I have been collecting baby shower games for years as it seems like I go to or host dozens of showers each year. These are some of the best games I've found. I have played or run most of them. I hope you enjoy them too! Just click on the names for complete instructions.You typically have time to use three activities or games, but some like the "Clothespin Game" or "Next-Mom-to-Be Award" really don't take up time and can be played simultaneously. Enjoy!
- Clothespin Game
- Guests are given a clothespin and a forbidden word or phrase.
- Baby Words Scrabble
- Create baby words out of a key phrase.
- Baby Charades
- Guests act out various baby happenings.
- Baby Pictionary
- Guests team up and draw baby related items.
- TV Show Children
- A Fill-in-the-Blanks memory game.
- Pins and Rice
- Suprisingly difficult! Retrieve pins from a bowl of rice-blindfolded.
- Purse Scavenger Hunt
- See who brought the most items from your list.
- The Tray Game
- How good is your memory?
- Tray Game with a Twist
- Really fun! Guests are always suprised!
- True / False
- See how well your guests really know the mother-to-be.
- Cottonball Spoon
- Quickly spoon the cottonballs - blindfolded.
- Famous Moms
- Guests are allowed 20 questions to guess famous moms.
- Silly Advice
- Mis-matched problems and advice provide many laughs.
- Bubblegum Masterpiece
- See which guest is truely the most creative.
- Name That Powder
- Guests identify the mystery powders.
- Cottonballs and Vaseline
- Try to pick up as many cottonballs as you can in the time allotted. But wait - there's a twist!
- Story-Go-Round
- Guests take turns creating sentences of a story.
- Alphabet Trip
- "I'm going on a trip with my baby and I'm bringing..."
- Concentration
- The classic concentration game using baby pictures or words
- Double Trouble Relay Race
- Two teams compete to finish fastest a list of chores with twins. Really funny!
- Double Juggle
- Hot Potato with two dolls.
- Famous Duos
- Batman and Robin, Donny and Marie. How many do you know?
- Name Those Pairs
- Scissors, boots, socks, ears, twins,. . .
- Three-Legged Race
- "Baby-fied" versions of this classic relay race.
Traditionally, winners of each game are awarded some little wrapped gift, such as hand lotion or stationary. For more ideas of favors, visit our Favors page. Some feel that etiquette demands that after a guest is given a gift like this and opens it, it should then be presented to the guest of honor. Usually the gifts are intended for the reciever. Either way it should be left to the winners discretion and not even mentioned unless it is questioned. You will want to be prepared with a couple of extra gifts in case of ties. If you are playing team games or games where there are lots of winners, you can award prizes like ring pops, or lollipops, etc.
