Baby showers are ideal places to play games. They not only help break the ice and get people laughing, but since baby showers are about having fun: what’s more fun than a good game? It’s better than working, right!
There are several games that you can play, ranging from old standards like charades, to more modern ideas like trivia games. A trip to your local toy store will fill you with several ideas of what could work.
However, you may feel like creating a game that has a kind of special baby shower feel to it; something that is entertaining and mildly competitive, but ties into the fact that it’s being played at a baby shower.
So in light of that, here are some great baby shower-specific games that come to us from geniusbabies.com (http://www.geniusbabies.com/babshowgam1.html). You can alter these games in any way that you wish to specifically suit your theme.
Game: The Winning Plate
This neat little game involves what most people love in life: food! Simply put a picture of a baby beneath one of the plates that will be handed out to guests as they eat. Don’t tell anyone that the picture is there; just let them eat. When the eating part of the event is coming to a close, tell your guests to peek under their plate, and give the lucky guest who has the picture a prize!
Game: The Price is Right
People seem to love this game, because it’s based on what many feel is the best game show of all time: The Price is Right!
Simply purchase a number of baby items, such as diapers, baby food, a pacifier, or anything that can be found in an ordinary neighborhood grocery store. Then, have the guests bid on how much they think everything cost. Reward each winning bidder with a prize; or offer them points, and then total up the points at the end. The winner of the overall game can then win a prize.
Game: That… Was ME?
This is a tremendously enjoyable game! Invite each guest to bring a baby picture of themselves. Collect each picture, and then put them on a giant board. During the baby shower, allow guests to go up and browse the big board of pictures.
Provide each guest with a piece of paper and a pen/pencil, and have them write down the names of who they think each picture is (put a number beside each picture so that they can be referenced).
At the end of the game, reveal the answers and see who has the best eye! This game is not only slightly competitive, but it also always leads to a lot of laughs and ohhhh you were so cuuuuuuute’s!
This is one of the most hilarious baby shower game ideas you will ever play. It does not matter if the guests at the baby shower are even mothers, this game will be a lot fun for everyone.
What you will need:
- 1 baby doll (This can be purchased at any toy store.)
- 1 piece of rope or string about 5 feet long (You can get this at any craft or
hardware store)
- 1 small clothing basket (You just need a very small one. If you can't find one small enough, try using a fruit basket or something similar.)
- 10 outfits of baby clothing (Use brand new ones and give them to the Mom-to be after the game is done.)
-1 package of clothing pins (These can be purchased anywhere.)
-An home telephone that works
-A cellular phone
-A timer (A kitchen timer works just fine for this game.)
-A gift for the winner
This is how you play:
For playing what I believe to be one of the most engaging baby shower game ideas ever, each guest gets an opportunity to be the multi-tasking mommy. Two other guests will hold the string between them like a clothesline. The hostess or another person will hand the multi-tasking mommy the baby doll, the clothing basket, and the clothing pins.
The victim, I mean player, will also be given the telephone, and someone will call them from the cell phone and try to have a conversation with them.
The person on the phone will try asking them certain questions to make them pay attention, such as, "What was your husband's name again?" or "What was the name of your very first pet?"
The mommy will have three minutes to hold the baby, while speaking on the telephone and hanging up the baby clothes. When the timer goes off, she stops. Someone will write down the number of clothing articles she was able to hang up. If someone drops the baby, they automatically lose.
Each guest is given a chance to be the multi-tasking mommy, and whoever gets the most pieces of clothing on the clothesline, and does the best job having a conversation and holding the baby wins the prize.
This is one of the best baby shower game ideas out there. It is difficult quite difficult to multi-task, and your guest will be holding their tummies with laughter pain! A great option for this baby shower game idea is to videotape the game, and you can look back and enjoy this for many years.
