Baby
Products |
Buy 10 baby products that aren't easily
identified, such as a temperature strip or a breast pump. A bit of lateral thinking
with ideas for 'products' helps e.g. a cinema voucher - 'to escape and leave baby
with dad for 2 hours' . Ask guests to write down what each object is for. The
most correct answers wins the game. Present all the products to the mother-to-be
as a gift. |
$$$ |
3 |
xx |
Time
Capsule |
Get a large container and decorate it with
your baby theme. Ask guests to bring items to put into a time capsule, such as
newspapers, magazines, cds of current music..etc... or anything that relates to
the current time. Also get each guest to write a note to the baby. |
$$ |
2 |
xx |
Play Dough Babies |
Provide half a can of dough per guest and ask everyone to make little babies.
The mother-to-be then judges and the winner gets a prize. Peaceful game. |
$$ |
2 |
xx |
Perfect Baby |
Make
a list of questions relating to the baby's character and appearance e.g. hair,
eyes, bottom, sense of humor, intelligence..etc... Get guests to write down which
of the attributes the mother would like the child to inherit from her or the father.
Compare their answers with the mother's-to-be most perfect baby list. The most
correct answers wins. |
$ |
2 |
xx |
Mom's
Waistline |
Get a roll of ribbon. Mother-to-be stands in the middle
and each guest has to estimate the circumference of Mommy's waist and cut a length
of ribbon to match her waist measurement. Measure Mom's waist and compare to each
ribbon. The closest length wins. |
$$ |
1 |
xx |
Test drive |
If
your baby shower is outside, set up an obstacle course. Put a doll in a stroller
and time each guest around the course with a 5 second penalty for each collision
and disqualification if the doll falls out of the stroller. |
$ |
2 |
xx |
Baby
Anagrams |
Prepare a list of twenty relevant baby
words. Scramble up the letters - if you are feeling clever, have the result as
real words e.g. STROLLER = REST ROLL. Give every guest a list of the anagrams
to solve as quick as possible. |
$ |
2 |
xx |
Celebrity Babies |
Prepare
a list of celebrity moms and a list of baby names. Guests have to match the celebrity
mom to the name of her baby/child. Names of celebrity's children can be found
on many web sites such as funtrivia.com |
$ |
2 |
xx |
Baby
Price is Right |
Buy small baby products and keep
a list of what each one costs. Make a list for every guest of all products without
the prices. Guests write what they think each item cost and then total all items.
Closest one to the correct cost wins. |
$$ |
2 |
xx |
Balloon
Bust |
Blow up one balloon per guest and put a piece
of paper in each one before blowing them up. one has 'winner' on it. The other
have forfeits such as reciting nursery rhymes or singing pop songs. Each guest
chooses a balloon and has to burst their balloon by sitting on it before carrying
out the forfeit or collecting their prize. |
$ |
2 |
xx |
