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Kid's
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- Suggestion: Instead of using safety pins, make candy pacifiers. Use white certs (the ones like lifesavers), pink or blue ribbon, and jelly belly jelly beans. How to make: Put ribbon through the cert, and then glue a jelly bean in the center. Note: Tell guest not to eat the pacifiers. Play the game the same way, but wear the pacifiers around the neck.
The Price
is Right:
Just like TV, purchase several baby items and keep the receipt. Have the items
out for the guests to see, and have them write down what the price of each
item. The one closest without going over to the actual price wins.
Baby
Shower Word Scramble
Two versions:
1. Take words of baby items and mix up the letters, then have guests unscramble
the words. Do 10-15 and make so tough the most correct wins.
2. (as an ice-breaker) Use the expecting mother's first and last name, create
teams of 2-3 end have each team come up with as many baby terms from the mother's
name as possible. The team with the most real words wins.
Penny
For Your Thoughts
Introduction Game - Have two pennies from the same year, you'll a different
year for each guest. Example:15 guests, 30 pennies, 15 different years. When
guests come in they are given a penny and the other penny is put in a jar.
When all the guests have arrived the Mother-to-be selects a penny and the
person with that corresponding year tells a little about themselves, how they
know the Mother, and maybe a little story about the new Mom. After everyone
has spoken the Mom-to-be puts her pennies into the jar and selects one for
a prize.
Baby
Food Guess
Purchase 6-10 jars of baby food, remove the wrappers and number then number
the jars. Have the guests try to guess the food.
Photo
Game
Collect a baby photo from each guest and one of the mother, display them and
have the guests try and pick which photo is the mother when she was a baby.
Mystery
Guess:
Place odd shaped baby related objects in brown paper bags. The guests have
to guess what is in each bag without opening it.
Icebreaker
- Cartoon Characters Who Am I
Get to know you game. Label 3X5 cards with famous characters from childhood.
For example, you can use Barney, Winnie th Pooh, Barbie, etc. Make as many
cards as there are guests and tape them to their backs without them seeing
who they are. They figure out who they are by asking each person one yes or
no question, such as, am I a girl?, do I have red hair?
Name
the White Stuff:
Place 10 different white powdered substances in sealed numbered plastic bags.
Use things like Flour, Powdered Milk, Baby Powder, etc. Have them out for
the guests to see, and guess what is in each bag. I have made a game sheet
with 10 items to use, and a blank form for the guests to fill out.
Hang
the Laundry:
Hang a clothes line at the shower. Have a pile or a basket with baby clothes,
blankets, and clothes pins. Each guest has a certain amount of time to hang
the clothes while they are holding a baby (doll) and have a cordless phone
to their ear. The ones that can hang the most clothing without droping baby
or the phone wins.
Baby
Bottle Drink-Off!
Fill small baby bottles with fruit juice for each guest. NOTE: Provide a variety
of juices or water ( add food coloring for baby shower colors), for those
guests with food allergies. The person who finishes the bottle first receives
a prize. It is hilarious and much harder than you would think. This activity
may be played individually or combined with a few other ideas in a group race.
Pins
in Rice: A Baby Shower Classic
Place about 50 small safety pins in a bowl of uncooked rice. The blindfolded
guest has to pick out as many safety pins as they can. Set a time limit such
as 30 seconds. The one with the most pins wins.
Change
The Diaper
Sounds normal, here's the twist: teams of two need to change the baby's diaper
each team member can only use one of their own hands - the other belongs to
their partner. The fastest team wins!
Play
Dough-tionary
We had a really big shower, probably 50 people there, so we had them divide
up in teams. I got several jars of play dough, and gave one to each team of
4 people. They picked one person to go first, that person would draw a word
from a basket. I filled a basket with pieces of paper with baby type words
on them (stroller, bed, diaper, etc...) and then it was a race to "sculpt"
the word out of the play dough, while their team members tried to guess what
it was.
It was hilarious. Of course
some words were much easier then others, and every team had a different word,
so there was not a problem with one team looking what someone else was sculpting.
We did this several times, and had a good time. I gave a small prize to everyone
on the team when they won a round. The play dough works great too if there
are any children at the shower, it keeps them busy, so be sure to buy plenty.
