| In any new parents’ life, having
a baby is an exciting time.. However, before the crib, the nursery,
the bottles and the cute little baby clothes, and of course, the
baby, there’s the baby shower! A baby shower can be both a
fun and exciting experience for all of those involved, whether it
is your in-laws, your close friends, your own parents or anyone
else present for your baby shower. Now here’s the tricky part,
what do you plan for fun and games?
This game provides a great way to start off the festivities. The
‘Baby’s Name’ contest is where the future mommy
and daddy can choose to have everyone work individually or divide
the party into groups or teams (of any number of people of your
choosing,) while they create amusing acronyms for the baby’s
name using the letters from the parents’ names. There are
no real set ‘rules’ for this game, so feel free to make
up your own! You can let them choose between any of the letters
in your names, last names, or you can also choose to require all
the letters in your names to be used. If you don’t wish to
use your own names, you could also try using other relatives’
names, or even choose a random set of letters! It’s really
up to you, just be sure to give out prizes to the most unique or
funny names!
Another game that would provoke the fun among your guests is called
‘Baby’s Bottle.’ Provide all of your participating
guests with bottles full of your choice of liquid and hold a contest
to see who can empty their bottle first. It’s not quite as
easy as it sounds, and it would be a great way to get your male
(or female) guests involved in the party by cheering on all of the
contestants! “Chug! Chug! Chug!”
Last but not least, there’s ‘Baby Bingo!’ This
game is a perfect opportunity to get your guests involved in the
opening of the gifts. When it’s time to begin opening the
baby’s gifts, the parents can hand out sheets of pink or blue
construction paper to all of their guests. You can also choose to
use yellow or green paper if the parents don’t know the sex
of the baby or they do not wish to reveal the sex of the baby until
birth. Have your guests divide the paper into four, nine, or sixteen
square sections. The number of sections you use is dependent upon
how many gifts the future parents are about to open. Before daddy
or mommy-to-be open any gifts, have each of your guests draw or
write the names of various gifts they think the proud parents will
receive. Of course, only one gift per square! Go ahead and begin
opening your gifts and have your guests mark down on their ‘Baby
Bingo!’ sheets on the squares that match their baby gift predictions.
As in traditional ‘Bingo,’ the first person to complete
an entire row wins a prize!
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