When it is time to host a baby shower, selecting baby shower games is one of the most fun elements of the planning. Games can make or break a shower. Guests and the mother-to-be will remember the games that are a hit long after the date of the shower has passed.
To turn a boring shower into something more fun, you need to plan more than cake, decorations and gifts. Some baby shower consultants suggest guests make crafts during the event that the mother will keep for the baby forever.
There are a number of excellent places online to look for ideas for baby shower games, but the best starting place may be your closet:
• Fill a small bowl with dry rice. Add about twenty-five small, safety pins and mix. Blindfold a guest and have her try to pick out as many pins as she can. Continue with each guest, keeping track of how many pins each guest has found. Whoever finds the most pins wins.
• Hand out clothes pins to each person as they enter the party. The object of this game is to not to cross your legs to honor the mom-to-be who can’t cross her legs. When some one is spotted crossing their legs, guests should take that person’s clothes pin. Or play a version of this game by picking a word that no one at the shower can say like ‘cute’ or ‘baby’. Every time someone is caught uttering those words, they get their clothes pin taken away. At the end of the shower, whoever has the most clothes pins wins.
Another great baby shower game idea is Baby Charades:
• Like traditional charades, the person who acts out the word is not allowed to say anything verbally, spell anything out with their fingers, or point toward any object in the room. The first team to guess the correct word gets the point
• Some baby related things to act out:
• Middle of the Night feeding
• Changing a diaper
• Fussy Baby
• Burping Baby
• Highchair Feeding
• tasting baby food and realizing how bad it really is
You can also purchase 12-15 baby food jars without labels, number them, and send them around the room for guests to taste and guess what it is. The object is to see how many they can guess correctly. The winner with the most correct "flavors" wins.
Another variation on this game would be to mash or melt a variety of candy bars. They can be served in diapers. The goal is for guests to guess the candy bar.
Prizes are usually awarded to the winners and they can be something as simple as a basket of goodies or sweet smelling soaps; it’s the thought that counts.
If you have ideas for prizes but aren’t sure how to make them, there are commercial sites like beau-coup.com that can not only provide tips for baby shower games, but wonderful gifts and favors as well. For a list of free baby shower game ideas, click here.
Finally, check with coworkers, friends or family who may have hosted a baby shower as they may be able to provide some valuable insight into which types of baby shower games were the hit of the party. Be sure to tailor those baby shower games to the taste and style of the guest of honor.
Finding baby shower games may not be an easy task, but with some handy household items, creativity and planning, it is possible to make a memorable baby shower with fantastic baby shower games.
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