7 Gender Reveal Themes That Will Keep Your Guests Guessing
For those who want to celebrate every moment of the parenting journey, gender reveal parties are a great chance to gather loved ones for the big reveal. Once upon a time, parents-to-be only got to have one party: a baby shower. But now, we pile on the parties with everything from a gender reveal to a traditional shower to a sip and see.
Not only are babies a big reason to celebrate, but future parents need to squeeze in all the socializing they can before their new baby arrives (and takes over their social schedule). A good gender reveal party is part guessing game and part spectacle. And with the right gender reveal theme, you can check off both of those boxes and prove that you’re about to be the coolest parent in town.
We’ve put together seven gender reveal themes that will help you make your announcement in style. Whether you’re having a boy or girl, these themes will keep your guests guessing until the very end.
7 Gender Reveal Themes for Your Big Announcement
Start planning your big reveal with these fun gender reveal party themes. For every theme, we’ve included ideas for matching invites, party decorations, and reveals.
1. Guess Who
Design: Laura Bolter Design
Base your party on a classic board game with this fun theme. You can place a “Guess Who” game on every table to serve as the centerpiece. Guests can even play as one of your party games.
Send out invites with a big question mark on the front (like this Piñata Reveal invitation). Then for your party decorations, add giant question marks all around the room, or print out poster-size versions of classic “Guess Who” characters. You can even get personalized “Guess Who” boards with pictures of boy and girl babies.
Before the big reveal, have your guests guess the gender. Then make your reveal by turning over a big “Guess Who” themed poster with a girl or boy character on the other side.
2. Pink and Blue Tie Dye
Design: Owl and Toad
At most gender reveal baby showers, parents-to-be unveil their baby’s gender by making a statement in either pink or blue. Until it’s time for the big reveal, keep the mystery alive with a swirl of pink and blue tie dye.
This fun gender reveal theme allows for adorable baby shower decorations, like tie dye tablecloths, napkins, and paper plates. You can even get tie dye balloons, send out tie dye invitations (which you can customize for any type of party), and have a tie dye dress code for your party guests.
For an activity that’s more fun than any traditional baby shower game, set up a tie dye station with white onesies, pink and blue dye, dye bottles, gloves, and rubber bands, Guests can dye onesies either pink, blue, or a combination of the two. This will allow guests to declare themselves as part of team pink or team blue (for team girl and team boy, of course!) before you officially reveal the gender of your baby.
If you’re worried about having too many tie dyed baby onesies (as if that’s even possible), you can allow guests to tie dye white T-shirts for themselves instead. Then, everyone will leave with a stylish party favor.
3. What Whale It Be?
Design: Bonjour Berry
Animals make for some of the cutest baby shower theme ideas. And a whale-themed party is a punny way to keep guests guessing about the gender of the baby.
You can send out What Whale It Be invitations, decorate with party supplies like cut-out whale garland and pink and blue ocean coral. Set up a photo booth with props that allow guests to dress up as pirates, sailors, or mermaids. Then, play a game of pin the tail on the whale.
When it’s time for the big reveal, bring out gender reveal cupcakes — decorated with whale cupcake toppers. The cupcakes can be filled with pink or blue sprinkles that spill out when your guests bite in.
Just make sure to keep the cupcakes off the dessert table until it’s time to spout the information. Otherwise, some of your loved ones might learn what your baby whale be before you’re ready.
4. Bumble Bee Baby
Design: Creo Study
A bee-themed baby shower is one of our favorite gender reveal party ideas. It will help you show guests what your baby will bee.
For this party theme, you can decorate in shades of yellow (a favorite gender-neutral color for babies). Send out a bee-themed gender reveal invitation, and add bumble bee garland or banners that celebrate the parents and baby-to-bee.
Lean into the theme with plenty of honey-flavor snacks and desserts, like baked brie with warm honey, honey ice cream, or bee-shaped cake pops.
For a unique gender reveal, you could also pull a pink or blue honey dipper out of a honey pot. Then, give out mini honey pots as party favors. Your guests will be abuzz with the news of your baby gender reveal.
5. All-White Party
Design: Signature Greenvelope
An all-white party will make your pink or blue reveal all the more dramatic. White tablecloths and party decorations create a blank slate. When you finally bring out that splash of color, it will be a bright contrast against the white backdrop of your party.
Color schemes make simple and elegant party themes. To pull them off, all you need to do is look for decor in the correct color. Choose an elegant, white gender reveal invite. For decor, use white balloons, white floral centerpieces, white fabric, and white banners. On your dessert table, set out cake and cupcakes with white frosting.
When it’s time for the big moment, bring out a gender reveal box with a big, white bow on top. The parents-to-be can open the box to reveal pink dresses, tutus, and floral headbands for a baby girl, or suspenders and a bow tie for a baby boy.
6. Little Star
Design: Becky Nimoy Stationery
With the lyrics “Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are,” this nursery rhyme was basically made for gender reveal parties. Use it as a sweet and glamorous theme to reveal what your little star is going to be.
You can create dreamy party decorations by hanging glittery gold stars around your party or using starry string lights. Add to the nursery rhyme theme by making DIY clouds out of cotton stuffing, and play dreamy instrumental music in the background.
When it’s time to reveal your baby’s gender, you can cut into a gender reveal cake with a sparkling star cake topper (just like the cake on this gender reveal invitation). Have sprinkles spill out in either pink or blue, depending on whether you’re having a boy or girl.
7. About to Pop
Design: Sandra Pico Design LLC
If the mama-to-be feels like she’s about to pop, this cute gender reveal theme will allow her to poke a little fun at herself — and poke a few balloons while she’s at it.
This balloon popping party invite is right on theme. If balloons are one of your favorite pieces of party decor, you can go all-out with a giant balloon arch and clusters of pink and blue balloons in every corner. As an entertaining activity, challenge your guests to make balloon animals, or set up a balloon dart board and see which guest can pop the most.
When it’s time to make the big announcement, you can pop a gender reveal balloon. Make this the only balloon at the party that isn’t pink or blue. A black, white, or gold balloon will make a statement. When the balloon is popped, it will rain down blue or pink confetti to announce the gender of your new baby.
Pink or Blue — It’s All You!
A gender reveal party is a fun way to get your loved ones together for a little guessing game and a lot of cake (which we know will be delicious no matter what color it is on the inside). Once you find a gender reveal theme you love, the rest of your party planning will be a breeze.
The next step is to find an invitation that fits your theme. At Greenvelope, all of our digital invitations are fully customizable. Whether you choose a gender reveal announcement, a baby shower invitation, or even a birthday party invite, you can update the text with your gender reveal party details.
That means you’ll find invites to match hundreds of themes. For more inspiration, explore these 12 gender-neutral baby shower themes.
