Congrats! I used to look up different ways to tell my family that I’m pregnant whenever that time comes. My mom hates surprises so naturally, she is the main person I want to surprise. 
I remember seeing where someone took her family out to dinner and when the waitress brought the beverages, the mom/grandma-to-be’s drink was in a baby bottle or a sippy cup. I thought that was sooo neat and unexpected! So that’s probably one I’ll end up going with. I’ve seen a few more that I really like. There was another one where a husband and wife had gone home for the holidays and had everyone hold hands for a big family prayer. During the prayer he said a special prayer for the baby that no one knew about. Talk about a surprise! Especially trying to hold in remarks while the prayer is still going on. Lol. And of course there is always the brag book with the sonogram inside.
Good luck on finding a creative way to let everyone know! And again, congratulations!!
I meant to post here the other day when the idea popped into my head!
If you wanted to get crafty you could make your own christmas crackers and instead of the usual joke, write a creative announcement or riddle to announce it OR a print out of your ultrasound image (if you’ve had one). You could also buy those tiny plastic babies as favours, as well as chucking in the usual paper crown.
I’m sure you’d be able to find the supplies you’d need at a craft shop – and its still far enough out from christmas to get everything together
I’m not sure if you’re still looking for ideas, but I just found this link. [name]Hope[/name] it helps! 
http://www.babyzone.com/pregnancy/announcing-pregnancy_191234
Wellll…my announcement went a [name]LITTLE[/name] differently…
I was fifteen years old, I had had sex ONCE in my entire life. BOOM pregnant. I told my mom when I was 16 weeks pregnant. She kicked me out of my house. I went to live with a friend who was also pregnant. End of story.
[name]Baby[/name] #2:
I still don’t talk to my mom, unless it’s for her to get me to babysit my four year old sister. She always just leaves [name]Hannah[/name] at the door, doesn’t talk to me. I think she’s met [name]Eva[/name] (her own granddaughter)…maybe…3 or 4 times? [name]Eva[/name] doesn’t really register that she has a grandma. So, for baby number two I decided to surprise [name]Morgan[/name] (my friend that was pregnant at the same time as me, we still share an apartment) since I couldn’t really surprise anyone else. I bought a little onesie that said something like “Auntie Loves Me” and I wrapped inside of tissue paper for her bday. I put it inside a box of a store she likes…Sorry [name]Morgan[/name], no JCrew for you. She was really surprised! By the way, I did get her more that. I got her a pretty sweater from JCrew. But, baby first! I told my mom when I was…I don’t know, 25 weeks pregnant. She was shocked and might have mentioned how I’ll never amount to much of anything…I might have mentioned how I’m a better mother than her at least because I actually care about my daughter…yadda yadda yadda.
If my family supported me I would do it like this:
At a dinner/party (not something like christmas or someone’s birthday) we would all sit down for a prayer. My husband would say the prayer and be like “[name]Heavenly[/name] Father, we thank you and praise you for this wonderful day and the blessings it brought to us. We would like to thank you for the lovely weather and the plentiful food on the table. We would also like to thank you for the pregnancy you have blessed [name]Ivy[/name] and I with. [name]Amen[/name]” and then everyone would stare at us all shocked and it would be so exciting!
~Much [name]Love[/name]
~[name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Evie[/name] [name]Anne[/name] and baby
I just wanted to follow up on this thread. We announced our pregnancy over [name]Christmas[/name], and it was so much fun! We decided to announce it to our parents over FaceTime at 6 weeks, but we saved the news for [name]Christmas[/name] (at 12 weeks) for everyone else. For DH’s parents, we got on FaceTime and told them we wanted to show them a gift we got for our one year old nephew. We held up an infant size onesie and a pair of booties… and finally exclaimed that it wasn’t for our nephew. His mom got it immediately and just held her breath and smiled! It took his dad a bit longer, and they were overjoyed with the news. They both admitted that they were thinking, “There’s no way that outfit is going to fit the nephew!!”
Once we got home for the holidays, we played Dirty [name]Santa[/name]/ White Elephant with DH’s family. His uncle, of all people, ended up picking “the bag” with a framed ultrasound picture and a onesie with “[name]Baby[/name] O” embroidered on it. He was so confused that it wasn’t until his sister saw the picture that the whole room erupted! DH managed to capture some pictures of all his siblings with huge smiles and surprised looks on their faces. =) For my family, we exchanged gifts, and my real father’s gift was an ornament-- a baby bird with printed “baby” and the year “2013” on the back. He was very confused, and it took his wife to look at it and figure it out. All of my aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents were in the room opening presents, and everyone looked over when she screamed, “Are you pregnant!?” It was really great!
We definitely noticed a trend… the women tend to “get it” much more quickly than the men! So much fun this holiday season. Cheers to everyone who is expecting!
Congrats on the successful sharing of the news!
These are the cutest ideas ever! Especially the photo one.
[name]Megan[/name], Congratulations! It sounds like you had a lot of fun!
Best of luck to you and your expanding family.
I was quite young with my first and kind if a little ashamed as well. I had always planned wedding then baby but that didn’t happen. So with the exception of actually telling my mom I let nature do the talking.
With my second I was still quite young and not at all ashamed. I had my family over for a barbecue and wore about 6 shirts. The first one was just regular, the second one said there is a person here and nothing else. After about 30 mins I took it off and the next one said that has something to say. Again 30 mins later the next said you’re never gonna guess. The next one said wait for it and the last said I’m pregnant again.
I realise this is an old thread, but it’s been resurrected today, so I thought I’d add my two cents!
If I’m currently pregnant, I’ll find out around [name]May[/name] 20. My parents and I live in different states, but I’m visiting them this weekend when I go over for my best friend’s 30th birthday party. I’m not coming back till [name]May[/name] 21, so, hopefully I’ll be able to break the news to them then! I’m not planning anything special - just being able to tell them in person will be great because I don’t see them everyday. My husband’s family lives in the same city as us and we see them all the time. Again, I don’t have any special plans for telling them, but we’ll tell them (and my husband’s sister and brother-in-law) when we see them at our next family dinner. If I’m pregnant now, we’ll be able to break the news to my husband’s extended family at his grandmother’s 90th birthday party! I’ve already thought this far ahead lol. I’ll be just over twelve weeks at the time, which is perfect. We might say something like, “We brought nanna a birthday present, but she won’t be able to see it for nine more months…”
For me, while I wasn’t as young as some of you or ashamed of getting pregnant - I am single and live at home, so wasn’t sure how my parents would react. I was also extremely high risk for miscarriage for the first few weeks. I asked my mom to come to my doctor with me, and I told her there. I told my Dad about a month later. My Mom actually told my brother and most of my extended family before I had a chance to, which sort of bothered me, but whatever.
When my mom got pregnant with my brother, 4 years after having me, she told her mom over the phone. They had been talking for about 15 or 20 minutes, and my Grandma asked what I was doing. My Mom said “oh, she’s just waiting for her little brother or sister to get here…”. That was pretty cute.
I just told my family last week. I had seen the heartbeat, doc said my chance of MC was now only 5%, and there is just no way I could have kept it from them any longer. God forbid anything happens, but at least I will have my whole family to support me if it did.
Here is how we told them:
I am so happy to have this recorded for posterity. Warning to headphone wearers: this gets a little loud 
@mrstoon - Ha, that was awesome! I had to turn the sound down on my computer! I loved how everyone just looked stunned for a minute…and then the screaming started! I definitely need to film my big reveal! What a lovely video to have.