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At my baby shower (or DD's depending on how you looked at it) we each had a mini clothespin (I think Wilton makes them in pink or blue) on our nametags. Every time you caught someone saying the word "baby" you took their clothespin/clothespins. Then they set a timer and the person with the most pins when the timer went off got a prize.
OR....maybe I should have read the whole thread before posting!!!
I love throwing showers.............all of the above games are great ( I love string around mom's belly and "don't say baby" is very popular) A few more are...............
**get several baby items in a basket(pacifier, diapers, bottle, ect) Give everone 2 minutes to look at it and then take it away and see who can remeber the most items in the basket.
**Have bottles filled with beverage of choice (alcholic, formula, whatever) and see who can drink it the fastes
**get several baby items in a basket(pacifier, diapers, bottle, ect) Give everone 2 minutes to look at it and then take it away and see who can remeber the most items in the basket.
That is what I was thinking.
Only at my shower for DD, we used a cookie sheet (because we didn't have a serving tray or what have you), laid all the items out on it and put it on the coffee table for 2 minutes then covered it up with a towel while we guessed the items.
There are a few games I can think of that haven't been mentioned -
1. Put baby items in a paper or canvas bag - let people feel in it for about 45 seconds each, then write down what they think they felt.
2. Put cotton balls in a bowl - have each person, in order, sit in a chair blindfolded and using a wooden spoon - or baby spoon in this case - scoop up the cotton balls and place them on a plate they are holding on their head (you will see that they need to hold the bowl, the plate, and the spoon - yet I've never met anyone with 3 arms!)
3. Then there is the written quiz - Name all of the kids from the Cosby Show, name the mom on Bewitched, how many children lived with the Brady Family? etc. TV family trivia!
I recently went to my cousin's baby shower and one game we played was everyone had to write one piece of advice about having a baby boy on a piece of paper. The mother-to-be had to pick her favorite. The person she picks wins a prize. My cousin picked one that had to do with an oscillating fan.
**get several baby items in a basket(pacifier, diapers, bottle, ect) Give everone 2 minutes to look at it and then take it away and see who can remeber the most items in the basket.
We did this at the shower I went to last year, except the stuff was on a tray. You think it's so easy, until you can't remember anything you looked at
They also had baby food for the guys to taste (both guys and girls were invited). They had to guess what it was they were eating, which was fun with some of their expressions
Love all the game ideas, but here are a few we ALWAYS do.
1) Get a shallow bowl and fill it 3/4 full of small grain rice. Add a package of those small gold saftey pins ans tur them together real well. Blindfold the person to play and have them "feel' around in the bowl and see haw many pins thay can pull out and place on a plate. Sounds easy, but it's not.
2) Tell everyone "mom" will be the center of attention while opening gifts, having luncheon, greeting guests, (Pick any amount of time here. The less time it takes, the better.) when the time is up, have "mom" excuse herself to another room for a "rest". while "mom" is "resting" ask the guests to list as many items as they can remember that mom was wearing. Spacifics count, and have her wear several things to catch the guests up. If she is wearing slacks, have her wear a Pooh sock on one foot and a Tigger sock on the other. Have her wear two similar but differant earrings. Have her put her wedding/engagment ring on her right hand. this one is great fun and it reminds us all that mom will need extra attention after baby gets there.
3) If you want a variation on the clothes pin/ pacafier game, we always hand each guest a diaper pin. They have to wear it on their front of their shirt. If they get cought crossing their legs (and that means ancles too.), they loose a pin. We always play it is only one pin per catch, so if someone has several pins they would only loose one at a time unless caught simultaniously by more than one person.
4) The funniest one I have ever played is: You will need a cordless phone, a clothes line, a large batch of clothes pins, a life size baby doll, and various baby clothes and diapers. The person playing must "talk" on the phone, hold the baby, and hang the laundry all at the same time. They can not pick anything up once they hang the first item on the line, so they must also hold all the clothes pins and clothes as well. If they drop ANYTHING they are done. Be sure to include a large receiving blanket or beach towel in the pile of clothes as this is key to being a success. A "smart" mom will make a sling of the blanket and put baby in it, then pin the clothes pins to the edge of the blanket. Then she'll throw the clothes over one shoulder and hold the phone on the other shoulder while she hangs all the clothes. If she makes it to the end, she has to have hung the blanket/towel as well. Most moms don't do this though and it can be a riot watching them try to get it done. Of course there has to be a prize for the one who hangs the most, but we also include a prize for the mom w/ the best method for getting the job done.
If I can come up with any others, i'll be back.
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Recently, at a shower, we played match the baby to their celebrity parents. Two columns-one with celebrity baby names (Suri, Moon Unit, Shiloh) and the other with celebrity parents (in no particular order-Frank Zappa, Brad Pitt, Katie Holmes) , and match them up! We had some really obscure ones and of course a few easy "in the news" babies...
You could always use a Disney theme -Tarzan/Kala, Simba/Mufasa...
Have fun!
At school we do a baby drawing game. Participants put a plate on top of their heads then use a pen to try and draw a baby. After about 5 minutes, the game ends, and the plates are displayed. The mom-to-be then chooses the "best". A really fun and quick game.
All ideas I had have already been stated, but one I saw at a shower once was to fill baby bottles up with a beverage of choice (nipple attached) and whomever can finish their bottle first wins the prize.
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the Baby Pooh theme. Baby Pooh kinda looks like my Baby DS. 
We did the whole smell-the-baby-food-in-the-diaper thing, sorry couldn't help!
The clothesline one is diabolical! 
I love the idea of blindfolded-diaper-changing. 
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