Baby Shower Games Can Be Fun AND Inexpensive

• Who Am I, the Baby Version - In this game, players are each given a piece of
  paper with the name of a famous person on it. They do not look at the
  name, but tape it to their forehead. They then must figure out who they
  are by the reactions of the other guests. In the baby version, consider
  using only famous celebrity mothers, or perhaps cartoon characters. Be
  creative!
  
  
• Who Is That Baby? - Before the party, have guests send you photos of
  themselves as a baby. Have each guest try to match the baby picture with
  the correct adult. The person with the most matches wins.
  
  
• Don't Say It - When guests arrive, give them each a pacifier on a ribbon
  which they can wear over their neck. Instruct them that they are not
  allowed to say "baby" during the party. If another guest catches them at
  it, the can take their pacifier. At the end of the party, the guest with
  the most pacifiers wins.

• Baby Boggle - Come up with a fun sentence about the baby and the
  mother-to-be. See how many baby related words guests can make in three
  minutes from the letters. Everyone reads their list, crossing off
  duplicates, and the person with the most remaining wins. Use a phrase such
  as "So there's going to be a new [parents' last name] in the world!"
  
  
• Advice Poem - Have someone write down a short piece of advice to the new
  mother. Then have the next person write down a line to create a poem about
  advice they have for the new mom. Continue with each guest adding a line,
  but each time, fold the paper so that the only line visible is the last one that
  was written. At the end, have someone read the finished poem. It is
  sure to contain lots of good advice in quite a funny way. This can also be
  done with guests writing a poem about the mother-to-be. This is especially
  good at a "Pamper Mommy" themed party.
  
  
• Time Capsule - Have each guest write a short note to the baby. Seal
  the notes in a plastic bag and place them in a box for the mother-to-be, telling
  her she can open them with her child on his or her fifteenth birthday.

• Baby Box - Ask every guest to bring a small item such as a rattle or a
  pacifier. As they arrive, place the items in a box which has a small hole
  cut in the side. After all the guests have arrived, give each person 20
  seconds to touch as many items as they can (no peeking!), then have them write
  down what they felt. The person with the most correct wins.

• Diaper Tower - Have guests stack as many diapers as they can without the
  tower falling over. Of course, the mother-to-be gets to keep the
  diapers!
  
  
• Tree Planting - Have guests help plant a tree in honor of the baby.
  This is especially nice if the mother-to-be recently moved into a new
  home. (Of course, get her input on the type of tree she would
  like.)
  
  
• Dirty Diapers - Buy ten different chocolate candy bars (Snickers, Hershey's,
  etc.). Melt the bars and put each into a separate diaper. Hang
  diapers along a clothesline before the guest arrive. Give each guest a
  piece of paper and have them smell all the diapers (take lots of
  pictures!). The winner is the guest who correctly identifies each candy
  bar.

• Pacifier Pass - Have everyone put a pen or pencil (or chopstick) in their
  mouth. Place a pacifier on the end of one of the pencils. Guests
  must pass the pacifier around the circle without using their hands. If a
  guest drops the pacifier, they are out. The winner is the last person
  still in the circle.
  
  
• Bottle Race - Time guests drinking juice from a bottle - the fastest time
  wins! This is best done as a race, with white grape juice or something
  else that won't stain. And once again, the mother-to-be keeps the
  bottles.

» left by Audry

from Georgia 4 years 216 days ago.

I have thrown many a baby shower and this article was very fun to read and had a ton of ideas I had never come across. Thanks.

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