Guess the Baby Picture Game

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Guess the Baby Picture

Guess sheet: 12 photos

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Guess sheet: 12 photos: a column for each guest.
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4
Photo 5
Photo 6
Photo 7
Photo 8
Photo 9
Photo 10
Photo 11
Photo 12
PointsA point a baby

This sheet has no totals: it is a record to fill in.

Notes

A number on every photo
The host numbers each baby photo and keeps the names on the key.
One name beside each number
Write who you think the baby grew up to be. No conferring until the sheets are in.
One point a baby 1
This is our count. The host is free to score it another way.
Your own photo scores too
You know which one is you. Everyone gets that point, so nobody gains by it.
The reveal
The host reads the key in photo order and each person owns up to their photo. Mark your own sheet.
Two sheets level at the end
Keep one photo back. The tied players guess it, and the first right name wins.

What goes in each row

Points
A point a baby

Names and scores stay in this browser until you press New game.

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How it works

In the guess the baby picture game, everyone lends a baby photo, the host numbers them on a board, and players write a name beside each number. This page prints the guess sheet, the host's key and rules for four settings.

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Run the baby picture guessing game

Collect one photo each a week ahead and number them. Write who is who on the Host's key sheet. Choose the guess sheet for 8, 12 or 20 photos in the Sheet list and press Print blank sheet.

Baby picture guessing game at work

At work: the team's baby photos prints rules for a board that stays up all week. It turns into a guess the baby picture contest with a second prize for the baby who fooled the most people.

Virtual guess the baby picture game

Video call: one photo a screen has ten lines. Photos go to the host first, who shows them one by one on a shared screen.

Tips
  • For a big board, pick 12 photos with a name bank: the host writes every name under the lines.

Questions and answers

How do you play the guess the baby photo game?

Each person lends a baby photo. The host numbers the photos and keeps the names secret. Players write a name beside every number, the host reads the key, and the most right names wins.

Is the baby photo guessing game only for baby showers?

No. The Sheet list has rules for a baby shower, an office and a class reunion, and a version for a video call. The guess sheet is the same; the rules under it change.

How do I run a guess the baby picture game for work?

Make it voluntary, give people a week to send a photo, and pin the board where everyone passes. Leave sheets beside it, read the key at the end of the week and return every photo.

How many photos do you need?

The sheets hold 8, 12 or 20, and the page opens on 12. Those sizes are our own choice: the game has no official rules. For a bigger group, print two sheets and split the board.

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The guest answer sheet 2

  • Babies named right Each player counts their right names once the key has been read and writes the total here.
  • Who is the baby in photo number One line a photo, in the order of the numbers on the board. A first name is enough.

The host's key 5

  • Collecting the photos Ask a week ahead for one photo each, taken before the age of two. Taking part is each person's choice.
  • Fill this in as photos arrive A name beside every number. The host reads from this sheet at the reveal.
  • The grown-up in photo number The host writes a name beside each photo number as the photos come in.
  • Hide the clues Cover names and dates written on the photos, and mix the order on the board.
  • Photos go home Pin up copies, or slip prints into sleeves, and hand every original back at the end.
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Rules for a shower, an office and a class reunion 7

  • At a shower: before the gifts Set the board by the door, and let guests fill in the sheet before the gifts are opened.
  • At a shower: whose photos Every guest brings a baby photo of themselves. The parents-to-be go up too, as photos 1 and 2.
  • At work: a board for the week Pin the board in the break room on Monday, leave the sheets beside it, and read the key on Friday.
  • At work: make it a contest The most right names wins. A second prize goes to the baby who fooled the most people.
  • At work: only those who sent a photo Nobody has to take part. The board holds the people who chose to send a photo, and the host lists them for everyone.
  • Class reunion: add the yearbook A school picture pinned under each baby photo makes a second, easier round on the same sheet.
  • Class reunion: name tags stay on Classmates who have not met in years match the faces in the room to the board.

A version for a video call 4

  • Video call: a slide for each photo The host shares the screen and shows each numbered photo in turn, then the whole set once more.
  • Video call: guess on paper Players write a name beside each number and keep their answers out of the chat until the last photo.
  • Video call: photos go to the host first Each person sends one photo before the call. The host puts one on each slide and numbers the slides.
  • Video call: wave when it is you The host goes back through the slides, and each person waves when their own photo comes up.

Printed under every sheet 7

  • A number on every photo The host numbers each baby photo and keeps the names on the key.
  • Name bank Before copying this sheet, the host writes the names of everyone on the board in the space below. Every baby is one of them.
  • One name beside each number Write who you think the baby grew up to be. No conferring until the sheets are in.
  • One point a baby This is our count. The host is free to score it another way.
  • The reveal The host reads the key in photo order and each person owns up to their photo. Mark your own sheet.
  • Two sheets level at the end Keep one photo back. The tied players guess it, and the first right name wins.
  • Your own photo scores too You know which one is you. Everyone gets that point, so nobody gains by it.

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-03. The baby picture guessing game is a folk game with no governing body and no standard sheet, so the nine layouts, the sizes (8, 12 or 20 photos, 10 on a video call) and the scoring (one point a baby, a photo kept back for a tie) are the editors' own suggestions, and the page says so. No fact is stated. The photos and names are the host's and stay on paper: no picture is uploaded to this page and nothing typed into it is sent anywhere. The rules say that taking part is each person's choice and that every photo goes back to its owner. Licence: own work