According to the tradition, some small games are proposed during a baby shower. A what? Yes, you know the little party in honor of the mother-to-be shortly before she gives birth. So, you organize a baby shower but you don't know which games to offer your guests? Pick from our 33 ideas for games the ones that suit you and that will liven up your party! Don't overdo it so as not to tire the mother-to-be. But don't forget that you're here to have fun!
Games throughout the evening
1. Give each participant a necklace. Each time she utters the word "baby", a necklace is removed by the person who caught her saying the forbidden word.
At the end of the evening, the winner is the one with the most necklaces. A small reward can be given to her.
2. Variant of "neither yes, nor no": Make a "neither baby, nor diaper" (the words can be varied infinitely).
A pledge is given to the one who pronounces the prohibited word (sing a nursery rhyme, recite a poem, change a doll...).
3. At the beginning of the evening, each person picks a rubber bracelet on which is written "my name is diaper" (or bottle, pacifier, wipe ...) throughout the baby shower, you must call the other guests by their new name. The one who makes a mistake gives his bracelet to the one who noticed it.
The winner is the one who has the most bracelets.
Quizzes for the most curious
4. Take an informative, crispy or fun baby quiz: the choice is yours!
5. Take a quiz on the childhood of future parents (collect stories from parents, family, childhood friends).
Guessing is fun
5. Everyone brings a picture of themselves as a baby. We put all these photos together and we have to find out which adult each photo corresponds to. Surprises guaranteed!
7. During the baby shower, each participant bets on the date of birth, the sex of the child if it is not yet known, the birth weight...
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At birth, the prize money goes to the winner or, even nicer, to the baby!
8. Guess the waist size of the mother-to-be. Each person cuts a string (or a piece of wool) corresponding to what they think is the mother's waist circumference. We test the strings on the queen of the baby shower. The person who comes closest to it wins a small gift.
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9. Guess the first name chosen by the parents for the baby (if the mom is willing to reveal it).
10. Guess the number of safety pins in a jar. The closest one wins a gift.
11. Ask the mother-to-be to guess the contents of her gifts before opening them. If she guesses wrong, she gets a token (action, song, imitation...).
It's time to plan birth gifts for the unborn baby...
Games for a baby shower full of laughter
12. Prepare words related to pregnancy in a hat. Pick a word and try to make others guess it by drawing it.
13. Variant of the baby shower game n°12: we make the other guests guess the words by miming.
14. To drink a bottle of orange juice without the hands... attention with the spots and the crises of laughter! (plan a movie).
15. Make taste small jars of baby whose labels have been removed beforehand. Each one must guess the taste of the small pot.
16. In two diaper bags (or two closed cans) place the same objects related to the baby (pacifier, bottle, bottle brush ...). The name of an object is given and the first one who takes the object out of the bag wins 1 point. Is declared the winner the one who has the most points when all the objects are taken out.
17. Karaoke on nursery rhymes or children's songs (Anne Sylvestre, Henri Dès...) or lullabies.
18. Give a letter and each in turn, you will have to find a first name starting with that letter. To make matters worse, each one must repeat the names found by the previous ones. To complicate matters, you may decide to stick to the first names of boys (or girls).
19. Decide on a letter (you are allowed to pick a letter from Scrabble) and based on the drawn letter, give a name to the childcare article. The next one will give your word plus a new one... And so on.
20. To make a "small tray" special baby with in the columns: first name, nursery for meal, nursery for the sleep, nursery for the care, infantile disease...
21. Baby bottle contest. First one to finish wins. For fairness, put the same liquid in all bottles.
22. Take a cardboard plate, put it on your head and draw a picture of the mother-to-be. Very difficult, funny drawings guaranteed!
23. Timed test: To install alone as quickly as possible a doll in a baby carrier (ventral, it is funnier)... It also works with the unfolding of stroller if the mom is already equipped before the baby shower.
24. With a soap and a knife, each guest has to carve a "baby".
25. Make a baby out of play dough or salt dough.
26. Fill two large bags with pillows or Styrofoam. Hide a pacifier in them. The first one who finds it wins!
Diaper sets
27. Changing a doll's diaper with kitchen gloves.
28. Changing a doll's diaper with blindfolded eyes. In timed competition, it's even funnier with two people.
29. Melt different chocolate bars in several layers. Wait for it to freeze and make guess which bar it is (not a very chic activity but can be the source of very funny pictures).
30. Always with finesse: fill layers with different substances: Nutella, ice cream, mustard, maple syrup, honey. Everyone has to recognize what it's all about.
31. Create a diaper with absorbent paper and put it to a standing guest. For this test, a speed contest is required.
Souvenirs
32. On a white cloth diaper, make everyone write a nice little word for the baby ... to keep as a souvenir. It also works with this set of 12 bibs that you can customize: creative and funny moment guaranteed.
33. Create a souvenir album during the evening. Everyone puts in it his commentary, encouragement, photos, advice...
