Creative and fun gender reveal ideas

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by Lorna White |
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Deciding whether you'd like to know the gender of your baby at your 20-week scan is a huge and very exciting decision for all parents-to-be.

While you might have been trying to guess the gender with a Chinese Gender predictor chartsince you found out you were expecting, some like to keep it a surprise for the actual day of arrival. Once you know, it can be easier to firmly pick a baby name and nursery decor.

Best at a glance:

  • Best overall creative and fun gender reveal: Balloon Drop Bag, £10.95

  • Best creative and fun gender reveal idea for its environmentally friendly material: Gender Reveal Exploding Football, £17.99

  • Best creative and fun gender reveal idea for personalisation: Gender reveal scratch card, £1.50

  • Best creative and fun gender reveal idea for price: Gender Reveal Decoration, £13.99

If you do decide to find out if you're having a boy or a girl, how about having a gender reveal! There are so many ways to find out and reveal the gender of your baby, and it's becoming increasingly popular to invite friends and family to some sort of party or announcement on social media to let everyone know your news.

There are lots of creative and personalised gender reveal ideas too, from cakes and balloons to thoughtful gifts and Piñatas.

The best gender reveal ideas

Best baby gender reveal idea for its size

Gender Reveal Baby Shower Confetti Balloon
Price: £14.99

Before you're ready to pop, let everyone know the gender of your baby with this giant gender reveal balloon. The pack contains 1 balloon, 4 tassels (2 of each blue and pink) and blue and pink confetti to fill the balloon. A soon to be mum said: "“We got as a gift with our baby, and absolutely love it. Lovely to have the continuity of photos and see how big the grow. Does tend to crease a bit, and once moving the sheet tends to move a lot, but isn't that half the fun.” ansd, if you'd like the gender reveal to be a surprise to you and your partner, ask a trusted family member or friend (someone you know won't blab!) to fill the balloon for you. You can ask your sonographer to contact them with the sex of the baby or ask to be given the results in a sealed envelope that you can pass on to them.

Pros

  • Pack contains 1 36" balloon, 4 tassels 2 of each blue and pink, blue and pink confetti to fill the balloon
  • Balloon is large in size

Cons

  • Not many colours to choose from

Best baby gender reveal idea for creativity

Balloon Drop Bag
Price: £43.60

"He or She, What Will it Be?" This balloon drop bag kit includes pink and blue balloons, ribbon and bag. Simply blow up your balloons, fill the bag and thread through the ribbon to close. Then you can simply whip the ribbon away! One customer who purchased this for a friend said: "I organised my friends gender reveal party and wanted a balloon drop for them, and the bag itself was fantastic quality and held the balloons really well. It is also a really decent sized bag, and the ribbon fastening was easy to assemble. When it came time for the reveal, it was easy to open too, and as the couple’s young son pulled the ribbon, it worked perfectly.”

Pros

  • Comes in blue and pink
  • Gender reveal drop bag includes: 1x he or she drop bag, 20 pink balloons and 20 blue balloons

Cons

  • Comes in one size

Best baby gender reveal idea for its environmentally friendly material

For the footie fans, how about a penalty shootout to find out the gender of your baby! This plastic football can be filled with pink or blue powder and will explode when kicked. One couple who purchased this for their gender reveal said: "It was easy to break and the pieces weren’t too small, so was able to clean it up! Best part was it stayed on the shoe we used to keep as a memory! Absolutely amazing!"

Pros

  • Contains one plastic football shell & two packets of coloured powder for your choosing
  • powder is 100% non-toxic & environmentally friendly

Cons

  • One reviewer said the quality of the plastic can be improved

Best baby gender reveal idea for personalisation

This is another lovely idea to send out to family if you're not going to be able to see them to announce your news in person - perhaps you could all join a video call and scratch at the same time so you can see their reactions. Happy with their purchase one buyer said: "Great little gift idea to make it that more special."

Pros

  • This scratch and reveal card is perfect to reveal your babies gender at your baby shower or gender reveal event
  • Includes a brown envelope 
  • Can be personalised

Cons

  • Low in stock
  • Returns & exchanges not accepted

Best baby gender reveal idea for games

dart-board-gender reveal
Price: £10.24 (was £12.70)

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How to play this game: Throw darts to pop the balloons. Once you pop 3 pink or 3 blue balloons you will find out the gender of the baby! To make your gender reveal day extra special, all you need to do is cover the squares with 16 black balloons. If you're having a little girl, fill 2 balloons with blue confetti and the rest with pink confetti. Vice versa for a little boy. Then tell your guests to take turns throwing the dart at the balloons. Once 3 Pink or 3 Blue balloons are popped you will know the baby's gender.

Pros

  • 36”x48” gender reveal balloon dart board. He Or She Pop to See
  • If you want a bigger sized board, that can be requested from the seller

Cons

  • Orders can not be exchanged

Best baby gender reveal idea for sparkle

Set off your gender reveal with a BANG using this confetti-filled gender reveal smoke cannon! Each gender reveal paint cannon measures 30cm in length and is perfect for any celebration. One reviewer said: "I absolutely loved these cute baby grow plates! They were the perfect addition to our gender reveal. People commented on them as soon as they walked through the door. We used them to have BBQ food on and usually I’m a sceptic for paper plates and BBQ food but there really resilient and thick, so no one complained and it saved on the washing up."

Pros

  • Each gender reveal paint cannon measures 30cm in length
  • Perfect for any event

Cons

  • Paper material

Best baby gender reveal idea for fun

This gender reveal pinata is a great way to reveal the gender of your baby, sure to be a magical highlight to your baby shower celebrations. Hang the pinata in an open space so you have enough room to hit the pinata and release the confetti inside revealing the baby's gender.

Pros

  • Each pack contains one pinata measuring 45cm (H) 28cm (W) and 7cm (D)
  • Comes with Pink & Blue confetti to fill

Cons

  • Not ideal if the pinata has nowhere for it to be tied too

Best baby gender reveal idea for cake fans

These beautiful gender reveal themed cake pops are made-to-order; with your choice of white or chocolate cake and dipped in coordinating coloured chocolate per design/theme. Our cake pops come individually wrapped and stay fresh at room temperature for 7 days, making it perfect if you want your order to arrive early, with one customr agreeing and saying: "My cake pops arrived on time, looked just as pictured, and were so yummy! I would definitely order from this shop again!"

Pros

  • Handmade
  • Stand holds up to 18 cake pops
  • Pops can refrigerated or freeze if needed

Cons

  • Not ideal if your guests have allergies to milk, eggs, flour, sugar, chocolate or anilla

Best baby gender reveal idea for vegetarians

Another popular gender reveal idea is using a cake to share the news. This gorgeous sponge cake from M&S is filled with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream with pink or blue chocolate buttons in the centre for the grand unveiling. It's finished with white and yellow sprinkles and topped with a calso comes with a hidden centre of pink chocolate buttons for the big reveal, and yummy sprinkles, to give your baby gender reveal some fun.

Pros

  • Serves 16
  • Vegetarian
  • Four layers of light sponge filled with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream

Cons

  • Not suitable for nut or peanut allergy sufferers
  • Cake stand pictured is not included

Best baby gender reveal idea for a cake topper

Gender Reveal Cake TopperEtsy

Once you've got a cake sorted, how about finishing it with a topper? We love this stylish topper, perfect for a neutral cake. There are lots of different colours to choose from: Multi 3 piece gender reveal card cake topper set, which includes 1 '?' in silver card, 1 'Boy' in blue card & 1 'Girl' in pink card pre-attached onto wooden cake picks

Pros

  • Returns & exchanges accepted
  • Materials: Paper
  • This cake topper will be the perfect finishing touch
  • he '?' measures at (H)172 x (W)90mm. The 'Boy' measures at (H)83 x (W)100mm. The 'Girl' measures at (H)81 x (W)96mm

Cons

  • Delivery cost: £3.99

Best baby gender reveal idea for scent

We love the idea of the anticipation as this gender reveal candle burns down to see if the new addition to your family is going to be a boy or girl! It comes in a variety of scents including baby powder. The reveal can vary from 1.5 hours to 2 hours. It is a magical experience waiting to see the blue or the pink! And you'll be glad to know that it is made with 100% Soy Wax and have eco-wicks, and many of the scents are infused with essential oils and all fragrances are phthalate (found in plastics) and animal cruelty free.

Pros

  • Materials: wax type, soy
  • A fun and magical experience waiting to see the blue or the pink! Brings some joy and light to family members.

Cons

  • Returns & exchanges not accepted

Best baby gender reveal idea for its price

The special confetti balloon is made from thick non-transparent latex that protects the surprise and reveals with a perfect pop. This party supplies kit includes: 1pcs “BOY OR GIRL” banner,28 balloons(1pcs 92cm black balloon,3pcs blue confetti balloons,3pcs pink confetti balloons, 10pcs blue balloons,10pcs pink balloons and 2 pcs boy or girl balloon), 12pcs gender reveal cake toppers, 24pcs gender reveal stickers, 1pcs mummy to be sash,30pcs baby shower photo booth props, 2pcs confetties, 2pcs ribbons, 1pcs gender reveal table cloth and 1pcs (20 points) Double-sided glues dots. One customer who was happy with the price said: ‘Absolutely amazing, this pack has everything you need for the gender reveal party . Worth the money and I am happy with the purchase.”

Pros

  • Comes with 102 Pcs baby gender geveal party supplies
  • Strong and long lasting

Cons

  • Not ideal if you are not a fan of latex materials

Best baby gender reveal idea for quantity

If you're not a fan of the whole blue and pink theme for gender reveals, how about this fun bee theme? You could even fill the bee balloons with confetti for your reveal. The What Will It Bee Cake Topper is perfect for a 6"- 8" cake, and is very durable and reusable, and can be given to an expecting mum, rather than be thrown away. Although not happy with more of sprakles and less of the glitter, one mum said: "Super cute. I used this for a gender reveal. Great quality. Sparkly but not glittery, so does not leave glitter everywhere."

Pros

  • Made of gold glitter card stock
  • Perfect banner for baby shower or a gender reveal

Cons

  • Only a few left in stock (5)

Best baby gender reveal idea for any event

Perfect decorations for cupcakes and food at a baby shower or baby's gender reveal party. Perhaps get your guests to guess, then you pick the correct cupcake to reveal your baby's gender. These glitter boy or girl cupcake toppers are made of high quality paper and food-grade toothpick, safe to place them on cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, fruits, pie, dessert, ham or any dish and food appetizer you want to decorate, for that special event. Although happy with the blue colour, one buyer said: "I bought these to go in cupcakes for a gender reveal party. I was happy with the blue colouring, but disappointed with the pink colouring, I thought it was a washed out shade of pink, expected it to be much deeper and brighter."

Pros

  • 38W x 64H millimetres
  • Package included: 36Pcs cupcake toppers(9 Boy Picks, 9 Girl Picks, 9 bow picks, 9 tie picks

Cons

  • Designed for single-sided, the backside is plain white. Only for decoration purposes, this is not edible and please do not use it in oven or microwave.

Remember, gender reveal ideas is a personal choice, as it marks an important milestone in the journey of pregnancy, allowing expectant parents and their loved ones to celebrate a key moment in anticipation of the baby's arrival. And, while some parents prefer not to have a gender reveal, that is perfectly fine.

These celebrations provide an opportunity for family and friends to come together, a time for relatives and friends to connect, support the parents-to-be, and share in their happiness.

And, for the parents, it can enhance the emotional connection to their unborn child. The excitement of discovering the baby's gender can make the pregnancy feel more real and personal.

Lorna White has been a Digital Writer for Mother&Baby since 2020. She has a keen interest in a range of topics, from potty training and nutrition to baby names and maternity fashion.

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