Baby Shower Games
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Popular and Fun Baby Shower Games
While most baby shower games are tasteful and fun for everyone, a few popular baby shower games make people squeamish or uncomfortable. Only you know which games will appeal and not offend your baby shower guests, so it's important to choose games for a baby shower carefully.
How to Choose Baby Shower Games
Include a combination of active and sit down games at your baby shower
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When selecting games for a baby shower, choose a few different types. If the baby shower has a theme, pick games that relate to the theme, for example rubber ducks or safari animals.
For a typical 2 hour baby shower, plan to play 2 or 3 games plus a raffle.
Try to include a mix of active and sit down games, so you'll have a selection of games on hand that will appeal to everyone at the shower.
Your shower guests will have a great time playing games at the party and the games will add to the fun and enjoyment for this happy occasion.
Baby Shower Clothes Pin Games
How many clothes pins can you remove from the clothes line?
Moms need to be ambidexterous and able to perform nearly impossible tasks. Here's a game that tests your dexterity - try handing laundry while holding a baby! Photo credit: shardsofblue, Flickr.com
Baby Shower Game - Clothes Pin Clutch
A fun Baby Shower Game for Kids and Adults
The clothes pin baby shower game is a dexterity game suitable for all ages. It's challenging enough to interest the men and older kids and won't offend anyone.
How to Play Clothes Pin Clutch
Attach clothespins to a plastic clothes hanger all around the edges. The player can only use one hand to remove and hold the clothespins. Player keeps removing clothespins until he or she drops one. Count the clothespins, reattach and move on to the next player. Winner is the player who removed the most clothespins with one hand before they drop one. The dropped pin doesn't count, but all the pins before the drop do count.
How to Choose Baby Shower Games
Active Games, Sit Down Games, Silly Games ... It Depends on Your Guest List
The wide variety of baby shower games we've reviewed range from quiet guessing games and classics like baby bingo to actively physical games and team competitions.
Be sure to include at least one paper and pencil game - pre-printed games or baby shower games you personalize and print at home. These offer a change of pace and help to break the ice, especially in a large group where many people may not know anyone except the mom-to-be. Printable games offer plenty of variety: you'll find many different types of guessing games, raffles, group games and puzzles that you can tailor to the group's ages and preferences.
Which ever games you choose, be sure the mom to be will feel comfortable with your choices. But be forewarned: If your planned baby shower games require players to taste pureed foods or inspect diapers, you should expect a few nonparticipants.
Baby Shower Planning Guides
Printable Baby Shower Games
Affordable, fun, creative baby shower games for all ages
Stylish and fun baby shower games you can print at home or in the office. Choose your favorites from these sample games or buy the complete collection at a savings of $10.00 over individual prices .I just LOVE the zebra, leopard and other wild animal theme game boards.
Guess Baby's Birthday - Animal Prints - $4.99
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Baby Bingo - Animal Prints - $6.99
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New Baby Advice - Animal Prints - $4.99
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Baby Price Is Right - $4.99
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Baby Shower Raffle Tickets - $4.99
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Baby Shower Fundamentals - $4.99
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Baby Word Scrambles - $6.99
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Baby Shower Kit in a Bag
Party Game Supplies for 50 guests!
Baby Shower in a Bag (For 50 Guests)
Amazon Price: $69.95 (as of 05/29/2012)
All you need for a baby shower with 50 attendees - right down to the pencils for playing games.
Popular Traditional Baby Shower Games
Classic Games are Always Right
New Baby Advice - Nursery Rhymes
Time-proven baby shower games and activities are sure to please both guests and guest of honor. If you're planning a co-ed shower, you'll need to consider games that appeal to both mom and dad, and to the male as well as female guests at the baby shower.
These games have been played for generations by many different age groups and are popular choices for co-ed baby showers.
Words of Advice
As each guest arrives, hand him/her a game card or 3" x 5" index card and them her to write their name plus a single tip about parenting for the new parent(s) .
If a guest doesn't have children, suggest they provide tips from their own childhood - something their parents did that they remember, or have them share tips they've learned by caring for nieces, nephews or friends' children.
Later, as the mom-to-be is opening each baby shower gift, read out loud the advice offered by the person who gave that gift.
I'm No Baby!
This is a simple but fun game that will get everyone laughing. You'll need to buy a supply of diaper pins (do they even still make these?) or you can buy plastic clothes pins - these are available for showers in pink or blue - enough for each guest.
Hand a pin to guests as they arrive and ask them to pin it or clip it to the shirt like a brooch and explain the rules: don't say the word "BABY" - and if someone does, call out that they slipped up. The person who first calls out when someone says the secret word gets that person's pin and attaches it to their shirt. The winner at the end of the game is the person wearing the most pins.
Who's That Baby?
Have guests bring a baby photo of themselves. Hang on a poster board with a number for each photo. Have guests try to figure out who each of the cute baby photos belongs to.
Diaper the Baby - Baby Shower Game
Can Dad diaper the baby (balloon) without a pin stick?
Baby Shower Fun for Dads
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Expectant Dads need baby shower gifts, too ... these gifts are actually very useful for new Dads.
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Free Baby Shower Games
Printable Games, Guessing Games, Active Games for Baby Showers
- Baby Shower Game: What Gender is The New Baby, Boy or Girl?
- What gender is the new baby to be, boy or girl - free baby shower game with a quiz based on old wives tales to tell if baby is a boy or a girl.
- Baby Center's Baby Shower Game Ideas
- Need baby shower game ideas? We have loads of ideas for fun and free baby shower games, organized into helpful categories like silly games, guessing games, gift-opening games, and more.
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- Shower-planning gurus recommend these as the best baby shower games and activities guaranteed to delight your guests and the mom to be.
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- Printable Baby Shower Bingo Cards
- Choose from several different designs of free baby shower bingo cards that can be printed from your home computer.
Baby Shower Guest Book
Please leave a comment or just say hello!
Welcome to the baby shower ... will you be playing a few games? Find more help with planning and hosting a baby shower at my web site, where you'll also find baby clip art, printables and a nice assortment of inexpensive printable baby shower games.
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Wealth-seekers
Apr 2, 2012 @ 8:36 pm | delete
- Cool baby shower games. Thanks
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surpriseitsme
Feb 29, 2012 @ 6:00 pm | delete
- Hello and thank you for the ideas. ;)
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CruiseReady Jan 25, 2012 @ 7:12 am | delete
- I like some of these games, and also like a LOT the idea that you can bay a "Baby Shower in a Bag." So handy! Combine that with a couple f the printable games, and all is well!
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sockii
Jan 17, 2012 @ 7:11 pm | delete
- Thanks for a thoughtful and thorough lens on the subject of baby shower games! As a woman coping with infertility, I've had to deal with going to baby showers and having to play some games that left me EXTREMELY uncomfortable and upset - so it's nice to see a page that talks about games that can be enjoyed more by all, and how to be aware of the different tastes, sensitivities, and life situations of one's guests. Really nice job.
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Baby Shower Gift Ideas
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Baby Shower Games Index
- How to Choose Baby Shower Games
- Baby Shower Clothes Pin Games
- Baby Shower Game - Clothes Pin Clutch
- How to Choose Baby Shower Games
- Baby Shower Planning Guides
- Printable Baby Shower Games
- Baby Shower Kit in a Bag
- Popular Traditional Baby Shower Games
- Diaper the Baby - Baby Shower Game
- Baby Shower Games Shop
- Baby Shower Fun for Dads
- Free Baby Shower Games
- Baby Shower Guest Book
- Baby Shower Gift Ideas
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