Baby showers can prove boring once the presents have been opened and we have finished rubbing the belly of the new mommy-to-be. To fill the gap between the two you can opt to play baby shower games. Baby shower games don’t have to only be cutesy; some can be a lot of fun.
Playing games at a baby shower can also help relieve tension between in-laws and help everyone mingle. More often than not, many of the guests at baby shower are not going to know one another. Playing some of the best baby shower games will help everyone to socialize without the socialization feeling forced.
One game, which isn’t for the sensitive mommy to be, is “How big has Mommy Gotten?” This game requires rolls of toilet paper. Each guest is given a roll of toilet paper and is told to estimate how big the mommy’s belly is in relation to sheets of toilet paper. The guests will unroll the toilet paper to the length they feel the pregnant woman’s abdomen girth is. Then, each guest will take turns wrapping the toilet paper around mommy’s belly. You can offer a prize to the winner of your choice.
The next game is especially fun for the mommy to be and her friends. But, others can have fun playing it too. It is called “Sing It, Baby!” This baby shower game involves the first person singing a line or two from a song with the word baby in it, the next person will sing a line or two from a different song with the word Baby in it, and you keep playing this game until someone gets stumped. If the guest cannot think of a song with the word baby in it, they are then booted from the game. Continue the game until only one person is left. That person is declared the winner of the baby shower game, “Sing It, Baby!
Another game is “Don’t Say Baby.” The baby shower game “Don’t Say Baby” is kind of self explanatory. Once you begin the game the guests have to find other ways to say “Baby” without actually saying the word baby. Once someone says baby they have to remit a prize or something else that the baby shower thrower decides.
Baby Truth or Dare” is not only a fun game, but, the baby shower game can be very educational for the new mom. In the baby shower game, Baby Truth or Dare, either the person throwing the shower or the guests, can write some baby truths on index cards. Later, while playing the baby shower game, everyone has to guess if the facts on the cards are true or not. It is best if you throw in some obvious untrue facts about babies. The goofier the fact facts are the better.
At weddings, the lady that catches the bouquet is supposedly the next to get married. At baby showers it is fabled that the Seventh Present opened will declare who the next mommy will be. When the mommy to be opens the 7th present, the giver of that gift is fabled to be the next mommy. This should be totally random in order for it to be funny. Planting the 7th gift isn’t nearly as funny as seeing Grandma’s surprise when her gift is the seventh one opened.
Finally, the last baby shower game listed is “Baby Picture Who’s Who. In this game you ask all of your guests to bring baby pictures of them to the baby shower. Instruct everyone not to reveal or show their pictures to anyone. The object of the game is to have everyone guess which baby picture belongs to each guest. Whoever guesses the most baby pictures correctly wins.
These are some of the best baby shower games to play at a baby shower. I threw a baby shower for a friend several months ago and these games were big hits. Try these games at the next baby shower you attend for a good time.
