Fun Coed Baby Shower Games

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Fun Coed Baby Shower Games

  1. Does He Remember It? Three Things From His Childhood1. His own parents, or an old friend, bring three things from his childhood in a bag: a toy, a drawing, a school photo. 2. One at a time, a thing is held up. 3. Before he speaks, the room votes on whether he will remember it. 4. He tells what he knows. Guests who voted right score a point for each. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: three things from his childhood in a bag.
  2. One-Handed Jobs: The Room Checks the List1. Each table has two minutes to list things a person can do with one hand while holding a baby in the other arm. 2. Tables read their lists aloud in turn. 3. The room turns a thumb down on any job it does not believe can be done one-handed, and that one is crossed off. 4. The table with the longest list left wins. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: paper, pens and a timer.
  3. Parent or Toddler? Who Said It1. The host writes twelve lines that either a tired parent or a two-year-old might say: I do not want to go to bed, that one is mine, I need a snack. 2. Each pair has two cards, one marked parent and one marked toddler. 3. The host reads a line. Partners confer in a whisper and hold up one card. 4. The host decides who said it, and the host's word is final. Most matches wins. Players: 4 to 30 in pairs. Time: 10 min. Props: twelve written lines and two cards for each pair.

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How it works

These fun coed baby shower games are for a shower where partners, dads and grandfathers are guests too. Guests play in pairs and teams, no game is about anyone's body, and none is a joke at the men's expense.

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Co-ed baby shower games, start to finish

1. Seat people with one of the Table games for a mixed crowd, so that the two families meet. 2. Play one game from Pairs: any two guests as one team. 3. Move outside for the Yard games for a cookout shower. 4. Give the dad-to-be the floor with one of the Games for the dad-to-be.

Baby shower team games, two ways

Two teams, mixed or side against side works either way: split the room with a deck of cards, or let his side of the family play hers.

Tips
  • Tell guests on the invitation that there will be lawn games, so that they come in shoes for grass.

Questions and answers

What are good baby shower games for men and women together?

Games where a mixed pair or team has to cooperate. One Talks, One Folds: Collapse the Stroller and Cardboard Crib for a Teddy both need a talker and a doer, and nobody is asked to guess a baby food.

Which baby shower games for guys work if they have never been to a shower?

Start in the yard. Baby Bases: A Task at Every Base and Stork Delivery: Three Throws at the Crib are lawn games first and shower games second.

What games are there for the dad-to-be?

Games for the dad-to-be holds them. In Fill In His Rookie Card the guests write his stats, and in Fold the Crib Sheet: Dad-to-Be Against the Grandfathers he has company. He is never the butt of the joke.

Do coed baby shower games need a yard?

No. Only the cookout group does. Choose Works indoors under More filters, the last entry of the All games menu, and the list keeps the pair, team and table games.

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Pairs: any two guests as one team 6

  • A Bedtime Story by Two, Three Drawn Nouns 1. Each pair draws three word cards from a hat: a wrench, a pancake, a goose. 2. The partners tell a bedtime story to the room, taking turns one sentence at a time. 3. All three words must be in it, and it must end with someone asleep. 4. One minute a pair. The parents-to-be pick the story they would tell again. Players: 4 to 16 in pairs. Time: 15 min. Props: word cards in a hat and a timer.
  • Draw It for Your Partner: Baby Gear 1. One partner draws a card naming a piece of baby gear and has thirty seconds to sketch it. 2. No letters, no numbers and no talking. 3. The other partner guesses aloud. 4. Trade the pencil after each card. The pair with the most right guesses in four minutes wins. Players: 4 to 20 in pairs. Time: 10 min. Props: word cards, paper, pencils and a timer.
  • One Babbles, One Translates 1. One partner draws a card with a message a baby might have: I dropped my spoon, the dog took my sock, I am not tired. 2. That partner may only babble and point. 3. The other partner translates aloud for the room, sentence by sentence, with a straight face. 4. The room then hears the card. A translation that got the message scores for the pair. Players: 4 to 20 in pairs. Time: 10 min. Props: message cards written by the host.
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  • One Talks, One Folds: Collapse the Stroller 1. Stand an open stroller in the middle of the room, with its instruction booklet on a chair three paces away. 2. One partner may read the booklet but not touch the stroller. The other may touch the stroller but not see the booklet. 3. On go, the reader talks the folder through collapsing it flat. 4. Time each pair. The stroller is opened again by the next pair's folder, which counts toward their time. Players: 4 to 20 in pairs. Time: 15 min. Props: a folding stroller, its booklet and a timer.
  • Parent or Toddler? Who Said It 1. The host writes twelve lines that either a tired parent or a two-year-old might say: I do not want to go to bed, that one is mine, I need a snack. 2. Each pair has two cards, one marked parent and one marked toddler. 3. The host reads a line. Partners confer in a whisper and hold up one card. 4. The host decides who said it, and the host's word is final. Most matches wins. Players: 4 to 30 in pairs. Time: 10 min. Props: twelve written lines and two cards for each pair.
  • Rock, Sway or Bounce: Match on Three 1. Partners stand back to back, each holding a doll or a rolled towel. 2. The host calls: the baby is crying. 3. On three, each partner does one of three moves without looking: rock, sway or bounce. 4. The same move scores a point. Ten rounds, and pairs who match six times take a bow. Players: 4 to 30 in pairs. Time: 5 min. Props: a doll or a rolled towel each.

Two teams, mixed or side against side 6

  • A Commercial for a Thing No Baby Needs 1. Each team draws a card naming an invention: socks for a pacifier, a helmet for a teddy, a bib for the dog. 2. Teams have five minutes to plan a thirty-second commercial for it. 3. Everyone on the team must appear in it. 4. Perform both. The parents-to-be say which one they would buy. Players: 6 to 30 in two teams. Time: 15 min. Props: invention cards and a timer.
  • Cardboard Crib for a Teddy 1. Each team gets one flattened cardboard box, a roll of tape and a teddy bear. 2. In eight minutes the team builds a crib that stands up by itself. 3. Test one: the teddy lies in it. Test two: a full water bottle is laid beside the teddy. 4. A crib that passes both tests wins. If both pass, the parents-to-be judge the looks. Players: 6 to 24 in two teams. Time: 15 min. Props: a flattened box, tape and a teddy bear for each team, and a water bottle.
  • Cross-Quiz: Each Side Answers About the Other Parent 1. Split the room into the mom-to-be's side and the dad-to-be's side. 2. Her side is asked five questions about him, and his side five about her: a first job, a favorite pie, the street they grew up on. 3. Each side agrees on one answer and writes it down. 4. The parents-to-be read out the right answers. The side that knows the other family better wins. Players: 6 to 40 in two sides. Time: 15 min. Props: ten questions, paper and pens.
  • First Team Across the Lawn: A Step for Each Right Answer 1. Two teams line up side by side at one edge of the lawn or the room. 2. The host asks each team a baby question in turn. 3. A right answer lets the whole team take one giant step forward together. A wrong one costs nothing. 4. The first team to reach the far edge wins. Players: 6 to 40 in two teams. Time: 15 min. Props: a list of baby trivia questions.
  • Five Strings, One Marker: Draw the Rattle 1. Tie five strings to one marker. Each of five teammates holds the end of one string. 2. Nobody touches the marker. By pulling together, the team draws a rattle on a sheet of paper on the floor. 3. Two minutes a drawing. Then a bottle, then a duck. 4. Hang both teams' drawings side by side. The parents-to-be choose the better set. Players: 8 to 20 in two teams. Time: 10 min. Props: two markers, ten strings and large sheets of paper.
  • Spell the Baby Word With People 1. Give each team the same set of ten large letter cards, shared out among its players: B, O, T, L, E, R, A, I, P, D. 2. The host calls a baby word that the letters can spell, such as bear or diaper. 3. The players holding those letters run to the front and stand in order. A player who holds two of them hands one to a teammate. 4. The first team to spell it facing the right way scores. Ten words. Players: 10 to 30 in two teams. Time: 10 min. Props: two matching sets of letter cards.

Yard games for a cookout shower 6

  • Baby Bases: A Task at Every Base 1. Lay out four bases in a diamond on the lawn, with a small job waiting at each. 2. First base: fold a blanket in four. Second: stack three blocks. Third: sing one line of a lullaby. Home: put a hat on a doll. 3. Runners go one at a time against a stopwatch, and the next runner sets the jobs back. 4. Add up each team's times. Nobody slides. Players: 6 to 24 in two teams. Time: 15 min. Props: four bases, a blanket, three blocks, a doll, a hat and a stopwatch.
  • Baby's-Eye View: Where Was the Photo Taken? 1. Before the party, the host takes eight photos around the yard with the camera held at ankle height. 2. Print them and number them. 3. Teams walk the yard and write down where each photo was taken. 4. Check by crouching at the spot. The most right answers wins. Players: 4 to 24 in teams. Time: 15 min. Props: eight numbered photos, paper and pencils.
  • Land the Diaper Bag on the Blanket 1. Spread a baby blanket on the grass five paces from a line. 2. Pack a diaper bag with a few soft things and zip it shut. 3. Each guest swings the bag underhand and lets go, aiming for the blanket. 4. A bag that comes to rest wholly on the blanket scores. Three throws each. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: a baby blanket and a zipped diaper bag of soft things.
  • Stork Delivery: Three Throws at the Crib 1. Every guest folds a paper plane and writes their name on a wing. 2. Stand a laundry basket on the grass six paces from the throwing line. It is the crib. 3. Each guest has three throws. 4. A plane that lands in the basket scores. For a tie, move the line back two paces and throw again. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: paper, pens and a laundry basket.
  • Teddy From Blanket to Blanket 1. Two groups of four each hold a baby blanket by its corners, three paces apart. 2. One group lays a teddy on its blanket and snaps the blanket tight to send it across. 3. The other group catches it on their blanket and sends it back. 4. Count the catches in a row. After five, both groups step back a pace. Players: 8 to 24. Time: 10 min. Props: two baby blankets and a teddy bear.
  • Yard Hunt for the Family Name 1. Write the family's surname down the side of a sheet for each team. 2. Teams search the yard for one thing that begins with each letter, and bring it or point to it. 3. A thing can be used for one letter only. 4. The first team with every letter filled wins. The host rules on anything doubtful. Players: 4 to 24 in teams. Time: 10 min. Props: a sheet with the surname and a pencil for each team.

Table games for a mixed crowd 6

  • Baby Gear or Garage Tool? Cards Up 1. The host collects ten small objects, some from a nursery and some from a toolbox, and covers each with a cloth so only part of it shows. 2. Each table has two cards: baby and garage. 3. The host uncovers a little more of one object at a time. Tables hold up a card when they are ready. 4. An early right answer scores two, a late one scores one, and a wrong one locks the table out of that object. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: ten small objects, a cloth and two cards for each table.
  • Fill-in-the-Blank Birth Announcement 1. The host writes a birth announcement with ten blanks, each marked noun, number or place. 2. Without seeing the text, each table supplies words for the blanks in order. 3. The host reads every table's announcement aloud. 4. The parents-to-be keep the best one for the baby book. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: a written announcement with blanks, paper and pens.
  • Guess the Parents' Ranking of Five Night Jobs 1. The host lists five jobs: the 3 a.m. feed, the diaper pail, the laundry, the car seat, the bedtime story. 2. In another room, the parents-to-be rank them together from the one they most want to the one they least want. 3. Each table writes the ranking it thinks they chose. 4. The parents read theirs out. A point for each job in the right place. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: paper and pens.
  • Name the Stroller, the Car Seat and the Crib 1. The host stands three pieces of baby gear, or photos of them, at the front. 2. Each table has three minutes to give each one a name, as a ship or a racehorse might have. 3. Tables read their names out. 4. The parents-to-be pick a name for each piece. A table scores for every name chosen. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: three pieces of baby gear or photos of them, paper and pens.
  • One-Handed Jobs: The Room Checks the List 1. Each table has two minutes to list things a person can do with one hand while holding a baby in the other arm. 2. Tables read their lists aloud in turn. 3. The room turns a thumb down on any job it does not believe can be done one-handed, and that one is crossed off. 4. The table with the longest list left wins. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 10 min. Props: paper, pens and a timer.
  • Recreate the Parents' Baby Photos, Table by Table 1. The host shows one baby photo of the mom-to-be and one of the dad-to-be. 2. Each table picks a guest to copy each photo: the pose, the face, and whatever can be borrowed for a hat. 3. The host photographs every attempt beside the original. 4. The parents-to-be choose the closest copy of each. Players: 6 to 40 by table. Time: 15 min. Props: two baby photos and a camera.

Games for the dad-to-be 6

  • Does He Remember It? Three Things From His Childhood 1. His own parents, or an old friend, bring three things from his childhood in a bag: a toy, a drawing, a school photo. 2. One at a time, a thing is held up. 3. Before he speaks, the room votes on whether he will remember it. 4. He tells what he knows. Guests who voted right score a point for each. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: three things from his childhood in a bag.
  • Fill In His Rookie Card 1. Draw a large trading card on a poster, with a space for his photo and blank lines for stats. 2. The lines read: position, best skill, top speed with a stroller, signature move. 3. Guests call out answers, and the host writes down the ones the room cheers for. 4. He signs the card, and it goes home for the nursery wall. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a poster, a marker and a photo of the dad-to-be.
  • Fold the Crib Sheet: Dad-to-Be Against the Grandfathers 1. Give the dad-to-be and each grandfather-to-be a fitted crib sheet. 2. On go, each folds his sheet into the neatest flat rectangle he can in one minute. 3. The folds are laid out in a row with no names. 4. The mom-to-be picks the best without knowing whose it is. Everyone finds out that a fitted sheet has no corners to match. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: a fitted crib sheet for each folder and a timer.
  • The Room Picks the Voices: He Reads One Page 1. Hand the dad-to-be a picture book and open it at any page. 2. The room names a voice for each character on the page: a pirate, a sports announcer, a very tired owl. 3. He reads the page aloud in those voices. 4. The mom-to-be chooses the voice that the baby will be hearing for the next five years. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: a picture book.
  • Six Words for the Fridge Door 1. Every guest who is already a parent writes one piece of advice for him in exactly six words. 2. Cards go into a hat, unsigned. 3. The dad-to-be reads each one aloud and puts it on a keep pile or a pass pile. 4. At the end he picks the one card he will put on the fridge, and its writer stands up. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: cards, pens and a hat.
  • Who Knows the Dad-to-Be? His Answers in an Envelope 1. Before the party, the dad-to-be answers ten questions in writing: the first thing he wants to teach the baby, the chore he would trade away. 2. His answers are sealed in an envelope. 3. Guests write what they think he said. 4. He opens the envelope and reads the answers aloud. The guest with the most matches wins. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: ten questions, a sealed envelope, paper and pens.

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-03 for a baby shower where partners, dads and grandfathers are guests, in our own words. Player ranges and minutes are our estimates. No game asks about anyone's body or the pregnancy, none involves alcohol, and none is a joke at the men's expense. No facts are stated, so nothing was checked against an outside source. Licence: own work