Best Baby Shower Game

[Anonymous]

I am hosting a baby shower soon and would love some great game ideas.

Thanks for any suggestions!!

[Anonymous]

take diapers number each one (1-?) and put pieces of chocolate in them (crunch bar, mr.goodbar, hersheys, etc) and microwave for a few seconds till it melts then pass around each one and guests have to guess what is the chocolate. gross but fun.

[Anonymous]

I like having the guests to try and guess how much ribbon will go around the mom's pregnant belly. They cut lengths and the mom tries to wrap each one around her belly. The one that gets the ribbon closest to the mom-to-be's girth wins.

Another is to have each guest put a pacifier on ribbon around her neck. The hostess(es) choose certain words that the guests are not allowed to say--like baby, or pregnant, or the baby's name, if that's known.

You could have guests taste different baby foods to try and guess what the flavors.

[Anonymous]

Serve cocktails and behave like grownups.

[Anonymous]

The best game is no game at all.

The worst game is the dirty diaper chocolate bar game. I would have died if someone had suggested that at my baby shower. No one likes to play "hey this looks like crap."

Have good food, drinks, and open presents.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the previous two posters. The crappy diaper game is just disgusting. As for the guess the mother-to-be's girth, my mother (who happens to be very overweight) wanted to do that at my shower. My response was "if you don't think it's humiliating to have a room full of people guessing how fat you are, let's use you as the stand-in for me". That squashed that idea very quickly.

If you MUST do games, I urge you to do ones that aren't embarrassing or humiliating. Hand out bingo cards as guests arrive and let everyone fill in the empty cards with what they think the shower gifts will be. Then, they can mark things off as the guest of honor opens them and the first one to get a bingo wins a prize.

Or, every guest who brings a pack of diapers gets entered in a raffle for a prize.

Things like that. Personally, I'm all about cocktails for the guests, a mocktail for me, and a good time without a bunch of cheesy games! These are my friends, let's just enjoy each other!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best game is no game at all.

The worst game is the dirty diaper chocolate bar game. I would have died if someone had suggested that at my baby shower. No one likes to play "hey this looks like crap."

Have good food, drinks, and open presents.

such voice of reason. your response is terrific. to the OP -- please please save your guest of honor and your guests and do NOT play games. no one likes them. in fact, guests DREAD them. dread.

[Anonymous]

Agree with all the "no games" posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best game is no game at all.

I agree with this - games really aren't necessary, and I honestly wasn't in the mood for them by the time my shower rolled around. It was great fun to spend an afternoon with friends and family, chatting and catching up, have a nice lunch, and then open cute and fun baby gifts. No one missed the games, and in fact I had friends comment that they were so glad there were no games.

[Anonymous]

quarters.

[Anonymous]

if you feel the need to do a game - I did this one once and it was easy and could be broken up through out the day.

You guess the candy bar associated with pregnancy / birth / child items.

As facilitator, you say something like - College Tuition. The guests guess 100 Grand - and you give them the candy bar. Some other examples - Engorged breasts - mounds, epidural - lifesavers.

[Anonymous]

Ask the mom to be if she wants games. She's probably been dreaming about her baby shower since she was a little girl. If she wants games, her friends will have to suck it up and play.

You could do a crossword puzzle made up of baby-themed clues.

Another non-offensive game that guests should be gracious enough to handle would be Present Bingo. Make up some BINGO grids, and guests fill in the squares with items they thing the mom-to-be is likely to receive (bottles, baby blankets, diapers). They mark off the items as she opens presents, and eventually someone will cross off enough to win BINGO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's probably been dreaming about her baby shower since she was a little girl.

thanks for the morning giggle. who says sh!t like this? oh right, people who like to play baby shower games. i almost spit out my coffee as i read this ridiculous statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:take diapers number each one (1-?) and put pieces of chocolate in them (crunch bar, mr.goodbar, hersheys, etc) and microwave for a few seconds till it melts then pass around each one and guests have to guess what is the chocolate. gross but fun.

Does the winner get to eat the shit-like-chocolate right out of the diaper? I can only hope that you are not serious about recommending this game. Oh wait, I can also hope that you never plan a shower that I'm attending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am hosting a baby shower soon and would love some great game ideas.

Thanks for any suggestions!!

I'm going to vote for no baby shower games. Honestly, none of my friends/family really like these games.
The baby showers that get the best response are the ones that are short, have good food, and little goodie bags for everyone. If you have a few special items to give away, have a drawing.