Saturday, May 12, 2012

Time to Skype!

Skyping with the Guest of Honor
Skyping with the Guest of Honor


While guests ate their meals, we asked them to complete a short questionnaire about the Guest of Honor. The questions were printed on the inside of these store-bought napkins and were used as our first activity with the guests of honor on skype.

Here is how we worked out the Skype time. At 11:30AM (party start time) the Guests of Honor began playing a slide show (via skype) of pictures of the GOH. In our case, they were pregnancy pictures, but in the case of a bridal shower, the slide show would have been a great time to show off pictures of the happy couple. It was a way for the GOH to be connected to the sights and sounds of the party (the webcam was engaged on our end as well) without having to deal with awkwardly staring at or going in and out of the camera's view at their house. Guests could enjoy and ask questions about the slideshow and interact with the GOH, as well as each other.

Engaging Face Time with the GOH



After guests finished their lunch we invited everyone to join us in the living room where we started the active Skype time with the Guests of Honor (in our case, the mom-and dad-to-be). It was at this time the GOH switched off their slideshow and engaged their video camera. Our method for projecting the skype images & sound was to connect a laptop to the TV with an S-cord.
















store-bought napkin
Remember the napkin quiz? It made for a great transition activity. Once guests were seated, we began to read the questions from the napkins out loud, including the multiple choice answers. The GOH answered each of the light hearted questions and in the person who won got to choose a prize.








Change the baby game
Following the napkin quiz, we asked the GOH's husband to blindfold the GOH and set out the supplies we had sent to him in advance. While he was getting things set up on his end, we asked for two volunteers on ours. We blindfolded one volunteer and then set out supplies on the table in front of them. We introduced the game as a "midnight changing" game, which is why one of the volunteers was blindfolded. The volunteer who wasn't blindfolded could give instructions to the person who was, and their challenge was to change the baby's clothes, give them a fresh diaper, and dress them again before the time ran out. There was also the fun of the pairs racing each other. We played the song "Baby Love" by the Supremes as a fun way to keep track of the time.

Visit again soon to see how the rest of the Skype shower went!

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