When you are expecting a new bundle of joy, one of the best moments would be when you get to find out what the gender of the baby is. After this, you can go all out and prepare for the coming of your new baby girl or your new baby boy.
You can then start shopping for gift items like clothes and toys that will fit the baby. For girls, you will usually choose typical girl colors like pinks, purples and shades of lilac. Then you can shop for other things like clothes, some socks, a lot of baby bottles and other such necessities in those shades. For baby boys however, most people usually go for shades of blue. For baby showers, the mother need not go shopping since her friends will be the ones to buy gifts for her to celebrate the occasion.
A baby shower always needs to include a nice big cake even if it is a small gathering. If your baby happens to be a boy, you will want baby shower cakes for boys. You should use a lot of blue for a baby boy shower since this is the color for boys. Do not worry, you will be able to use other colors to complement. But make the color blue be the more dominant color for the decorations as well as the baby shower cake.
The baby shower cake is always the center of attention in the baby shower. For boys, some colors that you can have for your baby shower cake are white, yellow, green and some red. You can get these colors in an assortment of shades and you may combine them with each other. You do not have to be confined to these though. You can go online and search for non-traditional baby shower cakes for men that will suit the tastes of the new parents.
These days, you can go for what is called a Diaper Cake. This is made in lieu of a real cake and is made up of multiple tiers that is made out of diapers! These are very important when you are having a baby and it can also be used as décor. Diapers are pinned, tucked and rolled and arranged so that they resemble a cake. Some other things are also included with the diapers like rattles, pacifiers, socks, plush toys and some even have shoes. You will find that three tiered diaper cakes are very common, which are then topped with a plush toy like a cake topper. Choose a blue toy for a baby boy. These diaper cakes can be as big and elaborate or as small and as simple as you want.
Any baby shower will need a cake. You can go for more traditional cakes or you can go for the modern and trendy diaper cake so that the baby shower becomes complete.