How much to contribute for a baby shower?

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If you were attending a baby shower, and told not to bring presents (can bring something when baby here if you wanted), and it was an afternoon doing crafts and a catered buffet. Would you expect the host to cover all the costs or would you be happy contributing to the food cost etc and what would be a reasonable amount?

Have you been asked to contribute to the costs? When I had my baby shower I covered all costs and wouldn’t have dreamed of asking anyone to pay towards it, it was really just a chance for me to catch up with everyone before I gave birth. Unless you’ve been asked to chip in I’d assume you’re invited as a guest and not to contribute to the cost, but I would take a gift or even just pop a voucher in a card

If you were going out for an afternoon tea would you expect to pay for your own or the mum to be to pay for it for everyone?
Hosting and just trying to work out if can get nicer food and ask for say £10 from people or just suck up cheap sandwiches etc

If going out for afternoon tea then I’d expect to all pay for ourselves.

If at home/at a venue with buffet then the host pays I would think.