95 Pregnancy announcement ideas to deliver the big news.
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Your complete list of fun baby announcement ideas.
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DIY pregnancy announcement ideas that are anything but typical.
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Cute pregnancy announcement ideas for the biggest “aww.”
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Pregnancy announcement ideas for partner surprises.
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How to make the most of these baby announcement ideas.
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2nd baby announcement ideas to celebrate again (and again).
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Pregnancy announcement ideas for family.
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Baby announcement photo ideas you can customize to perfection.
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How to have more fun with these baby announcement ideas.
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Your complete list of fun baby announcement ideas.
When you’re ready to announce that you’re expecting, you want to do it in a special way. After all, it’s one of the most wonderful things you’ve ever gotten to share.
If you’ve seen one too many hand-hearts over bellies on Instagram and want to share your news in a unique or special way, this list has everything you need.
From DIY pregnancy announcement ideas to ingenious ways to surprise your family, choose your favorites templates below and and use Adobe Express to get started on your own creations of:
- announcement cards
- letters
- flyers.
DIY pregnancy announcement ideas that are anything but typical.
DIY pregnancy announcements are the most unique baby announcement ideas, because each has the touch of the person (or couple) making it.
Most of these can be set up, photographed, and used in printed and digital announcements or cards. Others can be filmed and shared as Instagram stories or in private video messages to family and friends.
Which one of these DIY pregnancy announcement ideas would you have the most fun making? Which one do you think will surprise people the most? Read them all and consider trying more than one for different people you want to tell.
Word game tile message.
Pool your Scrabble or Bananagrams tiles and turn them into a baby announcement message. Snap a photo, then share in a custom announcement card.
Countdown paper chain.
Make a countdown with a paperchain, each link representing a remaining week until your baby’s due date.
“Loading...” t-shirt.
Print “loading...” onto the belly of a t-shirt to represent the future digital native growing inside.
Letter board.
Letter boards are a popular prop for baby announcement photo shoots. To make this idea more your own, spell out a more cryptic message with props laid around the board that give further hints.
Baby blocks message.
Buy a set of wooden baby blocks (which you’ll need soon, anyway) and spell your announcement message out.
Drone banner.
If you own a drone, make your own announcement banner, hang it to the drone, then fly it around the next time you have people over. It will be an unexpected way to get the message out.
Origami announcement video.
If you’re into origami, write your announcement on origami paper then film yourself folding it into a stork. Then, unfold it, and hold the paper up to the camera to show the message: “baby en route.”
Custom riddle.
Write your own pregnancy riddle. For example, what’s heard by heartbeat but never by voice? Who are you with every day, even though you haven’t met?
Movie poster message.
Choose a character from a favorite movie and make a poster with that character and a big speech bubble. Choose a moment from the movie where the character’s expression matches the message, “look who’s having a baby.”
Announcement calendar video.
Mark your expected due date in the calendar, then film yourself flipping from the current month to your due date. Zoom in on the due date in the video’s final frame.
Custom scratch-off card.
Make custom scratch-off cards with your due date ready to reveal.
Crossword with hidden “keyword.”
Make your own crossword puzzle with four overlapping letters highlighted, destined to create a special keyword. Choose the words for the rest of the puzzle that spell BABY as the keyword in the middle.
Framed ultrasound.
Once you have your first ultrasound, you can frame it and share it as a super sweet announcement.
Photo collage.
Make a photo collage of the baby items you’ve already collected. The collage itself becomes your announcement.
Letter shaped cookies.
Try your hand making letter-shaped cookies, but make only Ys and As with twice as many Bs. Hand them out to friends, family, and coworkers, and see how long it takes them to figure it out.
Pop-up card.
Make your own pop-up card that, when opened, shows a crib or a baby booty or another baby clue. You can make just one and film someone opening it to share the news with everyone else by way of Instagram story.
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Cute pregnancy announcement ideas for the biggest “aww.”
Cute baby announcement ideas are the type that leave people breathless with “aww” and utterly warmed to the heart. They make use of the smallness of newborns, the first baby gear you acquire, and symbolism of all kinds.
Which of these ideas leaves a smile on your face? As you read through, imagine who in your life would react best to each.
Clothesline baby announcement.
Pin a baby onesie in between your socks and other random items to say in a simple way, “look who’s coming soon.”
A new baby branch on the family tree.
If you’re announcing your pregnancy in the fall, make it an announcement with one new branch drawn on a family tree filled with autumn colors.
Mini pumpkins in a seasonal baby announcement.
Other adorable fall baby announcement ideas come with pumpkins, of course. Have a photoshoot with two large pumpkins and one mini pumpkin in between, and use the pictures to announce your pregnancy.
Nursery door sign.
Hang a sign on the soon-to-be-nursery door that says, “coming soon,” then take a picture to use in your pregnancy announcements.
Get your pet involved.
Make your dog or cat a shirt, scarf, or sign with a message like, “they’re getting me a tiny human.
Stork greeting cards.
One unbeatably cute card design is the classic stork theme. As soon as people see that lanky bird, they well with wonder and excitement.
Photos next to a highchair.
Set a highchair between you and your partner at the table, strike a pose, then share the photo. You won’t need to say anything else.
Twin pregnancy announcement ideas.
If you’re expecting twins, then twin pregnancy announcement ideas take an unexpected spin on typical announcements. If you send a letter that says you’re now “eating for three,” it requires a double take before people realize that you’re not only expecting, but expecting two.
Custom puzzle with your announcement.
Order or make a custom puzzle with the message, “we’re pregnant.” Invite people over for a game night, then see what happens when they piece the puzzle together.
Flyer countdown.
Make your own flyer with a countdown to your due date, then hand it out at your next family event.
Baby room blueprint.
Make an announcement with baby room blueprints and the caption, “project baby.”
Gamer baby announcement.
If you and your partner are fans of gaming and you’re looking for funny pregnancy announcement ideas, make cards with a game screen that says, “player 3 has entered the game.”
Recipe for a happy family.
Write a recipe out on an index card for something called “happiness.” Include ingredients like, “1 part you” and “1 part me,” and the instructions to “keep in the oven 9 months.” Snap a picture and share it as your baby announcement.
Gender-reveal piñata.
If you want to announce your pregnancy and the sex of your baby at the same time, fill a piñata with blue or pink candies. Have friends or family help you break it open and wait to see their reactions.
Mysteriously reshare your wish list.
If you have a wish list on an online store, share it with any excuse you can make up. Make sure you have lots of baby items added to the list, then see how long it takes someone to notice and connect the dots.
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Pregnancy announcement ideas for partner surprises.
Sometimes, the pregnant partner gets the news first. On the occasions when you have a positive pregnancy test (or several) and the chance to surprise your partner, take your pick of these clever pregnancy announcement ideas for partners to make it a moment you both will remember.
Baby-themed gift.
Surprise your partner with a gift of anything baby-themed. Maybe it’s a pacifier, or a baby-carrier sling. Wait to see the confusion change to delight when the gift is opened.
Pregnancy test in a gift box.
You can gift wrap your positive pregnancy test as a surprise. The positive result will remain visible even if you cap the test and thoroughly wash the outside for the sake of hygiene.
Custom fortune cookie with take-out.
Have a custom fortune cookie made at the local bakery or make one yourself. Your partner will only get to the surprise message after finishing whatever take-out you bring home.
Play 20 questions.
Ask your partner to play 20 questions with the simple prompt that you have news to share. Only “yes” or “no” questions are permitted.
Set up “reserved parking” in the garage.
When your partner is out, hang a sign that says “reserved parking for future parent” where your partner parks in the garage.
Have baby booties delivered.
Have a pair of baby booties delivered in your partner’s name, then just wait for them to arrive.
Make a pregnancy bookmark.
Make a custom bookmark with your announcement, then leave it in whatever book your partner is reading.
Baby announcement coupon.
Make a cut-out coupon that says, “redeem in 9 months: one baby.”
Bring home cupcakes with a surprise topper.
Bring home cupcakes with surprise toppers that give your partner baby clues, like a stork or a cradle.
A baby reveal love letter.
Write your partner a heartfelt love letter with the announcement and everything it means to you.
Baby food recipe book.
Buy or make a baby-food recipe book and give it to your partner as a surprise gift.
A photo frame with a placeholder.
Wrap a nice photo frame with a placeholder paper behind the glass that says, “insert baby picture here soon.”
Jenga announcement.
Write “we’re expecting,” “we’re going to be parents,” and other announcement messages on Jenga pieces, then set them up. Sit down with your partner for a game and see how long it takes one of the special blocks to come out.
Baby bottle bouquet.
Make a “bouquet” of baby bottles for your partner and come home with the surprise “flowers” and your big news.
Parenting books.
Gift your partner a parenting book with a heartfelt inscription inside.
Paper in the pocket.
Hide a note with the news in a pocket of something you know your partner is about to wear.
How to make the most of these baby announcement ideas.
Pick your favorite design.
Browse our baby announcement ideas and choose one that feels right for your big news.
Start creating.
Open Adobe Express and select a template or start from scratch. Add your baby’s name, birth date, and any special details.
Add your personal touch.
Upload a photo of your little one or use our stock images. Experiment with fonts, colors, and graphics to make it unique.
Make it memorable.
Try adding animations or cute icons like pacifiers or teddy bears. You can even include a heartfelt message for family and friends.
Share your joy.
Download your design or share it instantly on social media or via email.
2nd baby announcement ideas to celebrate again (and again).
To celebrate baby number two (or three, or four), these 2nd baby announcement ideas stir just as much excitement as the first. Some of them leverage the cuteness of baby number one, and all of them create moments to remember.
Browse these pregnancy announcement ideas, pick one that contrasts from your first announcement, and you’ll have just as much fun sharing the news as you did the first time.
No more “only child.”
Make a shirt for your first-born with the words “only child” crossed out, then get some cute photos with it on. Share the pictures with friends and family and see how long it takes them to figure it out.
Sidewalk chalk art.
Let your first born go to town with sidewalk chalk art he or she feels represents the coming baby. Share pictures of the artwork with others to let them in on the news.
Balloon words.
Take some photos of your first born holding balloons that spell “baby,” “big brother,” or “big sister.”
Playtime photoshoot.
Get pictures of your oldest child playing with toys and use your favorites in a flyer or social media post with the caption, “playmate coming soon.”
Only-child expiration.
Caption one of the most expressive photos you have of your first born with “only-child expiration” followed by your next baby’s due date.
Coloring page baby announcement.
Make some custom coloring pages for your older child with messages like, “I’m going to be a big brother/sister.” Let your child color away and capture the final moments on camera. Share the video with loved ones as your big reveal.
Big brother or big sister certificate.
Make a certificate for your older child with the title “Official Big Brother” or “Official Big Sister,” and share the photos to let everyone else know the news.
Superhero and sidekick.
If your older child is a fan of superheroes, get him or her dressed up, take some fun pictures, and send them to everyone with the text, “every superhero needs a sidekick,” and the due date of the baby.
Egg hunt reveal.
Whether it’s Easter or not, you can set your older child on an egg hunt with one surprise egg that has a message inside. When the surprise egg is opened, try to capture the moment as a way to share the news with everyone else.
Baby number one showing off the ultrasound.
Take pictures of your older child holding images from your latest ultrasound.
Family shoes.
Line up everyone’s shoes in a row, then add a pair of baby shoes at the end. Caption the photo with something cute in a card or announcement, like, “here we grow again.”
Host a time capsule party.
Host a time capsule party where guests all bring something special for the arriving baby to open in the future. This idea is engaging for your older child, too.
This time, it’s a...
Fun baby boy and baby girl announcement ideas come when you already have one, and the expected baby is the opposite sex. Send out an announcement that says, for example, “this time, it’s a girl.”
Sibling books for baby number one.
Gift your older child a book about being a sibling and capture the reaction in a picture or video. Use the image as your baby announcement.
Make carnival ride tickets.
Photo collage of toy collection.
Make a photo collage of pictures you take as your older child collects toys that he or she feels “too big” for. This toy collection is put in a basket labeled “baby,” telling everyone where those toys are going to go.
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Pregnancy announcement ideas for family.
Sharing the news about your pregnancy with family is beyond special. Not only does family represent some of the people you’re closest to, but family members will also be part of the baby’s family, too.
For future grandparents, uncles, and aunts, choose from these pregnancy announcement ideas for family to share your excitement in an intimate and unforgettable way.
Cake frosting message.
Invite people over and have a cake ready for dessert. Across the top, your surprise announcement is written into the frosting.
One couple, one baby book.
Get some nice photos of you and your partner reading one of your favorite childhood books. Turn the cutest one into an announcement, and it will be especially sweet for the family members who remember that book from your childhood, too.
Survival kits for grandparents, uncles, and aunts.
Make survival kits for the future grandparents, uncles, and aunts with items like earplugs, hand sanitizer, and pacifiers.
Name plate reveals.
When everyone is coming over for dinner, set out name plates with “future grandma,” “future uncle,” etc. as your big reveal.
Photo album with a surprise reveal.
Make a photo album gift with the final image a surprise reveal by way of your latest ultrasound image.
Confetti balloon message.
Pop a balloon filled with confetti and a surprise message inside: “we’re expecting.”
Board game reveal.
Have everyone over for a board game night, but customize key pieces with your big news.
E-card delivery on a virtual get-together.
If your family is spread out geographically, host an online event to switch things up with some virtual pregnancy announcement ideas. For this one, email an e-card to everyone once they’re on the call, then get a screenshot of the reactions.
Grandparent naming.
One of the most exciting activities for future-grandparents is choosing their grandparent names. Families choose titles like “Nana” and “Pop” for the future baby to differentiate between each set of grandparents.
Ask someone to take you to an appointment.
If you have an ultrasound or another check-up soon, ask a family member to take you to the appointment. Stay cryptic about the nature of the appointment until you get to the doctor’s office.
Teacup messages.
Host an afternoon tea or an all-out tea party with secret messages written inside the bottom of the teacups. As people finish their cups, the big reveal is seen.
Teacup messages.
Host an afternoon tea or an all-out tea party with secret messages written inside the bottom of the teacups. As people finish their cups, the big reveal is seen.
Surprise charades.
Play charades at a family get-together with one round where you or your partner mime out “we’re pregnant,” and see how long it takes people to guess.
A wrapped announcement.
The family newsletter.
Send out a digital family newsletter with the pregnancy announcement top-of-fold.
Balloon delivery.
Send a large, unexpected delivery to a family member’s home. The box is filled with balloons filled with helium, each of them with the letters B, A, B, and Y. The balloons will fly out when the box is opened.
Capture the moment with a photo booth.
Invite everyone over, and have a selfie photo booth set up in a corner. With all the booth props being baby-centric, someone will catch on before long.
Baby announcement photo ideas you can customize to perfection.
Unique pregnancy announcement photos look beyond the corporate studio stereotypes. Each one of these baby announcement photo ideas is a creative trigger, and when you personalize them to represent you and yours, they become something remarkable.
How you share your pregnancy announcement photos makes all the difference, too. You can print them in posters and photo collages or make a stack of flyers for your baby shower. You can use them in letters, cards, and invitations. Nothing shows your happiness more than these precious photos.
Silhouette pose.
Focus your pregnancy photoshoot around capturing dramatic silhouettes of you and your partner. Get some shots facing each other, others with your partner’s hands on your belly, etc.
Under an “expecting” banner.
Make your own banner that says “expecting” with your due date, or “parents to be,” then take photos standing together under it.
Back-to-back, each holding something symbolic.
Take a sequence of photos back-to-back with you and your partner holding different things (like baby booties, an ultrasound photo, or a baby book), taking turns looking into the camera.
In the nursery.
Set up your pregnancy announcement photos in the soon-to-be baby’s room for a sweet change of scenery from the standard studio shoots.
Thought bubble photoshoot.
Get some expressive photos of you, your partner, and your first child (if this is your second). Then, pick your favorites and add fun thought bubbles of what you imagine each expression “says.”
Seedling symbolism.
You and your partner can stand far in the background, artfully blurred, with the foreground showing two of your favorite houseplants and a seedling in between them.
Seedling symbolism.
You and your partner can stand far in the background, artfully blurred, with the foreground showing two of your favorite houseplants and a seedling in between them.
Use your ultrasound photos.
Use your ultrasound photos in as many pregnancy announcement photoshoot ideas you can. Set them around you in the nursery, or show them held in your partner’s hands while you hold your belly. You can hang them from clotheslines or frame them on the wall, too.
Tandem bike plus one.
You probably don’t own a tandem bike, but you can rent one. Get some fun photos of the two of you on the tandem with one tricycle standing
Hanging stockings for the holidays.
If you’re announcing your pregnancy during the holidays, hang a stocking for baby-to-be and take your holiday photos with the stockings in sight. See who notices the detail first when you send out your holiday cards.
Mini library of children’s books.
Set up a mini library of children’s books, then take photos as a couple in front of them.
Due date calendar.
Make an oversized calendar of the month your baby’s due and circle the due date in a bold color. Print the calendar as a poster, then do your pregnancy photoshoot with the calendar in-hand.
Balloon words.
Paint letters on balloons or get letter-shaped balloons that spell “baby,” or even the baby’s name if you’re ready to announce. Hold the balloons in your pregnancy photos or use them as a cute backdrop.
Through the windshield.
You and your partner sit down in the car with a baby seat strapped visibly to the middle of the back seat. Get fun photos from outside the car, looking straight in through the windshield. Don’t forget to buckle up.
Dinner table setup.
Set your dinner table for a special meal with your partner, with one extra seat (highchair and all) for baby-to-be.
Expected footprints on the beach.
Use the first baby booties you already have ready for your baby-to-be, and press them into the sand to make footprints “walking” in a line for several feet. Then, you your partner walk alongside the prints, leaving your own, too, for some beautifully symbolic photos.
Birds eye view.
Use a drone (or a very tall friend) to get some birds eye photos of you in a flowery field or on a grassy hill. Lay on a colorful blanket with your partner, get comfortable, and let the smiles loose.
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How to have more fun with these baby announcement ideas.
When you start picking the best pregnancy announcement ideas for you, match them to the people they each make you think of. Get the order ready in your head, too. Who do you want to tell first?
How you make each announcement depends on factors like proximity (who’s in town and who isn’t) and the feelings you want to evoke.
Remember — different audiences can get different announcements. A pregnancy announcement card or letter offers close family members a keepsake, whereas a big announcement at work with a poster or banner lets everyone know at once.
Exercise: When do you make your announcement?
Deciding when to announce your pregnancy is a highly personal decision. Some people like to wait until they’re showing, while others like to share as soon as their first ultrasound is in-hand.
A baby announcement is exciting, but it can also be scary. All the doctor appointments remind you that a healthy pregnancy is not guaranteed. If you’re unsure when the “right” time is, these are some of the milestones that make some parents-to-be feel more secure about going public with the news.
- After the first ultrasound
- At the end of the first trimester
- When the baby bump is obvious
- When the sex is known
Adobe Express can help.
Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite baby announcement ideas to work. If you want to use these baby announcement 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.