Baby Shower Games - Torrance,CA

If you have a lot of craft or scrapbook supplies, you set up a "card-making" table. Someone did this for my 2nd baby's shower and I loved it. As the party guests arrive, they draw a number 1-20 or however many party guests there are. They are assigned to make a birthday card for that year of your child's life. They can do at the beginning or at whatever point during the shower they mosy over the to the table. at the end, the host presented me with a stack of birthday cards (each in a plain envelope with the number on it) to open in the corresponding year. I think I have them up to age 25. I thought it was so cool. My baby's 1st birthday is this friday and I am looking forward to opening the "1" card in the stack and seeing who it's from and what they wrote to "the baby". I wish I had it for my first kid because it seems like it will be a cool tradition in the birthdays to come, to open that one random card from the shower.

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I did "What's in a Ladies Purse" for my SIL's baby shower. We had a blast! I had a list of items and their point value and whoever had the most points won. I still have the sheet and can email it to you if you'd like. There were items from gum, to toys, to tissue, to memory stick.

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This game is terribly silly but everyone seems to get a laugh...the poopy diaper game.
Get about 6 different candy bars and melt a peice of each in a numbered diaper. Everyone writes on a peice of paper what kind of candy bar they think each is. :)

My favorite baby shower game is the memory game. You buy a bunch of baby items (which become presents for the mom) like nail clippers, rattle, onesie, toys, receiving blanket, wipes, etc. Put them all in a basket/on a tray, let guests view all items for a minute than remove them. Guests get a minute to list as many items as possible from memory.
It's fun, no humiliation or tasting baby food (my least favorite game) and mom gets some useful small baby items.

Not a game, but fun activity - get a bunch of blank cards and assign each card a year. then pass out to each attendee to write a birthday message to the baby for that year. Then give them to mom to keep for each birthday. It's very fun to open each year!

-We did a game where guests sculpt a baby using homemade playdough judged by the mom to be the best wins. This game is times. Model Magic will work best but can be expensive. Get the white one and add either pink or blue food coloring.

dress the baby with a diaper Need 1 roll of TO and 1 roll of scotch tape (clear)
divide guests into groups (3 in a group is best) 1 will be the baby and the 2 will work on creating the fanciest diaper using the TP and tape. This game is timed .7 min is good

Baby themed pictionary. We did a homemade one and used words like babymama, babyshower, anything baby related.

Hi, first let me tell you i love your shower name a "sprinkle". My game is this, it's called the carrot game. You need one large/long unpeeled carrot, use a good size nail to make a hole across like a t-shape. Then you put ribbon thru the hole. about 2 feet long. then you have a ribbon tied around your waist, the carrot and ribbon are tied around the waist with the carrot dangling in the back. The game is trying to get the carrot in to the top of a 2 liter soda bottle. It is so much fun to watch women attempt to do this. If you conact me i will make you one and send it to you. J.

Another activity (not really a game) that I like and is also very helpful is to have all the guests write down a great practical 'tip' or 'advice' or 'helpful hint' and then the mom-to-be reads each one out loud. Example of a 'tip': double-make the crib with a water-proof sheet inbetween the mattress and also between the 2 sets of sheets; then when the baby blows out the diaper at 2am just strip the top layer, toss it in the bathtub, clean up baby and put him back to bed in a crib that is already made up. Then deal with the dirty bedding in the morning. This activity works best if most of the guests are also mothers.

Two games that were a hit at the last shower I gave:

Mad Libs of how the parents-to-be met.

Memory Game (with a twist) - Put out a tray of small items & tell the guests it's a memory game. While they study the tray, mom-to-be quietly slips away. Then hand guests a list of questions about what mom-to-be is wearing!

Good luck & have fun!!

Look up "mother's blessing" or "blessingway". Its a much more meaningful practice than games and I'm telling you, everyone will enjoy it. Its a traditional way to celebrate the mother and give her strength for her upcoming birth.

3 games I have seen go well: 1) Twist on the memory game: all those items on a tray, with one guest holding the tray and walking around to show it to everyone. Everyone recognizes this game & is so focused on the tray. Have the person carrying the tray leave the room with the tray & ask everyone to write down everything the person was wearing! It's quite a surprise and it's fun! 2) Put those tiny safety pins in a bowl of dry rice. Blindfold the contestant and ask him or her to pull out only the safety pins. Whomever pulls out the most is the winner. (My aunt had an interesting approach: she just scooped everything out of the bowl! We all laughed and applauded her for such quick thinking!) Of course this is a timed game - 30 seconds is good. 3) Again blindfolded, use a large ladle or spoon to scoop cotton balls out of a large bowl. Sounds so easy, but since the cotton balls are so light, you cannot tell if you have anything on the spoon. Again, 30 seconds. You have a lot of great ideas here...have fun! B.