Most Over-The-Top Gender Reveals

Dennis Dickey of Tucson, AZ, planned to shoot at a target with Tannerite, an explosive, to show his and his wife's child's gender in April 2017. The target should have popped pink or blue to signal the baby's sex. Instead, Dickey started a massive wildfire.

Brush caught fire. Over a week, 47,000 acres burned. The flames caused over $8 million in damage. Dickey told the judge.Dickey told the judge.Dickey said it was "probably one of the worst days of my life." The court fined Dickey $220,000 for causing a fire without a permit.

Mike Kliebert keeps alligators in his life. He runs Kliebert's Turtle and Alligator Farm in Hammond, Louisiana. Mike sees alligators as family and wanted them at his child's gender reveal party. Melody Kliebert, the soon-to-be grandmother, posted.Melody Kliebert posted a video.Mike fed a gator watermelon on Facebook.

The alligator bit the watermelon, causing blue Jell-O to appear, which signals a boy. This adds excitement, but there is also the risk of injury.

Star Trek.Star Trek taught us space is.Space is the final frontier.Space is the next frontier for gender reveals. Bishop, California high schoolers, Ashley Blankenship, and Lance Patrick sent a weather balloon to the stratosphere. The balloon popped over 20 miles high, showing the baby's gender to the universe. Many GoPro cameras and a stuffed monkey in a spacesuit were ready for this moment.

Some call having a baby "taking the leap." In this gender reveal video, Jaren Garcia leaps from an airplane 15,000 feet to show his child's sex. A device on the skydiving instructor releases colored smoke during the dive.Colored smoke released during the dive.A skydiving reveal drops you into parenthood.

Planning a gender reveal party takes much hard, time-consuming work. Many hotels offer various gender reveal packages. You might want to.Light up the pool.Or the.Outside the hotel.Hotel gender reveals offer pink or blue. If you want privacy, private hotel gender reveals are available. You get mini-cakes and champagne flutes.

Firefighters can be tough but also gentle. They sometimes use equipment for gender reveals. The expectant couple's doctor gave a sealed letter to the firetruck's pump operator. Then, the couple sprayed water from a fire hose, waiting to see if the operator dyed the water blue or pink.

Some gender reveals need more work. Taylor Calmus, who makes videos as "Dude Dad," built an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine to show his baby's gender. It resembles the "breakfast machine" fromBack to the Futureor a wholesome version of a trap from theSawSee this gender reveal machine in the films. This video has surprising twists. The engineering and skill show.

Using a rifle to find out the baby's gender seems odd.This is an odd decision.Sergeant First Class Keith Batchelder, a Special Forces member, shot colored chalk to show his child's gender during the Best Army Ranger competition.

They held this risky gender reveal in a secluded wooded area, far from people. This method may not suit everyone.He wanted"something for the reveal... genuine to who they are."

Originally created inImperial ChinaRocket launchers are powerful weapons. Now, they announce a child's gender. Videos show a countdown, then a rocket launches, dropping a flag orexplodes into confettiSome families choose fireworks instead of rocket launchers.

Changing the light color on a Ferris wheel makes a big, memorable gender reveal. A pregnant couple lost a twin from vanishing twin syndrome. The woman felt down and less excited about her pregnancy.

Her partner told her he would "light up the sky" to lift her spirits. He did. Their gender reveal used a huge Ferris wheel and pink lights to show the worldthey were having a girl.

Burnout means keeping your car in park while pressing the gas, spinning the wheels, and heating the tires to create smoke. The companyPoof There It IsSells Black Tire Packs that attach to car tires. These work for people who love cars and racing.

Ultrasound machines useincredibly high frequenciesto safely show babies inside the womb. Before, mothers-to-be needed a hospital. Now, ultrasound professionals bring everything to your home. You can get CDs, prints, and DVDs with music for the event. Family and friends can watch the child on your TV.

There arepotential downsidesOB/GYN Dr. Amber Sills says, “If the ultrasonographer at the party sees something irregular during the scan, they will likely not say anything because of legal risks... it becomes a liability mess.”

Bow and arrow gender reveal parties are gaining popularity, especially for families who like hunting. This activity can be very suspenseful if you miss the target a few times.

Gender reveal parties involve a gun race. Shooting balloons or a box feels old. Couples now shoot each other with paintballs to raise the stakes.

A family friend read the baby's gender letter from the doctor. That friend then filled the paintball gun with blue or pink paintballs. Only the husband felt the pain of this reveal. His wife fires many shots, even after the gender shows.