Non-annoying shower games?

anvloveskme · April 2010

I was sort of against having shower games but my hostess had already bought prizes before she knew and really wants to do at least one or two...we are having a brunch shower this weekend with about 25-30 people total. Any suggestions???

lil_rhody · April 2010

I am sort of against shower games, but they did one at my bridal shower I didn't mind. They had a kitchen timer and whoever brought the gift I was opening when it went off would get a prize. It just served to make people pay more attention and spice up the gift-opening part.

Stephanie2167 · April 2010

The one that was fun for me was guess the baby food. All my guests smelled the baby food and guessed what it was. Then at the end I tasted them and guessed. It was a lot of fun. Except for the veal and salmon and sweet potato flavors. ::barf::

MorissaW · April 2010

I love the kitchen timer game. It is so not annoying for people!!!

claire1983 · April 2010

Personally, I don't think such a thing exists...not a fan of the games. My shower is tomorrow and I am keeping my fingers crossed that there aren't any.

Brewtowngrl · April 2010

Baby price is right. Price out a few small baby items and who ever is closest to the actual total price wins. It is easy to do with a big group.

Moon_Safari · April 2010

At my shower, they gave everyone a little container of Playdoh and they had to sculpt what the baby would look like. I then had to pick the 3 best ones and they won a prize. My guests seemed to have a good time with it and got really creative.

Here's a picture of everyone's art...

taureanbuddhist · April 2010

i am usually against shower games, but they did one game at my out of state shower where everyone was blind folded and had a minute to 'create' a baby made out of play doh...it was hilarious...then we got to pick a winner...one of them was even 'anatomically' correct lol...we laughed really hard about that:)

mysticporter · April 2010

I'm not a huge fan of them, but the one at my shower that I thought was pretty good was basically pictionary/charades with the items to guess being baby-themed. The group divided off into two teams, there was lots of conversation and it was fun.

auslyn804 · April 2010

I threw a shower for a girl that was against shower games. We did the baby food one. We just did it very informally and had it set up on the counter and people went and did it whenever they got a chance. We also decorated onesies as an activity, but no prize for that one.

canamama · April 2010

I just had one for my SIL and we played a game called "It's All About the Mom". I asked her mom all kinds of questions about when she was a baby ie. Sarah weighed X lbs. when she was born or Sarah's first words were. It was a multiple choice thing and everyone read their answers when they were finished. It was really cute and my SIL loved it because she didn't even know the answers.

dstar · April 2010

Baby Gift Bingo. You are given a blank bingo square and are asked to fill all the blanks with baby items, bottle, rattle, blanket, etc. When you open your gifts, everyone marks off the items. So if you put bottle in a square and you open a bottle, they mark it off. Whoever gets Bingo wins, a line or the full sheet, however you decide. I hope that makes sense to you.

christina06 · April 2010

Whatever you do - don't do the guess how big your belly is game by measuring off squares of toilet tissue or string. It's completely horrible.

You could do baby bingo, print off the cards with typical gifts in the boxes and as you open the gifts people cross them off and the first one to get bingo gets the prize. It keeps people engaged in the process.

Also, there's the standby of giving people diaper pins to pin on or stickers where you don't say the word baby or LO's name if you've announced it and if they do they lose their pin/item and whoever has the most at the end gets the prize. Some folks really get into it and most don't care but it helps to break the ice if you have a random group of people.

Hope you have a great time at your shower!

aborgra · April 2010

We had 2 games at a shower I threw for my friend. One game involved me reading OWT's and the guests guessing if that indicated a boy or girl. Another involved each guest recieving a necklace when they came in and if someone heard them say the word "baby", they would take all the necklaces that person was wearing. Whoever had the most at the end of the shower won a prize. The guests seemed to really like these games and I'm not too big into the "dirty diaper" type games.

shanad · April 2010

Baby gift Bingo...everyone fills out their own cards and crosses them off as you open the gift.

It was the only game we played at my shower.

shawnandnickie · April 2010

christina06:
Whatever you do - don't do the guess how big your belly is game by measuring off squares of toilet tissue or string. It's completely horrible.

I loved that game! Especially when they had my husband guess when he came by at the very end. He was waaaay off!

anvloveskme · April 2010

shawnandnickie:
christina06:

Whatever you do - don't do the guess how big your belly is game by measuring off squares of toilet tissue or string. It's completely horrible.

I loved that game! Especially when they had my husband guess when he came by at the very end. He was waaaay off!

I already vetoed that one...I don't even want people guessing the size of my unpregnant belly!!!

Brookie-Cookie · April 2010

My mom made a poster board up of celebrity baby pictures (either celebs themselves or their kids) and numbered them. She hung it on a door out of the way then people at their leisure could look it over and write down their guesses then during cake or something she read out the answers and gave the prizes.

It was informal but was a good little icebreaker and something to do while everyone arrived or people were chatting.

MrsDeHav · April 2010

at my shower they filled a bottle with jelly beans and ppl could guess how many beans were in the bottle as they came in. we also did the yarn to guess how big my belly was. the third game was the timer while i was opening presents. all 3 games were well received.

hissunshine82104 · April 2010

For my BF, I did the baby shower gift bingo. It went over well. I chose this because we had such a large group of people and several people were from out of town. I wanted to make sure the guests had enough time to visit.

Another game that we did was I displayed pictures of my BF when she was a baby and people had to guess how old she was in the picture. People came up to the table to look at the pictures and participation was optional. The guests really enjoyed this one.

Her mother also brought some of her old baby items and I displayed those. I covered them up and then people had to write down as many things as they could remember at the end of the shower.

I think every shower should have some sort of game/activity. I went to one for my husband's family friend and there were no games, I didn't know very many people, and the room was not set up for mingling. We just sat around and watched her open gifts. Very boring and it made it feel like it was all about the gifts. It just seemed tacky to me.

kategw · April 2010

I don't think they exist.

tartom · April 2010

I am having my shower tomrrow.and it is co-ed..and some of the games we are going to play are:

Baby word search( my mother made it )

Rice and pins: you put small pins in with rice and blind fold ther person and they have to pick out the pins. Good one for guys

What is on the platter? But the whole trick is.......they will be looking at it and when the questions are asked they will be " What was the mom to be wearing questions" . Playing it at the end so that way you are mingleing and people can notice....

How big is belly? But it will be how big is it with me and DH Standing together. That way your heart doesn't sink when they do it too big.

Hope it helps....all the other ideas are awsome too....

Tara

j&j060708 · April 2010

Here are the "things" we are doing at mine I'm not sure they consider them games:

1. Bottle Chugging contest...baby bottles filled with apple juice or water and whomever chugs the fastest wins (silly, but fun!)

2. Letters to baby...you give each person a different birthday (1-how ever many people are there) and everyone write either words of advice, stories about mom and dad at the age or something to the child for them to open on that birthday. Then you give one or both or however many grandmas you have "birth" and they get to write a letter to mom and baby about you or Dh's birth or their advice for children

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