| If you are looking for Baby Shower Games that are | | | | anything down for a letter (or multiple letters), they lose |
| extremely fun for everyone, and that are easy to plan | | | | a point for every letter they did not write an item. A |
| and participate in, then you will love the games listed | | | | prize is given to the woman who wrote the most |
| below. From word games to memory games, acting | | | | down. To make it more difficult and fun, allot 10 |
| games to girly games, to even meaningful games and | | | | seconds for each letter, and people only get points for |
| activities - there are games for every preference and | | | | writing something that nobody else wrote down. Go |
| setting. Have fun! | | | | through every letter, and the person with the most |
| 1) Baby Memory Game: Before the shower, place | | | | points wins. |
| roughly 25 items on a cookie sheet that the | | | | 6) Baby Pictures: Before the shower, ask for the baby |
| mother-to-be will need. Bring the cookie sheet out with | | | | pictures of all those that will be attending. And for fun, |
| all the items for everyone to view for about 30-40 | | | | get a baby picture of grandma (if she is no longer with |
| seconds. Then, remove the pan of items and | | | | you), a close neighbor friend, a celebrity, even dad or |
| everyone will have about 2 minutes to write down as | | | | an uncle just for fun, etc. (make sure everyone knows |
| many items that they can remember. The person who | | | | or would know who the person is). Make a collage of |
| writes the most down will receive a prize, and all the | | | | all the pictures and number each baby picture. Each |
| items will go to the mother. (Examples of items: bottle, | | | | guest will then write down who they think each baby |
| brush, pacifier, bib, soap, blanket, burp cloth, wipes, | | | | photo is of. The person who guessed the most right |
| shoes, socks, diaper, pins, teddy bear, rattle, baby food, | | | | will win a prize. |
| ear syringe, etc.) | | | | 7) Unscramble the Baby Words: In preparation, write |
| 2) Gerber Taste & Smell Guessing: In preparation, | | | | down about 20-30 baby words/items. Then, |
| buy many different kinds of baby foods and remove | | | | unscramble the letter in each word. Place all the words |
| the labels (but make sure you remember or mark | | | | on one page and make copies for each guest. Then, |
| which one is which). Place all the bottles on a tray and | | | | divide everyone into teams of two and give them 5 |
| pass it around to all the women. Women can taste or | | | | minutes to unscramble as many words as they can. |
| smell each food, and then write down their guess on | | | | The team to unscramble the most receives a prize. |
| their own paper. The woman who guesses the most | | | | 8) Baby Drawing Charades: In preparation, write down |
| right gets a prize. | | | | about 20 baby related items on their own individual slip |
| 3) Mystery Guess: As guests arrive, have a jar full of | | | | of paper, and place all the slips in a bowl. Items could |
| random baby items the mother-to-be will need. It can | | | | be: bottle, crib, rocking chair, car seat, burp cloth, etc. |
| have: binky's, diapers, rags, soaps, lotions, socks, etc. | | | | Divide the group into two teams and one person from |
| Each guest will take a paper and make a guess as to | | | | each team will come to the front. They will draw out |
| how many total items they think are in the jar. The | | | | one slip and both look at it. At 'go,' these two will then |
| person who guesses closest will receive a prize at the | | | | have to draw this item (without talking) to their |
| end of the shower (and of course, all the items go to | | | | teammates. The team that guesses first receives a |
| the mother-to-be). | | | | point. Send another person from each team up, so |
| 4) Baby Shower Bingo: As exciting as it is watching | | | | each person has a turn drawing. The team with the |
| the mom-to-be open all her presents, this game will | | | | most points at the end receives a prize. |
| help all the others watching have a little fun as well. | | | | 9) Story Time & Advice: Women and mothers |
| Label each gift that was brought by simply writing a | | | | always love talking about their children. So, if other |
| number on the gift (if 15 gifts were brought, number the | | | | mothers attend the shower, have each one of them |
| gifts 1-15). Then, each woman will take a paper and | | | | take just a few minutes each to share both a funny |
| create 15 squares and randomly place the numbers | | | | experience as a mother with a baby, and then any |
| 1-15 throughout their squares. Each woman will place | | | | advice they have for the new mother-to-be. |
| their numbers individually, so each person's numbers | | | | 10) Guess the Price: In preparation, purchase many |
| are in different squares. Also, if there are more or less | | | | items that the mother-to-be will need. (Examples: crib, |
| than 15 gifts, create as many squares on the paper as | | | | stroller, diapers, clothing items, lotion, wet wipes, burp |
| gifts. Then, when mom-to-be opens a present, she'll call | | | | clothes, bibs, soap, powder, etc.) Then, write down |
| out that gift's number, and everyone will mark off that | | | | what each individual item actually costs. For the game, |
| number on their sheet. Once someone gets 5 in a row | | | | pull one item out at a time and have each guest make |
| (or an X, borders, or blackout), they get a prize. | | | | a guess as to how much that item actually costs |
| 5) Baby Alphabet: Each guest will take a pen and | | | | (guests will write guesses on their own paper). Once all |
| paper, and along the left side of the paper they will | | | | items have been guessed, the right prices will be |
| vertically write all the letters of the alphabet. At 'go,' | | | | revealed. Each player will reveal what they wrote and |
| each woman will write as many baby items as they | | | | the person who guessed closest for that particular |
| can for each letter. For the letter B, as an example, | | | | prize gets a point. Then the next item's price is |
| you might write: bottle, binky, burp cloth, brush, booties, | | | | revealed, and this repeats. Whichever guest has the |
| etc. If a guest wrote these, they would get 5 points for | | | | most points after all item's prices have been revealed |
| the letter B. Each guest receives a point for every | | | | will receive a prize. |
| item they write down; however, if they did not write | | | | |