The 'baby shower' is a party celebrating the birth of a baby and usually held at the end of pregnancy. Traditionally only women who gave gifts to the future mother for the baby while having tea or eating were attending.
Today is for men and women (because dad also participates) and includes maternity inspired games. In fact they are the most anticipated moment of the party. Here you have 15 proposals with which you will surely succeed in your next baby shower.
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It may seem a bit disgusting, but it's a classic. It's about choosing six different chocolate flavors, melting them one by one in the microwave and smearing them in six different diapers. Guests have to guess the taste of each one. They can sniff, suck, smell ... Win the one that is right.
It is an idea that gives us Modern Day Donnareed.
The pacifier fishing
Players must put a toothpick in their mouth (they serve chopsticks) and without using their hands they should try to catch as many pacifiers as possible from a table. The winner will be the one who catches the largest number in the allotted time.
The idea has been given to us by Play party plan.
The first portrait of the baby
You only need cards and markers. Each guest holds a card on his forehead and without looking draws what he thinks the baby will be like. Parents will choose the best (and also the worst) drawings.
Fun's proposal, Cheap or Free
Diapering
Easier than in reality because the dolls do not move or cry and, in addition, the diapers are clean. So to include some emotion to the test, participants must do so blindfold. The laughs are assured.
We found this game in Apothe Cakery.
Feed dad
This game requires couples. With covered eyes, the mother has to feed Dad, without getting stained. It will be more complicated and fun, if there is music and a maximum time to do it. The couple who finished eating before wins. Small faces!
The photo is from Centerpieces for baptisms.
How tall is mom's belly?
Get some skeins of wool and ask the guests to cut a piece with the length they think corresponds to the circumference of the mother's womb. The one that comes closest wins!
These and more ideas in Sortra.
Gift Bingo
Guests are given a blank bingo board (or paper), and they are asked to fill in the boxes with items they think the future mom will receive. When the pregnant woman begins to open the presents and they guess some, they mark it. Who manages to cross five boxes in a row, is the winner. You can do it yourself or buy the cards on Amazon.
An idea of Modern Day Donnareed.
Baby sitter
You have to write the letters that make up the word 'b-a-b-y' twice and put each paper in a balloon. Then you release them and make them fly to mix them. The players have to pick up the balloons and sit on them to explode them until they find the four letters necessary to form the word.
You will find this idea in Play party plan.
Diaper Message
Ask your guests to write a message for parents in a diaper package. It is forbidden to read them until you have to touch the baby. You have to give them freedom to put whatever they want (funny or cuddly).
It is an idea of Jetinker.
Twister for 'pregnant'
It's about playing this fun game but with an extra difficulty: the participants have to simulate the future mom, placing a pillow or a balloon in her belly. Whoever manages to stand, wins. Do not forget to record the game so you can laugh after watching it after the baby shower.
You can find it on Amazon.
Forbidden to name the baby
It's not about not talking about the future newborn, but rather about avoiding the word that describes it: baby.
Put clothespins in a bucket and each guest has to take five clothespins when entering the baby shower. Every time you hear another name the word 'baby', take a clamp. The one with the most in the end wins. If you do not have tweezers, you can opt for any other object (candies, chickpeas ...).
We have found the idea in Eli & Eli.
Fashion diaper
Give players a box of newborn diapers and challenge them to put as many diapers on their body as possible within the time you set. The design is free and covers the entire body. The winner is… who gets dressed in more diapers!
We love this photo of Play party fun.
Guess what you eat
Another classic You have to prepare several different types of purees and put them in different numbered boats. In pairs, 'the mother' must give them to try their 'babies' that they cannot touch or see. Win who can guess more food after checking what ingredients each number includes in a previously written list.
The photo is from Centerpieces for baptisms.
See how to do it on the YouTube channel of Ideas and crafts.
Bottle Race
Fill the bottles with soda, water, juice ... (whatever you can think of) and give one to each player. They will have to take the bottle and win the one that finishes it faster. Better yet if they have their arms behind their backs and cannot hold the bottle.
We found this game in Home crafts.
Can't you tie your shoes?
Something so simple is very complicated when there is a huge belly in the middle. It's about men understanding better the difficulties that a future mom goes through. They should place a balloon under the shirt and try to tie their shoelaces without blowing up the balloon.
The idea we have seen in Fun baby shower games.
Pregnant careers
Guests should place a balloon under the shirt to simulate a pregnancy and walk with a ping pong ball between their knees until it is inserted into a boat. If you organize races, the game will be even more fun!
We found the idea in Play party fun.
These are some of our proposals, but don't forget that imagination is power and more when it's time to have fun. So why not invent your own games? You can organize the guests by gender, by age, or even if they are already parents or not. What it is about is the games be fought, between couples or groups, to ensure laughter.
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