A baby shower is a chance to welcome in the most precious gift in the world: a brand new baby. But having so many guests all in one place can be a bit overwhelming. Especially when you realize that you have to entertain them all. One of the best ways to ensure your guests are having a good time is by having games throughout the party. With this list of 25 games, your guests will be encouraged to mingle, compete with each other, and have a good time.
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- What’s in Your Purse
For this shower game, you will give your guests a card with a list of items that are worth different amounts of points. For every item that a guest has in their purse, they get that amount of points. Whoever has the most points at the end wins! - What’s in Your Phone
This game is just like “What’s in Your Purse,” but you’ll have your guests digging through their phone for points instead. This option is a great idea if most of your guests use very small purses or tend to go without one. - Baby Bingo
Baby Bingo is a great game to entertain your guests while the mamma-to-be is busy opening up shower gifts. For this game, your guests will fill out a bingo card with different baby items they think will be gifted. As the gifts are opened, guests will mark off what items are received. The first guest to mark off five in a row wins. You can also give out prizes for all four corners being marked off or for a completely blacked out card. - Find the Guest
Find the Guest is a great way to make your guests mingle. For this game, your guests will have a list of traits that they have to find within the other guests. The traits will be laid out in a bingo pattern and the first guest to fill out their card will win. This game is especially fun if your guests don’t know each other too well. - Who knows Mommy Best
Have your guests compete to see who knows the mamma-to-be the best. For this game, guests will receive cards with questions about the mamma-to-be. Have them fill the cards out and turn them in. Then let the mamma fill out her own card or ask her for her answers in front of the guests. Whoever has the most matches with the mamma wins. - Baby Emoji Pictionary
Find some pregnancy or baby related phrases and turn them into emojis. See if your guests can guess what your emojis are trying to say. - Word Scramble
A basic word scramble is a fine way to entertain guests during the party. Just make sure you choose some baby themed words to scramble up. - Animal Gestation Game
Did you know the amount of time an animal is pregnant for varies widely from 30 weeks all the way to over 500? In this game you will challenge your guests to match the weeks of gestation to the animal. - Scattegories
In scattergories, each player will try to think of a unique name or item that starts with a certain letter. For a baby shower, make sure to use a baby related word for the letters. Whoever has the most unique answers wins. - Baby Trivia
If you have some trivia buffs coming to your shower, then you can offer a baby trivia game. Just look up some baby facts and challenge your guests to see who knows the most. - What’s in the Diaper Bag
What’s in the Diaper Bag is a great way to combine a gift opening activity with a game. Load up a diaper bag full of gifts for the mamma and baby and then let your guests try to guess what is inside. Whoever has the most right wins. - The Price is Right
Challenge your guests to a Price is Right baby themed game. Find out the price of some baby items and see which of your guests can guess the closest price without going over. - Who Am I
Who Am I is a great game to include in your party if it consists of close personal friends and family. For the game, each guest will write a personal memory that they have with the mamma. The mamma will then read the memory and try to guess which of the guests wrote it. This game can also incorporate the daddy to be for a co-ed shower. - Alphabet Baby Names
Can you think of 26 unique names for every letter of the alphabet? This is exactly what you’ll be challenging your guests to do. Just set a timer and let your guests fill out a card with unique names. Each guest gets one point for every unique name they put. - Alphabet Baby Items
This game is just like Alphabet Baby Names but your guests will be listing baby items instead. You can award the winner based on unique entries or by who can fill out the list the fastest. - Over or Under
For this baby shower game, you will be testing your guests’ knowledge of the parents to be. You will give your guests statements about the parents and ask them if they think the correct answer is actually over or under the statement. One example is: “The parents-to-be want 2 children.” Whoever has the most right at the end wins. - Mommy or Daddy
Have your guests guess if a statement refers to the mommy or the daddy to be. Whoever gets the most right wins! This is a great game to test who knows the parents to be the best. - Would She Rather
See who knows the mama-to-be the best by playing a round of Would She Rather. Whoever gets the most answers right is the winner. For a co-ed shower, this game can be changed to Would the Parents Rather or have an individual game for each parent. - Pregnancy Wives Tales
There are many wives tales that can be used to guess what the gender of the baby will be. See if your guests know which of these tales suggest a boy and which ones suggest a girl. - How Many Candies
Fill a jar with candy and let your guests try to guess how many are inside. Whoever has the closest guess is the winner. - Try Not To Say
For this game, give everyone a starting item (something like a clothespin) and pick a world that they cannot say (something like baby). Have your guests steal the clothespins from each other when the word is said. Whoever has the most pins at the end of the shower wins. - Pacifier Hunt
Hide toy pacifiers throughout the shower. Whichever guest finds the most of them by the end of the shower wins. - He or She
Have your guests try to guess what the gender of the baby will be. This game is especially fun if you plan on announcing the gender of the baby during the party. - How Big is Mommy’s Belly
In this game, your guests will try to guess how big the mamma-to-be’s belly is. They will do this by cutting a string that they think will fit around her belly. Whoever is the closest wins. - Advice for Mommy
While not exactly a game, having your guests fill out an Advice for Mommy card can be a great way to entertain them while also giving the future mamma-to-be some much needed advice.
I hope you liked some of these shower game suggestions. Let me know if you plan to use any of them at your shower.
