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Gender reveal ideas

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Riceyyyy · 26/10/2022 09:49

Hi I was going to get fireworks but someone I know is getting fireworks (but i found them first) and I don't want it look like I copied can you guys please tell me some unique gender reveal ideas pls something similar to fireworks but not the same

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laddersandsnakes12 · 26/10/2022 15:13

@BloodAndFire 😂😂😂

tenbob · 26/10/2022 15:15

Fundays12 · 26/10/2022 14:48

If you really want to do it a cake is a good option less mess and tasty. Honestly though most people I know inwardly cringe when invited to a gender reveal party including myself. Though I am always polite an decline the invite.

Also be aware not all sex scans are accurate I know of 4 people who were told the opposite sex to what they had (one had been told 3 times she was having a bit but had a girl). For this reason I never went OTT on coloured items.

My sister in law did the cake thing, but either the baker was a bit shit or something had been horribly miscommunicated along the way, because the cake was green when they cut it open

The only interesting bit of the day was her bellowing 'stop filming' at all the people who 30 seconds earlier had been asked (instructed) to film the moment of the reveal
It would have made for a hilarious TikTok if people were a bit meaner...

Fundays12 · 26/10/2022 15:33

Omg a green cake wonder if the baker did that for a boy?

glassfully · 26/10/2022 15:38

Like everyone else... I'm not too bothered about gender reveals. I'd still turn up for cake Grin

NalaNana · 26/10/2022 22:41

I'm not a fan of gender reveals but I'm surprised how many people don't give a toss about finding out the sex of their friends/family members children. I am always excited to find out! Why wouldn't I be?!

joffr · 26/10/2022 22:43

I love finding out what sex other peoples babies are! Even if it's just a distant friend, their social media post at least has me thinking 'oooo a girl!' Or 'oooo a boy', I do a little smile, maybe commenting or like it and scroll on

Not sure why people on MN are so negative about it. It's exciting!

ZEWatson · 26/10/2022 22:56

Another vote for just tell those who care...doesn't need to have a big scene made about it. If you feel it's important then go for it...but I don't really see the point and feel quite embarrassed for my friends when I see them on social media...

ShesThunderstorms · 26/10/2022 23:04

An interpretive dance. Please do an interpretive dance.

Chucklefuck · 26/10/2022 23:07

Oh I can tell you what we did, a bit classic really but still very lovely.

Here's how to do it:

Have a baby.

And then....

(this is the good bit)

Contact your family and friends to tell them the sex/weight/name!!!

NC12345665 · 26/10/2022 23:10

tenbob · 26/10/2022 15:15

My sister in law did the cake thing, but either the baker was a bit shit or something had been horribly miscommunicated along the way, because the cake was green when they cut it open

The only interesting bit of the day was her bellowing 'stop filming' at all the people who 30 seconds earlier had been asked (instructed) to film the moment of the reveal
It would have made for a hilarious TikTok if people were a bit meaner...

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because the cake was green when they cut it open

Imagine everyone's shock when your sister gave birth to Kermit the frog.

Hangupsrus · 26/10/2022 23:12

It went like this with all my dc 'its a boy/girl'. Insert as appropriate. It cost me nothing too.

Jeanstable · 26/10/2022 23:17

ShesThunderstorms · 26/10/2022 23:04

An interpretive dance. Please do an interpretive dance.

It gets my vote!

Otterseatpuffinsdontthey · 26/10/2022 23:22

@BloodAndFire
Brilliant! 😂

NC30112021 · 26/10/2022 23:25

No. Just no.

MrsSchadenfreude · 26/10/2022 23:26

No-one’s that interested. Just tell them, if you want, or don’t, it’s up to you. But be aware that no-one is as interested in your baby as you are. If we ask questions about sex and names, it’s because we’re being polite. We’re not interested that you know the sex but it’s a secret, or the name you’ve chosen is a secret. We’ll know soon enough when the baby arrives!

beastlyslumber · 26/10/2022 23:26

BloodAndFire · 26/10/2022 14:58

Something completely unique, like fireworks but not fireworks? Hmm...How about:

  • Improvised explosive device. Get a robot to walk across the minefield and when the IED (and robot) explode, either pink or blue smoke erupts from the explosion.
  • Live cow milking. Feed the cow blue or pink food colouring and then invite family and friends to squeeze their udders until either blue or pink milk starts squirting into the bucket.
  • Vaginal ping-pong. Someone (unseen by you) inserts either pink or blue ping-pong balls into your vagina. You face your family and friends and fire the ping-pong balls out, revealing your baby's sex. Bonus: exercise for your pelvic floor muscles. Can never do too many of them!
  • Plant-based reveal. Choose a rhododendron, hydrangea, or other plant whose blooms are a different colour depending on the pH level of your soil. Determine an area of soil where the pH level corresponds to the anticipated sex of your foetus. Plant the plant and invite your family and friends to come and watch and wait until the flowers bloom either pink or blue. Make sure you don't plant in an ambivalent area and get purple flowers!
  • Chemical reveal. Choose an element from the periodic table which will burn with either a pink or blue flame. Acquire a large quantity of this element and set it on fire.
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These ideas are genius.

Mydoggosarethebest · 26/10/2022 23:29

I vote for the vaginal ping pong balls!

leccybill · 26/10/2022 23:30

Honestly, no-one's arsed.
Just tell people.

JorisBonson · 26/10/2022 23:31

Gender reveals and baby showers can all get in the bin. Except if I was based on one of @BloodAndFire 's suggestions.

BaronessBomburst · 26/10/2022 23:34

Pink or blue just doesn't cut it these days.

Gender reveal ideas
NyanBinaryJohn · 26/10/2022 23:42

BaronessBomburst · 26/10/2022 23:34

Pink or blue just doesn't cut it these days.

It's a travesti.

Scautish · 26/10/2022 23:52

inspired by the ingenuity of @BloodAndFire

Eat lots of beetroot (girl) or lots of food with blue colouring.

then take lots of laxatives

then go for a massive dump and invite people into the toilet to take a look.

or if your feel a bit more adventurous then wear a nappy, shit yourself then show the guests the contents.

dawnfromgavinandstacey · 26/10/2022 23:57

BaronessBomburst · 26/10/2022 23:34

Pink or blue just doesn't cut it these days.

Is that real?

PMAmostofthetime · 26/10/2022 23:58

@Riceyyyy

The smoke flares are cool- depending when the reveal is you could have this hidden in a pumpkin or a wrapped gift and then set off so the smoke shoots out.

Paint in balloons pinned to a board is also fun- black balloons pinned to a board guest get to throw a dart and one of them will have pink or blue paint in.

I have also seen dad kick a football/ rugby ball and pink or blue powder comes out.

RandomCatGenerator · 27/10/2022 00:02

USaYwHatNow · 26/10/2022 10:35

I'm a midwife and am maybe a bit old fashioned (!?) but we found out the sex of our baby boy at a private scan,just the two of us. They then printed off about 4 or 5 different images of our baby for us. Our way of 'revealing' the sex was to hand the pictures over to our family members, and the last one was a 'potty shot' (I think that's what they call it??) of his dingle with 'it's a boy' printed on the scan. That was enough for me, I cba with the whole reveal thing but I get others are into it. How about individual cake pops for people?

This seems intensely weird to me. You have your family pictures of your baby’s sort of proto penis?

AIBU to think that’s really odd?