Easy for guests to read and easy to shop.
Four weeks is plenty
Most showers get thrown by a friend, a sister or a mother. Here is the order that works.
Date, place, and ask her
Confirm how she wants it and how big. Lock the date and the venue, and book the entertainer if you want one — weekend dates go first.
Invite, theme, cake
Send the invite with the theme, the start time and the end time. Order the cake. Start a shared list so gifts do not double up.
Assign the jobs
One job each: food, drinks, games, gift log, clear-up. Confirm the address and timing with us if you have booked a butler.
Set up before she arrives
Grazing table, mocktail bar, well-wishes cards and the photo corner, all done before guests come. She walks into a finished room.
One rule above all: do not make it a surprise. Tell her the date and keep the details a secret if you want one. Pregnancy is unpredictable, and she may have views on the guest list that are worth hearing.
What the day looks like
You set the guest list and the theme. Your entertainer takes the running of it, so the person who would otherwise spend the afternoon in the kitchen gets to sit down with everyone else.
Polished, not a performance
You pick the level when you book and it never changes on the day. Butler bookings are fully clothed hosting — serving, pouring, running the games, clearing up. Dancer bookings include a performance. For a baby shower, book the butler tier.
Nobody gets surprised, including the guest of honor and including whoever brought her mother-in-law.
Vetted, professional, and used to exactly this kind of day.
Book a Butler →Where we run them
Showers are mostly weekend daytime, so those slots go first. Midweek is usually wide open.
Is a butler at a baby shower too much?
No, because a butler booking is fully clothed hosting — serving, pouring and running the day. It is polished help, not a bachelorette act. You pick the level when you book and it never changes on the day.
What does the butler actually do?
Sets up and resets the table, pours and serves drinks and mocktails, keeps the food tidy, helps run the games and the gift-opening, and clears up at the end. So no guest, and definitely not mom-to-be, is stuck working.
Do you come to us?
Yes — your home or private venue in 30+ cities and the surrounding areas. Within about an hour of the metro is covered at the standard price.
How far ahead should we book?
Two to four weeks is usually enough. Weekend daytime slots are the ones that go first, so if you want a Saturday afternoon, book earlier.
Can we keep it small?
Yes, and plenty do. Eight people, good food and someone serving is a perfectly good baby shower, and it is often the one the guest of honor actually enjoys.
Congratulations! You’re growing an actual human, which frankly makes everything else anyone has ever achieved look a bit lazy. The least we can do is carry the tray.
So put your feet up, let your friends fuss over you, and let somebody else pour the mocktails. There will be plenty of time for doing everything yourself very soon.
And what better way to celebrate a bun in the oven than with a pair of hot buns serving the cake?
Here’s to the little one — and to you, the star of the show.
P.S. Mocktails count. We pour those beautifully too.
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