Recommend a Baby Shower Game...

[Anonymous]

the safety pin game.

All guests get a safety pin when they walk in. Over the course of the shower, anyone who says the word baby has to forfeit their pin to the person who got them to say the word baby. The person with the most pins at the end of the night wins. It's a subtle game that gets more fun as the party goes one - a big hit with coed showers and ones with cocktails.

[Anonymous]

Celebrity baby name trivia-- there are some weird celeb baby names out there, and you will quickly find out which attendees are secret People magazine addicts!

[Anonymous]

When I've planned baby showers, I always do the "Match the celebrity to the name of their child" game. There are so many whacked-out kids' names out there, it's kinda fun. I also went to a baby shower where they teamed us up and had us think of all the songs we could (in a certain time, like 2 minutes) with "baby" in the title, or "family" or other such words.

You could also do a delayed gratification game and have people fill out their guesses for the baby's height, weight, due date and time. (I also included "guess mom's weight at her last doctor appointment.) The winners were announced after my daughter was born, and each winner got a bottle of wine the next time i saw her.

[Anonymous]

Recently helped to plan a co-ed baby shower for a friend who specifically requested no dirty-diaper or belly measuring games. Here's what we did:

- celebrity baby name game - guest who gets the most correct wins a prize
- "don't say baby" game - we did this by cutting a bunch of letter B's out of red sticky back felt. At the beginning of the shower, everyone stuck a "B" on their shirt (like a scarlet letter!) and whoever said the word "baby" had to give up their "B." The guest with the most Bs at he end of the shower won a prize.
- "the newly parents game" - played like the newlywed game, but with parenting related questions like "who will be the stricter parent?" and "will Barney the purple dinosaur be welcome in your home?"
- not a game, but an activity. Each guest writes their best baby care tip or piece of parenting advice onto a card. Badabadababy.com makes cute cards especially for this purpose. The parents-to-be collect them at the end of the shower and keep them in a little box to refer to later on.

[Anonymous]

PP here - for prizes, we used Starbucks gift cards.

[Anonymous]

None.

I do on like them! Not in a house or with a mouse...

Sam I Am

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give each person a bell to wear around their necks when they arrive (or some other type of charm).
Tell them certain words are not to be uttered--like "baby" or "pregnant" or whatever you decide.
If someone utters that word, the person they say it to gets to take their bell.
The person who collects the most bells wins.

I HATE this game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I've planned baby showers, I always do the "Match the celebrity to the name of their child" game. There are so many whacked-out kids' names out there, it's kinda fun. I also went to a baby shower where they teamed us up and had us think of all the songs we could (in a certain time, like 2 minutes) with "baby" in the title, or "family" or other such words.

You could also do a delayed gratification game and have people fill out their guesses for the baby's height, weight, due date and time. (I also included "guess mom's weight at her last doctor appointment.) The winners were announced after my daughter was born, and each winner got a bottle of wine the next time i saw her.

If it were my shower, I would be mortified if there was a guess mom's weight category!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I've planned baby showers, I always do the "Match the celebrity to the name of their child" game. There are so many whacked-out kids' names out there, it's kinda fun. I also went to a baby shower where they teamed us up and had us think of all the songs we could (in a certain time, like 2 minutes) with "baby" in the title, or "family" or other such words.

You could also do a delayed gratification game and have people fill out their guesses for the baby's height, weight, due date and time. (I also included "guess mom's weight at her last doctor appointment.) The winners were announced after my daughter was born, and each winner got a bottle of wine the next time i saw her.

If it were my shower, I would be mortified if there was a guess mom's weight category!

This post made me laugh out loud!!

Anyway, I was going to suggest the one where you pass around baby food (unlabeled) and people have to guess what it is by tasting, smelling, etc.

[Anonymous]

I am in the game-hater club. I don't think its bad to say if the person is looking for advice - as so many people are under the delusion that everyone loves games. Why not admit it - some of us - and I dare guess a lot of us - despise them. I wish someone had told my host (I did smile and pretend to have fun).

But, for non-cutesy games that even I can stand:

Guess what a bunch of baby stuff is (grandmom dumped it on the table). Great for a co-ed shower - if majority did not have kids. Snot sucker was shocking to me before I had a child.

Another non-cutesy game - guess how much baby stuff costs (I think my SIL did it in terms of yearly costs for the shock value - diapers, what will college cost by the time my son is 18).

But my main suggestion is have the games in a way that don't require everyone to participate or actively participate. I've been to plenty of co-ed showers where the party sort of splits during the games. Makes everyone happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in the game-hater club. I don't think its bad to say if the person is looking for advice - as so many people are under the delusion that everyone loves games. Why not admit it - some of us - and I dare guess a lot of us - despise them. I wish someone had told my host (I did smile and pretend to have fun).

But, for non-cutesy games that even I can stand:

Guess what a bunch of baby stuff is (grandmom dumped it on the table). Great for a co-ed shower - if majority did not have kids. Snot sucker was shocking to me before I had a child.

Another non-cutesy game - guess how much baby stuff costs (I think my SIL did it in terms of yearly costs for the shock value - diapers, what will college cost by the time my son is 18).

But my main suggestion is have the games in a way that don't require everyone to participate or actively participate. I've been to plenty of co-ed showers where the party sort of splits during the games. Makes everyone happy.

OP here and I don't mind the "I hate games" responses. That's why I specifically asked for non-diaper-smelling/belly-measuring games - I find those games beyond disgusting and humiliating/embarassing to watch. I prefer games that don't feel cheesy or forced and I figured this audience would have some good suggestions. Which you do - thanks!