Few miracles in the world are like the birth of a child. The
pregnancy in and of itself is a miracle all its own! But, of course,
with a pregnancy comes what? Baby showers! And while there are many
things one can do for baby showers or in them, the one thing this
article is going to focus on is this: baby shower games.
At the
beginning of the shower a game one can do is the "Don't Say Baby" game.
This one lasts through the party and is very cheap. All that's needed is
a bit of yarn long enough for a necklace and a baby safety pin--or some
other baby object one can string on a string. Put the safety pin or
desired object on the string and give a necklace to each guest. When a
person says the word "baby", the person who calls it out gets to take
the pin or other object from other person's necklace. At the end of the
party, the person with the most pins/objects wins a prize.
Then
there's the "Guess Mommy's Tummy Size" game. Have every person take a
ball of string and stretch it to the size they think would fit around
the Mother-to-be's tummy in the middle. When everyone is ready, measure
all the yarn pieces to the actually Mother's tummy, and the one who is
the most accurate gets a prize!
Yet another well-liked baby shower
game is the "Name Baby Items" game. Everyone gets a pad of paper and a
pencil or pen. Then, have everybody name as many baby things as they can
within five minutes. Yeah, it sure sounds easy--at first. But around
the end it becomes harder than someone might think! The person with the
most items listed gets a prize!
Next is the popular, fun "Who Can
Make The Baby" game. This game requires plenty of baby magazines, paper,
scissors, and glue. Divide the guests into teams of three, and give
three magazines to each team. Then, the teams are to cut out various
baby qualities from the magazines and put the pieces together on the
paper as to what the team perceives the baby will going to look like.
When everybody is done, the Mother-to-be chooses the picture she
believes is closest to what she thinks her baby will look like. The team
who's picture she selects wins a prize.
A hilarious game is the
"Bottle Race". Just take several baby bottles full of a preferred drink.
Each participant takes a bottle and sucks it like a baby--the
participant who drinks the most before the time runs out gets a prize.
Everyone will be laughing by the end!
And now, the "Guess the Baby
Item" game. This one is played by Mommy herself. She is blindfolded and
a bag full of various baby things is put in front of her. She is to
take them out individually and guess what baby thing she has--don't
peek! A great game, particularly if the guests pick out some really
crazy baby items or toys.
