Liven Up Your Baby Shower With A Few Games
You have a baby shower planned for a friend; you have organised
the invitations, and sent them out to everyone on the list. You
have even planned the food that is going to be available at the
shower. Then you think, but what do we actually do? Just talk
and hand over the gifts; or shall we play a few shower games?
Well, it does seem that many people do opt for playing a few
baby shower games. If you are the playful type, and think some
games will go down well at the shower, then why not have a bit
of fun? There are no strict rules about baby shower games. In
fact, you could take just about any party game and play it as it
is. It is probably better, though, if you either come up with
one or two unique ideas yourself, or give a baby twist to an
ordinary party game. There must be thousands of variations you
could come up with.
Here are just a few ideas that might stimulate more in you:
1. A team game that is popular across the world is a race to
pass an apple from player to player, without using the hands,
but using the chin to hold the apple. Baby shower game twist:
try the same thing with a baby powder container. If it is the
well rounded type they can be remarkably slippery, even when
dry. Test it out first, to make sure it is possible (but not too
easy) to pass under the chin.
2. There are lots of possible memory games. It will not be long
before baby is into bed time stories and nursery rhymes. So, why
not buy a good sized book with lots of the old nursery rhymes
in. As the baby shower game, get the contestants to recite the
nursery rhyme after you have read the first line. Some are very
easy, but some will be frustrating as people try to remember
word for word. If someone has a child who is into nursery
rhymes, they will have a big advantage, so try to find a way to
keep it even. Like make them do the reading instead of
participating. When the baby shower game is over, you can donate
the book to the mum-to-be.
3. An obvious baby shower game is guessing the date and time of
the birth. Make it interesting by having a little bet on the
outcome, with everyone agreeing on how much each to put in.
record all the guesses, and when the big day comes, the nearest
guess wins. Then, why not have a booby prize for the worst
guess? Such as, having to do 10 diaper changes in the first
month after the baby is born?
4. A variation on musical chairs could be good fun as a baby
shower game, but for this you will need a few baby potties, so
you'll need to elicit helps from friends with babies on this
one. Set the chairs up for normal musical chairs, but then put a
potty on top of each chair. Just watch people slide about as
they make their dash for a potty spot when the music stops.
You could break this baby shower game into groups of say 6 if
you manage to get 5 potties, or 5 for 4 etc. This may be best
after a few champagnes, gins, beers or whatever you may be
serving.
The above baby shower games just came to mind as I wrote this,
and after a quick glance around our daughter's bedroom. I am
sure, with a bit of thought and research, you can do better.
Have fun!