Bun in the Oven Gender Reveal

Several weeks ago one of my best friends and I planned a gender reveal for a wonderful mama to be and now I'm finally getting around to writing about it! After a successful brunch throwing around ideas a "Bun in the Oven" theme was decided. By the expectant mother's choice, we held it in a local park and the weather ended up being perfect for our group!  

We used filled muffins iced with cream cheese frosting to reveal the gender, which a friend of the family made. They were delicious, even if they revealed that I had guessed wrong. :) All of the signs were printed on Pastel pink and blue paper to coordinate with the table cloths, and by far the most useful sign was the "Do not eat me" sign for the reveal muffins! Even though they were far away from the rest of the food, several people went over to eat one, only to be saved by the sign!

The menu included assorted muffins, berries, white cheddar popcorn, and pigs in (baby) blankets. The most popular food was the pigs, but most of the muffins got eaten as well. And seeing as how I may have made about triple the muffins we needed, I'd say that's a success. :) We also made blue "muffin" and pink "cupcake" buttons for people to wear to guess what they thought the baby would be.

Along with our themed corn hole game, we also had a volleyball net which turned out to be a great idea. Having other activities that the group could do really helped to keep the party upbeat and entertaining, which I find can always be a little difficult with gender reveals since basically the entire premise is: "Let sit around and wait to find out the gender of the baby." And finally.......drum roll............ it's a girl! The mother and father to be got their wish, and it was a fun time had by all!

Gender Reveal Cornhole: No Sew Bean Bags

I didn't quite have it in me to call these little guys sperm in the title, but they are quite possibly the cutest little sperm bean bags around. I actually got this idea from Pinterest but there were no links attached to it and the only tutorial I could find involved sewing. Seeing as I neither own a sewing machine nor am motivated enough to relearn to sew for some bean bags (especially ones that will likely only be used once) I set off to design a no sew variety that I could accomplish in a couple hours. The result turned out pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself. :)

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Supplies:
8 Long White Socks (try to find them without colored tips or noticeable heels)
Rice
Googly Eyes
Black Felt
Scissors
Fabric Glue
Red Paint and Circular Sponge Brush (If you want lips on your girls)
Cornhole Set (if you don't already have one)

1. If your socks have colored tips, start by flipping them inside out. Wrap the colored part around your finger and tie a knot, making sure all the color is above the knot.

2. Flip your socks right side out and one by one fill each with 1 to 1 1/2 cups of rice. My bean bags looked best with a rounded cup worth of rice but it varies from sock to sock. Tie another knot with the "tail" of the sock and tighten the knot against the base of the bean bag.

3. Next, cut the sperm tail from the extra fabric on the end of the sock. Cut from the end of the sock to the base of the knot in a serpentine pattern then repeat that cut again, making a sort of squiggly triangle. Cut off all excess sock. All your socks should look like the sock below (minus the eyes)

4. Once all the socks are stuffed with their tails cut I added the googly eyes and other accessories using fabric glue. For the boys I cut out black felt mustaches and the girls got black felt eyelashes. The girls didn't quite look like girls to me with just eyelashes so I added lips with red paint and a round sponge brush. 

They were a hit at the party and everyone had fun choosing sides! The eyelashes and mustaches actually stayed on through the whole party which was a pleasant surprise. Leave any questions in the comments!