Need baby shower games ideas

[PikoPiko]

Hey ladies! I'm hosting a baby shower for a friend. Need ideas for games!! What games did you enjoy at your or friends' baby showers? Help me out, pretty please?

A bit of background, this friend is such a sweetheart. I didn't find out until a few months ago that she had a miscarriage the same week she hosted my baby shower. To add insult to injury, she had her D&C the morning of the event. She never told me about her miscarriage until my LO was a couple mos old cos she didn't want me to feel sad for her. I was in tears when I found out. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for her that day. I really want to give her the best shower ever to properly welcome her to motherhood.

[missys]

It's not exactly a game but my sister surprised me with a series of questions she asked my husband about our life, my pregnancy, and our future as parents. It wasn't for me to guess what he said but to hear his thoughts and wishes about our new LO. It felt like he was there the day of my shower and it made me feel so special.

Examples- how did Missy tell you she was pregnant and what did you think/feel?
What do you want LO to have from you/her?
Why do you know she will be a good mother?

[miniwheat]

She sounds like a sweet girl. I am sure any game you choose will be great.

The ones I loved were painting onsies for the baby with fabric paint. It was a small shower for my cousin so it probably didn't cost too much? The other was the host made a list of like 10 or 20 items in a purse and guests went thorough and held up each item if they had it. If you didn't you were out. The last woman left got a nice gift basket.

My shower had a card given to each guest that said Wishes for Baby. Then 10 lines that were fill in the blank.
Ex: I hope you learn ________
I wish you lots of __________
etc.

[cloe111479]

I'm not big on shower games but easist one. Kitchen timer. Set it for a random amount of time. When it goes off, the present she's opening that person gets a prize. Repeat as necessary.

[Mom2Ms]

Crape paper game where they guess how big the belly is.

Don't say the word "baby" game.

Questions surrounding pregnancy & Mom- due date, boy/girl, name, food cravings, food aversions.... Ect

[lilyelayne]

If it's a smaller shower where most people will know each other- everyone bring a baby photo of themselves & guests have to guess who's who.

Present bingo- everyone gets a blank bingo card & writes possible presents in each square. Then as mom opens presents, mark off on bingo card. First to bingo (or first to blackout) gets prize! I liked this one cause everyone was reaaaaally interested in everything I opened haha.

[hollydfromtn]

I'm also planning a shower and I think one of the games we're going to play is where you freeze a bunch of little plastic babies, that you can find at the dollar tree or Walmart, in ice cubes. Each guest gets one for their drink. Then once somebody sees their baby float to the top, they have to yell "My water broke!"

[emilyz320]

At my shower my mother in law had buckets of diapers at each table with sharpies. Everyone wrote messages on the diapers to the baby or dh and I. Those were fun to read when changing dd. I played a fun game I had never seen before at a friend from work's shower - there were riddles and you had to guess which children's story book it was. At that same shower we also made babies out of playdough, that was good for a laugh. At my work shower we had to blow up a balloon and put a diaper on it and see who did it the fastest.

Something I've never done that I love the idea of is decorating onesies, alphabet letters, blocks or headbands. But I know some people don't like to do those things at showers.

[toadandbuggie]

missys, Soo sweet.

miniwheat, sounds like fun. I am filing these into my memory so that I can use them when one of my SILs are pregnant!

[seamonster]

We were still deciding on a name, but knew we were having a boy, so we had everyone in teams suggest a name for each letter of the alphabet and gave them 3 minutes to do so. Read the names and gave prizes for the most interesting or unusual names or for getting a name for each letter.

We gathered photos of us and our families and had people match the baby with the adult. You could do this with your guests' photos. Prizes for most right.

We also had photos of us and siblings at various ages as babies and had people guess how many months old the baby was. This was based on a game we played whenever we saw a baby in public.

Decorating diapers or onsies is a lot of fun.

[cginge]

Decorating diapers, baby item bingo, guessing the price of baby items (pack of wipes, diapers, a rattle, bottle, etc.), putting various baby items in brown bags and letting people touch/shake them and guess what they are. I went to one where each guest wrote their name/address on a pre-stamped envelope to make it easier on the mama to write a thank you/thanks for coming note to them (not a game, but I thought it was interesting).

[GeekBeagle]

cginge It's very common around here to have guests fill out envelopes. Maybe it's regional? My mom did this and then would draw an envelope at random intervals for a prize.

A few other ideas I don't think I've seen mentioned:
- Baby animals game. List a bunch of animals and then guests have to name what the corresponding baby is called. Ex. Cat = kitten.
- Make a gift basket for the mom-to-be. Bring it out in front of the guests for a set amount of time. Then, put it away and give guests a minute to recall as many items as possible. The mom gets the basket as a gift.

[GeekBeagle]

Oh, and I've done where all the guests guess the actual birthday using a calendar showing a couple weeks before and after the due date. You obviously can't do this for a prize at the shower, but it's fun to see who was right after the fact.

[flyster]

My job did cupcake decorating at my shower. Then I had to pick the winner and they got a starbucks gift card or something. Then we ate the cupcakes. It was great