Don't say "BABY"
Each guest receives a clothes pin as they arrive and explain to the guests only once: If you catch someone saying the word 'baby' you get to take their clothes pin. The one with the most pins at the end of the shower wins.

- Suggestion: Instead of using safety pins, make candy pacifiers. Use white certs (the ones like lifesavers), pink or blue ribbon, and jelly belly jelly beans. How to make: Put ribbon through the cert, and then glue a jelly bean in the center. Note: Tell guest not to eat the pacifiers. Play the game the same way, but wear the pacifiers around the neck.

The Price is Right:
Just like TV, purchase several baby items and keep the receipt. Have the items out for the guests to see, and have them write down what the price of each item. The one closest without going over to the actual price wins.

Word Scramble
Two versions:
1. Take words of baby items and mix up the letters, then have guests unscramble the words. Do 10-15 and make so tough the most correct wins.
2. (as an ice-breaker) Use the expecting mother's first and last name, create teams of 2-3 end have each team come up with as many baby terms from the mother's name as possible. The team with the most real words wins.

Penny For Your Thoughts
Introduction Game - Have two pennies from the same year, you'll a different year for each guest. Example:15 guests, 30 pennies, 15 different years. When guests come in they are given a penny and the other penny is put in a jar. When all the guests have arrived the Mother-to-be selects a penny and the person with that corresponding year tells a little about themselves, how they know the Mother, and maybe a little story about the new Mom. After everyone has spoken the Mom-to-be puts her pennies into the jar and selects one for a prize.

Baby Food Guess
Purchase 6-10 jars of baby food, remove the wrappers and number then number the jars. Have the guests try to guess the food.

Photo Game
Collect a baby photo from each guest and one of the mother, display them and have the guests try and pick which photo is the mother when she was a baby.

Mystery Guess:
Place odd shaped baby related objects in brown paper bags. The guests have to guess what is in each bag without opening it.

Name the White Stuff:
Place 10 different white powdered substances in sealed numbered plastic bags. Use things like Flour, Powdered Milk, Baby Powder, etc. Have them out for the guests to see, and guess what is in each bag. I have made a game sheet with 10 items to use, and a blank form for the guests to fill out.

Hang the Laundry:
Hang a clothes line at the shower. Have a pile or a basket with baby clothes, blankets, and clothes pins. Each guest has a certain amount of time to hang the clothes while they are holding a baby (doll) and have a cordless phone to their ear. The ones that can hang the most clothing without droping baby or the phone wins.

Baby Bottle Drink-Off!
Fill small baby bottles with fruit juice for each guest. NOTE: Provide a variety of juices or water ( add food coloring for baby shower colors), for those guests with food allergies. The person who finishes the bottle first receives a prize. It is hilarious and much harder than you would think. This activity may be played individually or combined with a few other ideas in a group race.

Pins in Rice:
Place about 50 small safety pins in a bowl of uncooked rice. The blindfolded guest has to pick out as many safety pins as they can. Set a time limit such as 30 seconds. The one with the most pins wins.

Change The Diaper
Sounds normal, here's the twist: teams of two need to change the baby's diaper each team member can only use one of their own hands - the other belongs to their partner. The fastest team wins!

Play Dough-tionary
We had a really big shower, probably 50 people there, so we had them divide up in teams. I got several jars of play dough, and gave one to each team of 4 people. They picked one person to go first, that person would draw a word from a basket. I filled a basket with pieces of paper with baby type words on them (stroller, bed, diaper, etc...) and then it was a race to "sculpt" the word out of the play dough, while their team members tried to guess what it was.

It was hilarious. Of course some words were much easier then others, and every team had a different word, so there was not a problem with one team looking what someone else was sculpting. We did this several times, and had a good time. I gave a small prize to everyone on the team when they won a round. The play dough works great too if there are any children at the shower, it keeps them busy, so be sure to buy plenty.
Thanks - Diana

Measure Mommy:
Pass out yarn, string, or toilet paper and have the guests take off the amount they think will fit around a part of mommy's body. (Everyone will think it is going to be her tummy, but instead use her head, neck, or ankle!)

Pass The Box
(Can be used for any type of shower) This is really fun, Take a small gift, like a pretty candle and place it in a box, then gift wrap it, but keep wrapping it with different layers of giftwrap. Play some music while passing the present around, when the music stops, the guest left holding it unwraps the first layer of wrapping paper, then the music starts again and the box is passed, then everytime the music stops, another layer is removed until someone finally unwraps the very last layer,,,,, and that is the winner.

What's In the Diaper
Melt or smash different kinds of candy (m&m's, snickers, baby ruth, skittles) and put into a diaper. Then pass the diapers with the smashed candy in it around the rooms, each guest must examine and smell the contents of the diaper to determine what the candy it is. Then they write down the name of the candy on a sheet of paper, the guest with the most right wins a small prize. Before the game begins and the candy is smeared into the diaper you should number the diapers so there is no confusion as to what candy is in which diaper. Note: Have your camera ready for this game, you will get some priceless pictures not soon to be forgotten.
We will have the name of the submitter up shortly

Baby Bingo
Make up a blank bingo card on 8 1/2 X 11 paper and made copies. Each card had five columns and five rows. The boxes need to be large enough that the guests can fill them in. Then on another sheet of paper come up with 100 baby related items. Before you play you need to have each guest fill in their blank spaces with any of the words on the list of 100 in any order.

Then, without telling the guests ahead of time, have them play bingo while the mother to be opens her gifts. Every time that she opens one of the gifts the guests mark off that gift on their bingo card. The first to bingo either up and down, across or diagonally wins. We had enough prizes that we were able to play this game the entire time that the mother opened gifts. Thank - Diana

Feeding Race
Have guests partner up. Put a bib on 1 person in each team. Have the other person of the pair get behind the person with the bib to be their "arms". The person behind feeds the person with the bib from a jar of baby food. The first pair to finish their food wins. This can get messy, so use a table cloth or wipable surface - and have the cameras ready! Thanks - Bonnie

Create a Baby Keepsake
Buy a flannel baby blanket, and some pastel colored permanent fabric markers. You will also need an embroidery hoop, to help hold the blanket tight. During the course of the shower pass around the blanket and markers and let everyone "autograph" the blanket, or draw, or and add any comments for the "baby to be". You'll get some great and personal responses were so, it will be something that "baby" or mom can keep forever. Thanks - Diana

Baby Animal Game
You create a sheet with a list of animals and their babies, the one who gets the most right wins a small gift. We found an example here.

Pass The Diaper
Take a newborn diaper and put 5 little baby items in the diaper and
close it up. Have the guests pass the diaper around and guess what is
in the diaper. The one to guess the most items wins. Thanks - Kim

What's in the Bag II
Place 12 to 15 baby related items in one large bag. Give each guest a
certain amount of time to feel, using one hand, around in the bag. The
guests have to record as many items as they can remember. Whoever
remembers the most items wins. Thanks - Allison

The Tray Game
Played at baby showers, bridal showers or anywhere.
What you'll need a tray and other household items, examples below.

Everyone is handed a piece of paper and a pen. The object of the game is to see who can remember the most items on the tray. A tray full of items is brought out with a towel over it covering the contents of the tray. The tray is uncovered and placed in the center of the room preferably on a table. The guests have exactly two minutes to look over the tray. The tray can be rotated so that it can be seen from other angles but no touching the contents. After the minute is up everyone writes down what they remember. The person who remembers the most gets a prize. To be successful you should have a lot of things on the tray, and a list of what is on the tray.

Examples of tray contents ( should be small, or sample size) Baby shower- pacifier, baby spoon, bib, diaper, qtips, thermometer, diaper rash tube, baby powder, baby sock, pen, invitation, fork, baby comb, ball, regular or plastic keys, can opener, jar of baby food, barrette, extra large safety pin, crayon or small box of crayons... etc Thanks - Melvina

Tray Game Variation
Have the person go around the room with baby items on it as planned, but instead of asking questions about the items on the tray ask the questions about how the person carrying the tray is dressed! FYI - Have the person carrying the tray leave the room before asking questions about them.
It always gets a great laugh!! Thanks - Eileen

Draw The Baby
This baby shower game requires paper plates, pencils/pens, and a timer. First, the guests will put their initials (or name) on one side of the plate. Then flip it over to begin. The guests have to draw a picture of a baby on the paper plate. The key is, the paper plate is on the top of their heads while they are drawing. They cannot stop and look at their drawing during this and have 2 minutes to complete. At the end of the 2 minutes, someone collects the paper plates (NOT the mom-to-be) and the mom-to-be is the judge and picks the one she likes the best. Thanks - Dora H

Get To Know You and Pick Teams Game
This is the game you play before you play games.
Its a fun way to break-the-ice when guests don't know each other, and you may not be sure the best way to divide up teams.

- Say you have 20 guests - and need 5 teams of four people each
- Pick five songs everyone knows. Write down each song four
times on separate pieces of paper. (Mary Had a Little Lamb x 4, Take Me Out to the Ball Game x 4, and so on . . .)
- Pass the 20 slips of paper to the guests randomly.
- One the count of three everyone starts humming their song (no
words). The goal is to find the other three people humming your same
song. When everyone finds their song-mates -- the teams have been set!
Thanks - Kelly

IceBreaker - Discovery Game
This is a good game to start a party so that people can break the ice and get to know each other a little better great for showers or any event. Each guest receives a piece of paper and a pencil. In that paper they will find 10-15 different sentences. They have to find somebody in that room that shares what the sentence says and once they do, they write in that persons name. No listing yourself as the answer either! The winner is the first person to finish or whoever gets the most names, and you can give them a reward. To make it more fun, read the sentence and the answers to the group, so all can enjoy.
For instance you can write things such as:
- Find somebody who wears your same shoe size Name:______
- Find somebody who likes chinese food
- Find somebody who has been to Europe

You can be as creative as you want to be! This one is a guaranteed success to make people feel comfortable with each other.
Thanks - Ruth

Icebreaker - Cartoon Characters Who Am I
Get to know you game. Label 3X5 cards with famous characters from childhood. For example, you can use Barney, Winnie th Pooh, Barbie, etc. Make as many cards as there are guests and tape them to their backs without them seeing who they are. They figure out who they are by asking each person one yes or no question, such as, am I a girl?, do I have red hair? etc. Thanks - Jeannie

Put-Pacifier-in-Baby's-Mouth
...just like "Pin-The-Tail-On-Donkey" rules, except make printouts or draw
little pacifiers, number them for as many guests there are, make printout of
baby or draw one (I used Microsoft Word's Clip Art ) and found image of
crying baby in a bassinet, printed it out on 11x14 paper and hung it with
tape on wall. We used scarf for blindfold and turned guests each twice
when it was their turn.
Thanks - Kari

The Toilet Paper Game - Ice Breaker
This is great for a "getting to you know you game". Have everyone sit in a circle and pass around a roll of toilet paper. Ask everyone to pretend they were going on a weekend camping trip and they need to take as much or as little toilet paper off as they would use. Once everyone has tore off their sheets tell them they have to tell something about themselves for every sheet they took off. For the ones to took a few they have it easy and they ones who took a lot then they have a lot of talking to do!
Thanks - Marcie

Baby Shower Activity - Baby's First Bank
Before the shower ask everyone to bring some spare change. At the shower, I passed around a plastic baby bottle or you could bring a piggy bank and everyone put in their spare change out of their pockets or purses. As the bottle gets passed around, have each guest give a piece of advice for the new mother. This should be loud enough so all the guests could hear. Then the money and bottle were given to the new mom to start the baby a savings account. It was a fun little thing for the mom to bring home.
Thanks - Delinda

Build the Bank Game
Give everyone a name tag to wear when they arrive. On the name tag you put name of different baby items like: bib, baby bottle, crib, stroller, formula, etc. During the shower everyone must call everyone by the item on the name tag rather than their real name. Whoever calls the person by her real name intead of the baby item name has to pay .50 cents and put it in the piggy bank. If the shower is big, this can add up to be a great start for a savings account.
Thanks - Mina

Create a Baby Library - Activity
Place a note inside the baby shower invitation for everyone to bring a child's book to the shower. This is used to start the baby's library with. The
mother-to-be will go home with a stack of everyone's favorite books. You can also stamped each book with a rubber stamp that says "From the Library of ______________" and after the baby is born the mom can write in the baby's name. Thanks - Delinda

Dont Cross Your Legs! Game
Every one starts out with one close pin.....or saftey pin on their shirt (some where visible) Any time someone crosses their legs another player can ask for their pin. If a player with many pins crosses their legs they only loose one, not all of them. The person with the most pins by the end of the party....or an alloted amount of time wins! We usually have a cute prize for the winner. This game is fun and allows everyone to walk around talk to each other....waiting for someone to mess up and cross their legs.
Thanks - Tairra

Draw The Guest - Get to Know You Game
Need name tags, paper, pens, pencils, etc...
First, be sure that all of your guests wear a name tag and write on a piece of paper (one per guest) their first name, fold the paper in half and put it in a paper sack. When all guests have arrived, give each guest paper (81/2x11) and pencil, then have each guest pick a name from the paper sack.

They cannot say who's name they have picked. Each guest has to draw that person's face, but remind them that they should not stare at the person they are drawing or they might give away who drew who! For example, if the person has short or long hair, or wearing glasses or may be wearing earrings, they must draw how they look or might be wearing too. Have different color crayons on hand too because they can color that person's hair, eyes, etc. Also, they must draw a baby's bonnet on the person's head. (For Baby Shower, but this could change based on the Holiday or event. Holiday Party - Santa hat, Halloween - witches hat, etc...)

There is no time limit. When they are done, collect each drawing and ask
that person who she drew and number that picture and write down that person's name (drawing of the person) next to that number on a sheet of paper. Do this until all guests have handed in their drawings. Next, string a ribbon somewhere across the room and hang each picture with a clothespin. Give all the guests who participated a sheet of paper and a pencil and have them write down starting with #1 who that person might be. Give a time limit on guessing. The person who has the most correct answers win a prize. You
won't believe how these pictures turn out. It's going to be really hilarious.
Thanks Trudy