3 Simple Gender Reveal Ideas for Photos

Ready to tell the world more about the baby you’re expecting? Use these 5 simple gender reveal ideas for a gender reveal photo shoot!

Capture more precious memories using our printable pregnancy milestone cards and get the nursery ready with this nursery art printable set. 

Simple Gender Reveal Photo Shoot Ideas

You’re expecting a baby — congratulations! 

You’ve had your ultrasound and know the sex of your baby — congratulations!

But you’re also still living your life and busy and also… tired. Bone tired.

So you want to share your exciting news with the world, in an easy way.

So you can still have time for an extra nap (take care of yourself, mama!).

Here are 3 simple gender reveal photo shoot ideas — some of them you don’t even have to show yourself and your tired face 😉

PS: They’re cheap, too, so you can save your pennies for decorating the nursery!

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1: A Gender Reveal Sign

A boy or girl sign is an easy way to photograph a gender reveal!

Our printable pregnancy sign sets include both the Hello World as pictured below, and “It’s a Boy” and “It’s a Girl” variations. Just type in your info, print, and snap a picture.

Hello World baby announcement included in Printable Pregnancy Milestone Card Set

Add a colorful accessory (either a baby’s or your own) and you’re ready to reveal!

You can also use a cute chalkboard or a letterboard, too.

I know fellow Remodelaholics always have spare paint chips around, so I loved this paint swatch gender reveal idea!

Photo: via Bright Star

2: Use Balloons

There’s just something inherently fun about using balloons for photos, and a gender reveal is definitely fun!

Grab a pre-made gender reveal balloon kit or stop by the party store for pink or blue balloons for a photo using a sign (like our printable above) or a photo like this:

Photo: Joyce Bohm Photography via Pinterest

or a baby announcement made with scrabble tiles (or make your own jumbo scrabble tiles!)

Photo: Ryan Lee via Flickr

or by doing a balloon drop pull string pinata! (or reverse it and let helium balloons float out of the box)

Photo and Tutorial: Oriental Trading

3: Pink or Blue Food

If you’re wanting to make a video, we loved doing our Pie in the Face gender reveal! And you can see our kids did, too!

For simpler gender reveal food ideas, you can take a photo

• sipping a pink or blue soda and ice cream float or fruity cream float or mocktail
• biting into a blue velvet cupcake or pink strawberry meringue cookie
• baking up a batch of chocolate chip M&M cookies — with only pink or blue M&Ms!

Congratulations on your baby!

As you prep for baby, you’ll also like these posts:

• 30+ Pretty Baby Shower Recipes
• 25 Best Nursery Decor DIY Projects 
• Printable Baby Milestone Infographic Poster
• Baby Milestone Card Printable Set

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Published: February 23, 2021Filed Under: Kids, Printable, Tipsaholic Tagged: baby, gender reveal, printable milestone cards, printable photo signs

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Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. Since then, Remodelaholic has become a great community and resource for all those wanting to know how to make their builder-grade home BEAUTIFUL on a budget!