What is a Gender Reveal ?

What is a gender reveal? We get asked this a lot, girls, and so the confusion around the topic can finally be lifted! A gender reveal is the moment during a baby shower when the gender of the baby is revealed to family and friends! The secret is finally let out of the bag as to whether the baby is a boy or a girl.

What is the difference between a gender reveal and a baby shower

As we all know, the baby shower is the coming together or Mummy-to-be’s family and friends to celebrate the impending arrival of a baby. Well the gender reveal is part of that. Let me explain.

So a lot of expectant parents chose not to know the sex of their babies when they are having their scans during pregnancy. Or some do, and keep it secret until the moment the baby is born. They then let friends and family know when they ring and text them. Some find out the sex of the baby and tell everybody from the moment they know! So when it comes to Baby Shower time, it means the theme of the Shower can be picked based on the sex of the baby.

But there are other parents out there that know the sex of the baby, but wait until the Baby Shower to reveal it to family and friends. This is rather than letting them know early in the pregnancy or waiting until the birth. And so at the Baby Shower, a gender reveal is the moment when the Mummy or the parents together let their nearest and dearest know if it will be a boy or girl!

Which Gender Reveal is right for me?

There are so many creative ways couples and Mummy’s are now doing this! And the most important thing to know is no way is the right way. It’s whatever feels right for you and your parter

One way we love is to have a Gender Reveal Balloon, like we have in our store. These oversized balloons come with either pink or blue confetti and at the moment of truth, someone pricks the balloon and the colour of the confetti ‘reveals’ the gender of the baby!

Another classic is to fire a Gender Reveal Cannon, again, filled with either blue or pink confetti. In that moment the confetti bursts out, the gender of the baby is revealed to the room!

Some celebrity gender reveals are well documented on twitter and instagram. We just LOVE this recent gender reveal by celebrity blogger Rosie Connolly who had a stunning gender reveal on insta recently which you can check out here

If you are looking to have an edible gender reveal then it’s got to be cakes! Here is a fabulous recipe for gender reveal cupcakes, where the blue sprinkles on the inside of the cake are the clue to the sex of the baby! Or to go really big, here is a lovely recipe from the Betty Crocker website for a gender reveal cake. The moment of truth is when the couple or Mummy cut the cake and what the guests see inside is the moment the gender of the baby is revealed!

So there you have it, girls. A Gender reveal explained! Happy baking ;0)