I had a virtual baby shower that I thought went well. It went on for two hours (an hour longer than expected!) but it was actually really special and enjoyable and got lots of positive feedback. The nicest parts were activities like 'who will be most likely to teach the kid sports? Who will be more lenient? Mum or dad?' And the part where the aunts and uncles gave well meaning words of advice. There was also a scavenger hunt w random baby related items. She tried to get people in teams but that didn't work so instead for the games (eg unscramble baby related words) first in with the answer would just call it out, which worked fine.
His cousin organised the whole thing (the ice breaker was too long and awkward, she wanted each person to unmute and say 'I'm _ the baby's uncle' or whatever but she should have just introduced people). We live overseas and have no one here and haven't seen both families for 2 years, so it was actually really nice. Word got around and my whole family joined, some of my aunts and uncles, his family and a bunch of his relatives. I had no interest in having one but my husband's cousin wanted to do it for us.
