The gender reveal party. This newest craze is actually a pretty simple idea: You host a party with everyone you want to invite, regardless of their gender, and celebrate together as you reveal the sex of your baby. This can be a large function or an intimate gathering of just your closest friends and family.
When should you start planning gender reveal?
Needless to say, in order to throw a gender reveal party, you'll need to have an ultrasound to find out if the bun in your oven is a boy or a girl! You can do this during your second trimester — around 18 or 20 weeks.
Do the parents know the gender at a gender reveal party?
At a gender reveal party, expecting parents celebrate whether they're having a bouncing baby boy or a beautiful baby girl. Typically, there are three gender reveal ideas for the party: Parents know their baby's gender but the guests do not. All the guests know and only the expectant parents are in the dark.
How do gender reveals work?
The most common way is to have a cake that is neutral on the outside, but contains the color blue or pink inside to signify that the baby is a boy or girl when it's cut. Some couples bring balloons contained in boxes, releasing them to reveal the color and gender.
How do you pop a gender reveal balloon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvJzLbHXt68
How do you do a gender reveal without anyone knowing?
There are two ways to do a gender reveal cake: find out the gender beforehand yourself and keep it a secret, or let your sonographer know that you'd like a surprise and ask them to write the sex of your baby on a piece of paper and put it in a sealed envelope.