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jburnsanderson91
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Baby shower game?
jburnsanderson91
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I am having a co-ed baby shower in September, does anyone have any good games they could suggest? Or any ideas to make the baby shower fun for both the ladies and gents?
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Re: Baby shower game?
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
This. We don't do games in our family. We actually recently attended a shower for my second cousin (our family is close to extended family) and his bride to be had FIVE, yes FIVE, games during her shower. It was torture and it was long, an all day event especially because the drive was 1.5 hours there and back. By the time she started opening gifts- yes, these were all before and during lunch, she saved the last game for the gift opening- the women from our family were slap happy and laughing at everything. And there wasn't even alcohol served at the shower! It was the by far the worst shower any of us had ever been too. Partly because we didn't care too much for the BTB anyways, but the games..oh, the games...
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I am generally in the "no games" camp. Especially at a co-ed shower, and especially if most of the people there know each other already. They'll want to chat/hang out/catch up.
That said, my baby shower was last Sunday, and my hostess did a few games that were really fun. She did the bottle-chugging game (filled with your choice of beverage), with mixed results; she did 8oz of liquid in the bottles and used low-flow newborn nipples, which meant a lot of people gave up, so I would only do 4oz if you want to do this, and maybe just set a time limit and base the winner on who drank the most. It WAS funny watching people try to drink through the low-flow nipples though!
She also did a game where people chose partners, then both people were blindfolded. They both put a bib on, then took turns feeding each other applesauce (again, both of them blindfolded). Whichever team was able to feed the most applesauce at the end of sixty seconds won. It was HYSTERICAL. The nice part of this was, people who wanted to participate could, and people who didn't feel like playing could watch and be super entertained. And the BEST part was, the whole game, from putting on blindfolds to judging the winner, took about five minutes.
Next game was build-a-baby. They had balloons (both regular ones and the long, skinny ones you use for making balloon animals), fuzzy pipe cleaner, markers, and baby cloths. Teams of four had five minutes to assemble a baby from the materials. DH and I judged the winner, and the results were hilarious. And again, all told, pretty short game, and anyone who didn't want to participate could just observe and be amused.
Final game was baby fishbowl. This was a hit with our group because we're all big fans of Cards Against Humanity/Cranium/charades, etc, so it would be specific to the group whether this would go over well. This was also a "friends" shower with no moms/grandmas present, which was helpful because it got pretty inappropriate! When guests first arrived, the hostess had everyone write down on two pieces of paper a complex/descriptive noun having to do with babies/childbirth/DH and I being parents, etc (examples include "fuzzy pink slippers", "baby riding a dog around like a pony", or, for the Cards Against Humanity types, "zombie baby chewing its way out of the womb" - there was a mixture of horrifying and benign, which made the game all the more funny!). Everyone splits up into groups of 2-3, and all of the slips of paper go into a hat. First round, each team draws a slip of paper from the hat. They need to get their teammates to say *exactly* what is written on the slip of paper. They can say whatever they want, do charades, gestures, noises, but can NOT say any of the words on the paper. They have 60 seconds to get their teammates to guess as many of the pieces of paper as they can. They can also cycle through the slips of paper - so if they draw one and are like, "Nope, don't wanna," they can put it back into the hat and draw another one. That team keeps any of the phrases that they guessed, and then at the end of 60 seconds, the hat goes on to the next team. The hat keeps going around until all of the slips of paper are gone, and that's the end of round one (this is also the longest round). Round two is the same, except the person trying to get their teammates to guess can only use two words + charades/noises/sound effects, etc. Round three is the same again, except this time no words, only charades/noises, etc. With the right crowd, this game is HILARIOUS, and we had a blast with it. It's a longer game though, usually takes about an hour, and the enjoyment factor is definitely highly dependent on the people coming to the shower.
Hope that's helpful!
Game Ideas
1. How Much Do You Know About Mommy and Daddy to be
Each guest lists answers to questions about mom and dad to be in 2 mins.
2. Dress Baby Relay
Mom and dad to be are given two dolls that have been stripped. They must diaper and put baby's clothes on. First one finished wins. You have guest to guess who will win.
My #1 suggestion for fun is not to make anybody play games. Horrible.
I think you can have "activities" at a shower that are available but optional, and don't take up a lot of time. I think these work well, especially for a coed shower or one where the group of people is varied/from different circles. These are the things we're doing for our coed shower:
1. A crossword puzzle with questions about my DH and I and baby. We did this at our wedding as well and it was actually really well received - we just set out crosswords on the tables and you could do them or not. Lots of people ended up mingling around and asking different people for help with different questions, and it was really fun, so we're doing it again.
2. A few poster boards/white boards with fill-in options. So, we'll have one board that says "name suggestions" and anyone can write their name suggestions in; one board with boy/girl and people can put a tally mark for their guesses; one board that looks like a calendar so people can put their guesses for when baby will be born. Maybe one for guessing weight/length or other details about baby?
3. Lawn games. This might be particular to our group of friends and shower style, but we'll have croquet and maybe other lawn games set up outside (shower is at my MIL's house) so that people can play if they wish. This is more for a non-traditional, outdoor barbecue style shower, but I think it's a fun thing if it fits your group.
These are things that can get people talking, be fun to engage in/look at, but do not force anyone to participate or do anything embarrassing. I see no reason to have ridiculous games that no one would do in any other circumstance, or that people are only doing to be polite.
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At my shower last night, we played Price is Right with baby supplies. You had to add up what you thought each price was and whoever was closest without going over got a prize. People had fun with it, it was a good game I would say. The hostess brought like wipes, diapers, bib, pacis, then she would read the description just like they do in the price is right. it was pretty funny
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