Updated on: Sep 01, 2024
If you’re getting ready to bring a little bundle of joy into the world, then a boy or girl gender reveal is a must-have! We know that planning parties can be stressful, so we’re here to make your life easier. We put together a full list of everything you need to know about planning and hosting a boy or girl gender reveal party, from decorations to games, and especially tasty treats! Keep reading to learn how to make your gender reveal party the best it can be!
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Decorations
1. Banners
Adding a banner to your gender reveal party is great because it can be customized! Go classic with banners that read, “Boy or Girl,” “It’s a ?,” “Team Boy,” “Team Girl,” and more. If you want to go personalized you can make or purchase banners that read, “Little Miss (your last name),” “Little Mr. (your last name),” or “(your last name’s) Gender Reveal Party.” You can go very simple or very complex. A great tip to have your banners match the theme is by keeping them in the blue and pink color scheme.
2. Boy or Girl Balloons
Adding balloons to your party is a great way to decorate, and there are so many different options and designs you can choose from. If you want to go simple and classic, try adding blue and pink balloons throughout the whole event. They give off a subtle yet aesthetically pleasing party vibe. Go a step further and get balloons with phrases or shapes. For example, “Boy or Girl,” “It’s a ?,” “It’s a Baby,” baby bottle, baby rattle, question mark.
These balloons are very easy to purchase at your local party stores. If you wanna go even bigger, try getting balloons that spell out words. These balloons are very trendy right now, and you can even get balloons in the shape of a hashtag. For example, #boy or girl, “It’s A Girl,” “It’s A Boy,” “Baby (Your last name),” you can write whatever you want!
3. Bow Ties and Bows
An easy DIY decoration to get your guests guessing is “Bow ties or Bows.” On a table, place a sign (perhaps a letter board), that reads, “Bow Ties or Bows.” On the table, there will be dozens of blue bow ties and pink bows made out of either pink and blue construction paper or felt. Each item should have a safety pin attached, so your guests can pin either a bow tie or bow on their outfit, depending on what they think the gender will be. This decoration is so easy to make and it will get the guests talking!
4. Chalk Board
These chalkboard stands are perfect for table settings or can be used as food labelers. You can get creative and use blue or pink chalk markers.
5. Letter Boards
Letter Boards are another very trendy decoration idea, and are so personal! Letter Boards come in so many colors, so you can get one that matches your overall theme. Use your letter board to spell out menu items, games, activities, or even as a reveal. You can write phrases such as, “It’s a ?,” “Boy or Girl,” the baby’s due date, “#boy or girl,” “Oh baby!” and more.
6. Lashes or Staches
This idea is similar to Bows or Bow ties, and it is a great decoration that gets your guests involved. When your guests arrive, send them to the Lashes or Staches Table. At this table, there will be two mason jars, one labeled “lashes, and the other labeled, “stashes.” Also on the table will be pink and blue coins. Have your guests put their guess in the mason jar, and see which fills up first. This table could also have snacks (perhaps cookies with mustaches or lashes) and other decorations to spice it up.
7. Rattles/Bottles
Rattles and bottles are adorable decorations that can also serve as take-home favors. You can fill these up with pink and blue candies and spread them throughout the event. A fun tip is to have people fill up the bottles with whatever color candy they think the gender is going to be. If you think it’s a girl, fill it up with custom pink m&m’s and vice versa!
8. Photo Booth
Photo booths are the perfect addition to your overall decor that will allow your guests to capture this special moment and take it to social media. Choose a mix of glittery blue or pink tinsel foil as the perfect backdrop for your photos.
9. Mason Jars
Mason jars are versatile, you can fill them up with candy, and candles or use them as flower vases to add an elegant touch to your food table.
10. Food Tier Stand
Wow, your guests with this acrylic food tier stand with led lights. You can choose different led colors to perfectly match your theme! Choose up to 5 tiers to display your desserts, appetizers, sandwiches like finger foods, utensils and table settings, or decorations.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Favors
11. Blue and Pink Mason Jars with Candy
Mason jars are extremely trendy and are also a great party favor. You can either get large ones or small ones and go a step further and get a jar that is dyed pink or blue! Grab a bunch of pink and blue candies and place them inside for an adorable assorted look!
12. Personalized Chocolate Bars
Personality always adds a touch of something special to gifts. A simple and easy way to add this element is by printing pink and blue labels for your chocolate bar favors. You can add the guest's name or even your and your partner's name. The options are endless!
13. Mini Hand Sanitizer
Especially in the world, we are living in today, hand sanitizer is a must-have! Why not take this concept and make it adorable. Adding stickers and labels to your mini hand sanitizer makes for the perfect little favor.
14. Candles That Will Melt Your Heart
These gender-reveal wax candles are a unique and fun way to reveal the baby's gender. They are fully customizable and come in various sizes. Choose from over 150 scents!
15. Pink & Blue Footprint Kisses
Give your guests a tasty treat with Hershey kisses! Simply add these footprint labels on the bottom of each kiss, then fill up your blue and pink mason jar. You can even add other treats if you like.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Menu Ideas
16. Blue and Pink Cotton Candy
Cotton candy has always been an absolute classic, and it is perfect for a boy (blue) or girl (pink) gender reveal party. You don’t even have to change the colors. Cotton candy is not only a tasty treat, but it can also double as part of your decorations. Come on, how often can you eat the decor? Picture it, a cotton candy machine in your very own backyard. Your guests will love it!
17. “Babies” in a Blanket
You’ve heard of pigs in a blanket, but have you heard of babies in a blanket? Take a break from the endless sweet treats and bring this savory snack to the table. They are hot dogs wrapped in a croissant. Bring out your inner child with these perfect pocket-sized snacks!
18. Pink and Blue Chocolate Covered Strawberries
A dessert is technically healthy if it’s made of fruit, right? Everyone loves chocolate-covered strawberries and adding them to your gender reveal menu lineup is a must. Dip your strawberries in white chocolate with a blue and pink tint, to make bite-sized heaven. Go a step further and drizzle more chocolate on top or any design you want!
19. Blue and Pink Cake Pops
With cake pops, you have minimal effort and maximum results. They are so easy and fun to make and decorate. Go simple with chocolate and vanilla, or go unique with strawberry and blueberry. No matter what flavor you decide, the decoration is what people will notice. Decorate your cake pops with vibrant blue and pink icing, sticks, sparkles, “boy or girl” text, and more!
20. Donuts
Adding donuts to your gender reveal party gives you a playful treat that can be designed in so many ways. Go simple with blue and pink decorated donuts. Go creative, and get donuts to spell out words such as, “Boy or Girl, or “Oh Baby!” For maximum fun, we suggest doing a bit of both and don’t be afraid to be generous on those sprinkles. Who doesn’t love a donut!
21. Blue and Pink Cupcakes
You can never go wrong with cupcakes, and just like cookies your options of designs are endless. A great way to tease your guests on gender is to fill some cupcakes with blue filling and some with pink. They’ll think they know the gender before it’s announced, but little do they know you run the show.
22. Blue and Pink Lemonade
Lemonade is a refreshing drink, for all ages. If you have children at your reveal party, pink and blue raspberry lemonade is a great idea. A cute way to display lemonade is by getting large mason jars to fill with both flavors. If you want to spice up this drink for adults, these flavors are a great base for adding your alcohol of choice.
23. Surprise Inside Cake
The tastiest way to reveal the baby’s gender is through a cake, and executing it is simple. You can either bake the cake yourself or purchase one, but make sure the filling is the color of the baby’s gender. You can fill the cake with pink or blue icing, pink or blue candy, pink or blue sprinkles, or even bake the flavor of the cake with blue or pink dye. When you’re ready, gather all of the guests, count backward from 10, and cut into that cake to reveal the gender of your little bundle of joy.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Activities
24. Balloon Pop
One of our favorite ways to reveal the baby’s gender is with a confetti balloon pop! Towards the end of your event, after everyone’s guesses have been made, it is ultimately time to reveal what everyone has been waiting for, the baby’s gender. A great way to do this is by purchasing a large balloon and filling the inside with either blue or pink confetti. Once you have everyone’s attention, count backward from 10 and pop that balloon! If you want the gender to be a surprise for yourself, a great tip is to have someone else fill the balloon for you.
25. Pinata Gender Reveal
Smash your guest away with a gender reveal pinata. A pinata is a great way to add a fun activity to a remarkable event. Choose a pinata with a burst of blue or pink confetti to commemorate a special reveal.
26. Boy or Girl Chart (Guessing Game)
Perhaps the most classic gender reveal game is guessing the gender. This game is a great way to get guests involved immediately. When your guests arrive, have them fill out which gender they think the baby will be. You can do this on a chalkboard, letter board, or even big pieces of construction paper. This game is a great way to tie in some decorations we mentioned too, (Lashes or Stashes, Bows or Bow Ties). No matter which theme you choose, this game is a gender reveal must.
27. Guess the Due Date
Reveal more than just the gender with this interactive game. A great way to get guests guessing about more than just gender is by having them guess your baby’s due date! You can display this game with a large letter board or chalkboard that reads, “Guess the Due Date.” Have your guests write on small pieces of paper their guess, and right before your gender reveal, reveal the due date. There are even options of already printed out fill-in cards. The winner that gets the closest can win a small prize or even the first dibs at the dessert table.
28. Name that Baby Race
Ready set go! A timed fun game where guests think of names that start with every letter in the alphabet. Each guest will receive a blank card for a boy or girl. You can also have guests complete both cards or just one. This game can help parents decide on a beautiful name, especially if undecided.
29. DIY Egg Gender Reveal
Crack your way to reveal the baby's gender using eggs. Surprise your attendees by filling a carton with pink and blue-dyed eggs. Ensure that one egg is raw and eleven eggs are boiled within the egg. The expecting parents will then crack each dyed egg until a raw egg is cracked. Mission accomplished, the baby's gender is revealed!
30. Baby Predictions & Advice Cards
This is a fun activity for gender reveal parties. Guest can make predictions of the newborn and is perfect for new parents to save the cards for keepsake.
31. Whack a Chocolate
Ready to let off some steam on those dreadful pregnancy symptoms? Going to town on heart shape chocolate might do the trick. Shatter this delicate heart using a wooden mallet to determine the baby's gender by the candy color. Elevate your feet and enjoy a well-deserved treat!
32. DIY Gender Reveal Box
A reveal box is an ingenious and engaging way to surprise one's guest. The awesome part? It's an exciting way to reveal the gender of your baby. Place a bouquet of pink or blue balloons in a box to show what you have. Keep your guest guessing with a creative design outside the box, such as girl or boy in bright colors.
33. Reveal Gender Cookies
Color-coated cookies are a delicious way to uncover the gender of a baby. The only requirement is to bite into the cookie where blue or pink cream filling will tastefully reveal the gender.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Party Supplies
34. Boy or Girl Table Settings
Keep your boy or girl theme baby shower consistent with these colorful and vibrant paper plates, napkins, and utensil sets! If it's paper or plastic it is even better as it calls for easy clean-up.
35. Pink and Blue Cups
Balloons are a perfect way to accent your food and guest's table. Mix and match blue/pink or cutely decorative cups to make the shower look festive!
36. Boy or Girl Table Cloth
Not only do table cloths protect and make cleaning up a breeze. They are also a great way to incorporate the theme throughout your party. You can have them laying on your table or under wherever the food is going. You could also hang them on the walls or somewhere else to add more decor. If it's a surprise gender it could be a questioned cloth, or blue, or pink.\
37. Cupcake Toppers
These Bow, Bow Tie, onesie, or other cupcake toppers make a beautiful accent to your dessert that will have your guests guessing up until the big reveal! It adds suspense and it gets people talking in the shower. It even could start up some of the games that are mentioned above.
38. Confetti
Jazz it up with blue or pink confetti that will shock your guest depending on their guess on the gender. Confetti adds color to an already joyous occasion so a generous amount of relevant decorations will due.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal Invitations
39. What's The Scoop?
Give your guests the scoop on your party details with this fun and beautiful he or she ice cream baby shower invitation.
40. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
How we wonder what you are? Your guests will love this beautiful twinkle twinkle little star invitation. This will surely get them excited for your event!
41. Blue or Pink?
Add a splash of color with this beautiful blue and pink watercolor design. Get blue invitations if it's a boy. You can get pink if it's a girl or a combination of the two! There is also always the option of yellow or green!
42. Digital Cute Invites
Send the intended guest an adorable digital invite to charm them into RSVPing. This teddy bear gender reveals invite has several cute templates such as boho water color, gender, bear with balloons, etc. Fortunately, those browsing invites have the opportunity to view different designs. Invites are eligible for print at your local print store or home.
43. Boy or Girl Balloon
This hot air balloon invitation is a great option for your party, and the color scheme is perfect for your boy or girl theme.
Boy or Girl Gender Reveal: Conclusion
No matter which decorations, favors, snacks, games, reveal, or invitations you choose, your boy or girl gender reveal party will be perfect. We hope that our tips gave you some peace of mind, but just remember you got this. Now, go throw an amazing gender reveal party!
Written by Michaela Kayal; Contributors: Royce Legaspi and Lauren Bolt