Sizing Up Mommy

You’ll need a couple rolls of toilet paper for this game. Ask each guest to tear off the amount of toilet paper she thinks will go around the mommy-to-be’s tummy, and then wrap it around her tummy. The one that is the most accurate wins.

Change the Diaper

This game is to see who can change the doll’s diaper fastest. Get a regular (life-size) baby doll, a diaper with pins, a onesie, a blanket, and a clock. The guest must unwrap the baby, take off her onesie, change her diaper, put the onesie back on, and wrap the baby up again. The one with the fastest time wins.

Pickin’ Cotton

Have a blindfolded guest try to transfer cotton balls from one bowl to another using a spoon. Not an easy task as the cotton balls are as light as air and you can’t tell if you have one or not in the bowl. The one who transfers the most cotton balls wins.

Name the Baby

I've gone ahead a created some Name the Baby Game printouts that you can download and print on your computer. Print one for each of your guests.

Write the mommy-to-be’s name and the daddy-to-be’s name in the appropriate area. Ask the guests to make as many names for the baby out of those two names as they can in a 10 minute period. The person with the most names wins.

Baby Food Taste Test

This is one of the baby shower games that has been around for a long time, but is still popular. Get six jars of baby food and remove the labels. Put a number on the jar that guests can see it. Give each guest a paper plate, pen, and paper. Ask them to write what they think is in each of the jars. The one with the most correct answers wins.

You might have a few people balk at tasting cold baby food. It might be a little more appetizing if you “nuke” it for a few seconds.

Air Bombs Away

This is a great game to play if you are having a baby shower outside. Divide all the guests into two or more teams. For each team, put a laundry basket about 20 feet away. The object of the game is to carry a small air-filled balloon between a person’s knees and drop it in the laundry basket. No hands allowed! The first team with all their balloons in the basket wins.

Clothesline

This is one of the baby shower games that gets everyone laughing and talking. String a clothesline across the room. Get plenty of clothespins and clothes to hang up. You’ll also need a baby doll and a telephone receiver; a toy phone will work just fine. The object of the game is to see who can hang up the most clothes in two minutes. The kicker is that she must hold the baby and talk on the phone while she is hanging up the clothes. If she drops the phone or the baby she’s out of the game. The one that hangs the most clothes in two minutes without dropping the phone or the baby wins.

This game would work well with the clothesline decorations.

Dirty Diaper

Should baby shower games be gross? This is a game that may be a little gross for some of your guests, so use caution. That said, it is a really fun game.

Crush different types of candy bars (Snickers, Three Musketeers, Butterfinger, and Reeses for example) and put each in a different diaper. Number the diapers. Have your guests try to guess what type of candy bar it is and write it down on a piece of paper next to the number. The one with the most correct answers wins.

Concentration

Put 12-15 baby items on a tray such as pacifier, baby clippers, cotton ball, rubber ducky, baby socks, baby shampoo, baby powder, baby thermometer, rattle, and so on. Set the tray in front of the guests for one minute, and then remove it from the room. Ask the guests to write down what they remember was on the tray. The one with the most correct answers wins.

And for a fun, unexpected variation on this game, try this. Have the mother-to-be show the tray loaded with the baby items to the guests. After the mother-to-be leaves the room with the tray, ask questions about the mother-to-be rather than have them write down what was on the tray. Ask questions such as what was the color of her blouse, was she wearing regular shoes or sandals, what was the color of the barrette in her hair, and so on. The one with the most correct answers wins.

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