8 Magical Christmas Gender Reveal Ideas
If you found out you were pregnant a few weeks/months ago, your 20-week scan should fall just before Christmas. We can hear the jingle bells, and they sound like a festive gender reveal! We’ve come up with 8 Christmas gender reveal ideas that’ll make your holiday season even more magical.
If you love a themed party, a Christmas gender reveal might sound perfect to you.
Think cosy, warm, and wintery vibes combined with a room full of your loved ones waiting to celebrate your new baby's gender. Perfect.
You might already have the aesthetics down to a T: gingerbread making and stunning gold, red, and green decorations filling the cinnamon-scented venue (we can see the vision).
But you might be struggling with the actual reveal aspect. Below, we’ll take you through some great Christmas-themed gender reveal ideas that you can use for your special day.
A Quick Word Before We Get Into Our Christmas Gender Reveal Ideas
Combining the buzz of Christmas with the excitement of your baby's gender reveal is cause for huge celebration. But it's easy to forget that you have other things to prepare for when you're busy party planning and getting ready for the holiday.
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Our Top Picks: Christmas Gender Reveal Ideas
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Note: All ideas require one person to know the gender of your baby. Choose someone you know and trust for this task, as you don't want to spoil the surprise for your big day! |
1. Gender Reveal Christmas Crackers
There are a few effective ways to approach this gender reveal option. It simply depends on whether you’re partial to standing up in front of a crowd.
One way to use a Christmas cracker is to ask your trusted person to fill one with blue or pink confetti (depending on the sex, of course). You and your partner will then pull it in front of all your guests to reveal the baby's gender.
Alternatively, you may have planned a sit-down lunch for your gender reveal, and in which case, follow the same steps, but ask your trusted person to fill a cracker for everybody.
Before everyone begins eating, each person pulls the cracker simultaneously to reveal blue or pink confetti – a beautiful moment shared among loved ones.
2. Gender Reveal Baubles
For a more intimate Christmas gender reveal party, ask your trusted person to buy a personalised bauble with the baby's gender featured somewhere on the decoration.
In front of a Christmas tree, and the guests gathered around, you will be handed a box, and inside will be the personalised bauble. Upon opening the box, you’ll announce the new baby's gender and place the bauble on the tree.
You could also include a baby sleeping bag or baby bedding inside the box to create a complete surprise box.
3. Gender Reveal Log Fire
Again, this could be a great option for a more intimate affair (and if you have a log burner), but we think it's a sweet way to announce your baby's gender to your close friends and family.
Adding copper chloride to fire logs can cause them to turn blue, while adding lithium chloride can turn them pink. Again, you'll need your trusted person to do some shopping, and always take caution when handling fire.
The reveal itself could be done after a few gender reveal party games, and maybe some nibbles while your guests socialise around the stocking-lined fire. It's a unique gender reveal idea for those who enjoy keeping things low-key.
4. Christmas Tree Gender Reveal
Ask your trusted person to decorate a Christmas tree with blue or pink decorations. Have them cover it with a screen and remove it to reveal the surprise! This is a super easy but beautiful way to celebrate the gender of your new baby.
If you reveal the surprise at the beginning of the day, it will also be a focal point for your decor.
You could then centre games or activities around the baby's known gender. (Obviously, your trusted person would have to plan this for you.)
5. Gender Reveal Lunch
This is another option that your trusted person would have to take care of. Whether they order, hire a chef, or make it all themselves, lunch should be blue or pink.
Now, that doesn't mean all food and drink must be blue or pink (although one or two things would be nice); it just means the lunch set-up should be colour-themed.
Once lunch is called, parents and guests will be called into the dining room, where pink or blue Christmas crackers, napkins, plates, festive centrepieces, and candles will be revealed.
6. Sibling Gender Reveal
If this isn't your first baby and you want to incorporate your firstborn into your pregnancy journey, a gender reveal is the perfect opportunity to involve them.
There are many ways to do this, but one way we think is particularly darling is having a top, shirt of baby grow made with the words 'All I Want for Christmas is a Brother/Sister'.
Your trusted person would be responsible for making the item of clothing and ensuring your child gets changed into it at the right time. This can make it really exciting for siblings and be a cute way to reveal the gender to your family and friends!
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If you're worried about parent guilt now that you're welcoming your second child, check out our blog post on Dealing With Parent Guilt: Is it Normal & How Do I Cope? for some helpful tips and advice. |
7. Gender Reveal Party Favours
If you're planning on sending your guests home with a little party favour, why not use this as the reveal?
After a fun day filled with games, food, mingling, and activities, hand out your party favours before everybody leaves. Once the guests have one each, advise them to open the bag/box and pull out the candy cane simultaneously.
Surprise! The candy canes will be blue or pink. This is a great way to get everyone involved with the reveal.
8. Gender Reveal Gingerbread Houses
If you're also struggling to think of Christmas gender reveal party ideas, this gender reveal incorporates an element of competition. Depending on how many guests you have (they can always partner up), provide everyone with a gingerbread-making kit.
Put your loved ones' decorating skills to the test. The gingerbread house that wins (the parents-to-be can decide) will be chosen to reveal the baby's gender.
How might you ask? A blue or pink smoke bomb. Ask your trusted person to purchase the smoke bomb, place it inside the winning house, light it up, and the smoke will billow out for the reveal.
Best to do this one outside.
Don't Forget to Look After Yourself!It's easy to get caught up in the planning of a gender reveal. The added pressure of Christmas time could also be stressful for a mum or dad-to-be. Just remember to rest and delegate tasks if you need to. |
Christmas Gender Reveals: Final Points
Whether you're planning a low-key or an extra gender reveal party, we hope we've given you some ideas on how you'd like to be surprised during the most important part of the day.
Christmas is a magical time of year, and you deserve to celebrate your new little one in a festive fashion. Enjoy it!
For more advice on navigating pregnancy and parenthood, be sure to head over to our Sleep Talk blog. We have plenty of tips to support you along the way.
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FAQs
How Many Months Pregnant Should You Be for a Gender Reveal Party?
You will find out the sex of your baby during your 20-week scan, anytime after this would be ideal.
I Want to Be Surprised At My Gender Reveal, But How Can I Plan It If I Don't Know the Gender?
While you're at your 20-week scan, ask to have the gender of your baby sealed in an envelope. Give this envelope to someone you trust, and task them with buying anything you may need.
Do You Give Out Party Favours At a Gender Reveal?
That choice is yours. Scroll up to find out how you can use your party favours as your gender reveal.
Is it Acceptable to Do a Christmas Gender Reveal?
Absolutely! While you might not want to make the announcement on the actual holiday, the days leading up to or even after Christmas can be a perfect time to reveal your baby's gender.
