Baby Shower ABC’s – Shower Games
You’ve gotten all the RSVPs, planned the fabulous menu, and set the theme for your upcoming baby shower. You’re a great host. What’s left to do, you may be wondering. Plan the entertainment, of course! With guests coming far and wide, as well as from different eras of the mom-to-be’s life, there are going to be plenty of people who’ll need introductions. It’s your job to take care of that as efficiently as possible.
You need a failsafe way to get everyone to interact and get the party started! That’s where baby shower games come in. Baby shower games serve to break the ice and start conversations. Here are some popular games you can use at your next shower:
The Tummy Game
Pass out some ribbon or string. Try to tie in the color with your theme or go with the standards: pink, blue, yellow, or green. Have each guest cut their string to the length they think will match the girth of the pregnant mom’s tummy right now. After all the guests are done, have the guest of honor wrap each string around her stomach at the biggest part. The guest whose string comes closest to the mom’s actual size without going over wins!
Pin The Pacifier On The Baby Shower Game
This game, as you can probably tell from the title, is a lot like the classic “Pin the Tail on the Donkey.” What’s the difference? In this one, you use a pacifier instead of a tail and try to pin it on a picture of a baby instead of a donkey. The target is the mouth instead of, er… the rear end.
Dress the Baby
Have each guest bring a doll, receiving blanket, onesie, and a diaper. Then have them randomly exchange their baby gear with another guest. The guests take turns trying to dress the baby they’ve been given while they are timed. Fastest dresser wins! Just as a note: this game really gets the competitive juices flowing since it’s against the clock. Some people may start getting fired up, so be careful!
Guess the Baby Product Shower Game
Have a large bag of baby items placed in front of the blind-folded guest of honor. Have her take each item out one at a time and guess what she has in her hands. The more unique and wacky items you choose to put in the bag, the more fun this game gets!
All-Time Best Ice Breaker: The Bottle Game!
Come on. Who’s not going to break the ice once they see a roomful of guests sucking on a baby bottle? You will. I will. We all will. It’s like a law of nature. Just make sure you have enough bottles and nipples for everyone to participate. Have a pre-determined time limit, say 3 minutes. Everyone starts at the same time. No heats. See who can such the liquid out of the bottle fastest! This isn’t as easy as it sounds when you’re trying to keep from laughing at the site of grown adults feeding from a bottle!
These baby shower games should be enough get the ball rolling or inspire you to create some of your own. Have a great baby shower game you’d like for us to include on this list? Send it in!
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