Best &/or worst baby shower games you've seen

DunkinDecaf · May 2016

This is slightly self motivated because I need some ideas for a shower I'm throwing next month, but should also be pretty fun! What are the best or worst games or activities you've seen at showers?

hellopartyof5 · May 2016

My favorite is always bingo for the gifts. It keeps people interested and people get excited to win things lol.

AdmiralKitty · May 2016

I'm generally not a huge fan of baby shower games, but the one I did enjoy was when everyone attending submitted a baby pic beforehand and everyone tries to guess who they all are. The time I did this was at an impromptu work baby shower so it was fun to see all my coworkers as babies. Even the ones I didn't know or know that well were fun to try and guess. The hosts had all the pics numbered up on the wall and pre-made guessing sheets with all the guests names. People worked in teams or as individuals and anyone that got 100% got a small favor.

jstinkz · May 2016

I personally don't like games at showers. What my best friend did for mine which I really liked was randomly set a timer and when the timer went off the persons gift I was opening got a little basket of goodies (lotion, soap, candy kind of thing).

I was at a shower that put candy bars in diapers and smooshed them up and you had to guess what candy bar it was. Kinda turn offish. I personally didn't mind, but a LOT of people thought it was absolutely disgusting and did not participate.

serenaxo84 · May 2016

I'm not a huge fan of baby shower games. Bingo can be entertaining but I never play! I don't mind the what's in your purse game where you have a list of items all for different points (credit card, pen, lipstick, quarter, camera etc etc) and if you have the item you get the points- person with most points wins.

edit- I usually like showers in general cause it's an excuse to have a few day drinks with my girlfriends!

whaat · May 2016

UO: Baby showers are nightmares and there's nothing you can do about it. Just make sure there is beer/wine for the non-pregnant people and it might be okay.

fiscally3 · May 2016

I find the bingo a little boring personally. Not a fan of the taste & guess the baby food game either.

erinlin25 · May 2016

We played Price is Right at my friends shower and it was fun. They had a bunch of baby items listed (brand too) and whoever guessed the total cost of all the items without going over won a prize.

We did a candy one for my friend where we gave a clue with something baby related and the answer was a candy. If you guessed right you got the candy.

I hate the one where you guess how big the tummy is by cutting the piece of ribbon.

shevaCC · May 2016

I HATE the candy bar diaper one, blech!

I don't mind bingo/what's in your purse.

DunkinDecaf · May 2016

I feel like you've got to have the gifts bingo so people have something to do other than pretend to care about the gifts other people got for the mom/baby. I can't think of any other games that wouldn't be kinda mortifying though so we may just stick with that.

I've never been a fan of decorating stations (for bibs or onesies or whatever). Mama doesn't need dozens of weird kindergarten art projects to dress baby in.

whaat · May 2016

Ok but seriously.. Quicker is better - bingo can drag. The diaper game is gross, and I agree the ribbon thing is just.. awkward. I was recently at one where we did a kind of "name that tune" thing, but all songs involved the word "baby." We had teams and it got people talking. I thought it was cute, and allowed for different levels of participation so nobody felt weird.

DunkinDecaf · May 2016

@whaatThe kind of bingo I'm thinking of is where the people fill in different potential gifts she could get in each spot. So as she opens the presents the guests check them off, and first to bingo gets a prize. So it's going on while she's opening the gifts anyway and doesn't take any extra time. Is that what you were thinking of too?

fiscally3 · May 2016

@DunkinDecaf if there are a lot of gifts, or a lot of similar gifts it becomes boring(oh wow, another swaddle blanket/lovey/copy of goodnight moon). Plus if you get 2-3 people at the same table who have won, then that table gets distracted.

forevertired · May 2016

I like bingo too, it makes the present time a little more involved. In general I think the games that go on in the background or get people talking are more fun.

mrs_hoyahoo · May 2016

A crafty thing I've seen is a having guests decorate a set of building blocks. Buy a bunch of blank wooden craft cubes and have people sign them, decorate, do letters, etc. Requires some work on the host's part to make sure everything is non-toxic but it results in something that will hopefully be used - can never have too many blocks in my experience!

Another vote for bingo too. Something to keep guests engaged during gift opening! I've been to showers where the mom-to-be is practically ignored during the gift opening, because everyone else is chatting away and otherwise entertained.

penelope4612 · May 2016

Lurking from Dec 16:
For my friend's shower, we asked her husband 10 questions about what he thought it would be like with baby (for example, "who do you think will change more diapers") and videotaped his responses. Then we had the mother to be listen to each question and give her answer before we played her husband's answer. Everyone thought it was really funny and it didn't drag the guests through the game torture.

hellopartyof5 · May 2016

fiscally3 said:

@DunkinDecaf if there are a lot of gifts, or a lot of similar gifts it becomes boring(oh wow, another swaddle blanket/lovey/copy of goodnight moon). Plus if you get 2-3 people at the same table who have won, then that table gets distracted.

But wouldn't people get distracted anyways without the bingo?

aquasocks · May 2016

Our group of friends is into trivia and we used to play weekly at a bar, so we played baby related trivia at a co-ed shower recently. It was fun and the guys got really into it, and the parents-to-be participated too.

m6agua · May 2016

Another vote for bingo. I threw my BFFS shower last June. We probably had 30 people there. She did not want bingo. I noticed that the guests were too chatty and you could not hear anything the mom was saying. I think bingo is good to keep people paying attention to the mom to be.

she really wanted to play "tinkle in the pot". I didn't think it would go over well but everyone seemed to love it and have fun. Participation was optional. We had a few teams of 4. Each person had to walk a distance with a balloon in their shirt and a ping pong ball between their knees. They had to waddle a couple feet and drop the ball in a large mason jar. First team to have every member get it won. It lasted about 10 minutes I think.

I think if you keep the games to a minimum the better. 0-2 is plenty.

mskeenan · May 2016

Ok so this game is not very classy but it was a huge hit at a shower I hosted for my best friend . The shower was just our close group of girl friends - no mom or grandma of the mom to be . The game was called labor or porn . You take pictures of women's faces in labor or women in porn and people have to guess which is which . We had a friends husband find the porn pics (no nudity - just faces ) . Everyone was howling laughing . I know it's not tasteful but with the right group could be funny !

yosemite2018 · May 2016

This isn't a game but I love having people write down their wishes/hopes/etc for the baby and/or advice for the new parents. For my cousin's shower my sister printed beautiful cards with animals on them and then strung them together at the end. At a friend's shower she had each person decorate a page with a letter and then the host bound it after to make an alphabet book for the kid.

At my cousin's shower my mom also listed every guest's name and the meaning of their name and you had to match them. It only took a few minutes and it was a good way to learn the names.

UTAmbs11 · May 2016

My SIL is a marine biologist, and most of her friends are in biology/science fields. They also do a lot of trivia. So for her shower I created cards for two games, the first one was name the baby animal (bear/cub, dog/puppy, etc). The second game was guess the pregnancy duration for various animals (mouse, monkey, elephant...).

Everyone had a fun time with the trivia and it got people talking to try to finish their cards.

tatertat313 · May 2016

My sister made a calendar with two weeks before and two weeks after my due date and everyone signed on the date they thought the baby would be born, that's always a fun one...of course the calendar started the day after he was actually born, than stinker :P

whaat · May 2016

DunkinDecaf said:

@whaatThe kind of bingo I'm thinking of is where the people fill in different potential gifts she could get in each spot. So as she opens the presents the guests check them off, and first to bingo gets a prize. So it's going on while she's opening the gifts anyway and doesn't take any extra time. Is that what you were thinking of too?

No I've never heard of this so I was thinking of something else. That's cute!

Oakleypoozles · May 2016

I know I'm in the minority but i'm actually a sucker for all baby shower games. I think they are all cute and fun and I like doing that sort of thing. Here are my faves though:

1.) The candy bar poop game where you take a candy bar stick it in the microwave for short time with a diaper and all the ladies have to decide what kinda candy bar it is by like sniffing and scrutinizing the diaper lol.

2.) I like the guess the answer about the mama games. Though this can be weird if you don't know the mama very well. So if it's all close friends and family this is a good one if not maybe pass.

3.) The clothes pin can't say baby if you do your clothes pin gets taken. Whoever has the most at the end wins game.

4.) Guess how fat the mama is by cutting a length of ribbon.

Like I said I really like them all though I've never done a game I didn't like. I guess i"m easily amused though.

tatertat313 · May 2016

My baby shower was also co-Ed and my DH and his friends had a beer chugging contest from baby bottles lol it was actually hilarious!

ShallowSeas · May 2016

I don't like any shower games, but the one I find most entertaining is when you place a sheet of paper or paper plate on the top of your head and try to draw a baby.

whitneyf1 · May 2016

I don't like shower games. We didn't play any at my bridal shower and I think everyone was completely fine with it. I do like the block idea. I went to a shower where everyone decorated a white onesie which I thought was cute but could end up being a waste because I'm not sure how many decorated white onesies my baby would end up wearing.

LikeICantEven · May 2016

Take all the labels off baby food jars, number the lids. Keep a Master list of what type of food goes with what number.

The jars get passed around and women have to guess what type/flavor the food is (apple, squash, prune). Whomever gets the most right, wins a prize.

fiscally3 · May 2016

@nauticallife It's someone you care about? It shouldn't be that hard to pay attention. I actually focus better at the non bingo gift openings.

msu_gal · May 2016

I hate baby showers. I will run the other way if someone tries to trick me into having one.

kittiesandcoffee · May 2016

I hate the "put random chocolate and other brown things in diapers and have everyone guess what is what" game. Made me gag when I played it at my aunt's shower and makes me gag now just thinking about it.

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