Little Nest Baby Shower Planner | Excel & Google Sheets | Budget, Guest List & RSVP Tracker, Gift & Thank-You Log, Checklist, Co-Host Cost Split

Throw the shower. Skip the chaos.

A baby shower comes with a lot of lists. Guests, gifts, a cake order, games, a budget three friends are chipping into, and a group chat that never sleeps. Little Nest puts all of it in one tidy workbook where everything talks to everything else.

Type your shower date once and 53 checklist tasks date themselves. Log a cost and the budget, the dashboard and the co-host split all update. Mark a gift as thanked and the guest list knows. You do the fun part. The planner does the joining up.

Who it’s for

• Sisters, best friends and co-workers hosting a shower, often for the first time
• Co-host teams of two to six people who want clear money splits
• Moms-to-be planning their own shower or tracking gifts and thank-you notes
• Event planners who want a reusable system for each client

Why hosts pick Little Nest

• Co-Host Cost Split. Pick who paid each cost. Every host sees their fair share and a plain “Owes $72.33” or “Is owed $106.67”. Equal or custom shares.
• Checklist that dates itself. 53 tasks across 9 phases, from 10+ weeks out to after the shower. Overdue tasks turn pink, this week’s turn gold.
• Food & drink calculator. Reads your headcount and shower length, then tells you how many appetizers, drinks, cake slices, plates, cups and pounds of ice to get.
• Self-timing Run of Show. Type minutes for each part of the day and every start and end time appears. It warns you if the program runs past your end time.
• Automatic colour palette. Choose from 20 themes and your 4-colour palette, with hex codes, shows up on your Style Board.
• Printable tabs for family members who would rather tick boxes with a pen.

What’s inside: 18 linked tabs

• Start Here: quick-start steps, clickable tab list and colour key
• Shower Details: date, times, venue, theme, budget and host team
• Dashboard: countdown, budget used, guests coming, checklist %, thank-yous, budget chart, RSVP ring, next 6 tasks and next 6 payments
• Checklist: 53 tasks with automatic due dates, owners and status
• Guest List: 150 rows for contacts, RSVPs, adults and kids coming, dietary needs, gift and thank-you status
• Gifts & Thank-Yous: 200-row gift log with a To write / Ready to post / Sent status
• Budget: 12 categories with allocation %, over-budget flags and a 100-line cost ledger
• Co-Host Split: fair shares, balances and expected spend per host
• Vendors: quotes, deposits, final payment dates and booking status
• Menu & Food: quantity calculator, menu plan and 28 menu ideas
• Theme Ideas: 20 themes with palettes, decor, food and a matching activity
• Style Board: auto palette, mood words and 15 key decisions
• Shopping List: quantities, costs and a bought / not bought tracker
• Games: 20-game library plus your games plan with supplies and prizes filled in
• Run of Show: setup and party timelines that time themselves
• Helpers: jobs, arrival times, confirmations and roles still uncovered
• Stationery: invites, signs, cards and tags with deadlines
• Notes: ideas, questions for mom-to-be, links and reminders

What you’ll download

• Little-Nest-Baby-Shower-Planner.xlsx: your blank planner
• Little-Nest-Baby-Shower-Planner-Example.xlsx: the same planner filled in for a pretend brunch shower, so you can see every tab working
• Little-Nest-User-Guide.docx: a step-by-step guide with screenshots, tips, troubleshooting and FAQs

How it works

1. Download the files and open the planner in Excel, or upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets.
2. Fill in Shower Details: date, times, budget and your co-hosts.
3. Plan away. Every tab links up and the dashboard keeps score.

File formats and software

• .xlsx workbook. Works in Microsoft Excel 2010 or newer (Windows and Mac), Excel for the web, Google Sheets (free), Apple Numbers and LibreOffice
• .docx user guide. Opens in Word, Google Docs or Pages
• Use it on a laptop, tablet or phone. Setting up on a computer first is easiest
• Share it with co-hosts by saving it as a Google Sheet and inviting them as editors

Make it yours

Rename hosts and budget categories, change the allocation %, edit any task or due-date offset, add your own dropdown options, swap the currency symbol and print any tab. White cells are for typing. Shaded cells calculate themselves, so you never touch a formula.

Digital download

This is a digital product. Nothing physical will be shipped. Your files are ready to download as soon as payment is confirmed. For personal use only, so please don’t share or resell the files. Example names and businesses in the sample file are fictional.