I’m 25 weeks pregnant, and I’ve got ladies chomping at the bit to throw me a baby shower. I haven’t been to one if almost six years, and the only thing I remember is one thing I DON’T want to do at mine (the “door prize” that involves finding the “dirty diaper” - just gross!). So, I am turning to the collective wisdom and experience of my fellow Dopers for your input.
So far, I’ve seen one baby shower game online that was even slightly original, and it goes like this:
I made a list of TV sitcoms with family themes, like The Wonder Years, Bewitched, Waltons, Family Ties, the Nanny, Brady Bunch, are just a few I listed. Beside the name of the show, I listed the number of children’s names needed. At the bottom of the page I wrote all the names of the children characters to choose from. I had the guests play in teams of two or three. Everyone at three showers loved playing this game, it appeals to a wide range of ages since older shows are being shown on cable and more current shows are regular viewing.
This sounds more interesting than some of the other ones that are out there. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, loves, hates, etc?
The poopy diaper game :smack: . If anyone does this at my shower, they will get the crap knocked out of them.
I put a moratorium on most games at my SIL’s shower last year. We did ONE game just because everyone seemed to be expecting it, and it was a hit 'cause no one really DID expect it. I got a bunch of little baby things - rattles, socks, shoes, teething rings, a nose-sucky-thing, baby sunglasses, etc. -, put them on a tray, gave it to the mom-to-be, and had her go around in front of everyone and let them get a look at it. After she’d walked around the room, she went back into the kitchen and stayed there.
Then I told everyone to write down what she was wearing.
Other than that, I’m not a fan of games, really. I don’t find them incredibly necessary, you know? Good food, some wine (for everyone but the mom-to-be, obviously), and some talk is all that’s really needed.
There’s a party game that involves winning a dirty diaper?
:eek:
My, how mother to being has changed since I matriculated (it’s like lactating, but less messy).
I like both the er, um, hygienic games mentioned.
How about a go around the circle, fill in the blank game: Because Baby will have (you) and (your husband) as parents, some things are a given for Baby. S/he will likely (fill in the blank) and (ditto). [hand sheet to next person sitting in circle]–make up a story that once the blanks are filled in is silly and almost nonsensical. Like Mad Libs.
OK, so I’m not Julie McCoy…what’s on TV?
No, no, no! Everyone is given a fake diaper (usually a folded napkin) and told to open it up. The person(s) with the “dirty diaper” will win a door prize.
One game I’ve played that was fun and not gross/cutesy: Get a pack of those little gold safety pins, and sprinkle them into a bowl of uncooked rice. One at a time, put a blindfold on whomever wants to play and give them one minute to pick out as many pins from the bowl as they can. It is MUCH harder than looks.
I know it’s not particularly clever, but guests of all ages enjoy it.
Oh, see, this is different from the one I’ve heard of! That one has a bunch of candy bars melted into diapers, and you have to smell each diaper to figure out what candy bar it is. Whoever gets the most right wins.
Get the tiny plastic babies from an art store and freeze them in ice cubes. Put the cubes in seperate cups and whoever’s baby is “born” first (melted ice cube) wins.
This one isn’t so much baby-related, as it is really cute. Get a big bowl full of cotton balls and a large spoon (the ones used for cooking work best, like a wooden spoon). Each person has to be blindfolded and scoop out as many cotton balls as they can and put in a second bowl. I think it was like a minute per person. Whoever has the most, wins.
The baby food game. Pick up a bunch of jars of baby food and take off the labels. Pass around a tray with the jars. Whoever guesses the most correct flavors wins.
Have a great baby shower and the rest of your pregnancy!
Over many baby showers:
“Guess the babyfood flavor” with open, unlabeled jars.
Some kind of game where we had to catapult (clean) diapers across the room. (Which was actually kind of fun. You need to remove the breakables from the room, though)
Scategories type games using the baby’s name or parents’ names for the initial letters.
