Baby Shower Games, Planning Ideas, Gifts and more

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Liar Liar Pacifier

Materials: Paper, pens
Have the baby shower planner meet with the mothers of the mommy and daddy to be and ask them for some funny stories and specific memories. They can be the funniest moment they remember, their favorite blanket and what they called it, their favorite stuffed animal or funny word they could not pronounce. Mix these real stories up with ones you make up. Have the list ready and ask all the baby shower participants to write down whether the stories and memories are true or false. Have the mommy to be play as well to see if she knows her own self! Lots of fun!

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Name the TV Children

Name the children from the following TV families
Materials: paper, pens
This baby shower game is great for trivia nuts and related to children of TV. See how many of the baby shower guests can guess these correct:

  • What was the name of Fred and Wilma’s child on The Flintstones? Pebbles
  • What were the names of Ross Gellar’s 2 children on Friends? Ben and Emma
  • Name the 3 kids on The Simpsons: Bart, Maggie and Lisa
  • Name the 4 children on Family Ties: Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, Andy
  • Name the 5 Huxtable kids on The Cosby Show: Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy
  • Name the 6 Brady Bunch kids: Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter and Bobby

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Watch the Newborn

Watch the Newborn
Materials: small watermelons, duct tape
A fun baby shower game is to duct tape small watermelons to some baby shower guests who will need to do a relay race (short distance) with their new addition taped to their belly’s. If their watermelon slips off, the baby shower guest needs to yell “Oh my…my baby dropped”. A great and fun game to play at co-ed baby showers
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Baby Shower Song Game


Materials: Paper, pens, baby shower prize
A fun baby shower game is to see how well your baby shower guests know the name of songs by listing song titles for the following:

Examples
1. WHAT COLOR WILL THE BABIES EYES BE? BROWN EYED GIRL
2. WHAT COLOR WILL THE BABIES HAIR BE?
RED RED WINE
3. WILL THE BABY BE A BOY OR A GIRL?
DON’T FORGET THE GIRL
4. WHAT IS A NAME FOR A BABY GIRL?
ALLISON ROAD, SARAH, SARAH
5. WHAT WOULD THE BABY WEAR?
LADY IN RED
6. WHAT WILL THE NAME BE FOR A BABY BOY?
HENRY THE 8TH I AM
7. A BABY BOY WEARS BLUE, NAME A SONG WITH BLUE IN THE TITLE.
SUEDE SHOES
8. THERE ARE MANY THINGS A BABY CAN DO, NAME ONE.
THEN HE KISSED ME
9. SOON THE BABY WILL BE GETTING TEETH, NAME A SONG WITH TEETH IN IT.
ALL I WANT IS MY 2 FRONT TEETH
10. NAME A SONG WITH BABY AND LOVIN IN IT.
BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN

Monday, September 21, 2009

Hide-n-seek

Materials: baby doll, timer, paper and pen) - Use a small baby doll and hide it in the house, in the yard or wherever you have the baby shower venue. Give guests a number starting from 1 to however many are playing the game. Have the mommy to be try and find the baby. If it takes the mother to be 10 min. to find the baby, whoever has the number 10 wins the prize. You can also have everyone look for the baby and give out a baby shower gift for the winner or present the gift to the mommy-to-be. Give the baby doll to the mommy-to-be as a gift.

Pass the Baby
Materials: baby doll, blind fold, chairs
Have all the baby shower guests sit in a joining circle; Mother to be has a blind fold on sitting in a chair in the center of the circle. Someone starts to pass the baby, and the mother-to-be tries to guess who has the baby. The faster you go the more fun it is. When mother to be guesses who has the baby that person wins a baby shower prize.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Guess Her Age

Materials: photo copies of mommy-to-be baby photos, pen, paper

Before the shower, get about 10 pictures of the mother-to-be from birth to present. Copy the photos on to one or two sheets while numbering each photo and make additional copies. At the baby shower, pass the photo sheets around. Each baby shower guest has to guess how old the mother-to-be is in each picture. This is a great conversation-starter baby shower game.

Monday, September 07, 2009

Baby Shower Diaper Raffle

Materials: Gift basket, paper, pen

A very easy baby shower game is to ask everyone on their baby shower invitation to bring a box of diapers if they want to be entered into a raffle. The raffle can be for 2 wine glasses and a bottle of wine or something that someone donates that is appealing to your baby shower guests. Each person that brings the packages of diapers are entered into a raffle where they can win the prize. This is a real easy baby shower game that will supply the new parents with tons of needed diaper supplies. Be sure to list what type of diapers you want (for newborns) so they don’t purchase the wrong ones.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Diaper Dilemma

Materials: different foods and liquids and pack of diapers

Take several baby diapers and spread different types of food or drink on them (that makes them look like "soiled" diapers). Use items such as peanut butter, soy sauce, apple butter, chocolate frosting, spicy mustard, apple juice/grape juice, brown gravy, mashed avocado, dark syyrup, coffee/tea, chocolate pudding, etc...you get the idea. Each person must sniff the diaper and guess what the "offending" substance is. The person with the most correct guesses wins.