A welcome for the little one
Every wish for the little one, on film
Guests scan a QR code to record a message for the parents-to-be and baby, send photos and write a note: advice, blessings, and love. Within 24 hours after the collection closes you receive a first keepsake film, then you build a personalized film with the photos and notes to share when they’re older.
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What is a baby shower video guest book?
A baby shower video guest book is a QR code that guests scan with their phone to leave a message for the parents-to-be, or for the baby to watch years later, instead of signing a card. With Video Message, each guest can record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, send photos several at a time and write a note signed with their first name, in the browser with no app and no account. Guests at a virtual or hybrid shower use the same link from home, before, during or after the shower, and photos can play as a live slideshow on a screen in the room. Within 24 hours after the collection closes the parents receive a first film of the video messages, then build a personalized film with the photos and notes and download every file. It costs $49 for the event, whatever the number of guests.
Picture it
Something better than advice
Expectant parents receive an enormous amount of unsolicited advice and remember almost none of it fondly. Ask guests for a story from their own first year instead and you get the same wisdom without the instruction.
A message to the child
The most rewatched messages are the ones addressed to the child rather than the parents. They are strange to record and they are the entire point fifteen years later.
Virtual and hybrid showers
Half the guest list often lives somewhere else, and a shower held over video leaves nothing behind once the call ends. A link gives remote guests something that outlasts the afternoon.
A time capsule
Everything else from a shower is consumed, worn or outgrown within a year. This is the only part of the day that becomes more valuable as time passes.
How it works
Place the QR code
On the gift table, the dessert station, or the invitation.
Guests scan & record
No app to install. They record a message, send photos or write a note straight from their phone.
Receive your films
Within 24 hours after the collection closes you receive your first keepsake film, plus each individual video. Then you build a personalized film with the photos and notes.
Baby photos, a slideshow, and a film for later
A shower is the one party thrown for someone who is not here yet. Photos and notes give the film something to grow into.
Their baby photos, side by side
Ask the grandparents to send a baby photo of each parent-to-be. Guests add photos from the shower itself, several at a time, and the album becomes the before and after of a family.
A slideshow by the dessert table
Open the slideshow link on a TV with a browser and internet. Photos from the room, and from guests joining remotely, appear as they arrive, automatically or after you approve each one.
A first film now, a second one for later
The video messages become a first film within 24 hours after the collection closes. The personalized film is where the photos and notes go, with the order, the music, the color look, the transitions and an opening and closing text you write, perhaps addressed to the child.
Kept for when they are eighteen
Share the films by link with the grandparents. Download every photo and video as ZIP files and the notes as a PDF message book, to store with the baby’s first photos. Files are kept for 3 months after your first film, with an email reminder before they are deleted.
Messages worth keeping for eighteen years
Ask for a story, not advice
Baby showers run on advice, and expectant parents are drowning in it by the time the day arrives. Ask a room to record their best tip and you will get sleep training opinions, feeding opinions, and a first-time mother who feels slightly worse than before.
The same people, asked “what surprised you most about your first year?”, will tell a story instead. The wisdom is still in there, but it arrives as experience rather than instruction, and it is far easier to hear.
This one change is the difference between a film that gets watched once and one that gets kept.
Some messages should be for the child
Most guests will speak to the parents, which is natural since the parents are standing right there. But the messages families replay years later are the ones addressed to the child directly, recorded before anyone knew who they would turn out to be.
Put it on the sign as a second option: “say something to them for when they are eighteen.” Roughly a third of guests will take it, and those are the clips that make the film worth having.
Virtual and hybrid showers
A shower held over video leaves nothing behind. The call ends and the afternoon is gone, which is exactly what a scattered family loses out on.
Sending the link with the invitation lets remote guests record on their own time, in better light and without twenty people listening. Those messages are often longer and more considered than the ones recorded in a crowded living room.
Second and third babies
Later children rarely get a shower, and they very rarely get anything comparable to the first child’s album. Parents notice this, and it quietly bothers them for years.
A collection does not need a party behind it. A link shared in a family group over a fortnight produces the same film, with no venue, no catering and no host to organise.
Where to put the code
The gift table is the obvious place and the worst one, because guests arrive there carrying something and leave immediately. Put it where people sit down: the dessert table, the seats themselves, or wherever the games happen.
And have the host mention it once, out loud. Showers where nobody announces it collect a fraction of what they could.
When to set up & how to share
When to activate your space
Set up your space about a week before: add the parents’ names, choose sweet or warm music, and print your QR code.
Spread the QR code as widely as you can
- ✓Place the QR code on the gift table and near the food.
- ✓Add it to the invitation, especially for a virtual shower.
- ✓Send the QR code and link to your guest list through WhatsApp, SMS, or a private group chat so those who can’t attend in person, even at a virtual shower, can still send a video, photos or a note.
- ✓Ask the host to invite everyone to record a message.
Put it on your signage and send the guest link privately to your guest list (WhatsApp, group chats, SMS), before, during and after the event, so even the people who can’t be there in person add a video, photos or a note.
What you receive
Made for your event
Simple pricing
Digital QR code
One event, delivered instantly, everything included
$49
or 3 for $99, for 3 separate events
- ✓ Videos, photos and written notes
- ✓ Live photo slideshow
- ✓ Two films, the album and the message book
- ✓ No app and no limit on guests
Planning showers for clients? See pro pricing →
Questions
Is this nice for a virtual baby shower?
It works particularly well, because a video call leaves nothing behind once it ends. Share the link with the invitation and remote guests record on their own time, which usually produces longer and more considered messages.
What should we ask guests to say?
Ask for a story rather than advice. “What surprised you most about your first year?” gives the parents the same wisdom without the instruction, and expectant parents have usually had all the advice they can take by the day of the shower.
Can guests record a message for the baby rather than the parents?
Yes, and these are the clips families rewatch most. Add it to your sign as an option: “say something to them for when they are eighteen.” Around a third of guests will do it.
Can we do this without a party?
Yes. Share the link in a family group chat over a week or two and you get the same film with no venue and no host. This is common for second and third babies, who rarely get a shower of their own.
Where should we put the QR code?
Somewhere people are already sitting: the dessert table, the seats, or where the games happen. The gift table looks like the obvious spot but guests pass through it in seconds.
Do guests need to install anything?
No. They scan the code and record in their browser. No app, no account, no sign-up.
How long can each message be?
Each guest can record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, which is enough for one story told properly. They can also send photos and write a note.
When will the parents-to-be get their films?
The first film arrives within 24 hours after the collection closes, along with every individual video to download and keep. They then build a personalized film with the photos and notes whenever they are ready.
Can guests at a virtual shower send photos too?
Yes. The link works the same from home: a guest can record a video, send photos several at a time and write a note. If you open the slideshow on a screen at the shower, their photos appear in the room as they arrive.
Can we add photos from the shower to the film?
Yes, in your personalized film. The first film is made from the video messages; in the second you choose which photos and notes to add, and in what order.
Does this work outside the United States?
Yes, anywhere in the world. Nothing ships to you: your QR code and guest link arrive by email the moment you pay, and your guests take part in their phone’s browser. It works the same in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, across Europe and anywhere else. This page shows US dollars; we also have pricing pages in pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Swiss francs and euros, and you pay in the currency of the page you buy from.
What language is it in?
Each event runs in the language you choose: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese. The guest page, your dashboard and the wording in your films follow that language. Your guests can speak or write in whatever language they like; nothing is transcribed or translated, so each message stays exactly as they recorded it.
Can we collect for longer?
Yes. Guests take part before, during and after your event, from the moment you share the link. You set the closing date, a few days after the event if you like, and can move it from your dashboard.