Baby Shower Games

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Baby Shower Games

  1. Jigsaw Reveal, a Few Pieces for Each Table1. Have a picture in the reveal color cut into a jigsaw of about thirty pieces. 2. Share the pieces out among the guests or the tables, face down. 3. On go, everyone brings their pieces to one table and builds the picture together. 4. The last piece is kept by the parents-to-be, who place it. Players: 6 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: a jigsaw made from the reveal picture.
  2. One Signature on Each Calendar Square1. Pin up a large calendar of the month the baby is due, with the month before and after. 2. Each guest signs one square: their guess at the birthday. 3. One name to a square. 4. The calendar goes home with the parents-to-be, who circle the real day when it comes. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 5 min. Props: a large calendar and a pen.
  3. Twenty Pacifiers Hidden Around the Room1. Before guests arrive, hide twenty pacifiers in plain sight: on a lampshade, in a plant, on a picture frame. 2. Say nothing until everyone is seated, then announce the hunt. 3. Guests may look only from where they sit for the first minute, then get up. 4. Most pacifiers found wins. They all go into the gift pile. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: twenty pacifiers.

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These games to play at baby showers are the list a host chooses from. Each has numbered steps, a head count, minutes and props, and no game measures, tastes or sniffs anything.

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From loud classics to quiet tables

The All games menu keeps one kind. Popular baby shower games every guest knows holds several versions of the pacifier baby shower game. Low-key, classy baby shower games are for guests who would rather not perform: cards, a calendar, a jar.

Quick baby shower games, and games for an office

More filters, the last entry of that menu, sorts by head count, time, setting and energy. Up to 10 minutes keeps the short ones, and At the office keeps games that ask nothing personal of a colleague.

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Questions and answers

How do you play the My Water Broke baby shower game?

Freeze a tiny plastic baby in each ice cube and give every guest one in a glass of water. The first guest whose baby floats free of the ice shouts "My water broke!" and wins.

Are there baby shower games for boys or for girls?

The games do not change with the baby. The two small sets, For a boy and For a girl, are built on first names and a color, blue or pink, and most of their games can be switched to the other set.

Do sprinkle baby shower games differ from the usual ones?

No. A sprinkle, a smaller shower for a second or later baby, plays the same games with a shorter list. The low-key games suit it best, and the games built on a big pile of gifts can be left out.

Which baby shower games suit guests who dislike shower games?

The low-key ones, where nobody performs. A Wish Card for the Baby From Every Guest, One Signature on Each Calendar Square and Names in a Jar, Read at Dessert happen at the guest's own seat and pace.

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Popular baby shower games every guest knows 8

  • Baby Memory Tray, Covered After a Minute 1. Lay twenty baby things on a tray: a sock, a bib, a rattle, nail clippers, a board book. 2. Carry it around the room for one minute, then cover it. 3. Guests write down everything they remember. 4. Read the list aloud. Most right wins, and the tray goes to the parents-to-be. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a tray of twenty baby things, a cloth, paper and pens.
  • Called by the Mom-to-Be: Bingo at the Gift Table 1. Hand out printed cards of baby gifts before the first present. 2. A square may be marked only when the mom-to-be says the name of the gift out loud. 3. Four corners win a small prize, and the first full row wins the main one. 4. Guests who finish early keep their cards up, as a list for the thank-you notes. Players: 5 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a bingo card and a pen each.
  • Do Not Say Baby: The Pacifier Necklace Version 1. Each guest is given a pacifier on a ribbon to wear as a necklace on arrival. 2. The word "baby" is banned until the gifts are opened. 3. A guest who hears another say it claims that guest's necklace and wears it too. 4. The guest with the most necklaces at the end wins. Players: 5 to 40. Time: 30 min. Props: a pacifier on a ribbon for each guest.
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  • My Water Broke: The Ice Cube Race 1. The day before, freeze one tiny plastic baby inside each ice cube. 2. As the shower starts, every guest gets one cube in a glass of water. 3. Guests may swirl the glass and warm it in their hands, but the cube stays in the water. 4. The first guest whose baby floats free shouts "My water broke!" and wins. The tiny babies are kept away from children under three. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 20 min. Props: tiny plastic babies frozen in ice cubes and a glass each.
  • Pacifier Pass, Straw to Straw 1. Split into two lines. Each guest holds a paper straw in their teeth. 2. Hang a pacifier by its ring on the first straw. 3. Pass it down the line from straw to straw, with hands behind backs. 4. A dropped pacifier goes back to the start of the line. First line to finish wins. Players: 8 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: a paper straw each and two pacifiers.
  • Pin the Pacifier on the Baby Poster 1. Tape up a poster of a baby's face and give each guest a paper pacifier with their initials and a loop of tape. 2. One at a time, a guest closes their eyes, is turned around once and walks to the poster. 3. They stick the pacifier where they think the mouth is. 4. The closest pacifier wins, and the poster stays up as decoration. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: a baby poster, paper pacifiers and tape.
  • Sculpt a Baby From Play Dough, Two Minutes 1. Give every guest a ball of play dough on a paper plate. 2. Start a timer for two minutes. Everyone shapes a baby. 3. Number the plates and line them up. 4. Guests vote by secret ballot for any baby but their own. The parents-to-be announce the winner. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: play dough, paper plates, ballots and a timer.
  • Twenty Pacifiers Hidden Around the Room 1. Before guests arrive, hide twenty pacifiers in plain sight: on a lampshade, in a plant, on a picture frame. 2. Say nothing until everyone is seated, then announce the hunt. 3. Guests may look only from where they sit for the first minute, then get up. 4. Most pacifiers found wins. They all go into the gift pile. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: twenty pacifiers.

Baby shower guessing games 6

  • Arrivals Pin Up a Baby Photo, the Room Matches Them 1. Ask every guest to bring one photo of themselves as a baby. 2. Pin the photos to a board and number them. 3. Guests write a name beside each number during the first half hour. 4. Reveal the photos one at a time. Each guest stands for their own. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: guests' baby photos, a board and a guess sheet each.
  • Baby Stats Predictions: Date, Weight, Length 1. Hand each guest a prediction card. 2. Guests write the date and hour they think the baby will arrive, with a weight and a length. 3. Collect the cards in an envelope for the parents-to-be. 4. After the birth, the parents mark the cards and send the closest guesser a photo. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a prediction card and a pen each.
  • Cotton Balls in the Biggest Baby Bottle 1. Pack cotton balls into the largest baby bottle you can find, counting them in. 2. Pass the bottle once around the circle. Guests may turn it but not open it. 3. Each guest whispers a number to the host, who writes it beside their name. 4. Unpack the bottle and count aloud together. The closest whisper wins. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: a large baby bottle of cotton balls, paper and a pen.
  • Guess the Baby Food by Sight, Labels Covered 1. Cover the labels of eight jars of baby food with numbered paper sleeves. 2. Pass the jars around, lids on. Guests judge by color and texture alone. 3. Each writes a guess beside every number. 4. Peel the sleeves off one by one. Most right wins, and the unopened jars go to the parents-to-be. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: eight jars of baby food, paper sleeves and a guess sheet each.
  • Mom-to-Be or Dad-to-Be? The Parents as Babies 1. Collect ten baby photos of the two parents-to-be, five of each, and number them. 2. Pass them around or pin them up. 3. Guests write M or D beside each number. 4. The grandparents, if they are present, give the answers and one story. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: ten numbered baby photos of the parents, paper and pens.
  • Ten Numbered Bags, Squeeze but Do Not Look 1. Put one baby thing in each of ten numbered paper bags and fold the tops over. 2. Pass the bags around. Guests may squeeze and shake but not look. 3. Each writes a guess beside every number. 4. Open the bags in order. Most right wins. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: ten numbered paper bags of baby things and a guess sheet each.

Pencil-and-paper games 8

  • An Alphabet of Baby Things, While One Lullaby Plays 1. Hand out a sheet lettered A to Z and start one lullaby playing. 2. Until the song ends, guests fill in something a baby uses, wears or does for each letter. 3. The host reads the list of accepted words, letter by letter. 4. One point a word, with a bonus point for anything written beside Q, X or Z. Players: 2 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each, and one lullaby.
  • He Said or She Said About the Baby 1. Ask each parent-to-be a set of questions ahead of time and print their answers as a mixed list of quotes. 2. Guests mark each quote as his or hers. 3. The parents read the quotes and own up. 4. Most right wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Little Pictures, Baby Sayings: Decode in Pairs 1. Seat guests in pairs with one sheet between them. 2. Every row of little pictures stands for a baby thing or a saying, and pairs work them out in whispers. 3. After five minutes, pairs swap sheets with their neighbors to mark. 4. The host reads the answers. The pair with the most right wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen for each pair.
  • Match the Baby Animal to Its Parent 1. Print a sheet with grown animals down one side and the names of their babies, mixed up, down the other. 2. Guests draw a line from each animal to its baby. 3. Read the pairs aloud. 4. Most right wins. The host has the answers on a second sheet. Players: 2 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Missing Words in Nursery Rhymes 1. Print lines from nursery rhymes, each with a word missing. 2. Guests fill in the gaps from memory. 3. Read each full line aloud, and let the room finish it together. 4. Most right wins. Players: 2 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Mommy or Daddy? Circle One 1. Print a sheet of statements, such as "will do the three o'clock feed". 2. Guests circle Mommy or Daddy for each line. 3. The parents-to-be give their own answers. 4. Most matches wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Over or Under: Circle One for Every Count 1. Print a sheet where each line counts something and sets a mark beside it, such as hours of sleep in the first week: over or under forty. 2. Guests circle over or under. 3. The host reads the answers that can be known today and seals the rest for the parents to mark later. 4. One point a line. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Who Knows Mommy Best? The Question Sheet 1. Print a sheet of questions about the mom-to-be and ask her for her answers ahead of time. 2. Guests fill in their guesses. 3. She reads her answers aloud. 4. One point a match. The top score wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 12 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.

Low-key, classy baby shower games 8

  • A Question at Every Place Card 1. Write a gentle question inside each folded place card, such as "What was your favorite book as a child?" 2. Guests open their own card at the table. 3. Each asks their question of the guest on the left. 4. The table swaps cards for a second round. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: place cards with a question inside.
  • A Trivia Card Under Every Plate 1. Before the meal, slide a card with one baby trivia question under each plate, with the answer on the back. 2. Guests find theirs when they sit down. 3. Each asks the question of a neighbor at any point in the meal. 4. No scores are kept. It gives every pair of strangers one thing to say. Players: 4 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: a trivia card for each place.
  • A Wish Card for the Baby From Every Guest 1. Set a card at every place with three beginnings: "I hope you learn", "I hope you love", "I hope you never forget". 2. Guests finish the lines whenever they like during the shower. 3. A basket goes around at the end. 4. Nobody reads aloud and nobody wins. The parents-to-be read the cards at home. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: a wish card and a pen each, and a basket.
  • Decorate a Bib at the Side Table 1. Lay plain cotton bibs and fabric markers on a side table, with card inside each bib to stop the ink going through. 2. Guests wander over when they like and decorate one. 3. Clip the finished bibs to a string across the room. 4. The parents-to-be choose a favorite as the gifts are opened. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: plain bibs, fabric markers, a string and clothespins.
  • Decorate One Wooden Block Each 1. Set out plain wooden blocks and paint pens. 2. Each guest decorates one block: a letter on one face, a picture on another. 3. Line the finished blocks along the gift table to dry. 4. The baby gets a set of blocks that nobody else has. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: plain wooden blocks and paint pens.
  • Names in a Jar, Read at Dessert 1. Put a jar, slips of paper and a pen by the door. 2. Guests write a name they like for the baby and drop it in, signed or not. 3. At dessert, the parents-to-be draw five slips and read them aloud. 4. They keep the jar, and they keep a straight face. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 5 min. Props: a jar, slips of paper and a pen.
  • One Signature on Each Calendar Square 1. Pin up a large calendar of the month the baby is due, with the month before and after. 2. Each guest signs one square: their guess at the birthday. 3. One name to a square. 4. The calendar goes home with the parents-to-be, who circle the real day when it comes. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 5 min. Props: a large calendar and a pen.
  • This or That Predictions, Circled at Your Seat 1. Put a small card at each seat with ten pairs: early bird or night owl, quiet or loud, cautious or fearless. 2. Guests circle one of each pair and sign the card. 3. Collect the cards in an envelope dated one year ahead. 4. The parents open it on the first birthday. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 5 min. Props: a prediction card and a pen each, and an envelope.

Icebreakers for guests who have not met 6

  • Bottle Finds Cap, Sock Finds Sock 1. Make pair cards: bottle and cap, sock and sock, crib and mobile, duck and bath. 2. Each guest draws one card at the door. 3. Guests find the holder of the other half. 4. Pairs sit together for the first game and answer it as one. Players: 8 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: pair cards.
  • Fifteen Baby Lines, One Signature Each, Until the Rattle 1. Every guest gets the same sheet of fifteen lines, such as "has rocked a baby to sleep this year". 2. Guests ask one person one question, then move on to someone new. 3. A guest who fits a line signs it, and may sign any one sheet only once. 4. The host shakes a rattle after eight minutes. The most signatures wins, and the winner reads out who signed what. Players: 8 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
  • Find Two Things in Common Before You Sit 1. As guests come in, the host pairs each with someone they have not met. 2. Each pair has three minutes to find two things they share, and one of them must be about a childhood. 3. They write both on a card. 4. The cards are read out later, and the room guesses which pair wrote each. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: cards and pens.
  • First Word Ever Spoken, Worn on a Tag 1. On arrival, each guest writes two things on a name tag: their name and the first word they are said to have spoken. 2. Guests who do not know theirs invent one and mark it with a star. 3. During the first half hour, everyone finds another guest with a first word that starts with the same letter. 4. Pairs who match introduce each other to the mom-to-be. Players: 6 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: name tags and pens.
  • Four Corners: Family, School, Work, Neighbors 1. Name four corners of the room: family, school, work and neighbors. 2. Guests walk to the corner that fits how they first met either parent. 3. Each corner gets one minute to find out who has known them longest. 4. That guest introduces the corner to the room. Players: 8 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: none.
  • Rattle Round: Name, Link, Wish 1. Guests sit in a circle and pass a rattle. 2. Whoever holds it says their name, how they know the parents-to-be and one wish for the baby in a few words. 3. Shake the rattle and pass it on. 4. The mom-to-be goes last and thanks the circle. Players: 5 to 25. Time: 10 min. Props: a rattle.

Baby shower games for large crowds of 30 or more 6

  • A Rubber Duck Under One Chair at Each Table 1. Before guests arrive, tape a small rubber duck under one chair at every table. 2. After the meal, ask everyone to look under their seat. 3. The guest with the duck wins the centerpiece of that table. 4. It takes two minutes and gives a large room a winner at every table. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 2 min. Props: a small rubber duck for each table and tape.
  • Each Table Writes One Verse of a Lullaby 1. Give every table a card and the same simple tune that everyone knows. 2. Tables get five minutes to write one verse of four lines for the baby. 3. A speaker from each table reads its verse, or the table sings it. 4. The cards are collected into a songbook for the nursery. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 12 min. Props: cards and pens.
  • Every Table Passes Its Own Prize 1. Put one small wrapped prize on each table. 2. The host reads a left-right story over the microphone. 3. At every "left" and "right", each table passes its prize one seat that way. 4. Whoever holds it at the last word keeps it: one winner at every table. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 6 min. Props: a wrapped prize for each table and a left-right story.
  • Napkins Up: The Room Votes on Predictions 1. The host reads a prediction with two answers: born before the due date or after, walking before the first birthday or after. 2. Guests hold a napkin up for the first answer or keep it down for the second. 3. A helper counts and writes the result on a board. 4. The board goes home with the parents-to-be, to check against what happens. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 6 min. Props: a list of predictions and a board.
  • The Rhyme Decides Who Holds the Prize 1. One wrapped prize starts with the mom-to-be. 2. The host reads a poem in which each couplet says who takes the prize next, such as the guest who has changed the most diapers. 3. The prize crosses the room from guest to guest. 4. Whoever holds it at the last line keeps it. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 6 min. Props: one wrapped prize and a pass-the-prize poem.
  • Table Against Table Baby Quiz 1. Each table is a team with one answer sheet. 2. The host reads ten baby trivia questions over the microphone. 3. Tables confer in whispers and write one answer. 4. Swap sheets with the next table to mark. The top table wins a prize to share. Players: 30 to 100. Time: 15 min. Props: a list of trivia questions and an answer sheet for each table.

Baby shower gender reveal games 6

  • A Sealed Guess and a Reason by the Cake 1. Each guest writes a guess and one reason on a slip and seals it in an envelope with their name on the front. 2. The envelopes are stacked beside the cake. 3. The parents-to-be cut the cake and show the color inside. 4. Open the envelopes and read the best reasons aloud, right and wrong. Players: 6 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: slips, envelopes and pens.
  • Clothespin Vote at the Door: Boy or Girl 1. Hang two ribbons by the door, one marked Boy and one marked Girl. 2. Each guest clips a clothespin with their name on it to one ribbon on arrival. 3. Count the two ribbons aloud just before the reveal. 4. After the reveal, every guest on the right ribbon takes a small treat. Players: 6 to 60. Time: 5 min. Props: two ribbons, clothespins and a pen.
  • Clue Trail to the Reveal Box 1. Hide four clue cards around the house or the yard, each leading to the next. 2. The parents-to-be follow the trail, with the guests walking behind. 3. The last clue leads to a closed box. 4. They open it together to find something small in the reveal color. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: four clue cards and a box.
  • Jigsaw Reveal, a Few Pieces for Each Table 1. Have a picture in the reveal color cut into a jigsaw of about thirty pieces. 2. Share the pieces out among the guests or the tables, face down. 3. On go, everyone brings their pieces to one table and builds the picture together. 4. The last piece is kept by the parents-to-be, who place it. Players: 6 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: a jigsaw made from the reveal picture.
  • One Envelope in Ten Holds the Color 1. Prepare ten sealed envelopes. Nine hold a white card, and one holds a card in the reveal color. 2. Hand them to ten guests. 3. They open them one at a time, in an order drawn from a hat. 4. The room holds its breath for each. The colored card ends the game. Players: 10 to 60. Time: 6 min. Props: ten sealed envelopes with cards.
  • Team Pink Against Team Blue Quiz 1. Guests join the team of their guess. 2. The host asks ten baby trivia questions, and teams take turns answering. 3. A wrong answer passes to the other team. 4. The winning team earns the right to stand nearest for the reveal. Players: 8 to 60. Time: 12 min. Props: a list of trivia questions.

For a boy 3

  • Blue Things in Your Bag, One Minute 1. Each guest searches the bag they brought. 2. In one minute, lay out everything blue that is in it. 3. Count the blue things. 4. The most wins, and the oddest blue thing gets a round of applause. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: none.
  • Boys' Names Around the Room, No Repeats 1. Guests take turns naming a boy's first name. 2. No name may be said twice, and each guest has five seconds. 3. A guest who stalls is out. 4. The last guest naming wins. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: none.
  • Boys' Names for the Letters of a Surname 1. Write the family's last name down the side of a sheet. 2. In three minutes, guests write a boy's first name starting with each letter. 3. Read them aloud. 4. A name nobody else wrote scores two, and a shared name scores one. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and pens.

For a girl 3

  • A Girl's Name That Rhymes, First Call Scores 1. The host says an everyday word, such as silly, merry or gazelle. 2. The first guest to call out a girl's first name that rhymes with it scores a point: Lily, Sherry, Michelle. 3. The host settles close calls, and a name may be used only once. 4. Ten words make a game. The top scorer reads the list of names to the mom-to-be. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 6 min. Props: none.
  • Find the Girl's Name Across Two Words 1. Before the shower, the host writes ten sentences that each hide a girl's first name across two words, such as "the pan near the stove", which hides Anne. 2. Hand the sentences out on a sheet, or read each one aloud twice. 3. Guests write down the hidden names. 4. Most names found wins. A guest who finds a name the host did not plan scores a bonus. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a sheet of ten sentences and a pen each.
  • Things That Are Pink, Only Unique Answers Score 1. Give every guest paper and a pen. 2. In two minutes, guests list things that are usually pink: a flamingo, bubble gum, a strawberry milkshake. 3. Read the lists aloud in turn. An answer that anyone else also wrote is crossed out by everyone who has it. 4. The most answers left wins. The room votes on anything doubtful. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 6 min. Props: paper and a pen each.

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-03 for a host choosing games for a baby shower, in our own words. Traditional shower games are described as one way to play, and house rules differ. Player ranges and times are our planning estimates, not measurements. No game measures, tastes or sniffs anything, none is about the size of the mom-to-be, and none involves alcohol. What a sprinkle is was checked on 2026-10-03 against English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_shower. Licence: own work