Fun gender reveal ideas to reveal the big news.

You’re thrilled about your pregnancy and just as excited to share the sex of the baby. With your social feeds overflowing in picture-perfect gender reveal parties, though, you wonder how to make yours truly special.

What you really want is to share your excitement with friends and family. You want them to feel what you feel. Yet, it’s a lot of pressure to live up to how unique and special the news feels to you.

This list of 64 gender reveal ideas covers every option from parties to social media posts, each with a unique spin.

Scroll through and take your pick, whether you want a simple idea, a funny one, or the biggest surprise anyone’s ever seen.

Simple gender reveal ideas for fast and easy announcements.

Maybe you have a small guest list for your gender reveal, or maybe there’s so much else on your mind that you don’t want to stress over this.

There are plenty of small gender reveal ideas to keep you announcement intimate, plus DIY gender reveal ideas that you can set up in a matter of minutes. Read through these great options and choose the one that feels right to you.

Balloon pop gender reveal.

Pour some pink or blue paint into one balloon of nine, then blow them all up. Let guests play tic-tac-toe with darts until someone pops the special balloon and reveals the big news.

Scratch-off cards for a gender reveal.

Send custom cards to friends and family with a homemade scratch-off sticker, revealing the news underneath.

Colored confetti drop.

Open a confetti box taped to the ceiling, and blue or pink confetti showers you and your partner. The moment of this vibrant reveal is great to share as an Instagram story, too.

Accessorize your ultrasound.

This is an easy option to send the news to an extended audience in cards or letters. Take your last ultrasound and accessorize it with stickers or toy props. A girl might have a bow on her head; a boy might have a baseball cap.

Umbrella confetti drop.

Fill an umbrella with blue or pink confetti, close it and wrap it tightly, then open it over the heads of the happy couple when everyone is gathered round.

Cootie catcher fortune teller.

Fold a cootie catcher fortune teller and have guests ask questions until someone chooses the right flap with the gender reveal.

Juggling reveal.

Juggle items that are both blue and pink, then end clutching an item that reveals the gender.

Rooftop banner reveal.

Open a window that overlooks a backyard gender reveal, and roll out a long, vertical banner with the gender announcement for all to see.

Cute gender reveal ideas to melt hearts.

Whether you’re looking for a thoughtful gender reveal, a playful one, or both, these cute gender reveal ideas will leave everyone feeling touched.

Make sure to have a camera ready because these are moments to capture and share. The sweet sentiment can last even longer if you send a photo collage of your reveal after the fact.

Pajama party.

Some gender reveal ideas are especially fun between friends, like one where you invite everyone over for a pajama party. You wear pink or blue to reveal the gender of your baby.

Smoke bomb reveal.

At an outdoor gender reveal party or barbecue, light a smoke bomb that pours blue or pink smoke as a vivid gender reveal.

Pet costume.

Get your pet in on the gender reveal with a fun costume that’s either blue or pink to reveal the baby’s sex.

Sibling-assisted reveal.

If this is your second (or third) baby, an older sibling can wear a t-shirt for the gender reveal party that announces the gender of the soon-to-be, like “I’m going to have a little sister.”

Bubble machine.

Set up a bubble machine that showers everyone in blue or pink bubbles.

Surprise ice cream.

Hire an ice cream truck to come as a surprise and serve complimentary cones with blue or pink ice cream.

Twin piñatas.

Most of these cute gender reveal ideas can work as twin gender reveal ideas, too. For example, if you like the idea of filling a piñata with blue or pink candy, why not make it two piñatas to reveal twins’ gender(s)?

Treasure hunt.

Set up a series of clues, hide them around the party, and make a map to lead guests on a treasure hunt. The final treasure is the big reveal.

Unique gender reveal ideas for something totally new.

Gender reveal parties boomed with the growth of social media networks. Now, everyone’s feeds are filled with the same gender reveal parties thrown again and again.

If you want to do something truly unique, these creative gender reveal ideas will charm and delight your friends and family. As an added bonus, you’ll be able to share the highlights on social media without posts getting buried as “more of the same.”

Bonfire gender reveal.

Perfect for spring or autumn nights, a bonfire reveal is as simple as adding a color-changing powder to the flame when guests are gathered round.

Color run gender reveal.

Organize your own small color run some friends and family running around a park. Those who don’t run are given bags to throw color powered at them. Only when bags are opened does everyone discover pink or blue for the baby’s sex.

Colored sparklers.

At a nighttime gender reveal party, hand out sparklers that glow the right color. Everyone sets them alight, and the baby’s gender is revealed in blue or pink sparks.

Christmas gender reveal ideas.

Christmas party crackers are a popular holiday tradition that can be made at home. Make some DIY Christmas crackers, hand them out for your reveal party, and have everyone crack them at once.

Light-up pool reveal.

If you have a pool, light the pool water with LED lights that glow pink or blue.

Postpartum reveal.

If you want family and friends waiting with bated breath, wait until the baby is born, then make a baby announcement with your newborn dressed in blue or pink.

VR headset experience.

Cool gender reveal ideas can use new technology, too. If you own a VR headset, make a virtual reality gender reveal experience for guests.

By way of fireworks.

If fireworks are permitted where you live, you can set off a small firework display with pink or blue colors in the night sky.

Funny gender reveal ideas to leave them laughing.

A baby is a joyous thing, but sometimes what you want is to inspire laughs instead of coddling sentimentality. If funny gender reveal ideas are more your style, here are some clever ways to celebrate your announcement while making sure people get a chuckle, too.

Things that make us laugh are more easily remembered, so every detail of your funny gender reveal will leave people talking for a long time.

Silly string fight.

Host your gender reveal party outside and let everyone know to come in comfortable clothes. Equip guests with cans of silly string and set them loose. The silly string is all blue or pink, revealing the gender when the battle starts.

Witch’s brew.

If you’re announcing your baby’s gender around Halloween, set up a science experiment to share with guests in a witch’s cauldron. Invent the goofiest names possible for the ingredients, and turn the “potion” pink or blue to reveal the gender.

Pie throwing.

Set up a pie-throwing station for the mother-to-be to throw a pie at her partner. The pie’s surprise filling is pink or blue.

Inflated belly reveal.

Put some blue or pink confetti inside a big balloon, then inflate it and stuff it up your partner’s shirt to match your own baby bump. Pop the belly for the big reveal.

Professional magician.

Hire a professional magician to come and perform tricks that end with pink or blue props, confetti, or smoke.

“Go fish.”

Set up a “go fishing” game with many floating fish or ducks. Everyone takes turns trying to fish them out until someone finds the one with your baby’s sex written on the bottom.

Super soaker race.

Give a few super soakers to guests, then set the parents-to-be against one another for a race across the yard. The water inside the water guns is dyed pink or blue. When the future parents run by, the guests soak them, and the baby’s sex is revealed.

Karaoke reveal.

Go to a karaoke bar or set a karaoke party up at home. When one of the parents-to-be takes the stage, choosing a specific song about sons or daughters can reveal the baby’s sex.

Gender reveal food ideas as fun as they are filling.

Using food to share the baby’s gender is a popular option because it fills guests up and gives ample opportunities for surprise.

From cakes iced in white with a mystery filling to magic mugs that show secret messages when hot, these gender reveal food ideas could be the focal point of your gender reveal party.

Cake cutting reveal.

Get a blue or pink cake iced entirely in white. When it’s time to cut the cake, everyone gathers around for the baby’s gender reveal, shown with surprise blue or pink cake or filling inside.

Colored popcorn.

Get big, lidded buckets of gourmet popcorn, all of it colored blue or pink. Open the cans and serve the happy guests with flourish as your baby’s gender reveal.

Dyed bananas, apples, and pears.

You can dye pieces of fruit like bananas, apples, and pears by inserting a needle loaded with food dye. The fruit is chopped and plated in front of the guests, and the baby’s gender revealed.

Surprise doughnut filling.

Have doughnuts made with colored cream filling. Guests find out the sex as soon as they bite in.

Cookie decorating.

Set up a cookie decorating station with frosting and sprinkles in unmarked containers. Their color is unknown. Once people start decorating, the pink or blue materials reveal the baby’s sex.

Hot chocolate bar with surprise mugs.

Set up a hot chocolate bar under a big banner that asks, “boy or girl?” Guests serve themselves, and later are surprised to see a secret message on the side of the mugs revealed, stating the baby’s gender.

Pizza party reveal.

Or, host a fast and easy pizza gender reveal party. Inside the lid of each box, write the message “it’s a boy” or “it’s a girl.” Ask a couple guests to help open and prop all the boxes, and they’ll be thrilled to see the surprise inside.

Colored candy.

Order individually wrapped pink or blue candies whose wrappings don’t give away their hue. Set them up all over the party as your gender reveal.

Gender reveal gift ideas (when you’re invited to the party before you know the sex).

What do you do when you’re invited to a gender reveal party, but the whole point of the party is that you still don’t know the baby’s sex? What are the best gifts to bring?

As soon as the baby’s gender is known, the future parents are showered in girls’ or boys’ colored clothes and gender-centric toys. The best gender reveal gift ideas aren’t just gender-neutral, they’re also items that are neglected once people know the baby’s sex.

Peruse these gender reveal party gifts and you’ll give the couple something they’ll need no matter what.

Nursery décor.

Look for wall art, posters, banners, and mobiles for the nursery with gender-neutral stars, clouds, or other themes.

Diapers.

Diapers are always needed. Period.

Teething toys.

Teething toys are rarely gendered. They’re fun, functional, and come in all kinds of neutral shapes and colors.

Baby bath products.

Baby bath essentials like gentle soaps and shampoos will be appreciated by the parents-to-be.

Memory book.

Make a memory book or find one that fits the style of the parents to be.

Plush toys.

Soft and cuddly plush toys can be gender-neutral and incredibly sweet.

Portable changing pad.

A portable changing pad for life on-the-go will be enormously useful for the parents.

Set of feeding bottles.

A full feeding bottle set is one of the practical gifts that every new parent will appreciate.

Gender reveal invitation ideas and announcement templates.

Stir excitement and interest in your gender reveal party with the best gender reveal invitation ideas. Gender reveal invitations come in every imaginable format, from custom greeting cards to cute flyers and sharable social posts online.

Whatever you want to make, it’s all easy in Adobe Express — no experience required.

Pop-up cards.

Make a pop-up card with the question, “boy or girl?”

Ticket-style invitation.

Make an invitation that looks like a ticket. Try: “Exclusive Event: Boy or Girl Reveal Party.” The date and any instructions can be in the ticket’s “fine print.”

Baby shoes design.

A cute and simple gender reveal invitation can feature a pair of baby shoes on the cover, one blue and one pink.

Puzzle piece invitation.

Send each guest a puzzle piece in an envelope with the instruction to piece the puzzle together at the gender reveal party. The completed puzzle reads “boy” or “girl.”

Photo strip announcement.

Make a photo strip of your sonogram over time, with the final frame asking invitees, “boy or girl?”

Treasure map.

Your invitation can double as a treasure map with the location of your party listed as the destination. “X” marks the spot.

Magic 8-ball card.

Invitations depicting a magic 8-ball can show the murky message, “what will it be?” This will get guests even more curious to come to the reveal.

Envelope within an envelope.

Send your announcement in an envelope with two smaller envelopes inside, one marked “girl” and the other “boy.” Ask guests to come to the party with the envelop of their guess, then everyone opens their envelopes together.

Gender reveal game ideas to keep the party going.

A little fun and games will keep your party going well past the “ah-ha” moment of the big reveal. Guests will have more fun and feel more engaged, too, if you reveal the baby’s gender through a game.

Add friendly competition, help conversation flow, and add memorable moments with these gender reveal game ideas. Choose your favorite and see how much fun everyone has.

Custom puzzle.

Make or order a custom puzzle that reveals the big news and piece it together as a group.

Word search gender reveal.

Make your own word search with multiple instances of “boy” and “girl” throughout. Everyone finds and circles as many as they can. Those who find them all will see that there are more instances of “boy” or “girl,” in so doing revealing the baby’s sex.

Water balloon toss.

Set up a water balloon toss in the yard with balloons filled with pink or blue dyed water. As soon as balloons start popping, the baby’s gender is revealed.

Paint gun battle.

Arrange with a paint gun field ahead of time to provide blue or pink paint pellets for an epic, gender-revealing battle.

Jenga gender reveal.

Write the big news on one secret Jenga piece then set the game up to play. See who pulls the surprise piece and uncovers the big news.

Feathery pillow fight.

Have a pillow fight with down pillows whose feathers are dyed pink or blue. For the features to spill out, cut small holes throughout the pillows. Once the fight starts, feathers start to fly.

Bubblegum blowing contest.

Have a bubblegum blowing contest with blue or pink chewing gum to see who blows the biggest bubbles.

Egg hunt gender reveal.

It doesn’t have to be easter for an egg hunt. Hide eggs with sweets all over the house or yard and slip a secret message into one of them. When eggs are opened, one person will find the big reveal.

How you can use more than one of your favorite gender reveal ideas.

There are layers of people you can surprise with your baby’s gender, allowing you to use multiple unique gender reveal ideas. For instance:

Exercise: How to spread the word about your gender reveal party.

Your gender reveal might be something you share on social media. It might be something you send to family and friends in letters or cards. If you aren’t throwing an in-person event, most of these gender reveal ideas can be captured in photos or video and shared digitally, too.

If you do have an in-person party, there are several ways to spread the word. Guests will be thrilled to see your custom flyers, announcements, and invitations.

Remember — anything you can think up is easy to make in Adobe Express, no experience required.

Adobe Express can help.

Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite gender reveal ideas to work. If you want to use these gender reveal ideas in cards, letters, posters, banners, collages, flyers, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

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