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This lens will show you some fun baby shower ideas for your next baby shower.

We'll show you some fun baby shower games to play, including a baby shower bingo game. About 3 or 4 games for a two-hour shower should be enough. You don't want to overwhelm your guests with activities. Give them time to open the presents, eat some goodies including those yummy baby shower cupcakes people have, and chat about stuff.

Baby shower games should be fun so if you can, find a guest who would like to be a game coordinator, and the two of you can pick out some games.

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Baby Shower Games To "Bump" Up the Fun! 

Some of the most important and memorable experiences of a baby shower are the baby-themed games that are characteristic of the American baby shower.

Games and activities make up a big part of the fun and excitement in the celebration that will welcome your new coming baby into the world. When it comes to picking the right games for your shower, be sure to center your activities on the overall theme of the party.

Consider the number of guests that have been invited, your budget, and the location of the baby shower, in order to choose the games that will be best suited for your event. Creating a combination of traditional, timeless games and new, original activities is always a good way to go.

Games can be classic and general, or more specific and tied to your theme. One of the most universal baby shower games that everyone seems to love is called "Don't Say Baby." At the beginning of the baby shower, each guest is given a string with a pacifier on it, which he or she ties on his or her neck as a necklace.

Throughout the course of the baby shower, nobody is allowed to say the word, "baby." Whoever slips and says "baby," risks losing their pacifier; any person who hears someone say the forbidden word is entitled to take their pacifier and add it to their necklace. At the end of the baby shower, whoever collects the most pacifiers on their necklace is the winner of the game.

Another good classic activity is "Guess Mommy's Belly Size." For this game, you will need yarn or string, and a pair of scissors. Each guest proceeds to pull and cut the yarn or string to the size they believe that the mommy's tummy is.

After everyone has estimated the size of the mommy-to-be's stomach, measure the actual size of the belly, and cut the string or yarn to match that length. The person whose string is the closest in size to the string that was cut to mommy's real tummy measurement is the winner.

A fun and amusing game that is always a hit in baby showers is a "Blindfolded Baby Food Race." In this game, you will need a few volunteers to act as the "mommies" in this game, and matching pairs to act as "babies." Mommies will be blindfolded and the babies will sit on their laps.

When the clock starts, the blindfolded mommies have to feed the babies as quickly and efficiently as they can. To make the activity more pleasant for the "baby" volunteers, it is important to purchase yummy, fruit-flavored baby foods. Otherwise, your guests will be making funny faces as they try to gulp down peas and asparagus flavored puree. The mommy-and-baby team that finishes the fastest is the winning pair.

Games add fun, spirit, and laughs to your celebration that are sure to make lifetime memories that will never be forgotten. Be sure to get small gifts for the winners of the games with anticipation.

The prizes that you buy for the event are completely up to you, depending on your shower theme and budget. Whatever the case may be, be sure to make the game-planning and prize-choosing process enjoyable and fun!

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lilbabycakes wrote...

Those are great game ideas!

ReplyPosted October 27, 2008

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Baby showers are so much fun!
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Emili wrote...

Refreshing lens. I love all what has to do with babies.

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