11 Creative Gender Reveal Ideas for Husband or Partner | SneakPeek® (2024)

Published on August 16th, 2021 and Updated on March 30th, 2022

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You share everything with your partner—a home, your dreams, your snacks (well, maybe not your snacks), and your pregnancy journey. While you guys might share the moment of discovering your baby’s gender together, you can also choose to learn it first on your own. If you choose this option, you can share the news with the dad-to-be in a creative and surprising way he won’t see coming.

What are some cute ways to reveal your baby’s gender to your partner or husband?

To create a memorable moment, he’ll be able to share with your child during those future story times, take a look at our 11 favorite gender reveal ideas for husband or partner.

#1 Kick the Ball Around

Does your husband or partner start his Saturday mornings yelling about penalty kicks or complement his Sunday afternoons with a 7th inning stretch? If this sounds familiar, consider surprising him with your baby’s gender using a gender reveal sports ball.

These specially-designed balls are filled with blue or pink colored powder that explodes upon impact. Gender Reveal Celebrations offers options for any sports fan, including:

• Soccer balls
• Baseballs
• Footballs
• Basketballs
• And golf balls

For this reveal, ask your husband or partner to join you in a friendly game. Then, watch his expression as the ball explodes with color. It’s a sports-themed gender reveal that’s sure to be a home run (you know we had to).

#2 Practice Your Aim

Getting pregnant is a little like hitting the bullseye. With this creative balloon dart gender reveal idea, revealing your baby’s gender can feel like that too. This premade dart board by Wasatch Goods comes with everything you need for the big surprise, including:

• 12 black colored balloons
• Pink and blue confetti
• Safety pins (to pin the balloons to your board)
• And a dart

Creating your own balloon dart board is also a great idea, one that allows you to fill your colored balloons with whatever you want. For a special keepsake, consider filling your balloons with pink or blue paint rather than colored confetti and pinning them to a large canvas. When your husband or partner hits a balloon, he’ll cover your canvas with a one-of-a-kind, life-changing paint splatter that you can then frame and hang in your baby’s nursery.

#3 Choose Daddy & Baby Matching Outfits

For a fun gender reveal idea your man can proudly wear around town, choose a dad shirt with an accompanying onesie (for his new stylish wingman or woman). Online shops like Etsy have a wide variety of adorable shirts and onesies to choose from, such as this Daddy’s Little Girl combo or this matching set that officially bestows the title of Girl Dad on your father-to-be.

If you’re expecting a little mister, consider matching outfits that proclaim Dad’s Little Dude or Dad’s Little Man for a stylish father and son look your partner won’t want to take off.

#4 Light a Bonfire for the Boys

If you and your partner are avid campers, or simply enjoy spending evenings by a romantic fire, you can get those sparks flying even higher with Mystical Fire’s color changing fire pouches. Transform indoor or outdoor fires into dazzling blue flames to surprise your partner or husband with the news of a baby boy.

Although pink or red options aren’t available (given fire’s naturally orange hue), you can also use this creative gender reveal idea to celebrate the news of a little girl. Simply use the rainbow fire option to preface your reveal, then present a platter of s’mores accoutrements—including pink marshmallows.

#5 Create a Gender Reveal Playlist

Does your man love rocking out to his favorite tunes? With a gender reveal playlist, he can learn whether his new dance partner will be a little boy or a little girl and get a jump start practicing those (embarrassing) dad dance moves.

For this reveal, we suggest telling your husband or partner you have a surprise for him, but you need a bit more time to get it ready. Ask him to wait while you prepare the surprise, and while he waits, he can listen to this cool new playlist you made. Then, leave the room, and see how long it takes for him to realize the surprise has already started.

If you’re expecting a baby boy, you can choose songs such as:

• “Let’s Hear it For the Boy,” by Deniece Williams
• “It’s Raining Men,” by The Weather Girls
• “If I Were a Boy,” by Beyonce
• “The Boys Are Back in Town,” by Thin Lizzy
• “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” by The Andrews Sisters

If you’re expecting a baby girl, consider adding these classics to your playlist:

• “Uptown Girl,” by Billy Joel
• “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” by Cyndi Lauper
• “My Girl,” by The Temptations
• “Isn’t She Lovely,” by Stevie Wonder
• “All-American Girl,” by Carrie Underwood

#6 Get Your Pet Involved

Already the proud parents of a cuddly fur baby? Reveal the gender of your human baby to your partner or husband by dressing up your pet. These cute gender reveal bandanas are perfect for both small dogs and cats, as well as larger fur babies, such as Great Danes or St. Bernards.

When your partner comes home after a long day at work or a trip to the gym, he’ll be welcomed by his best friend and the news of his new best friend.

#7 Hide Balloons

Balloon boxes have become a popular feature at gender reveal parties due to their size and spectacle. But you can utilize this party idea to create a more intimate gender reveal surprise for your partner or husband. To throw him off your scent, don’t use a traditional gender reveal box. Instead, hide your balloons somewhere he’ll least expect them, like the truck of his car or a coat closet. Then, ask him to grab you something from the secret location. When he opens the door, he’ll be bombarded with colorful balloons that announce the gender of his new baby.

#8 Shower Him in Confetti

Nothing says surprise (or celebration) quite like an unexpected explosion of confetti. With gender reveal confetti cannons, you can shock your husband or partner with the news of your baby’s gender… literally. This is an especially fun idea for couples who love to play pranks on each other. Catch him when he leasts expects it, like when he comes home from work or when he gets out of the shower. His surprise will quickly be followed by overwhelming joy.

#9 Use Dessert

Sweeten your dessert by using it to reveal the gender of your baby. Food coloring makes it easy to bake your own gender reveal cake, and with enough icing, you can conceal the gender until you’re ready to serve a slice. If you can manage to hide your dessert until after dinner, consider making a pink or blue cupcake or cake pop, decorating cookies with pink or blue icing, or purchasing pink or blue ice cream.

You can even spell out the news by purchasing custom fortune cookies. After a dinner of Chinese take-out, you can surprise your partner with his most memorable fortune to date.

#10 Discover a Dragon Egg

If your husband or partner is a Game of Thrones fan or an avid D&D player, he’s sure to appreciate learning his baby’s gender from this handcrafted color changing dragon egg. This intricately-designed egg initially starts off black. Then, with body heat or warm water, its color changes to beautiful cerulean or ethereal magenta.

It’s a unique gender reveal idea that can later be used to decorate your nursery and remind you of your most fantastic quest yet—parenthood.

#11 Design a Scavenger Hunt

Is your husband or partner a hunter? Perhaps he just loves a good puzzle. Either way, designing a scavenger hunt that reveals your baby’s gender is an interactive and fun way to surprise your partner with the ultimate treasure. Place clues around your home or your neighborhood, with each clue leading to the location of the next clue.

For the final clue? Lead your husband or partner to any of the cute gender reveal ideas from above, such as a box containing a dad shirt and baby onesie, a surprise location filled with balloons, or a cake waiting to be sliced.

If you’re looking for more creative ideas for gender reveals, read our linked blogs on virtual gender reveal ideas, and how to make gender reveal box.

When should you reveal your baby’s gender to your partner?

Once you discover the gender of your baby, you’ll likely want to share the news and celebrate with your partner as soon as possible. If there’s a particular occasion coming up, such as your partner’s birthday, a vacation, or Father’s Day, aligning your announcement with this special day can create an even more memorable surprise.

Surprise Your Husband or Partner Sooner with SneakPeek

No matter how you choose to share the news of your little miss or little mister with the special man in your life, it’ll be a moment he’ll reminisce on and share with your baby for years to come. That’s because discovering the gender of your baby can help your partner feel even more connected to the tiny human you’re creating. With SneakPeek, you can start this connection even sooner than you think, at just 6 weeks7 weeks into pregnancy.

SneakPeek’s At-Home Early Gender Prediction Test can tell you the gender of your baby with over 99% accuracy¹. Plus, you can take the test and get the results within the comfort of your own home, so it’s easy to keep the news a secret until you’ve decided on your perfect gender reveal idea.

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Sources:

https://www.mightymoms.club/baby-shower/19-gender-reveal-ideas/

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