Over or Under Baby Shower Game Questions

Press Print this list for a guest sheet of 15 over-or-under lines about the parents-to-be.

Over or Under Baby Shower Game Questions

Your name

  1. Write your name at the top of the sheet.
  2. Each line names something to count and a mark. Guess whether the real number is over or under the mark.
  3. Tick the box for over, leave it empty for under.
  4. The parents-to-be give the real numbers. For a line about the year ahead, their own guess is the answer.
  5. A point for each right guess. If the real number is exactly the mark, everyone scores.
  1. Pairs of shoes by their front door: over or under 8
  2. Lullabies in the bedtime rotation: over or under 5
  3. Minutes it took to fit the car seat base: over or under 20
  4. Unread messages on their two phones, added together: over or under 50
  5. Photos on their refrigerator door: over or under 12
  6. Dinners cooked at home in a usual week: over or under 5
  7. First cousins between the two of them: over or under 15
  8. Times the diaper bag has been repacked: over or under 3
  9. Languages in which either parent can order dinner: over or under 2
  10. Monthly photos they will remember to take in the same chair: over or under 9
  11. Baby care classes the parents sat through: over or under 3
  12. Hours spent choosing the stroller: over or under 10
  13. Trips to the hardware store for the nursery: over or under 4
  14. Grandparent visits in the first three months: over or under 6
  15. Spare screws still in the bag after all the building: over or under 2

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How it works

These over or under baby shower game questions each give a count about the parents-to-be and a mark to guess against, such as Paint samples tried before choosing: over or under 5. Press Print this list for a guest sheet.

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Get the real numbers first

Print two copies and go through them with the parents-to-be before the party. Write their real numbers on one: that copy is your key. If a mark sits right on an answer, change it by hand on the other, then copy that one for the guests.

Play it at the shower

Each guest ticks a box for over and leaves it empty for under. Read out the real numbers and give a point for each right guess. The box under the button keeps one group, and Pick 15 new lines, under the list, deals another set.

Tips
  • Lines about the year ahead have no real number yet. Ask the parents to guess, and their guess is the answer.

Questions and answers

How do you play over or under at a baby shower?

The host reads a count about the parents-to-be and a mark, and each guest guesses whether the real number is over or under it. The parents give the real number, and every right guess scores a point.

What are good over or under questions for a baby shower?

Ones the parents can count and guests can only guess: names crossed off the list, paint samples tried before choosing, potted plants on their windowsills. The groups here cover getting ready, the nursery, the two of them and the first year.

What if the real number is exactly the mark?

Everyone gets the point: that is the rule printed on the sheet. A host who would rather avoid it can change a mark by hand before copying, to a number the answer does not land on.

Does any line ask about weight, a due date or money?

No. No line is about a body, a weight, a due date or what anything cost. Every line is something the parents can count at home or guess about the year ahead.

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Getting ready 20

  • Baby blankets in the house right now: over or under 8
  • Baby care classes the parents sat through: over or under 3
  • Baby name books on the shelf: over or under 2
  • Bibs washed and stacked: over or under 14
  • Friends who have passed along hand-me-downs: over or under 4
  • Hats in the newborn size: over or under 6
  • Hours spent choosing the stroller: over or under 10
  • Lists the parents are keeping for the baby: over or under 4
  • Lullabies either parent knows all the words to: over or under 3
  • Minutes it took to fit the car seat base: over or under 20
  • Names crossed off the list so far: over or under 12
  • Names the grandparents have suggested: over or under 5
  • Pairs of baby socks in the drawer: over or under 15
  • Photos of the nursery on the parents' phones: over or under 40
  • Picture books already waiting for the baby: over or under 25
  • Relatives who have offered to babysit: over or under 6
  • Stuffed animals bought or given so far: over or under 9
  • Thank-you notes already written: over or under 12
  • Times the diaper bag has been repacked: over or under 3
  • Trips to the baby store this month: over or under 4
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The nursery 20

  • Animals in the nursery, counting every print and toy: over or under 20
  • Baskets and bins on the nursery shelves: over or under 6
  • Books on the nursery's top shelf: over or under 10
  • Coats of paint on the nursery walls: over or under 2
  • Colors in the nursery rug: over or under 3
  • Cushions and throws on the nursery's reading seat: over or under 2
  • Days the nursery took from empty room to finished: over or under 14
  • Drawers in the nursery dresser: over or under 5
  • Evenings it took to build the nursery furniture: over or under 3
  • Hangers in the nursery closet: over or under 30
  • Items on the changing table right now: over or under 12
  • Lamps and night-lights that glow in the nursery after dark: over or under 2
  • Paint samples tried before choosing: over or under 5
  • Pictures hanging on the nursery walls: over or under 4
  • Seconds the mobile's tune plays before it stops: over or under 60
  • Spare screws still in the bag after all the building: over or under 2
  • Stars, moons and clouds anywhere in the room: over or under 10
  • Steps from the parents' bed to the crib: over or under 15
  • Times the nursery furniture has been rearranged: over or under 3
  • Trips to the hardware store for the nursery: over or under 4

The two of them 20

  • Addresses the two have had between them: over or under 8
  • Aunts and uncles this baby will have: over or under 6
  • Baby pictures of the two parents on display today: over or under 4
  • Board books they can already recite: over or under 3
  • Boxed games stacked in their hall closet: over or under 10
  • Brothers and sisters between the two of them: over or under 4
  • Cookbooks in the kitchen: over or under 8
  • Dinners cooked at home in a usual week: over or under 5
  • First cousins between the two of them: over or under 15
  • Keys on the fullest key ring in the house: over or under 6
  • Languages in which either parent can order dinner: over or under 2
  • Mugs in their kitchen cupboard: over or under 20
  • Nieces and nephews so far: over or under 5
  • Pairs of shoes by their front door: over or under 8
  • Pets in the house: over or under 2
  • Photos on their refrigerator door: over or under 12
  • Potted plants on their windowsills: over or under 6
  • Snooze presses in the house on a workday: over or under 3
  • States either parent has lived in: over or under 3
  • Unread messages on their two phones, added together: over or under 50

Plans for the first year 20

  • Baby classes or playgroups they will try: over or under 3
  • Books the parents plan to read aloud in the first month: over or under 20
  • Costumes the baby will wear in the first year: over or under 2
  • Grandparent visits in the first three months: over or under 6
  • Guests they picture at the first birthday party: over or under 25
  • Handprint and footprint keepsakes they will make: over or under 2
  • Holidays the baby will dress up for in year one: over or under 4
  • Letters the parents will write for the baby to open later: over or under 3
  • Lullabies in the bedtime rotation: over or under 5
  • Monthly photos they will remember to take in the same chair: over or under 9
  • Months before the first family vacation: over or under 6
  • Nicknames the baby will have by summer: over or under 4
  • Pages of the baby book filled in by the first birthday: over or under 12
  • Photos they will take on the first day home: over or under 100
  • Relatives who will meet the baby in the first month: over or under 15
  • Road trips planned before the first birthday: over or under 2
  • Stroller walks in a week of good weather: over or under 5
  • Stuffed animals the baby will own by the first birthday: over or under 20
  • Visitors expected in the first two weeks: over or under 10
  • Weeks before the first evening with a babysitter: over or under 12

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-02: 80 over-or-under lines about parents-to-be in 4 groups of 20. Own work; nothing was copied from another site. The number on each line is a mark to guess against, chosen by the editors, and is not a fact about anyone: the real numbers come from the parents the host asks, and a host may change any mark by hand. No line is about a body, a weight, a due date, money or what anything cost, and no baby-care figure is stated. Each line was compared by script with every other list on this site and none repeats one. Licence: own work