how many games

mkwarner310 · January 2010

are too many games?? and what are your favorite games?

(the reason I ask---> my co-host is wanting to play 5 games!!! this seems like WAY too many for my taste)

Lulu80301 · January 2010

I personally am not a fan of any games, and hate playing them at showers, so for me the answer would be 1 game is too many, lol. Sorry.Forced fun is no fun!

A nice alternative can be a craft project- my mom got t-shirts and onesies, fabric markers and stencils and set up a table in the corner where people could make the baby a shirt/onesie. It was a nice idea, no pressure, and everyone ended up enjoying it. We got about 30 out of the 35 people who were there.

ran_gonzales · January 2010

I don't mind shower games, especially if you have a mix of people who may not know eachother all that well, it's always good for an icebreaker. But as to how many, I think that's depenedent on the type of shower you're having, how long it is and what not. I think at mine, we're doing two or three quick games, it's co-ed and rather large, and then one game that goes throughout the shower. But i'm not sure.

uuteeeff · January 2010

any games are too many games.

EastCoastBride · January 2010

I'm not a fan of games either, but I can tolerate one or two. Five is WAY too many. I once went to a wedding shower that had at least 5, and we spent over an hour doing GAMES. I wanted to shoot myself and I actually ended up leaving before they even got to opening the gifts because the games took so fricking long.

Really- people want to come, eat, mingle, play a couple quick games, watch the gift opening and then be on their way.

BBachmann · January 2010

We are playing 5 games at mine. One is the diaper raffle which isn't technically a game. We are also doing the Toilet Paper belly measurement game (I'm not looking forward to that one) then we are doing a word search, word scramble, and baby bingo.

DASHSKIDADDLE · January 2010

Lulu80301:

I personally am not a fan of any games, and hate playing them at showers, so for me the answer would be 1 game is too many, lol. Sorry.Forced fun is no fun!

A nice alternative can be a craft project- my mom got t-shirts and onesies, fabric markers and stencils and set up a table in the corner where people could make the baby a shirt/onesie. It was a nice idea, no pressure, and everyone ended up enjoying it. We got about 30 out of the 35 people who were there.

What a great idea!!

jenfurleigh · January 2010

I personally think 2 games is enough, and would not want to have to play more than 3. One major thing that annoyed me at the last shower I went to: (Wedding shower) It started 30 minutes late and then we played 3 loong games, and then sat around, and THEN ate. Yeah we were there for over an hour and a half before eating and it was lunch time. Of course the fact that I was 6 months pregnant at the time probably had a little to do with my annoyance (and hunger). My only request to my sister was that we eat first at my shower! Order of events: Eat/mingle, 2 quick games, gifts/dessert.

hopefulmom · January 2010

A lot of people on here do not like games and assume (perhaps correctly) that their guests don't either. Personally, I haven't found that to be the case. I think 5 games is a bit excessive but it might make a difference as to what kind of games she has planned and how long the shower is. For instance, you can play a game...baby BINGO while you unwrap gifts and at the same time send around a baby bottle filled with M&M's and they need to write down their name and their guess as to how many are in the bottle without going over the amount. Course the closest wins. The reason you can do this during baby BINGO is because that is a very s-l-o-w game. Another quick game is one where you give them paper with your last name printed across the top. Under each letter they are to write as many baby names they can think of that starts with that letter. This is timed so it can be as long or as short as you want. Most games don't take longer than 15 minutes at the most and many take less time. Most showers are between 2-3 hours. You figure games can take up 1/2 to 1 hour MAX, eating 1/2 to 1 hour depending on what kind of food is served and unwrapping gifts 1/2 to 1 hour depending on how many guests you have.

Let your host play her games...but maybe question her about time management. Afterall, SHE is the host.

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