BABY SHOWER GAMES &
ACTIVITIES
Let the games begin!! This is the funnest
part of the shower. Herbabyshower.com has
a complete set of printable
games for you to enjoy at your shower.
Here are some other ideas and activities tomake
your baby shower a blast!!
Guess mommy’s tummy size: pass
a roll of yarn or ribbon around and have your
guests guess the approximate size of the mom-to-be’s
tummy. After all guests are done, compare
each guests guess with the correct yarn/ ribbon
length taken before the game starts and the
guest with the closest guess wins!
Baby food guessing game: buy a few
small jars of baby food of various colors
–some of them close in color to make
the game a bit challenging. Take the labels
off before the game making sure to keep track
of which jar is which. Have your guests guess
what type of food is in each jar and the guest
who guesses the most correct, wins!
Baby scramble: Give each guest a sheet
of paper listing about 10 – 15 scrambled
words that relate to pregnancy, babies and/or
labor. The guest who guesses all the correct
answers first wins! Printable
version is here.
Guess who?: have each guest bring
in a baby picture of themselves. Have each
guest try to guess who is who.
Guess what’s in the diaper?:
Fill about 10 diapers with different types
of smelly foods – ranging anywhere from
peanut butter, coffee, salsa and garlic to
different types of candy bars. Tie each diaper
up, label them 1-10 and have each guest smell
each diaper and guess what’s inside
Baby pins: At the start of the party,
each guest is given a baby pin and attaches
it to them. Each time someone mentions the
word “baby” their pin is taken by
the person that catches them saying it first.
The guest with the most pins at the end of
the party wins a prize.
My Water broke: All players race to
the finish line with a water balloon between
their legs. Whoever gets to the finish line
without breaking their water (balloon) first
is the winner.
Memory: Place several baby related
items on a tray and let your guests take a
look at it for about 15 seconds. Take the
tray away and the guest that guesses the most
items on the tray correct wins!
What’s in the diaper bag?: Put
several baby related items in a diaper bag
(ie: bib, onsie, baby socks, a diaper, diaper
ointment, wipes, pacifier, etc). While blindfolded,
have each guest feel inside the bag and guess
what the item is. The guest with the most
correct answers wins and the mommy-to-be can
take home the diaper bag and its contents
as a nice gift.
Cotton Balls: Pass around a jar of
Vaseline and ask each guest to take as much
as they think they need. (do not tell them
the objective of the game yet) Once everyone
has taken their share, tell them to rub it
onto their noses. Then each guest is to try
to get as many cotton balls out of a bowl
and onto the floor in 60 seconds using their
Vaseline covered nose. The guest with the
most cotton balls on the floor wins!
Feeding the baby: Each guest is to
pair up with someone. One person is the mother
and the other the baby. Each team is given
a baby bottle filled with a beverage of their
choice. (make the nipple hole slightly bigger
on each bottle) The “baby” sits
on the “mothers” lap and is given
the bottle to drink and the winner is the
“baby” who finishes their bottle
first.
Diaper the baby: Each participant
is to try to diaper a doll or large teddy
bear with a cloth diaper...blindfolded!! The
participant who correctly diapers their baby
first wins
Finding baby pins: Place about 12
baby pins of various sizes in a bowl of rice.
In 60 seconds, each participant tries to pull
out as many pins as they possibly can blindfolded.
The participant that pulls out the most pins
wins!
Guess how many: Fill up a baby bottle
with any one type of small candy of your choice.
(ex; Skittles, M&M’s, jelly beans,
etc). Pass the bottle around. Each guest is
to guess how many candies are in the bottle.
The guest with the correct or close answer
wins!
Mommy’s purse: (best if the attendants
are mothers) Read a list of items to your
guests. Each guest is to try to find as many
of those items in their purse as they can.
Assign points to each item (giving the unusual
items the most points) (ex: baby wipes, baby
picture, something that is pink or blue, a
safety pin, any type of baby food, a baby
toy, etc)
Advice book: Pass around a book and
ask each guest to write some advice and tips
for the mother-to-be (you can either make
a homemade notebook or purchase a nice notebook
and decorate yourself / have the guests help
decorate it after everyone has written some
advice down)
The Price is Right: Gather about 10
baby related items. Each guest is to guess
the price of each item. The guest with the
closest answer wins!
Mystery box: Fill a box with a few
baby related items. Cut a hole in the top
and have each guest, one at a time, stick
their hand in and guess and wrote down as
many items as they can in 60 seconds. The
guest with the most correct guesses wins!
Baby’s name: Give each guest
a sheet of paper with the names of the parents-to-be
on the top. Each guest is to try to come up
with as many names for the baby as possible
using the letters of the parents-to-be’s
name.
Place the pacifier in the baby’s
mouth: (baby shower version of pin the
tail on the donkey) Print out a cartoon/ drawing
of a baby (try using clipart) Place this on
the wall and have the blindfolded participant
stick the pacifier in the baby’s mouth.
Building baby’s bank: Each guest
wears a name tag that has a baby related item
written on it. Everyone is go by the name
written on the tag (ex: stroller, crib, basinet,
diaper, rattle, etc) rather than their real
names. Each time someone forgets and calls
someone using their real name has put fifty
cents in the baby’s piggy bank.
Baby Charades: Write down several
baby-care activities on small pieces of paper,
fold them up and place them in a container.
Split your guests into two teams. One member
from each team takes turns selecting an action
from the container and acts out that baby
related activity – no verbal communication
allowed (ex: changing a diaper, breastfeeding,
burping the baby, tickling the baby, etc)
The team that guesses the most activities
wins.
Baby Scavenger Hunt: Before all your
guest arrive, hide about 10-15 baby items
throughout the party room. The guest that
finds the most items wins a prize.
Bobbing for pacifiers: Place several
pacifiers in a bowl filled with water. Have
your guests retrieve as many pacifiers as
they can in 60 seconds without using their
hands. The participant who can retrieve the
most wins.
Baby hot potato: Set a timer and pass
a baby doll around in a circle. Whoever has
the baby when the timer goes off leaves the
game and has to give the mother-to-be one
piece of advice. The last participant to remain
in the game wins.
Bottle bowling: Place 10 bottles in
a triangle shape and with a tennis ball, have
your guests bowl to see who can knock all
the bottles down. The participant with the
best score wins.
Pregnant belly: Have your guests compete
to see who can fill up their shirts with the
most balloons. (make sure that the balloons
are a small size)
A to Z Baby Name Game: Starting with
A, go around a circle and have each guest
give a name for the baby that starts with
the letter they are assigned with (First person
- A, next person B, and so on) If they cannot
give a name within a couple seconds they are
out of the game. The last person that remains
in the game wins.
Telephone: Have your guests sit in
a circle. Have on guest sitting next to the
mother-to-be start off and whisper a piece
of baby related advice in the ear of the person
next them. Have each guest continue whispering
the piece of advice that they heard to the
person next to them. Continue until it gets
to the mother-to-be and have her announce
what she heard. Your guests will have a laugh
when they hear how twisted the original piece
of advice got.
Storytime: Have a guest start off
a story and designate someone to write down
what everyone says (ex: “Once upon a
time, there was a baby…” ) have
each guest add on to the story until it is
complete and save this for the mother-to-be’s
scap book.
*Make sure to buy a few small prizes for
the winners of these games
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