Baby Animal name game |
Make
a list of proper names of baby animals, like cygnet, elver, fawn..etc... Use a
dictionary or a childrens book to research the oddest ones. Make a list of 20
names. The guests have to name the mother animal. Whoever has the most correct
names wins. |
$ |
1 |
x |
Baby's
Portrait |
Give each guest a paper plate and a crayon.
Get them to place the plate on top of their heads and draw a baby. Everyone votes
for the best picture. |
$ |
2 |
x |
Baby Bag Mystery |
Place
ten baby products each in a paper bag. Staple the bags shut and number them. Pass
the bags around and get guests to right down the bags' contents. The one who gets
the most right wins. |
$ |
2 |
x |
Baby Bingo |
Give
a piece of A4 paper divided into a 3x3 square grid to each guest. Write 'Baby'
in the middle square. Before Mom begins to open her presents, each guest writes
in the other 8 squares exactly what she thinks the gifts will be. As Mom opens
her gifts, guests X the box they have correctly guessed. The first person that
fills her card shouts 'Baby Bingo' and wins. |
$ |
2 |
x |
Did you say BABY? |
Each
guest is given a clothes pin at the start of the Baby Shower party. Everyone is
told not to say the word 'baby.' If you accidentally say 'baby', then the first
person who catches you gets all of your clothes pins. The guest with the most
pins at the end of the shower wins. Try tricking your fellow guests into saying
'baby'. |
$ |
1 |
x |
Motherly Advice |
Each
guest is given an index card when they arrive and asked to write a question a
new mother would ask (e.g. How can I stop my baby from waking every 2 hours?)
Then during the baby shower party, pass all the cards out face down. The guests
write the answer to their question on the back of the different card. Then read
the non-matching questions and answers for some strange tips. |
$ |
1 |
x |
Next Mom |
Fun,
not a game Tradition says whoever brought the seventh gift opened at a baby shower
will be the next to get pregnant. Make a badge with a picture of a pregnant woman
and the caption 'I'm Next!' for her to wear. |
$ |
1 |
x |
Baby Statistics |
Create
a list of baby statistics to give to each guest at the start of the Baby Shower
Party and collect as they leave. Questions such as: baby's weight? color of hair?
date of birth? time of birth? sex ? Once the baby is born, send the guest with
the most correct answers a gift ( a crystal ball?). |
$ |
2 |
x |
Safety
games |
Learn while you play with some great educational
games based on child safety. . To carry the theme through, why not buy one of
the innovative child safety products available. |
$ |
1 |
x |
Baby's
name boggle |
Take the baby's name (if known) and
write it at the top of a piece of paper. Make copies and give one to every guest.
Give the guests 2 minutes to make as many words of 3 letters or more out of the
baby's name. Baby shower boggle. |
$ |
1 |
x |
