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Pins in Rice Place
tiny brass safety pins in a bowl of rice. Take turns blind folding
people and see how many pins they can pull out in a minute. It's harder
than it looks! Works best for smaller parties.
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Mom-to-be Trivia Game
Compile
a list of about 20 questions about the mom-to-be to ask the attendees
to see who knows her the most. The attendee with the most correct
answers wins.
Sample
questions include the following: What names does she have for picked
for the baby?, Does she hope for boy, girl or either?, What are the
color of her eyes?, What are the colors she has picked for the nursery?,
What is she wearing today?, What is her favorite children's character
(Pooh, Bart Simpson, etc.)?, Has she had any crazy food cravings and
if so, what was it?
If you
are having the shower after the baby is born, change the questions
to Labor Trivia. Ask questions such as exact birth weight, time of
birth, time arrived at the hospital, etc.
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Multi-tasking Mama Two
people hold a clothesline, while each attendee takes a turn hanging
up baby clothes. The trick is that they have to hang the clothes while
holding the baby and talking on a cordless phone! The one who can
hang the most clothes in one minute wins.
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Guess the Number of Jelly Beans in the Baby Bottle Game
Fill a
baby bottle with little jelly beans (or other small candy, you can
even get baby themed candy at some candy stores). Show the attendees
the baby bottle and have them guess how many beans or candy are in
the baby bottle. How about picking the mom's favorite small candy
to use as they did at my baby shower? Or you can use baby pins instead
of candy in the guessing game for your party. This is a low calorie
version!
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Baby Expression Create
a sheet of four to six baby pictures (from magazines, mother-to-be
photo album, family albums, etc.). Make photocopies of the sheet to
each guest. The guests try to create funny captions of what they think
the baby is trying to say!
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Stork Bingo Use
a bingo card without the numbers. Each guest writes what he/she thinks
the mother-to-be will be getting as gifts. As the mom opens her gifts,
the attendees mark it off their card if they have it. When the card
is full (or a line in any direction is a smaller party), the guest
yells BINGO and wins.
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Baby Questions Pass
out note cards and pencils to each attendee. Each person writes a
common baby question such as "What do you do when a baby cries?"
or "How do you get a baby to sleep through the night?" Then
collect the cards and redistribute them face down (so you cannot see
the question) and have each attendee write the answer to their initial
question on the blank side. Then read the cards and get ready to laugh!
For example, you could have a card with a question "How do you
know you have folded a cloth diaper correctly?" on one side and
the answer "Where you get your first smile" on the other.
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Baby Gift Guess
Have attendees
bring a small item that you would use for a baby (i.e. pacifier, bib).
Give each attendee a list of names of all the attendees. Have them
wear these things if possible. After everyone is there and sitting
down, have them remove the items and put it in a small basket.
See how
many people can guess what each person was wearing when they came
to the shower. When the lists are complete, have them take what they
brought out of the basket. The person with the most correct wins.
All items go to the mom-to-be.
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Nursery Boo-Boo
Find someone
who can draw and have them draw a picture of a nursery with errors
in it. For example, crib missing a wheel, candle instead of night
lamp, etc. Make sure to make enough copies for everyone and give the
attendees a time limit (5 minutes) to find the mistakes. The one with
the most mistakes wins.
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Playdough Sculpture Game
The attendees
are separated into teams. The mother-to-be creates a list of baby
items. The list is cut up and put into a bowl. She pulls one slip
from the bowl and shows it to one member of each team. That person
goes back to the team and tires to make a sculpture of the item. The
team that thinks they know the item raises their hands. The mother-to-be
asks them the word. If they are incorrect, the remaining teams keep
going until someone guesses. Remember all the teams are working on
the same word at the same time. Oh, one more thing, no talking during
the sculpturing, but laughing is allowed.
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Baby Draw
Have the
attendees draw a picture of a baby. But instead of holding the paper
on their laps, they have to put the paper on their heads! Use a paper
plate or magazine under the paper to ease the drawing. The guest of
honor picks the one she likes best or most resembles a baby. Funny!
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