Organizing games for baby showers….

I asked the mother-to-be if she wanted to have baby shower games. She said yes, and shared that this may be her only time to have a baby shower so she’d love to experience it – games and all! If you are having a shower, you might ask the guest of honor if she has anything she does want to do or not do.

To organize games for baby showers, make sure you:

•  Plan the games ahead.
• Have enough copies for everyone.
• Gathered the materials or supplies needed ahead of time
• Have pens for everyone
• Have something for everyone to write on- clipboards, books or magazines work
• Plan a time limit for each game or the games as a whole. In general, 30 minutes is probably plenty of game playing.
• Keep a copy of the games for the mother-to-be’s baby book.
• Use a basket to collect all of your game supplies. Tuck it in one corner of the room so that you are ready before the party begins.
• Have prizes. They always make the party fun.

Chosing games for a baby shower for an adopted baby is a bit different.  A portion of traditional baby shower games have something to do with a mother’s pregnancy. But, there are still lots of other games that have to do with the baby and are suitable for an adopted baby shower.

For this ladybug shower for the expected baby girl from China, I tried to choose game prizes that went along with that. The prizes were a ladybug magnet, a bottle of green tea with ginseng and a panda bear bookmark.

The first game was Baby ABC’s. Guests were given five minutes to see if they could think of an item the baby needed that began with each letter of the alphabet. I used a downloadable game card from Plan the Perfect Baby Shower.com.

The next game was one I created from trivia I found on various websites. It was directly related to babies in China.

 

 

 Answer Key: 1 noodles, 2 color red, 3 hard-boiled egg, 4 ladybug, 5 money and wine, 6 clock, 7 layer cake, 8 golden bells

 For the last game, we played baby bingo. Give each guest a blank bingo card. In each square, they write an item that the mother-to-be may open. They may write things like blanket, book, dress, onesie, bib, sippee cup, spoon, truck and so forth. They may use words more than once. If they think there will be five blankets, they can use blanket five times.

As gifts are opened, the guests play along by playing bingo. Each time as item is revealed, they cross it off on their  sheet. The first one to get a bingo wins! (Bingo is a crossed off row horizontally, diagonally or vertically.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Looking for the decorating ideas or food ideas for this baby shower? You’ll find them on my previous two posts. Thanks!