Fill a giant bottle with candies, and have guests guess how many there are. Whoever comes closest takes the treats home. Have guests write down their first or middle name suggestions for mom to read aloud. Everyone has baby name opinions, and she may actually get some good ideas! For a more active baby shower, set up a bunch of baby bottles in a triangular formation with a bit of sand in them.
Have guests use a tennis ball or other small ball to knock them down. Via babyshowerstuff. Make a list of celebrity moms and see who can name all of their kids. Gender Reveal Voting. Instant conversation starter: have your guests vote when they walk in. Have everyone bring a baby photo and try to figure out who's who. Via Flickr: rtv. Via celebrations. Via moderndaydonnareed. Via everypotandpan. Via blog. Like the apple version but with the tops of baby bottles instead.
Via girlvsbeer. Which is why listing as many songs with "baby" in the title is a hit with guests. Hand out blank sheets of paper and give everyone a few minutes to make their list. When time is up, share the lists — whoever has the fewest repeats wins a prize. For truly one-of-a-kind baby clothes to coo over, make your own. Let guests get crafty and design keepsake onesies for baby. Set up a table with non-toxic fabric paint, fabric markers, stencils, iron-on letters or decals, material scraps, mini sewing kits and plain onesies in various sizes.
Then give guests time to create! Bibs and socks are also good canvases for creative expression. For most parents, the weeks following the birth are an uphill climb. Drop them a line to offer support.
Hand each guest a card with a number representing the week after the baby is born. Guests can write a little wish, encouraging poem or thought for the new family related to that week. The host collects all the cards and mails them during the corresponding weeks after baby has arrived. It's said that when you become a parent, you get to be a kid again. Or is it that your childhood comes back to haunt you? Either way, gather up funny, embarrassing and sweet facts about the parents-to-be from friends and family — broke an arm at age 8, had an imaginary friend named Chuck, slept on Kermit the Frog sheets until eighth grade — and have guests determine if the story is true for Mom or Dad.
Test your guests' baby name trend smarts by checking out the Social Security Administration lists of the most popular baby names by decade. Then hand each guest a sheet of paper with three columns: s, s and s or any decades you choose.
In each column guests guess the top 10 names from each decade. You can include girl and boy names, or make it gender-specific for example, s girl names. Add top baby names of the 20th century for bonus points. In this post, the baby experts at Mustela will help you prepare for your special party by sharing 39 ideas for fun baby shower games, including some virtual ones to keep you, your family, and your growing bundle of joy safe for the celebration!
Ask every attendee to bring a baby photo of themselves to the baby shower. Then place the photos on a table or tape them to a wall. Have everyone try to match the baby photos with the correct guest. This game is great for trivia lovers.
Before the shower, create a playlist of all the greatest baby hits. Ask all of your guests to mute themselves at the beginning of each round. Then play a small snippet of the song for your guests, maybe five seconds. The first person to shout out the answer or type it in the chatroom wins a point! Each person must tell one funny or embarrassing childhood story. At the beginning of your baby shower, choose a word that everyone will be forbidden from saying. Anyone who gets caught using the forbidden word is out.
The last person to use the word or not! Either before or during your baby shower, decorate a small bucket or box. This game requires a little bit of preparation beforehand. Your guests can grab any Play-Doh or modeling clay for this game.
Set a timer for 20 or so minutes — depends on how artistic your guests are! Hilarity is sure to ensue as your guests reveal their baby masterpieces. If your guests enjoy this sort of game, you can change the format to suit your virtual baby shower best. For example, read out riddles and tell your guests to make the answer out of their dough.
Whoever creates the answer the fastest while still making it recognizable wins! Collect about 10 photos of the expecting mom prior to the beginning of the baby shower. Post them all for everyone to see, with a number next to each photo. If you have out-of-town guests, be sure to include on the invitation that they will need cupcake supplies.
The more fun your guests have with this the more amazing the cupcakes will turn out. Plus, guests have an incentive: they get to eat their creation!
Put all of the photos on a table or a bulletin board, and have everyone guess whether the person in each photo is a relative of the mom-to-be or the dad-to-be. Gather a couple of babydolls and a pack of diapers. Put the diapers on the baby dolls.
Next, blindfold several of your guests one for each babydoll. Now, have them race to remove the dirty diaper, wipe the babydoll clean, and put a new diaper on. Whoever finishes first is the winner! This game is endlessly customizable! There are so many different things you could make the subject of this trivia. If your baby shower guests know each other pretty well, a great option is to make the trivia subject them!
Before the shower, they can submit a fact about something related to them and babies. This could be anything, really: a funny encounter they had with a baby once, something entertaining they did when they were a baby that their parents still tell stories about, or, if your childhood friend is attending, something they did with you when you were both very young. Ask your guests to submit their facts a few days before the shower so you have enough time to make a simple trivia deck on Powerpoint.
The following are some of our favorite baby shower games for men. This is a perfect baby shower game for men, since it puts all the attention on the dad-to-be and tests just how well his friends know him. What you need: A smartphone and a computer or a TV screen that hooks up to your computer.
Some great ones are:. How to play: At the baby shower, gather everyone around and play the video of the dad-to-be so all can see, but pause after each question so guests can guess the answer. We all got some great laughs out of this one. One of the common fights among expectant couples is about what to name baby. Have your guests help brainstorm some options with this funny baby shower game. How to play: Have each guest write any baby names they can think of in the allotted time.
To make the game more difficult, you can also choose a particular letter the names should begin with. The person who comes up with the most names wins. Having a baby opens up a world of fun firsts and new adventures. This game gets everyone thinking about a bucket list for the new parents. Collect all the notecards and present them to the dad-to-be by the end of the party.
How to play: Each guest takes a bottle and drinks as fast as possible. The one who finishes first wins a prize. Having a large group gathering at your shower? The more, the merrier! Baby shower games that everyone can play simultaneously—like guessing games—are the most practical way to go. This classic baby shower game is fast-paced and exciting, and perfect for a big crowd. Plus, it calls for very little prep ahead of time!
Before the party: Write the alphabet vertically down the left side of a sheet of paper. Whoever writes the most words in one minute is the winner. Calling all TV buffs! How many famous children from popular shows can you name? Before the party: List the questions below on a sheet of paper, and make enough copies for your guests. What were the names of the three kids on The Simpsons? What were the names of the four children on Family Ties? What were the names of the five Huxtable kids on The Cosby Show?
What were the names of the six kids on The Brady Bunch? How to play: Hand out the questions and ask your guests to respond to as many as they can. Whoever answers the most correctly wins. The answers are: a. Pebbles; b. Ben and Emma; c. Bart, Maggie and Lisa; d. Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, Andy; e. Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy; f. Give the guests a time limit—five minutes max—and whoever has the most real! Before the party: Make a list of things that people might or might not have in their purse and assign a number of points next to them.
For instance, lipstick is one point. Hand sanitizer is three points. Print out enough lists for everyone. How to play: Give each guest the list of objects. If a guest has it in her purse, she should circle the corresponding number of points. Then have guests count up their points, and whoever has the most wins. This baby shower game is a fan-favorite.
What you need: Paper, pens, a timer and a computer and printer or a copy machine. Before the party: Decide on a few baby words, then jumble up the spelling on a sheet of paper to create anagrams. How to play: Place a sheet of paper at every seat, and at some point during the party, put aside a minute to see how fast people can unscramble them. The person who figures out the most words in a minute wins. Many baby showers include kids on the invite list—and while many of the best baby shower games are kid-friendly, not all of them are totally appropriate.
These fun, interactive, PG picks make perfect baby shower games for kids. What you need: Large plastic garbage bags, scissors, jars of applesauce, baby spoons and blindfolds. Before the party: Cut holes in the bottom of the bags so they can be worn like a poncho. How to play: Separate guests into teams of two. Have guests put trash bags over their clothes, then blindfold everyone. Give a jar of applesauce and two spoons to each team and have them feed each other.
Whichever team finishes their applesauce first is the winner. How to play: Separate guests into teams of four or five and have them stand in a line with a straw in their mouths.
The first person in line puts the pacifier onto their straw. Have them continue down the line. Whichever team reaches the end of the line first wins. This is one of the rare times when kids will actually want to help pair socks—so take full advantage!
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