Seeking Great Ideas for a Baby Shower

ooh, I am such the "party planner"!
For a large group like that you have to keep it moving...
Gift Bingo is always fun. You print-out bingo pages and you have the guest fill in the boxes with what they think the mother-to-be will get as gifts (bottles, car seat, blanket, etc.) and they mark them off as she opens her gifts. The first with Bingo WINS! it is fun.

There is also "price is right". Have them flip over their paper. You hold up baby items (Shampoo, desitin, breast pads, etc.) and the guest have to write down how much they think each item is, they then total their list and the closest to the actual price, without going over WINS! Or you can have them just guess a total... It is fun.

I have many more ideas if you are interested write back and I will keep going.
Have fun with it!

thX,
R.

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For my sisters shower a year & a half ago, we had a raffle. As the hostess I bought the baby his first piggy, and the gifts for the raffle (nothing big a couple nice picture frames and candles, lotions... those kinds of things). I sold raffle tickets (1 for $1 or 10 for $5) all the money in the piggy at the time of the raffle was to start the babies savings account.
We also did the clothes line game. Hang a clothes line, fill a laundry basket with different clothing, towels, sheets etc. Give each player a baby doll and a telephone. They have to hold the baby and talk on the phone while hanging laundry. Whoever hangs the most clothing in the set amount of time wins. That was a lot of fun.
Good luck!

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At the last baby shower I went to we played a game that seemed pretty familiar, however, there was a new twist. The hostess brought out a tray of baby items and we all had a minute to look it over then we were going to have to write down everything we remembered once she took it away. The twist was that the second hostess instructed us to write down everything we could remember about what the first hostess was wearing instead.

BTW I think its great that your friend is having a shower for her new baby. Even if she still had "everything", I believe every baby should be celebrated!

Hope you all have fun.

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I have a good idea for a shower favor for your guests. For a few showers now, I've gone to the local plant nursery and picked up a flat of little plants... you know, the ones you use as starter plants (like 2-3 inch pots). Then I just tie a pink or blue ribbon around them, with a little note card that says something like "Welcome the beginning of a new life" or "Welcome the new little sprout!"... have fun with it. :0)

People really seem to like getting plants, because then it's something they can really keep and use, vs. something with candy or whatnot that will just get stuffed into a drawer at home. I actually still have one of my plants from a shower, that is now in a 12 inch pot, and looking beautiful!

Good luck!

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For my shower, each person brought a special bead to be incorporated into a necklace. When each bead was presented, the person explained why she had chosen the bead, and stated a thought/wish for me, the baby, or the upcoming birth. I then had the necklace with me for the rest of my pregnancy, and throughout labor and birth. It was a great way for my friends to be with me, lending their strength and support on the big day!

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Diaper raffle....anyone who brings a pack of diapers gets a raffle ticket for a gift basket of your making. My Niece had this at her party and she had over 20 pack of diapers to start her off. It was a couples shower and I think the guys got into to it more than the women. another game that was new to me was making a baby out of play dough give everyone a time frame 2 min and see what you get. We had some interesting and hillarious pieces of art.

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For a group this size game stations worked really well for us. People had an answer sheet to write their answers down on and were reminded to try and make a stop at each station while they socialized and visited.
We created a game using my ultrasound pictures. We put them up on a poster board and came up with questions about them...how many weeks is this picture, what is this a picture of etc...some very funny mistakes were made. What was nice is that it was up throughout the shower and people could make their way over to it and write down answers while they were mingling. It was a good ice breaker and easy to manage in a large group.

We also did the "dirty diaper" game- candy bars melted in diapers in the microwave. This was also left out as a game station so we didn't have to try and pull 20 people together at once.
At a certain point we gave a "last call" to write down answers and then read out the answers. Much easier to get everyone's attention once than three times!
A.

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Hi,
I dont have game ideas however I am looking for maturnity models to do airbrush artwork (FREE) on their baby belly and I have a professional photographer (FREE) to take tasteful pics (1 FREE pic) to have as a keepsake for the mom and can even make a guestbook (not sure how much this is but can find out) out of the photos for the baby shower. I am needing three models and there is no charge until I get three more samples together for my portfolio so if you think she would be interested pass the onto her and good luck with the shower.

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Hi
Buy her thank you cards for her in advance. Have the shower guests fill out their name and addresses on the envelopes--one less thing the guest of honor will have to worry about!
good luck
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Hi there. I agree with the person that recomended a Blessingway. I have thrown a couple and one of my favorite things to do is weave a web. Everyone sits in a cirlce. Take a ball of fine twine and have the first person wrap it around her wrist a few times. She then throws it across the circle to someone else. The steps are repeated until everyone is connected. Then everyone pulls their wrist back a little see the web. Little girls can do this to. Then pass a pair of scissors around and have everyone cut between everyone with enough slack to tie the string on to their wrist's. Wear the bracelet until the mom has her baby to symbolize staying connected with her. Great way to support! I hope that you look more into Blessingways and I hope that I have explained this well enough. Have Fun!

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The baby picture game is fun and also gets those who don't know each other talking. Also, the gift bingo was fun. You can look on the registry for things that have been purchased to help make the bingo cards.

One game that has not been mentioned that was the biggest hit at my shower (great for first time mom's or ones who have not had a baby in a long time) was a mom and dad quiz. You put together a list of questions like, How many diapers will you go through in one day or how old will your baby be when she starts sleeping through the night? You can e-mail me and I can forward you the questions that were used. Anyway, you ask the mom and the dad before the shower without the mom knowing that the dad has been asked the questions too. Then the game is that the questions are read aloud and everyone has to guess what the mom and dad said. It's funny to hear the different answers and also allows the new mom to be participate in a fun game.

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At my daughter's shower, the hostess supplied pain white onesies of various sizes and fabric paints. The guests then decorated the onesies as one of the shower activities. I just loved dressing my daughter in each onesie, remembering the person who was wrapping her in love.

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