We’ve gathered several baby shower games for your convenience. Have fun, and don’t hesitate to let us know if we can offer anything else, or, if you have any new games you would like us to add to our collection.
Baby Bingo – When the mother-to-be is opening up her gifts, the guest get to fill out their bingo card. Have different pictures in each block of possible baby gifts. When someone gets a whole row, column, or diagonal, they win!
Word Search – As people come in, hand them a word search to keep them occupied while waiting.
Counting – Guess how many of something in a jar: great baby shower game, sure to entertain your guests. Try using diaper pins, cotton swabs, cotton balls, socks, booties, Cheerios, etc. Or use Mom’s favorite treat or snack!
Delivery – Buy tiny babies that are often used for cake decorations and freeze them in an ice cube. When everyone arrives at the shower, give everyone an ice baby in a cup. No one is allowed to touch the cup; it’s just left to sit, and melt. The first one that is “delivered” (melts) wins a prize. They must yell out “It’s a girl”, or “It’s a boy!”
Diaper Pin Blooper – Pin a cute diaper pin on each guest as they come in the door. The guest is then not allowed to use the word “baby” at any time during the baby shower. If they slip, they must give their pin to the person who caught them! Of course the person with the most pins at the end of party wins a prize.
Diaper Mess – More of a gag game but it’s funny! You will need enough oversized white paper napkins to have one for each guest. Fold the napkins diagonally and place 4-5 plain chocolate M & M’s in the center of each napkin. Bring pointed ends of napkin diaper fashion into the center and secure with tape. Pile all ‘diapers’ except one in a large bowl. Place the one you set aside briefly in the microwave, just long enough to melt chocolate. (you can use oven too) When you are sure the ‘diaper’ is gooey, add to others in the bowl. Let each guest choose her own diaper shaped treat out of bowl and get ready to laugh as only one will get stuck with a messy diaper! Use small pieces of several different chocolate bars…some with nuts … Snickers, Milky Way, M&M’s, Hershey’s, etc.
Variation: Make little diapers out of card stock. Inside one of them, put a brown pen smudge. Then mix them up and write each guest’s name on the outside. At the end of the party, everyone opens their “diaper” and the person with the “poopy” one gets a prize.
Dress the Baby – Everyone picks a partner. Then tie one guest’s right hand to the others left hand with toilet paper. Give each pair a naked baby doll, a diaper, socks, and an outfit and have them dress the baby using only their free hands. The first pair to completely dress the baby wins. Variation: Instead of partners with hands tied, try this game blindfolded.
How Big is Big? – Have guests judge the circumference of the mom to be! Pass around a roll of toilet paper and tell each guest to take the amount that she thinks it will take to fit around the mother to be tummy! Once everyone has torn off their ‘measuring tape’ use the remainder of the roll of toilet paper to really measure her and compare that strip with those of the guests. The one who comes closest to the correct length wins a prize.
I have never …
Everyone gets a certain number of pennies, say 10. Then one by one each person tells something they have never done before. Everyone one else who HAS done that thing gives the teller a penny. At the end of the game the person with the most pennies wins – they are the”least experienced”. You also give a prize to the one with the fewest pennies since they must be the “most experienced”. The idea is to think of something you’ve never done that probably everyone else in the room has done. That way you get more pennies. For a baby shower you could have all the responses be related to babies, baby-sitting, pregnancy, parenting, etc.
Variation: Buy a piggy bank for the baby and bring it to the shower. Be sure to instruct the guests to bring some change. Take turns going around the room and completing the saying “I’ve never . . .”. Everyone who HAS done that activity, has to put change in the piggy bank. When you’re finished, you’ll have started a great savings or college fund!
Memories – On the invitations to the baby shower ask each guest to bring one baby item from their past, either something they or their children wore or played with. Have each person tell the story behind the item. Have the guest vote on the best story to pick the winner. As a gift for the mother-to-be, give her a “Baby’s First Year” memory book that she can use to record memories of her baby.
Name Game – If the parents have not been able to agree to a name, this is great! Have everyone fill out little pieces of paper with First and Middle names. Have a name book handy and it helps to know the sex of the baby! Parents get to choose which names they like best! Who knows, maybe they name the child because of this!
Nursery Rhymes – Play a game where you make small slips of paper with the first part of a nursery rhyme on it, or the lines to a song, or a question. (make enough so that each person has a chance to draw and win a prize) Each guest pulls a slip of paper, one at a time (while mom is opening gifts so there is something to do) and they have to say the next line of the nursery rhyme, sing the next line to the song, or answer the question.
Piñata – Piñatas are fun for any age! Fill one with all kinds of small baby items to be given to Mom at the shower or favors for the guests!
Scrapbook Spectacular – Oh, how I wish I had heard of this one a year ago! Have each person create a different scrapbook page for the mother-to-be, where all she has to do is add pictures/cutouts to the page. This helps her tremendously in time later on, as it is an awesome baby shower gift!
Surprises – I did this one on a young gal who decorated the nursery with dogs. She was wanting to purchase several stuffed dogs to compliment the nursery decorations. Each guest was asked to bring a stuffed dog to the shower on their invitations. (Her invitation read differently!) She had numerous dogs and not one was the same! After she had opened all of her gifts, I gave her the invitation that was sent to everyone else. Not realizing, but throughout the shower all of these stuffed dogs were being put throughout the room as decorations.
The Ambidextrous Mom – As most of us know, mothers must be very ambidextrous with one hand. Take a hanger and put clothes pins on it. The object of the game is for a guest to get as many clothes pins in her one hand that she is using to take the clothes pins off the hanger. She cannot use her other hand or lap to help her arrange the clothes pins in that hand to make more room. The person who can get the most clothes pins off the hanger without dropping any, wins!
The Baby Daddy – This one is for the group of people who love to have a good laugh, and where the father-to-be has a great sense of humor. (not recommended for mothers-to-be who are due at any time – she might laugh too hard!) This can work two ways, either the mother-to-be can dress up the father-to-be in big baby clothing or they can swap roles. This is practice for them for when the baby comes. This is where the grandmothers get to talk about what the parents-to-be were like as babies. Another idea is to have the father-to-be show up in the middle of the shower dressed like a big baby escorted by a delivery person (person dressed up as stork, doctor, nurse) as a special delivery for the mother-to-be. Won’t she be surprised?
Word Scramble – Make a list of “baby” words, such as swing, playpen, blanket, rattle, diaper, bottle, etc but scramble them up. Make enough copies for each guest and you keep the answer sheet. Give the guests 5-10 min to unscramble and winner with all or the most correct wins, give a prize.
Who’s Who – Have each guest bring a baby picture of herself. Mount these ‘celebrity’ photos on a board and assign each picture a number by writing on the back of the picture lightly in pencil or by attaching a numbered slip of paper underneath. Each guest will get a pencil and paper and you can give them 5 minutes to guess who’s who! The one with the most correct wins a prize!
What’s in the Bag? – Place a few baby items in bottom of pillowcase. Such items could be a pacifier, cotton balls, bottle, plastic keys, etc. Pass pillowcase around, give each person 30 seconds-1 min to feel what is in the bag, then pass it on to next player. After passing the bag, guest must write down everything she can remember feeling in the bag. Winner of the prize is the one who remembers the most correctly.
Who Will the Baby Look Like? – This is where you must have lots of pictures of the parents-to-be as children through adulthood. These should be pictures that can be cut. The object of the game to use each facial feature and create funny faces. This is quite humorous when you look at each face that has been made by different people!
Who Has … – Who traveled the farthest, shortest, known her the longest (mom doesn’t count), shortest, etc.
Some Games/Activities for the GUYS! – Baby food tasted by all the men who are blindfolded, or if all guests are involved the labels are removed and the shower hosts have everyone try the food. Anyone who answers incorrectly has to eat the whole jar of baby food! Prizes are optional with this game.
- Diapering and powdering the baby contest for Daddy to be and men guests, even those with children have to participate.
- Assembling car seat/stroller combos with a doll baby strapped in. Make it known that the doll still has feelings!!! The quickest time gets a prize.
Baby Shower Thank You Cards – If you are in charge of the baby shower for your sister or friend, remember to help her with her Thank you cards. It will help the new mom tremendously if you set her up with baby shower thank you cards.
. Good luck, you’ll make it through fine.