This morning it is tough to get back to work and routine after a 3-day weekend filled with lots of fun, love, food & family. This past Saturday we invited over friends and family over for a BBQ at our house for a Gender reveal party. Last week I completed all the Old Wives Tales & Gender Prediction tests to see which way they pointed, you can see that post here. The tests overwhelmingly pointed to boy as the gender which was also my guess.
I wanted to go ahead and share the details of our party and how I set everything up as well as the reveal itself. Here is the main table, where I focused most of the decor and the pink & blue treats.
For the decor I started with the banner, reading Pink or Blue we Love you. Which I purchased off amazon handmade. Then I made two small balloon bunches to put on each side, your can see how I did that in this post. I also lined the table with a ribbon garland I made, to be honest this didn't come out as great as I hoped but it worked.
Then we moved into the pink and blue treats that helped bring in the theme. I once again ordered mini rebels from a local donut shop called Rebel Donuts, and they were a huge hit they were the first item to be cleared out.
Then I also made my own Oreo pops in light pink and blue. I placed some in these buckets to create a look with layers then some without sticks on a plate below.
I also wanted to create a pink and blue punch station. My dad happened to have to these drink dispensers which were beyond perfect that I borrowed. For the pink punch I did equal parts raspberry lemonade and 7-up and for the blue punch I did equal parts blue Hawaiian Punch and 7-up, people seemed to really like both. Although the pink lemonade disappeared faster.
On a separate table near the door when everyone entered they were greeted by a sign asking them to wear their guess and bowls of blue and pink clothes pins. Although some of our guests surprised us and were proactive and wore the color of their guess everyone pinned them on until the reveal.
For the rest of the food, which I realized I never took any pictures of because it wasn't ready yet when I took them we grilled burgers and hot dogs. Then for sides I made baked Mac n cheese from this recipe I found on Pinterest. I made a double batch and put Green Chile in one which was amazing, everyone loved the Mac and cheese and the Green Chile batch was all devoured. We also had pasta salad, chips, dip & guacamole. In addition to the pink and blue punch we also served water, soda, beer and champagne.
To Actual Reveal:
For the actual gender reveal we used confetti cannons, I ordered these from Etsy and was very pleased. They arrived quickly and were exactly what we wanted. We had our appointment with the doctor on Friday, one day before the party so I ordered both pink and blue cannons. Then we had the ultrasound tech write the gender down in an envelope and seal it. The day of the BBQ right before it was time for the reveal I had my step-dad go upstairs open the envelope and bring down the correct cannons. This was super easy because then no one needed to keep a secret and we could do it on a shorter timeline.
To see the reveal in action you can watch the video below, there is some pretty funny footage.
Sources:
Pink or Blue We Love you Banner: Amazon
Mini Donuts: Rebel Donut
Confetti Cannons: Etsy
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