Virtual Baby Shower Games

Every guest is on a screen, so each game says what to share and how answers come in.

Virtual Baby Shower Games

  1. Bodysuit Designs, Held Up Together1. Guests need paper and a few colored pens. 2. The host shows the outline of a baby bodysuit on a sheet, and everyone copies it. 3. In three minutes, guests decorate theirs with a picture or a slogan. 4. All designs go up on three. The parents-to-be pick one to have made. Players: 2 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and colored pens each.
  2. Advice Cards: Keep It or Toss It1. The host mails each guest a blank card with a stamped envelope addressed to the mom-to-be. 2. Guests write one piece of friendly advice, sign it and mail it back. 3. On the call, she reads each card aloud without the name. 4. Guests vote with a thumb up for keep or a thumb down for toss. She sorts two piles, and the writers of the keep pile take a bow. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 15 min. Props: advice cards and stamped envelopes, mailed ahead.
  3. Due Date Guesses, Sealed Before the Call1. Two weeks ahead, the host mails or emails each guest a prediction card: the date, the hour and the first letter of the name. 2. Guests send it back before the shower. 3. On the call, the host reads every guess aloud, earliest date first, and guests cheer for their own. 4. The parents keep the cards, and the closest date gets a message when the baby arrives. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a prediction card for each guest, mailed ahead.

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How it works

These virtual baby shower games are written for a shower where every guest is on a video call. Each one says what the host shares, what a guest needs at home and how the answers come in.

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Pick by what the call can do

The All games menu keeps one kind: Screen-share games, Camera games, Mailed-ahead games or Voice-only games. Its last entry, More filters, sorts by head count, by minutes, and by Shared screen, Camera or Voice only.

What goes in the mail

The mailed games need something sent ahead: a prediction card, an advice card, a numbered ticket, a ribbon with a tag. For three other games the host gathers a few baby things, and the rest ask guests only for paper, a pen and things already in the house.

Tips
  • Read the turn order aloud before each voice game, so that nobody talks over anyone.

Questions and answers

How do you play baby shower games on a video call?

The host shares a screen or holds things up to the camera, and guests answer in the chat, on paper held up to the camera, or out loud in a set order. Five-Item Dash for Baby Things needs no preparation at all.

Can you play baby shower bingo virtually?

Yes, in two ways. In Baby Bingo From a Shared Word List, guests copy nine words from the screen into a grid they draw. In Mailed Bingo Cards for the Gift Opening, they fill a mailed card with gifts they expect to see opened.

Which games need nothing prepared?

Most of the Voice-only games. Each Name Begins Where the Last One Ended; Finish the Rhyme Line, Next Voice; and Nursery List From Two Initials run with cameras off and nothing in hand.

What do guests need at home?

For most games, paper and a pen. A few ask for a soft toy and a dish towel, a paper napkin or a baby photo. Each game ends with its list of props.

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Screen-share games 10

  • A to Z Baby Words on a Shared Timer 1. The host shares a countdown timer set to four minutes. 2. Guests write the alphabet down a page and one baby word beside each letter. 3. When the timer ends, the host goes through the letters. 4. Guests call out their words. A word nobody else wrote scores two, and a shared word scores one. Players: 2 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: a shared timer, paper and a pen each.
  • Baby Bingo From a Shared Word List 1. The host shares a screen with a list of thirty baby words. 2. Each guest draws a grid of 3 by 3 squares on paper and copies any nine of the words into it. 3. The host stops sharing and calls words in a mixed order. Guests cross them off. 4. The first full line holds the paper up to the camera and reads it back. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: a shared word list, paper and a pen each.
  • Baby Trivia, First Hand Up Answers 1. The host shares one trivia question at a time on screen and reads it aloud. 2. Guests raise a real hand to the camera when they know it. 3. The host calls on the first hand seen, and that guest unmutes to answer. 4. A wrong answer passes to the next hand. The host keeps the tally, and ten questions make a round. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: a shared list of questions with answers.
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  • Calf, Cub or Kit? Animals on Screen 1. The host shares a list of grown animals, one at a time. 2. Guests type what the baby of that animal is called and hold the answer until "send". 3. The first right line in the chat scores two, and every other right answer scores one. 4. The host keeps the tally. Fifteen animals make a game. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a shared list of animals with answers.
  • Emoji Rows on Screen, Decoded on Paper 1. The host shares a sheet of baby words and sayings written as rows of small pictures. 2. Guests number a page and write what each row spells. They need only paper and a pen. 3. After five minutes the host stops sharing. 4. Guests swap nothing: each marks their own sheet as the host reads the answers, and types their score in the chat. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a shared emoji sheet, paper and a pen each.
  • Mom or Dad? Two Sheets Held Up 1. Before the game, each guest writes a large M on one sheet of paper and a large D on another. 2. The host shares a statement, such as "sleeps through any alarm". 3. On three, every guest holds up M or D to the camera. 4. The parents-to-be give the true answer. Guests keep their own score and type it at the end. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a shared list of statements and two sheets of paper each.
  • Nursery Rhyme Gaps on Screen 1. The host shares lines from nursery rhymes with one word missing in each. 2. Guests write the missing words on paper, numbered. 3. The host reads each full line aloud. 4. Guests hold up fingers for their score out of ten, and the highest hand count wins. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a shared sheet of rhyme lines, paper and a pen each.
  • Over or Under, Thumbs on Camera 1. The host shares a line that counts something and sets a mark, such as "weeks until the due date: over or under five". 2. On three, guests show a thumb up for over or a thumb down for under. 3. The host or the parents give the real number. 4. Guests who were right raise a hand, and the host adds a tally mark beside each name. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a shared list of lines with their numbers.
  • Who Knows the Mom-to-Be? Answers Held Up 1. The host has asked the mom-to-be ten questions ahead of time and shares them one by one. 2. Guests write each answer large on a sheet of paper. 3. On three, every sheet goes up to the camera, and she gives her real answer. 4. One point for a match. Guests keep their own score and hold up fingers at the end. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: a shared list of questions, her answers, paper and a marker each.
  • Would She Rather? Lean Left or Right 1. The host shares a pair of choices about life with a baby: the early shift or the late shift, a stroller walk or a carrier walk. 2. Guests lean left in their chairs for the first choice and right for the second. 3. The mom-to-be gives her answer and one sentence of why. 4. Guests who matched her keep a point. Twelve pairs make a game. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a shared list of pairs.

Camera games 11

  • Baby Gear, Too Close to the Camera 1. The host has eight baby things out of sight: a pacifier, a bottle brush, a nail clipper, a bib and so on. 2. The host holds one right against the camera, so that it fills the screen. 3. Guests type guesses as the host pulls it back, a little at a time. 4. The first right line in the chat scores. Guests need nothing. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: eight baby things at the host's end.
  • Bodysuit Designs, Held Up Together 1. Guests need paper and a few colored pens. 2. The host shows the outline of a baby bodysuit on a sheet, and everyone copies it. 3. In three minutes, guests decorate theirs with a picture or a slogan. 4. All designs go up on three. The parents-to-be pick one to have made. Players: 2 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and colored pens each.
  • Burp, Fold, Tiptoe: Baby Charades 1. The host holds a card up to the camera for one guest while the others look away. 2. That guest stands back from the camera and acts it out, muted: burping a baby, folding a stroller, stepping on a toy in the dark. 3. The others call out guesses. 4. The first right guess acts next. Guests need only space to move. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 12 min. Props: a list of things to act at the host's end.
  • Diaper a Teddy Against the Clock 1. Each guest needs a soft toy, a dish towel and two clothespins or hair clips. 2. On go, everyone diapers the toy with the towel in full view of the camera. 3. Hands go up when the diaper is on, and the host notes the order. 4. The mom-to-be then asks the first three to lift the toy by its arms. A diaper that falls off is out. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 6 min. Props: a soft toy, a dish towel and two clips each.
  • Draw the Baby From the Parents' Clues 1. Guests need paper and a pen. 2. The parents-to-be give five clues, one at a time: whose nose, whose hair, whose ears, what expression, what the baby is holding. 3. Guests add each feature as it is called. 4. All portraits go up on three, and the parents choose the one for the fridge. Players: 2 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and a pen each.
  • Five-Item Dash for Baby Things 1. The host reads out five things most homes have: a teaspoon, a soft blanket, a sock, something that rattles and a book with pictures. 2. On go, guests leave their chairs and collect all five. 3. The first guest back holds each one up to the camera in turn. 4. Guests need nothing in advance. The host calls the first three home. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 6 min. Props: none.
  • Fold a Napkin Diaper Along With the Host 1. Each guest needs one paper napkin and a small safety pin or a paper clip. 2. The host folds a napkin into a tiny diaper on camera, step by step: a triangle, the point up, the corners across. 3. Guests follow along and fasten theirs. 4. Everyone holds the result up. The mom-to-be judges the neatest and the most hopeless. Players: 2 to 30. Time: 6 min. Props: a paper napkin and a clip each.
  • Introduce Your Oldest Soft Toy 1. Guests get one minute to fetch the oldest soft toy or childhood keepsake in the house. 2. In turn, each holds it up and introduces it in one sentence: its name, and how long they have had it. 3. The mom-to-be chooses one to be honorary guardian of the crib. 4. Guests with nothing to fetch may draw the toy they remember best. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
  • Make the Face: Lemon, Dog Bark, Balloon 1. The host names a moment: a baby tasting a lemon, hearing a dog bark, seeing a balloon. 2. On three, every guest makes that face and holds it. 3. The host looks across the screen and names the best face. 4. That guest names the next moment. Guests need nothing but a camera. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: none.
  • One-Line Caption for the Infant You Were 1. The invitation asks every guest to find one photo of themselves as a baby. 2. In turn, each guest holds the photo up and gives it a one-line caption. 3. The mom-to-be awards titles, such as most serious face and best hat. 4. Guests vote in the chat for the baby who looks most like their grown-up self. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 12 min. Props: one baby photo each.
  • Twelve Things Into the Bag, Listed From Memory 1. The host holds up twelve baby things one at a time and drops each into a bag. 2. Guests watch with their pens down. 3. When the bag is zipped, guests get two minutes to write down all twelve. 4. The host tips the bag out and names each thing. Guests type how many they had. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: twelve baby things and a bag at the host's end, paper and a pen each.

Mailed-ahead games 9

  • A Numbered Ticket in Every Invitation, Drawn on Camera 1. The host slips a numbered paper ticket into every invitation and keeps a list of who has which number. 2. Guests bring the ticket to the call. 3. The mom-to-be draws three matching numbers from a bowl on camera, one at a time. 4. A guest whose number is called holds the ticket up to the camera, and a small prize is mailed to them after the shower. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 5 min. Props: a numbered ticket for each guest, mailed ahead, a bowl and three small prizes.
  • A Ribbon From Every Guest for the Mobile 1. The invitation asks each guest to mail one ribbon, any color, with a paper tag tied to it. 2. On the tag is a single word the guest wishes for the baby. 3. On the call, the mom-to-be ties each ribbon to a wooden hoop on camera and reads its tag. 4. Guests type who they think sent each one. She reveals the senders at the end and hangs the hoop in the nursery. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: a ribbon with a tag from each guest, mailed ahead, and a wooden hoop.
  • Advice Cards: Keep It or Toss It 1. The host mails each guest a blank card with a stamped envelope addressed to the mom-to-be. 2. Guests write one piece of friendly advice, sign it and mail it back. 3. On the call, she reads each card aloud without the name. 4. Guests vote with a thumb up for keep or a thumb down for toss. She sorts two piles, and the writers of the keep pile take a bow. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 15 min. Props: advice cards and stamped envelopes, mailed ahead.
  • Due Date Guesses, Sealed Before the Call 1. Two weeks ahead, the host mails or emails each guest a prediction card: the date, the hour and the first letter of the name. 2. Guests send it back before the shower. 3. On the call, the host reads every guess aloud, earliest date first, and guests cheer for their own. 4. The parents keep the cards, and the closest date gets a message when the baby arrives. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a prediction card for each guest, mailed ahead.
  • Guests as Babies: Match the Numbers 1. A week ahead, guests email the host one photo of themselves as a baby. 2. The host shares a screen of the photos, numbered. 3. Guests write a name beside each number on paper. 4. The host reveals them one by one, and each guest waves at their own. Most right wins. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 12 min. Props: baby photos emailed ahead, paper and a pen each.
  • Late-Night Notes for the Diaper Box 1. The host mails each guest three blank sticky labels and a return envelope. 2. Guests write a short cheerful message on each, for a parent to read during a night change, and mail them back. 3. On the call, the parents-to-be read ten of them aloud and guess who wrote which. 4. The labels go on the first box of diapers. Nobody wins. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: sticky labels and return envelopes, mailed ahead.
  • Letters to Open on the First Birthday 1. The host mails each guest a sheet of writing paper and an envelope. 2. Guests write a short letter to the baby and bring it sealed to the call. 3. In turn, each guest holds the envelope up and says only the first sentence of the letter. 4. The letters are mailed to the parents and stay closed until the first birthday. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 12 min. Props: writing paper and an envelope for each guest, mailed ahead.
  • Mailed Bingo Cards for the Gift Opening 1. The host mails each guest a blank bingo card of sixteen squares. 2. Before the call, guests fill the squares with gifts they expect to see. 3. The parents-to-be open the gifts that were sent to them, on camera. 4. Guests cross off matches. A full line holds the card up to the camera. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 30 min. Props: a blank bingo card for each guest, mailed ahead.
  • Whose Book Is This? Opened on Camera 1. The invitation asks each guest to mail one picture book, with their name written only on a slip tucked inside the back cover. 2. On the call, the mom-to-be unwraps each book and holds it up. 3. She has two guesses at who chose it. 4. She reads the slip, and the sender says in a sentence why they picked it. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 15 min. Props: one picture book from each guest, mailed ahead.

Voice-only games 10

  • Advice From A to Z, a Letter a Guest 1. The host reads the guest list aloud, and that is the order. Cameras may stay off. 2. The first guest gives the parents-to-be one piece of friendly advice that starts with A, the next guest with B, and so on. 3. Ten seconds each. A guest who is stuck says "pass", and the letter moves on. 4. A helper types the advice as it comes, and the parents receive the whole alphabet after the call. Nobody wins. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
  • Baby Stories: Two Happened, One Did Not 1. The host names a guest, who tells three short things about themselves as a baby or a small child: two that the family swears are true and one made up. 2. Cameras may stay off. The host then reads the guest list. 3. Each guest answers "one", "two" or "three" for the story they think is invented. 4. The teller owns up. Everyone who was right scores a point, and the host names the next teller. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 12 min. Props: none.
  • Cameras Off, Name the Nursery Sound 1. The host has six things ready that make a sound: a rattle, a music box, a zipper on a sleep sack, a squeaky toy, a snap fastener, a page of a board book. 2. With cameras off, the host makes one sound close to the microphone. 3. Guests unmute to guess, one at a time. 4. A right guess scores a point. Guests need only to listen. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 6 min. Props: six things that make a sound, at the host's end.
  • Each Name Begins Where the Last One Ended 1. The host reads the order of guests aloud. Cameras may stay off. 2. The first guest says a first name. The next must say a name that starts with its last letter. 3. Five seconds each, and no name twice. 4. A guest who stalls is out. The last voice wins. Guests need nothing. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 8 min. Props: none.
  • Finish the Rhyme Line, Next Voice 1. The host says the first half of a line from a nursery rhyme, then a guest's name. 2. That guest unmutes and finishes the line. 3. A right ending scores a point. A wrong one passes to the next name. 4. Ten lines make a round. Nobody needs anything at home. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 6 min. Props: none.
  • Finish the Wish Out Loud 1. The host reads a list of beginnings: "I hope you learn to", "I hope you laugh at", "I hope you never forget". 2. Each guest is given one beginning and finishes it out loud in a sentence. 3. A helper types the wishes as they come. 4. The parents receive the full page after the call. Guests need nothing at home. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
  • First Word, First Food, First Favorite Toy 1. The host names a first: the first word, the first food the baby loves, the first favorite toy. 2. Each guest unmutes in turn with a prediction of one or two words. 3. A helper writes every prediction beside the guest's name. 4. The list goes to the parents, who mark it as the firsts happen. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: none.
  • Nursery List From Two Initials 1. The host says the initials of the two parents-to-be. 2. Going down the guest list, each guest names one thing a baby needs or loves that starts with either letter. 3. Three seconds to answer, and no repeats. 4. A guest who stalls drops out. The last guest answering wins. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 6 min. Props: none.
  • One Sentence Each: The Day the Baby Comes Home 1. The host starts a story: "The front door opened, and the dog was first to notice." 2. In the order read out, each guest adds one sentence. 3. Every sentence must mention someone on the call. 4. A helper types the story as it grows and reads it back at the end. Nobody wins. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
  • Yes or No: Which Thing in the Nursery? 1. The mom-to-be thinks of one thing in the nursery, or one thing on her list. 2. Guests ask yes-or-no questions in the order the host reads out. 3. The host counts the questions aloud. 4. Whoever names the thing within twenty questions wins. If nobody does, she wins and reveals it. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 8 min. Props: none.

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-03 for a baby shower where every guest is on a video call, in our own words. Each game says what the host shares, what a guest needs at home and how the answers come in. Only a shared screen, the chat, mute and the camera are relied on, which every call tool has. Player ranges and times are our estimates. No game asks anything about a body, and none involves alcohol. No facts are stated, so nothing was checked against an outside source. Licence: own work