I am co-hosting a baby shower this weekend and the mom to be requested it be a co-ed shower and all kids are welcome. My question is I am suppose to get 3 - 4 prizes for the games and I don't know what to get. Any suggestions - I don't want to spend a lot of money on them.
Thanks
Co-ed is fun but does make the prizes a little more challenging! $5 gift card to a coffee place, $5 in lottery tickets, $5 to an ice cream store (Cold Stone?)....Or if you think it will be more of the girls playing a small flower with tissue paper wrapped around the bottom and cute ribbon, a coffee mug from the dollar store, a nice lotion (dollar store has these also).
Have fun!!
I hosted a shower last summer for a friend. I went to Wal-mart and bought a few of those little terra cotta pots (88 cents apiece), a bag of potting soil ($5), and a 4 pack of these pretty flowers ($3), and a spoil of pretty ribbon ($1 from the dollar store). I potted the flowers in the pots and tied the ribbon around the lip. 4 prizes- under $15 all together. Everyone loved them. (We didn't have a co-ed shower though). Maybe that for the women and the giant candy bars for the men?
Good luck and be sure to take time to enjoy the shower. Hosting, for me, was so hectic I forgot to enjoy myself.
The kids have nothing to do with game prizes. The games and prizes would be for the adults. You don't have to do games and even if you do, you don't have to give prizes. They can play for the fun of it and leave it at that. Since it's co-ed just co-host it like you would any other gathering. Leave it at good food and socializing. :)
Do you have a 5Below store near you? Everybody loves getting a $5 gift card from there. You can also get gift cards to movie theater's, McDonalds, etc. All really cheap!
Go to the dollar store (Dollar Tree), they have little packs of stationary that are pretty nice and would be perfect for a small gift. They also have other little gift items.
Dollar Tree has great stuff - 3 for $1 punching balloons. Hula hoops are $1 each. A big box of sidewalk chalk for $1 (you could split that up amongst kids. Etc etc.
I just co-hosted a shower a couple of weeks ago. Another lady was responsible for the prizes. She got really good king size chocolate bars. I think they were Girhadelli (sp ?). She got different flavors and let the winner pick what they wanted. Big hit. I thought that was a great idea !
A friend of ours had a co-ed shower for us. Personally I hated the games (one was a relay race involving putting a bra on over your clothes, diapering a stuffed animal, and drinking from a baby bottle) and it was not a fun shower for me at all. It would have been more fun for me if it had just been a bar-b-que with maybe one low key game. At one co-ed shower I went to, everyone brought a baby picture of themselves and we all tried to guess who was who.
I've been to showers where the "prizes" were baby items that the prize winners were "expected" to give to the new mom. Otherwise I guess I like the idea of candy bars or small plants.
Head to your local dollar store! Dollar Tree has some great items that you could use as prizes for a buck a piece.
I made party favors for 5 dollars each by purchasing a small gift box, a set of lotion and soap, bath salts and an aromatherapy candle and arranging mini-gift baskets for everyone. They were a huge hit and they looked like a million bucks. Throw a ribbon on them and they will look like you bought them from a boutique!
If the guys want something besides a spa gift set, you could also fill them with a deck of cards, pretzels, gum, a joke book, whatever you see fitting.
They only take a few dollars each, they are easy to put together, they look great, and they say so much more than a gift card!
Bath and Bodyworks stuff always goes over well. Or Caribou/Starbucks gift cards.
There are no rules. If it has been decided that kids are in and you want a generic cost conscious price that works for both here are my suggestions.
M&Ms - check you local grocery's bulk section they may have an option to buy by color.
Lip balm- Claires have some in fun flavors
Sunscreen- You can wrap the can in handmade paper (ripped and layered) using watered down tacky glue and paint brush -best with lokta paper or some lighter weight paper here is a site for papers. I've used them before http://handmade-paper.us/page/CPO/CTGY/clearance and I love them. CVS has sunscreens on sale right now for $5
