Celebrating the mom-to-be or parents-to-be’s journey towards parenthood, and their impending bundle of joy is a joyful and wonderful reason for family and friends to get together.
Surely you want the baby shower to be exciting, fun and memorable for the parents-to-be and the guests. What better way to get the fun going and keep the party spirits high than having some exhilirating and fun games for everyone.
If you are planning on what to activities to do, I have listed down a couple of great ideas for you. Without further ado, let’s run down the list of game categories:
1. Funny Games
These games are the best way to break the ice and get your guests to mingle and feel comfortable with each other. These games inspire laughter and puts everyone at ease and relaxed.
One example is to ask your guests to write down parenthood advice based on their own experience and some funny words of advice or quotes. Gather them all in a bowl and ask each guest to pick one and read aloud. Later, you can ask them to guess who wrote which one.
2. Lively Games
These are high energy games that invite everyone to move around. They are physical games and thus bring out the competitive side your guests.
Some famous lively games are balloon twister, pop the balloon, diaper clothesline, charades, among many others.
3. Trivia Games
These are another good ice breaker games that invite everyone to participate and provide opportunity for the guests to interact.
You can list down trivia questions focusing on the mom-to-be or the parents-to-be. Ingest a little humor in each question. This can be played by pair or in groups. You can also work your questions around famous people’s first child. Some showbiz or sports celebrities maybe or politicians or historical figures, and see who among the guests gets the most correct. This can also be played in pairs or groups for some added fun.
4. Word Games
These are games that can be played even on virtual baby showers. For instance, you ask your guests to write down as many baby names as they can using the letters of the first name of the parents to be. For added fun – set a time and have your guests play in groups. Each name that are the same with the other team or teams will not be counted. You will be surprised to get some of the most unique and interesting names.
5. Diaper Games
These are hilarious games and will send everyone cracking. For instance, the most common of the diaper games is using various chocolate bars. Melt the chocolate bars by heating them on the microwave so that it resembles that of a baby poop. Smear each gooey or melted chocolate onto the diaper, keeping track ofcourse of which chocolate goes on which diaper. Now have each guests sniff the diaper and guess which chocolate is on them. It is best played in groups as well.
6. Animal Games
These are memory games that put your guests knowledge to a test. These type of games can be played individually, but best to always have your guests play in groups.
One example is the baby animal names where you list down a number of animals and then ask your guests to write opposite each animal the name of its baby. And see who gets the most correct answers.s
8. Layette Games
These games are not just fun, but it brings out the creative side of your guests and leaves something to the parents-to-be as a keepsake or something that are totally useful for both the baby and the parents-to-be.
9. Parents Preparatory Games
These are games that give parents-to-be, especially first time parents, the feel and taste of what mommyhood or daddyhood will be like. Have your multi-task and set the timer for each challenge. These games are really hilarious and fun to play.
Finally, to make each of these games extra fun and exciting, prepare a little bit of prizes for the winners. They don’t have to be fancy and expensive.
In my previous posts, I have shared various baby shower games including what you’ll need and the instructions on how to do it. Hope you find this one useful, but do check my previous posts for more game ideas.