Simple baby showers games

Fill a giant bottle with candies, and have guests guess how many there are. Whoever comes closest takes the treats home. Have guests write down their first or middle name suggestions for mom to read aloud. Everyone has baby name opinions, and she may actually get some good ideas! For a more active baby shower, set up a bunch of baby bottles in a triangular formation with a bit of sand in them. Have guests use a tennis ball or other small ball to knock them down. Via babyshowerstuff.

Make a list of celebrity moms and see who can name all of their kids. Gender Reveal Voting. Instant conversation starter: have your guests vote when they walk in. Have everyone bring a baby photo and try to figure out who's who. Via Flickr: rtv. Via celebrations. Via moderndaydonnareed. Via everypotandpan.

Via blog. Like the apple version but with the tops of baby bottles instead. Via girlvsbeer. During the shower, give copies of the questions to all the guests, and have them use their imagination to fill in the blanks with what they think mom or dad said in answer to each question. The guest who guesses the answers closest to what mom or dad said wins the game. Let them know they can make their answers as funny or as sentimental as they'd like.

Once finished, have people read out their answers to the first question, and vote for the best answer. The winner gets a point, and then you can move on to the next item on the list. The person with the highest score wins a prize. This baby shower standby is always a hit. Before beginning the game, ask the mom-to-be to reveal her anticipated due date.

Remind everyone that only 5 percent of babies are born exactly on their due date! Then, ask each guest to predict the day and the time the baby will be born, and write their prediction on the paper or calendar.

You can promise to give a prize to each person who picks the correct day and also to the person who most closely picks the time. Don't forget to send those prizes out after the baby is born. Before your guests arrive, write or print the names of some famous mothers onto name tags for each guest.

You could choose a category like mothers in fiction, mothers from current or classic TV shows or movies, or anything you wish. When your guests arrive, attach a name tag to the back of each guest, without letting the guest see the name. Before the party, put a baby item into each bag, and number the bags. At the party, hand out the sheets of paper and pens to the guests, then start passing the bags out one by one. The guest must take a guess what they think is in each bag without opening it, and write it down; however, shaking and feeling the bag is allowed.

After the guesses have been scribbled on the paper, ask the mom-to-be to do the great reveal; the guest with the most correct guesses is the winner.

Arrange the pictures of the mom-to-be on a board or a table, and place a number next to each picture. Ask the guests to write the numbers in the order of age, and see who gets the most correct. Ask each guest to decorate an outfit for the new baby. If you like, have the mom-to-be relax in another room during the decorating time.

When everyone is finished, spread the finished products out on a table and ask the mom-to-be to guess which guest decorated each one. A baby blanket makes a great keepsake, so why not get friends and family involved in making one? Give each guest a square of fabric to decorate for the new baby.

You can decorate the squares at the party, or send guests their square in advance, and ask them to bring their decorated square to the shower. If you decide to do the decorating beforehand, then at the party, you can ask the group to arrange the squares you'll need to have some extra squares, perhaps in a patterned fabric or contrasting plain color and make a quilt pattern.

After the party, you can assemble the quilt yourself you'll need extra fabric, of course, for the quilt backing, and also batting — the "stuffing" for the quilt or send it to an expert quilter to put together. Remember this memento is intended for decoration only, and shouldn't be placed in the crib. Give each guest a diaper and a marker pen, and have her write a funny quote, joke, words of encouragement, or anything creative on the back of the diaper. Then, give the box of personalized diapers to the parents-to-be for inspiration during a late-night diaper change!

Put the supplies out on the table, and have some old newspaper handy to put under the paintings to make cleaning up easier. Encourage imaginations to run wild — they can produce drawings, inspirational quotes, or anything that they think would be great for the nursery.

Choose between 10 and 20 common words associated with babies — stroller, cradle, spit-up, etc. Then, make a list of these words with their letters all mixed up — teslorlr, edclra, utspip. Hand out copies of the scrambled word list to all the guests. Ask them to unscramble the letters and write down the real words as quickly as they can.

Set a timer for 5 minutes, and see who can unscramble the most words during that time. Write down the names of the expecting parents first and last names on a sheet of paper and distribute to each guest.

Distribute note cards and pens to the guests, and remind them of the pregnant lady's official due date. Have each guest write down her name and the date she expects baby to be born, then hand it over to the hostess with a cool 10 bucks. After the baby is born, the shower hostess will send a quick text to guests who attended, announcing the winner. The newborn and the mom-to-be will be scoring tons of awesome stuff, but much of it will be practical and predictable.

This baby shower game lets you create something special—a quilted hand-made blanket—during the present-opening time. Simply distribute one solid-colored fabric square and several fabric pens to each guest.

While the mom-to-be is opening gifts, have each guest decorate her square. After the shower, have the hostess or the best seamstress in attendance stitch the squares together to make a personal, impromptu quilt for Baby.

See who has the gift of punctuality in this gift-opening baby shower game of chance. As the mom-to-be is opening gifts, set the timer for a short length of time five to seven minutes. Whoever's present she's opening when the timer goes off wins a prize, such as an inexpensive gift card. Start the timer again and keep the routine going until all the presents are opened. By Heather Eng Updated July 01, Pin More. No baby shower hostess or mom-to-be wants guests to groan when the activities begin.

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In any case, you have many attendees, then worry not. The platform offers private rooms that allow up to 12 players. The platform has some favorite card games like checkers, backgammon, and even cards against humanity but called remote insensitivity. You are able to make your own virtual game. Jackbox is a popular and a favorite of virtual baby shower games but not free. Party packs available include various quizzes, catchphrase competitions, and guess whose lying games. These games are always party-packed and will surely get the party going.

The games can hold up to 10 players, but other shower guests can be audience members. Please note that jack box games are suitable for adults, so not ideal if some children are at the party. Well, if you are looking for a child-friendly game, Kahoot it is!. Please note: Participants need to create accounts. The platform is very user-friendly, and guests will not need a vast of skills. One of the good old drinking games. Instead, this is a cleaned-up version of this favorite game.

Guests can drink mimosas from baby bottles or some baby food instead of alcohol every time they have done the activity. The participant who calls out any person using the word baby earns a point. The one who wins the game is the participant with the most points.

The guests who guess the most items win. For this game, you will need to get help from the parents-to-be before the shower. Get them to answer a series of fun questions about them, when they were still children or their parenting. The host will ask guests questions like, who had a heavier weight during birth, who will be the disciplinarian?

For the Design-a-baby game, you will need prior preparations. Guests will need to have some playdough or modeling clay before the event. Guests will have to make a baby out of the dough. Note that the activity is timed-say 20 minutes. Before the shower, drop off some pre-made cupcakes, along with various decorating items to your guests.

If guests are far away, inform them what they will require during the party on the invitation card. You can have decorations that match your baby shower theme.