Games and babyshowers, are a bit like mother and child, the go well together. Though if this is your first go at organizing or hosting a babyshower then you might not be aware of all the games you can play. Below is a few ideas for you to try and I hope you have fun.
Guess The Date
Set up a large grid ahead of time with the dates of the month when baby is due. You can have guests write their name on the date when they think the baby will be born. For a tie breaker, you can have the guests also write the time and weight of the baby. The host or hostess can be responsible for sending a prize to the winner after the baby comes.
Wet Diaper:
Break up into groups of 3-4. Each group gets a disposable newborn diaper, large pitcher of water, and a measuring cup. Each group predicts how much water they think the diaper will hold without the water leaking out. Write down the guess before you start. The group that comes closest wins a prize.
Bobbing for Nipples:
Buy several packages of baby bottle nipples and put them into a baby bath tub full of water, and play just like bobbing for apples.
Pregnant Twister:
Have a Twister game – 2 fanny packs, 2 10lb weights, and 2 pillows. Place the weights in the fanny packs and strap the fanny pack around the pillow around the stomach of the guest. Guests will compete one on one against each other until they lose. The winners of each round will advance to the next level – The last one standing is the winner!!
Diaper Poker: (Diaper Blackjack)
Each Person brings their own bag of diapers (any size) for their ante into the game. The diaper ante can equal any amount the hostess desires. (1 bag = $100 Dollars) Winner collects a prize
Baby Stroller Race:
Set up a course outside using a hose, yard decorations, trees, etc. that a stroller can navigate around. Make the course as long or short with curves, or turns. Time your guests as they navigate the course with the baby doll in the stroller, deducting points for going off course, losing control, or throwing the baby doll from the stroller. To make it more interesting, you can schedule a pit stop half way through the course where they have to stop and feed & burp the baby, change the diaper or rock the baby to sleep. The winner is the one who completes the course with the quickest time w/the baby doll still in the stroller.
Make a Baby:
Give Guests play dough and toothpicks and have them create a baby using only these 2 items. Time guests for five minutes (if a couples shower – blindfold the couples and make them work together to create the baby) Hostess picks the winning baby.
Babies First Savings Fund:
Note on the invitation about a raffle for a big prize, BRING YOUR MONEY! Each person at the shower can buy one raffle ticket for a $1 or ten for $5. At the end, a winner wins a nice prize like a gift certificate for dinner or Wal-Mart. Sometimes if you have extra prizes you can raffle prizes left over. The money collected starts the baby’s 1st bank account. OR… When you mail out your invitations, note on the bottom that the first guest to show up at the shower will receive a prize (who don’t like a free gift?) Add whoever is last will have to empty all their pocket change into the babies piggy bank (which is provided by the hostess) this will lead to everyone to do the same just because it is for the baby.
Pass the Prize:
Here is a game that is a lot of fun. Have everyone stand in a circle. Make the list up before everyone arrives. It would go like this: Pass to a person with red hair. Pass to person with glasses. Pass to the person across from you. Count 3 people to left and pass to that person. Pass to person who’s not wearing socks, etc. etc. You can make the list as detailed as you want and with whatever directions you want to use. Give a gift to a person and then start going down the list. Whoever has the gift when you get to the end of the list wins the prize. If it is a big group you can start the game with 2 gifts to 2 different people.
Baby’s Name Game:
Pass out paper and pens to each guest. Have them write the baby’s name (if unknown, the mom-to-be’s name works well) down the edge of the paper. On go, have them look through their purse and find items beginning with each letter. The one who gets them all the quickest wins. For more fun, have the winner go through her list and show everyone what she had.
Baby’s Price is Right:
This is so much more fun than the tray game. You purchase all of the baby items you want to get and then set them on a tray. Ask everyone to guess the prices of each item. When they are done with that they add up the total. Whoever is closest to the correct total amount wins!!!
Clothes Line Game:
Get a bundle of clothes in a laundry basket, a clothes line and clothes pins. You have two people hold each end of the clothes line, then you have a guest hang as many clothes as they can in 30 seconds (this is the hard part) while talking on the phone and holding a baby doll
Advice for Years Ahead:
Have every one draw a number from a bowl (as many numbers as there are guests–mom and hostess too starting with 0 for the birth day). The number represents the future age of the baby. Give every one a pieceof pretty paper and a matching envelope and have them write a letter to the baby at that age. No one is allowed to read it. They should be sealed and given to the mom to open on future birthdays.
Big Belly Race:
This is an excellent couples or co-ed shower idea!! Blow up some balloons, have all the men in the room (or women) put one under their shirts, and then have a “RACE” to see which one of them can tie their shoes the fastest!! This is truly FUNNY and the mom-to-be will absolutely love watching them. (Be careful though, all the laughing might put her into labor.)
Baby Pictionary:
This game is based upon the original Pictionary board game. Before the shower, place words relating to baby activities and items on small cards. (ex: Changing a diaper, giving birth, feeding time) At the shower, create teams and give each one a pad of paper and pencil. Let one member of the team see a card, then tell them to draw the word or phrase for their partners to guess. Use a timer or just play until someone guesses. When the time is up, the teams total up the number of words they have guessed correctly and the one who has the most wins a prize.