Gender Reveal: Using Eggs Filled With Paint

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The story behind our Gender Reveal is that we didn't actually intend on having a gender reveal party until our scan just happened to be scheduled a couple days before my husband's birthday party. And so we thought the timing was too perfect to waste. My husband had the awesome idea of putting paint in water balloons and having me throw them at his shirt. When I asked one of my best gals Shine if she could execute it, she suggested eggs instead - it turned out to be absolute genius!
Gender Reveal Using Eggs Filled With Paint
Gender Reveal Using Eggs Filled With Paint

How A Gender Reveal Works

Typically, the couple attends the morphology scan and asks the sonographer not to tell them what the gender is and instead, write it down in a sealed envelope. The sealed envelope then goes to the trusted person who executes the gender reveal. While some couples opt to know the gender and surprise their family/friends instead, we wanted to be surprised. We only really waited 2 days to find out but we were so so excited!! Check out my husband's excited face!



We didn't inform our friends beforehand that we were having the gender reveal on that day as I didn't want there to be any confusion - this was not a baby shower. It was a birthday party for my husband. We just happened to sneak in a gender reveal too so it was a surprise for our closest friends and we could all share in the surprise of finally finding out what our baby's gender is. We had a simple pizza and chicken wings party as a relaxed hangout at home. And then our friend, Margaux, who so kindly agreed to host the reveal, asked everyone to head to the garage where we had a simple backdrop set up. 

To keep everyone occupied while we went to quickly change clothes, we got our friends to vote whether they thought our baby would be a girl or a boy. You can see most people guessed 'boy'. My husband and I were truly expecting a boy just because so many old wives' tales pointed to me having a boy - such as the shape of my belly.

How To Create The Eggs With The Paint and How Much This Gender Reveal Cost

All in all, the decor (buntings, backdrop, pompoms, balloons for my husband's birthday party decor, paint and eggs included) cost us $40. Decor were bought from Kmart Australia. To create these beautiful golden eggs, Shine used a syringe with a needle to suck the contents of the eggs out then allowed them to dry. She then used a syringe to replace the eggs' content with paint, and then sealed the holes with the use of a glue gun and glue stick. As a finishing touch, she painted the eggs and the box gold. Voila! The golden eggs. Some of the eggs contained white paint as a decoy, while some contained the actual colour that would reveal the baby's gender.


The first egg we cracked contained white paint. It started to become a little messy which made it all the more fun. The photos and videos of ourselves and our friends with the largest grins and laughs just showed how fun and happy this occasion was and I just absolutely loved this day!

It's a GIRL!!! And while we both expected a boy, my husband has ALWAYS wanted a baby girl and the happiness on his face was just so absolutely priceless.


I asked our friends to bring out his birthday cakes after the reveal. His two closest guy friends brought the cakes out and we all sang 'Happy Birthday'.

I can't even begin to thank our friends enough. While we always appreciate our friends who have showered us with so much love and kindness, we felt the love even more on this day. I can't enumerate all of you in this post, but you know who you are and we love you guys so much!

After the gender reveal, Kenny wanted to frame his shirt which I thought was a perfect idea. So we bought the frame and added a card and it turned out oh so pretty! If you look closely, you can even still see some egg shells on the shirt which I think makes it even more special.


I remember how happy my husband was on this day. And as we lay down in bed before sleeping that night, I know he already loves his baby girl so much.


Always,
Jeanne

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46 comments

  1. lovely pics
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  2. This is such an amazing idea for a gender reveal! Glad you had an amazing day, and such a lovely idea to frame the tshirt too.

    Chloe xx
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  3. Congratulations to y'all! Yippieeee....

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  4. Oh what a sweet reveal! How exciting you are having a girl! Congratulations!

    Hope that your week is going well :) It's a very hot one here! More like summer than spring!

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  5. This is such a cute gender reveal! I love the paint idea! Congratulations!

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  6. Congratulations! The pictures are lovely
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  7. Wow, what a great way to do a gender reveal! Love all the details and ideas. And your photos came out great too will be great to look back on and congratulations on having a girl!


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  8. What and amazing idea and congratulations darling!


    xoxo
    Lovely
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  9. Awww congrats hun!!
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  10. The egg is a great idea for a gender reveal!! And Congratulations!!

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  11. What a fun party it was. Love your egg idea and congrats on a baby girl, I have two and never wanted a boy. Enjoy
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  12. Congratulations. This is so beautiful 🥰
    Xoxo

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  13. What a great party to reveal the gender. Congrats on the baby girl x

    Laura
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  14. Congratulations on having a girl, The egg is an amazing idea.

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  15. Such a lovely moment
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  16. First off, congrats! I've never seen a gender reveal using painted eggs before, so cool and unique. We did one for both pregnancies with a cake cutting. The filling inside was pink each time; welcome to the girl mommy club :) Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy girl, she'll be here before you know it!


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  17. Ahh this is so exciting! Congrats :)

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  18. This is such a cute idea! I'll have to remember it for the next baby shower I help plan! Congrats to you both!

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  19. Congratulations ! That's amazing

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  20. congratulations!!!*_*
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  21. Such a cute idea! I haven't seen this one before. Congrats to you guys!

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  22. Congrats for your baby girl!!
    xoxo

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  23. Loving your fun photos dear! Congratulations!

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  24. SUch a lovely post, the Pictures look like so much fun.
    And of Course - congratulations.

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  25. Aww congrats to the both of you! <3

    xoxo,
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  26. Congratulations dear!!
    What a great and original idea, it's one of the best I've ever seen!


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  27. This such a great idea. Easy, fun and memorable! Congratulations!
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  28. How wonderful it is a girl!
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  29. Congratulations on baby girl. This idea for gender reveal is great. Thank you for sharing your happiness with us.

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  30. Aw congratulations!! This is such a great idea and I love that you framed the shirt.

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  31. Congratulations! This looked like it was such a great day! I'm so happy for you and your family! :)

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  32. Awww so cute...Congrats! I was always wondering how the couple doesn't know the baby gender, but now I know.

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  33. Congratulations on the baby girl!! It is exciting news! I love the gender reveal too. It is very creative and a fun way to celebrate! Sending you two lots of love!

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  34. Congratulations, really cute and great idea:**Regards

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  35. This is so fun! I haven't heard of a celebration like it, so it is creative and original. Congratulations on having a girl!

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  36. Awww, this is such a beautiful gender reveal. Wish you a smooth pregnancy.

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  37. Aww this is such a lovely idea for a gender reveal and I adore how genuinely happy you all seem - I'm so pleased for you girl!! :)

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  38. Awww, Congratulations! That sounds like such a fun way to do a gender reveal.

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