Safety Pin Baby Shower Party Game

Thinking of throwing a friend of yours a baby shower? That’s nice. Of course, it will be a little bit of work. After all, there are invitations to send out, decorations to hang, foods to prepare and even more things on your “to do” list. And games – don’t forget about the games. Nearly any baby shower you go to will feature games with prize winners. There are many different games you can play but most of them you read about online require quite a few things. There’s one game, though, that you can play and it won’t be hard or expensive to get it all set up. It goes right along with a baby shower theme and everyone who plays it will have a great time.

Make a “find the safety pin” baby shower game and the guests will actually be surprised. What seems like an unusual but easy game is much more difficult than they realize. Each person will think they can pull it off without a hitch, but once they try it, they’ll find it a bit more challenging than they thought!

Fill a large bowl about halfway full with rice. Dump in about fifty small safety pins. Just use your hands – or a large spoon – to stir the pins amongst the rice.

To play the game, each woman takes one turn, and the person taking the turn must be blindfolded. Set a timer for thirty seconds or just count it down on a clock with a second hand. Each woman takes her turn, trying to gather as many safety pins as she can, and must hold them in her hands as she finds them (holding them is optional). When her thirty seconds is up the pins are counted to see how many she retrieved. The woman who gathers the most pins wins. If there is a tie, you can go another round with those who are tied, or just have them guess a number between “1” and “20”.

Other small things can be substituted for the safety pins. Baby bobby pins, tiny hair bows and similar things can also be used along with or instead of the safety pins.

Play a variation of the game if you want: Place at least two of each item in the bowl with the rice, and place many sets of things, then have each woman try to retrieve one of each. You can print out check lists so it’s easy to keep up with who retrieved what. The person who got the most different things will be the winner. With this game, you can remove the items as they are found to make it easier to find the other items.

Having a baby shower is a lot of fun. The mom-to-be or new mom will be thrilled. She’ll also have fun as she, along with her guests, dig through a bowl of rice and try to win a prize!

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