Hosting a baby shower is an ecstatic ordeal for parents-to-be as it’s an occasion to share love, laughter and food. Having fun games planned for the day will only add to the joy of the celebration. If you are looking for games that are engaging and fun, look no further. This article handpicks 10 such games that will woo the toughest nuts. Still not convinced? let’s set a glance.
Guess the mush
This game is sure to tingle the taste buds of your guests and isn’t as simple as the name sounds. Increase the difficulty of the game by blindfolding your guests. The game begins when each guest has a blind taste of the baby food and guesses the ingredients. They can use their sense of taste or smell to find the ingredients. Choose different kinds of flavored baby food to keep the guests wondering. The guest with the most right answer wins. Help the guest with pallet cleansers like lemonade or gums at the end of this game.
Can’t say “baby”
It’s a simple game, but one that is sure to crack your guests up as they struggle to keep up. The rules of the game are straightforward. As the guests arrive, they receive a pin to wear, throughout the game, they can’t utter “baby.” If anyone hears the other person slip saying “baby,” they can claim their pin. At the end of the game, whoever has the most pins wins. This game forces the guests to interact and pay attention to each other’s words. You can increase the difficulty of the game by adding more forbidden words like “mom,”
“dad” or “cute.”
Quick, it stinks!
This is a drill for an emergency nappy time for the guests and hosts alike. This game will throw off people who think changing a diaper is easy. Add a twist of blindfolds for added complexity. Simply get baby dolls and start a race of changing diapers amongst the guests. For an added dose of chuckles, you can dress the dolls in diapers soiled with candy to give a funny twist to the stinky mess.
It takes two to Bingo
A spin-off of the classic Bingo game. In this version, guests tick off gift items from a pre-made card as the mom-to-be opens the presents received. Each guest has a card with a unique combination of baby shower gifts the mom may receive. Start the game after everyone has arrived and presented their gifts. When a present is unveiled, the guests must mark off the item. Whoever makes a line first (the line can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) and calls out “Bingo” wins the prize. Offer the winners return gifts like chocolate, nuts, or a cute picture frame.
Who’s baby is that?
This is a fun and interactive way to make the guests a part of the celebration and shift focus to them. Your guests must bring a picture of their childhood with them, which they later put up on a board. Each guest has to guess who’s who, the one with the most right answers wins the game. Give each guest a moment of their own by asking them to share some story or memory behind the picture. You can announce a voting system where each photo is selected to be the “cutest,” “most silly,” or “most unrecognizable.” Gift the winner a special framed picture of the baby shower day.
Formula for you
This game demands your guest’s jaws dropped as they try to chug a drink with a baby feeder. Make sure no guest chokes on laughter witnessing this game. Fill baby feeders with beverages of your choice, and start the race. The guests must use the nipple to drink, it surely isn’t as easy as babies show it to be. Whoever empties the bottle with the nipple fastest wins.
Star kids at play
Find the rarest celebrity children’s names that wrack the heads of your guests as they figure out who’s the celebrity parent. This game engages guests who don’t have any parenthood experience. You can hand your guests a printout consisting of celebrities and their children’s names in random order. Whoever matches the most correct parent to child, wins the game.
Guess the song: Lullaby style
Take another trip down memory lane by playing a game based on the classic lullabies. Simply tease the guests with the first lines of the famous lullabies and leave them to guess the next line. Make the game more competitive by creating groups amongst the guests and declaring prizes for the winner. You can mix in elements of dumb charades into this game to add laughter to the game. To do that, hand chits containing names of lullabies to one group while the other group guesses the name. Prize the winners with DIY medals for a fun competition.
Whose water broke?
To revoke the inner child of your guests and blow them off to bits in laughter, engage them in this game. All you need is an ice cube tray and baby figurines. Before the baby shower begins, freeze the figurines in the ice cube. When the guests arrive, serve them drinks with the special ice cubes. The guest who succeeds in melting their ice cube the fastest has to yell, “My water broke,” to win the game. This game is sure to keep you in the talks and give the greatest laughs to your guests.
Whelp, who is this?
Keep your guests thinking with this brain-twisting game. Start by making a list of animals and their young beforehand. When the guests arrive, test their knowledge by asking them to name the babies of different animals. Simply, the one that gets the most answers right wins the show. Increase the difficulty of the game by choosing uncommon animals and their babies. For instance, a horse’s young is called a colt, a baby tiger is a whelp, while a young swan is known as a cygnet.
Conclusion
It’s up to you to choose the combination of games that will light up your celebration. These games consist of whacky fun that will embed core memories from your baby shower in the guests’ heads. No matter how the day unfolds, remember to enjoy the day, as it is afterall the achievement of being a parent for you.
