Everything for a Baby Shower
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Baby showers tend to go one of two ways: a styled afternoon at home, or a booked room where someone else clears the plates. Either way the guest of honour should be comfortable, and the guest list often runs from school friends to grandparents, so a relaxed room and food that suits everyone matter more than a big night.
For a private room, Jasper's in Long Jetty closes its doors to the public for groups of roughly 10 to 30, and you bring your own wine. The Olive Grove at Forresters Beach has The Captain's Table for up to 70, with canapé packages from $35 per person and a courtyard off the room. The Lakes Hotel at The Entrance charges nothing for space hire across its four function areas, and party platters start from $90.
Bigger family showers have room at Wyong Milk Factory Tavern, whose five function areas start with a 20-seat bar nook and room hire from $400, or at Kangy Gardens, where two and a half acres of gardens include a chapel and marquee. For water views, Swells Terrigal and Amarilla both sit on the Terrigal waterfront, and The BOX on the Water opens onto the Ettalong Beach foreshore.
Styling a shower at home or in a hired room:
Most showers need only one or two of these, so start with the room and fill the gaps from there. See party decorations for more balloon and prop hire, or event florists for table flowers.
Jasper's in Long Jetty can be reserved exclusively for private lunches of roughly 10 to 30 guests, BYO wine and beer. Motel Mezza in Wyong also takes whole-venue hire.
Air Art Balloons, a Gosford balloon studio with more than 30 years on the Central Coast, designs custom garlands, archways and columns and travels to every Central Coast region from the hinterland to the Woy Woy Peninsula.
The Lakes Hotel at The Entrance has no charge for space hire across its four function areas, with party platters from $90 and bar tabs set to any budget.
Kangy Gardens at Kangy Angy has two and a half acres of private gardens with a marquee, and The Olive Grove at Forresters Beach has a courtyard that opens off its two private rooms.
Memory Lane Weddings & Events sets up and packs down pop-up picnics and grazing tables, and Celebration Set Ups can add seating, trestle tables and signage from its hire catalogue.
Piccolo Pear, a flower and homewares store in East Gosford, arranges event flowers for baby showers, birthdays and intimate gatherings using seasonal, foraged and native materials.
Teddy Bear Entertainment sends face painters and balloon twisters, with giant bubbles as an add-on, and Elkie Hollow offers face painting, balloon twisting and glitter tattoos alongside its styled tables. Both travel across the Central Coast, so they can come to a home, park or hired room.
