Baby Shower Poem Game – Pass the Prize Rhymes

Q: Can I print the poem as a free baby shower game?

Yes, it is free. Pick a poem from the Story list, type the three words it asks for and press Print. The sheet holds only the poem, with your words in it.

Short: Who Changed the Most Diapers

Aunt Carol has a prize, and it's wrapped like a present. It will go round the room. Keep it moving. Be pleasant.

Who has changed the most diapers? Count up as you may. Pass the prize to that guest. It was earned the hard way.

Now to someone whose birthday's in March, like the baby. If there's no one at all, the month after it, maybe.

Next, whoever last rocked a small baby to sleep. Was it this week? Last night? Was the sleep long and deep?

Pass it on to the guest who was born before dawn, Or the closest to sunrise. Best guesses. Go on.

Now to someone who knows a whole lullaby through, And will sing the first line. (Yes, we're looking at you.)

Last, the guest who knew Priya when she was brand new, Or has seen baby pictures. An album will do.

That's the end of the rhyme, and the prize stays in place. If it's yours, hold it up with a smile on your face.

How it works

In a baby shower poem game the host reads a rhyme while one wrapped prize travels the room: each couplet sends it to a new guest. Press Start: give me 3 words to put the mom-to-be and her due month in the first poem.

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How to play

1. The host holds one wrapped prize and reads the poem. 2. Each couplet asks something about babies: who has changed the most diapers, who knows a lullaby. 3. The room decides, and the prize moves to that guest. 4. At the last line, the guest holding it unwraps it.

Four poems

Who Changed the Most Diapers has 8 couplets and 6 passes. Twelve Baby Passes has 14 couplets, for a full room. Uncles and All is for a coed shower. A Short Way to Go suits fewer than ten guests, and the mom-to-be makes its last pass.

Tips

Passes go by diapers, lullabies and birthdays, never by age or by who has children.
The due month you type appears in the poems: a guest born that month takes a pass.

Questions and answers

Is there a baby shower game poem for a coed shower?

Yes. Uncles and All has 8 passes that anyone in the room can win: who has put in a car seat, who has walked a baby all night, who the baby will call Grandpa or Auntie.

What do I need to play?

One wrapped prize and a reader. The page asks for three words (the host, the mom-to-be and the month the baby is due) and puts them in the poem.

What if nobody fits a line?

Some lines carry their own fallback, such as the month after the due month. For the rest, the mom-to-be decides who takes the prize.

Can I print the poem as a free baby shower game?

Yes, it is free. Pick a poem from the Story list, type the three words it asks for and press Print. The sheet holds only the poem, with your words in it.

All 4 poems

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Short: Who Changed the Most Diapers Short: 8 couplets, 6 passes. Whoever holds the prize at the last line keeps it. Asks for 3 words: 2 × name, 1 × month.
Long: Twelve Baby Passes Long: 14 couplets, 12 passes, for a full room. Whoever holds the prize at the last line keeps it. Asks for 3 words: 2 × name, 1 × month.
Coed: Uncles and All For a coed shower: 10 couplets, 8 passes that anyone in the room can win. The last holder keeps the prize. Asks for 3 words: 2 × name, 1 × month.
Small Party: A Short Way to Go For under ten guests: 9 couplets. 6 passes any small group can settle, then the mom-to-be hands the prize on. Asks for 3 words: 2 × name, 1 × month.

The kinds of words the game asks for

Name a first name; a made-up one is fine. More examples: Sir Reginald, Professor Plum, Doctor Noodle.

How these stories were written: All four poems were written for this site in October 2026. None is adapted from a circulating shower poem. Each line passes the prize by something a guest can say aloud, such as diapers changed, a birthday month or a lullaby known, and never by age, looks, number of children or money. Licence: own work