This list of baby shower games has over 70 ideas for general games that can be customized for different themes. These include some classics, some that are interactive, and some that are good for a coed shower. Help plan your baby shower activities with this list and you won’t have to wonder how to entertain your guests!
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I’ve structured this article into different types of games, so you can skip to each section here:
- Classic games
- Funny and interactive games
- Printable and table games
- Creative and keepsake activities
- Modern and group games for Co-ed showers
Classic games.
Baby bingo.
Bingo is a classic, and you can get all types of themes at Greengate Images. They’re printable and you can download them once and print as many as you need.
Don’t say “Baby.”
This is a fun game where each guest gets a clothespin to put on their shirt, and then they try to get other guests to say the word “baby.” If you get another person to say “baby” you take their clothespin (or pins, depending on how many they have.) The winner is the person who ends up with the most clothespins after a certain time period.
You can play this with time limits, or throughout the party. It’s usually easier to set a time limit so that people aren’t worried about it throughout the entire party!
Guess the baby photo.
Have every guest send a baby picture of themselves before the party, and put them on a wall with numbers on them so that the other guests can try to match the guest to the photo. Give people a sheet to fill out with the names matching the number that you put on the photo.
Who knows mom best?
Have a general trivia game with the questions all being about the mom-to-be.
Who knows dad best?
Have a general trivia game with questions about the father-to-be.
Is it Mom or Dad?
Do a game where you say things about the parents-to-be and have guests guess which person did it or said it.
Baby advice cards.
Have guests fill out cards with a piece of unusual advice for the parents-to-be. Tell them to get creative and avoid the obvious “sleep when the baby sleeps.”
Wishes for baby.
Get a custom guest book and have guests fill it out with wishes for the baby. Add photos from the party later to create a keepsake book.
Guess the due date.
Have guests guess the due date and time that the baby will be born. When the baby is actually born, see who was closest and give them a special bottle of wine to celebrate.
Guess the baby’s weight.
Same as guess the due date, but for how much the baby will weigh.
Guess the baby’s length.
Same as the baby weight and due date guessing games, but with how long the baby will be.
Baby name race.
Give guests cards with the letters of the alphabet and have them write down baby names with each letter. The first person to finish wins, or you can do it like the game Boggle. Give points for every UNIQUE name that nobody else wrote down, and the person with the most points wins.
Baby ABC game.
Give each guest a sheet of paper with the letters of the alphabet on lines, and have them write down as many baby-related words as they can think of in a short time period. Whoever gets that most words that nobody else has is the winner, or whoever finishes first. You can customize the instructions on this card on Zazzle.
Baby word search.
Get a word search puzzle that’s themed to your baby shower theme and have guests try to find as many words as they can.
Baby word scramble.
Give guests a word scramble game with baby-related terms.
Nursery rhyme quiz.
Read lines from a nursery rhyme book and have guests write the name of the poem, or get these quiz cards. Whoever gets the most correct is the winner.
Baby animal match.
Have cards printed with the name of the animal and the name of the baby animal, and have guests draw lines to connect the parent to the baby name.
Baby item memory game.
Get a tray with a bunch of baby items on it and cover it with a cloth. Take the cloth off and let guests look at it for ten seconds, then cover it again. Have guests write down as many things as they can remember in a minute.
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Funny and interactive games.
These games are more physical, and you can structure them to be team or individual contests.
Blindfolded diaper change.
Get a baby doll and have guests race to change the diaper on it while they’re blindfolded. Take turns so that one person is doing it at a time. Time everyone and whoever has the lowest time at the end is the winner.
Diaper change relay.
Put two teams together and have them run to a baby doll, change the diaper on it, then run back to their team. The team that gets done in the shortest time is the winner.
Baby food taste test.
Guests are blindfolded and have to taste baby food to say what they think it is. Whoever gets the most right is the winner.
Baby bottle chug.
Give guests a baby bottle that has a cup of liquid in it, and have them try to drink the liquid by sucking it out of the bottle. Whoever finishes first is the winner. You might want to try this out ahead of time to make sure you’re not putting too much liquid in the bottle or this can take forever!
Pacifier hunt.
Hide pacifiers throughout the party area and have guests try to find as many as they can.
Diaper pong.
Play beer pong with an open diaper as the target instead of a cup.
Balloon belly race.
Have guests tie an inflated balloon to their waist and try to pop it by hitting it against another guest’s balloon. This can get pretty rowdy, so some guests might want to sit this one out, but they’ll have fun watching it!
Baby bottle bowling.
Set up a bowling alley with baby bottles and let guests try to knock them over. This could be a good game for an outdoor party if you can set it up like lawn bowling. Fill the bottles with water or rice to weight them down.
Pacifier toss.
Make a target like a dartboard on the ground and have guests throw pacifiers to see what score they get. This is harder than you might think, since pacifiers aren’t very aerodynamic.
Stroller obstacle course.
Set up an obstacle course and have guests try to nagivate through it with a stroller. Whoever gets through fastest wins.
Baby sock match.
Put baskets of baby socks out and have guests match them up. Whoever gets all of them matched the fastest wins.
Tiny clothes folding race.
Get a bunch of baby onesies and other clothes and have guests fold them as neatly as they can. Whoever does it the fastest and the neatest as judged by the mother-to-be is the winner.
Diaper stack challenge.
Have guests stack baby diapers as high as they can before the stack falls over. Whoever gets the highest stack wins.
Pin the pacifier on the baby.
Pin the tail on the donkey, but with a baby and pacifier. Whoever gets closest to the baby’s mouth wins.
Pass the pacifier.
A team-based race where people have to pass each other a pacifier using a dowel or tongs, and if you drop it you have to start over. Whichever team gets the pacifier to the end fastest is the winner.
Printable and table games.
These are games that guests can play on teams or individually. Have one of the hosts be the host for the game and let guests compete for prizes. For some of these you could combine them into a three-round game where each round is a different theme and the winner of each round gets a prize.
The Price Is Right: Baby Edition.
Have games based on the Price Is Right and use baby products as the things they have to use for the pricing part.
Baby shower Jeopardy.
Get some questions about the mother-to-be or pregnancy in general together and have guests play a Jeopardy-style game where they choose dollar amounts and try to phrase the response in the form of a question!
Baby shower trivia.
Give guests trivia questions about babies and baby showers and see who gets the most correct answers. You can do this in groups or individually.
Celebrity baby names.
Get pictures of celebrity kids and their parents and have the guests say the celebrity and baby’s names. You have to get both right to get a point!
Famous TV moms.
Show pictures of tv moms and have guests answer with their names. This could be a written contest or one where people “ring in” with their answers.
Famous TV dads.
Get pictures of tv dads and have guests answer with their names.
Guess the children’s book quote.
This one can be really difficult if you haven’t read the books, so have a mix of really easy questions and harder ones. Read a quote from a children’s book and have guests write down what the book is that it came from. You can do ten questions and see who got the most correct to determine the winner.
Name that baby song.
Do an audio clue contest where you play the first few notes of a song that’s either a real kids’ music song, or a song with the word “baby” in the title. Have guests write down the name of the song.
Finish the nursery rhyme.
Read the first two lines of a nursery rhyme and have guests write down the last part of the verse.
Baby shower pictionary.
Have guests draw a baby-related phrase using only drawings to create a rebus puzzle. Have the other guests guess what the phrase is based on the drawing.
Baby shower charades.
Only do this one if the guests are willing to do it! Get baby phrases and have guests act them out.
Baby item A-to-Z.
Get cards with A through Z on them and have guests write down as many baby-related items as they can think of. They only get a point if nobody else wrote the same thing down.
Baby acronym game.
Give guests cards with baby acronyms printed on them and have them guess what they mean. make some easy and some more difficult so that people won’t be totally stumped.
Baby product logo quiz.
Print out logos from baby product companies and see how many your guests can identify.
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Creative and keepsake activities.
These are activities that you can set up in stations around the room, or have guests bring things to contribute to.
Decorate a baby bodysuit.
Put a bunch of baby bodysuits with cardboard inside of them to prevent the ink bleeding through, and have guests decorate them using fabric markers.
Decorate a bib.
Same thing as the onesies, have guests use fabric paint or markers on bibs so that you can use them later. You can get sets of bibs plus pens and stencils on Amazon.
Write diaper messages.
Put out a bunch of diapers and have guests write encouraging messages on them for the new parents to read when they’re changing the baby. They’re not allowed to look at them until they’re actually in the process of changing the baby, so it will be a little surprise for them later.
Baby’s first alphabet book.
Get a guest book and write the letters of the alphabet on the pages. Let guests draw pictures and write the word for it on the page for the letters.
Baby time capsule.
Give guests a card to write advice or predictions for the baby that they can read when they turn 18.
Advice for late-night feedings.
Give guests cards and pens to write notes for the parents-to-be so that they can read them during the late-night feedings. These should be words of encouragement to keep the parents motivated when they’re probably pretty exhausted!
Design a nursery art card.
Get some blank Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) and pens, colored pencils or markers and have guests draw a little picture on them. Put them together in a frame to decorate the baby’s nursery as a keepsake from the shower. Give guests a theme or let them draw whatever they want to.
Memory Jar for the parents.
Ask guests to take a business card-sized card and write a little note for the parents with a nice memory that the guest has about them as a couple, or something that happened during the pregnancy. They can read them one at a time every time the baby turns another month old.
Parenting tip jar.
Have guests write a weird parenting tip that’s designed to make the new parents laugh and put it in a jar. The parents-to-be can pull one out of the jar on those days when they need a little humor.
Build-a-Book Library station.
Send guests an enclosure card with the shower invitation asking them to bring their favorite children’s book to start the baby’s library.
Decorate burp cloths.
Similar to the decorate a onesie station, have guests decorate a baby burp cloth using fabric markers.
Family tradition cards.
Have your guests write one of their family traditions on a card and put them in a jar for the parents-to-be to read later. Thees should be things that they think the new parents might like to start as traditions of their own.
Guest thumbprint tree.
Get a piece of paper that’s large enough to frame and draw a tree on it. Have guests put their thumbprints on the tree using washable ink and write their names on it as a frameable keepsake of the day.
Modern and group games for coed showers.
These games would work well for coed showers where there are men and women in attendance. Keep it clean because some of these ideas could get a little rowdy if you don’t!
What’s on your phone?
Have a list of apps, pictures, and phone numbers that people might have on their phone (like the b=number to their doctor, etc.) Have the host read the list and for everything that someone has on their phone, they get one point. Whoever has the most points is the winner.
Baby shower Family Feud.
Set up a family feud-style game where teams have to guess the answers. You can get the answers by sending out a quiz to your guests ahead of time, or by looking up answers on general statistics websites.
Guess the parent’s childhood fact.
Moms and siblings aren’t allowed to play this one…Have your guests guess which parent-to-be is the one who “owns” facts about their childhoods.
Baby shower escape room clues.
Set up an escape room with baby-themed items in it and have guests try to solve the mystery to get out within a certain amount of time.
Find the guest bingo.
Make bingo cards with weird facts about people on it and have the guests circulate to try to find people the facts fit. Whoever gets one in each B-I-N-G-O column first is the winner.
Baby shower “Most Likely To.”
Have the couples at the party sit back to back and give them paddles that say “he” or “she.” Read a list of random baby-related things that they might do and have them raise the corresponding paddle to say whether he or she would be most likely to do the thing. If they match, they win the point. This could go on for a while if a lot of couples are willing to play and the things that are being suggested are funny enough!
Guests can also vote for who they think will do what thing if you get some preprinted cards with common baby situations on them!
Name That Tune: Baby songs.
Have guests compete against each other to say they can name the tune in so many notes, lowest “bidder” wins the chance to try, then have them try to guess the song in that number of notes. use songs that are either actual baby songs, or songs with the word “baby” in the title.
Diaper raffle.
Send guests enclosure cards asking them to bring a pack of diapers for a chance to win a prize.
Guess how many candies in the bottle.
Get a giant baby bottle party prop and fill it with small candies, or get a pre-filled set. This one on Amazon comes with cards
for your guests to fill out when they have a guess about how many candies are in it. Whoever gets closest wins a prize, or gets to take the bottle and the candy home.
Baby shower team games.
Do a contest with teams using any of the games in the interactive games section. It could be men vs. women, couple with kids vs. couples without kids, or any other combination of teams you can think of.
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