13+ Fun Ways to Announce Your Pregnancy to Your Parents

Newly pregnant and looking for fun ways to surprise your parents with the news? You’re in luck! We’ve come up with creative but easy ways to announce your pregnancy to your parents.

Congrats! If you’re reading this post, chances are you’ve found out recently that you are pregnant. Whether it’s your first or fourth child, you’ll want to tell your parents in a surprisingly fun way. These are the best ideas to get you started.

The last thing you want is to commit a lot of time into prepping for the big reveal. After all, you’re probably exhausted and feeling a bit queasy these days. The good news is Amazon has so many fun “reveal” items you can grab that require almost no effort on your end. Those are the best!

So, we’re keeping it simple with this post to provide you pretty affordable gift-able items you can give your parents to still surprise them and announce the pregnancy without you having to go “all out”.

1. Adorable “Promoted to Grandparents” Mugs

Get a this matching set of mugs for the grandpa and grandma to be! It’s fun that they come in a matching set and the box is darling as well for gifting.

These are 13 ounce ceramic mugs with a glossy finish. It’s the perfect thing for their morning cup of coffee.

2. Mimi Frame

If you’re mom is going to go by “Mimi” as her grandma name, you can use this frame like we did! I found it on Amazon and it is super cute.

We originally gifted it to her without any photo in it but once we got the ultrasound we snapped a family selfie and printed it out for her to put in the frame.

3. Baby Ultrasound Photo Frame for Grandparents

How cute is this keepsake? Simply place an ultrasound photo in it and box it up to gift. It’s the perfect little size for displaying on a desk or coffee table.

Plus, this option is super affordable and won’t break the bank!

4. Hello Grandma and Grandpa Onesie

Wrapping up this darling onesie outfit could be a fun way to break the news to your parents that you’re expecting!

Plus, they can keep it at their house for when they babysit in case baby needs a change of clothes. Talk about getting something practical!

5. “Bun in the Oven” Burger Night Dinner

Host your parents over for a burger night! Place the buns in the oven and ask your Mom or Dad to “help you in the kitchen” by taking something out of the oven.

When they open the oven door and see the burger buns, you can see if they catch on or just shout out “There’s a bun in the oven”.

This idea costs nothing (assuming you’d be buying buns for your burger night anyway) and is so creative and fun!

6. Sonogram Picture Frame Wooden Keepsake Box

This is one of the cutest things we’ve found on Amazon. It says “Hello Grandma and Grandpa” on one slide and “I can’t wait to meet you” on the next.

On the third slide, you can write the month up top and circle the due date number! Add in a sonogram photo (or tell them you’ll get them one after your next appt!).

This keepsake will be treasured for years!

7. Custom Lottery Tickets

You can really fool your parents with these. They are professionally printed and made from premium waxed cardboard to really replicate the real deal. Since it contains standard and generic lottery language, your parents friends will think it’s the real thing!

If they love to play the lottery ever now and again, telling them you bought some tickets and was wondering if they wanted to scratch them off for you could be fun. When they scratch it off and reveal the secret message, it will be like they really DID win the lottery! Actually, it will be even better. 🙂

8. Gift Them A Christmas Ornament

A simple and affordable gifted ornament is a fantastic idea if you’re making the big announcement around the holidays!

Plus, they can pull this out year after year for sweet memories.

9. Bake Cookies Using These Cut-Outs

It might be a little hard to depict what these cookies are shaped as once they are baked, so have your parents guess if they don’t notice it right away! This is a fun dessert to pull out after dinner to surprise them with.

You can use icing to better outline the shapes to make it more obvious, too. Or just leave them as plain sugar cookies!

If you use these cookie cutters to whip up some fresh sugar cookies for your parents, it might take them a minute at first to realize the different shapes on the cookie tray. Once they do, and you see the shock in their eyes, you can shout out that you’re expecting!

How unique is this idea? I’ve never seen it done before, so it would really be a special way to surprise your parents! (plus you can offer to let whoever hosts your baby shower to use them as well if they’d like to make some pregnancy themed cookies for the party!).

10. Walk Into The House Wearing These Ball Caps

Simply walk into their house with your husband wearing these adorable ball caps! Plus, you can re-use them and wear them for announcement photos.

They are a great price for embroidered hats, especially since you get one for the Mom and Dad!

11. Acrylic Ultrasound Picture Frame

We’re loving all of the ultrasound photo frame gifts ideas.. and this acrylic one is no different! This one is sleek, high quality, and the perfect piece of decor for them to display all 9 months until baby is born.

Even if you don’t have an ultrasound pic yet, you can print out a printable that says something like “ultrasound coming soon” (you can make one pretty quickly in Canva) to hold the spot just until you have an actual ultrasound photo to give them.

12. Host a Family Game Night (and pull out this puzzle!)

How cute is this puzzle that reads “The best parents get promoted to grandparents!”. Host a family game night and tell them you’ve bought a new puzzle you want their help putting together.

They can of course keep the puzzle as a keepsake after the game night! How unique is this idea? It’s awesome!

13. Give Them a Meaningful Card

Sometimes, a cute and thoughtful card is all you need! Here are a few options from Amazon to get you started if running to a store and trying to find just the right thing seems like a hassle.

You can find a ton of really cute other options like these on Amazon!

14. Gift A Hand Towel They Can Use Each Day!

How about the gift of a hand towel? They can display it on their oven handle, dishwasher, etc. Or, they can use it practically each day!

And there you have it! All of the best ways (that are easy!) to surprise your parents with the big news of your pregnancy. If you’re looking for ways to tell your parents that you are pregnant, this post had all of the best ideas!