Scroll through this guide for a list of 50 fun baby shower games and ideas that’ll keep your guests entertained—whether they’re virtual or in-person. It’s true—there is still plenty of fun and unique baby shower games and activities you can play remotely. In fact, for some free baby shower games below, you can invite your guests to play along via Zoom!
50 Fun Baby Shower Games & Ideas
- So Embarrassing! Have guests go around and recollect a time when they were young and maybe not so delightful. Laughs are sure to follow, even on video.
- Who’s That Baby? Before the party, ask each guest to bring a baby photo of themselves. On the day of the shower, tape each photo on a wall. Have guests come by and guess who is who!
- My Water Broke! Before the party, take some miniature plastic babies and place them in an ice cube tray full of water. Then, put them in the freezer and let them become solid overnight. At the start of the shower, place one in each of the guest’s cups. The first one to have a baby completely thaw away from the ice wins! Printable Baby Shower Games
- What’s In a Name? Have a list of all the popular baby names from the year the expectant mom-to-be was born. See who can successfully guess the top 10!
- Blindfolded Diaper Challenge Split up your guests into teams. Then, blindfold the first team member and have them change a baby doll’s diaper. Once the first team member has successfully changed the diaper, the second teammate will get a turn, and so forth.
- Let’s Make a Baby! Guests at the shower will have to create their own baby out of Play Dough and put them in its cupcake liner “bed”. Give out prizes for the prettiest and ugliest baby.
- Fast Fashion Grab a small laundry basket and fill it to the brim with baby clothes including socks, hats, and scarves. Each guest will have 1 minute to assemble as many outfits as they can.
- Who’s Who? Ask the parents of the expectant mom and dad to pull out old family photos of past loved ones. Guests will take part in guessing which relative came from either the new mom or dad’s side of the family.
- Custom Bib Grab a bunch of white bibs from a baby clothing shop and markers. Have guests decorate them with cute sayings and drawings.
- Diaper Toss Take a package of bean bags and wrap a clean diaper around it. Place a trash can on the other side of the room. Guests will take turns seeing if they can toss their bean bag diaper from 3 feet away from the trash can.
- How Many? Take an empty baby bottle and fill it to the brim with M&Ms or Skittles. Leave a page at the front for people to place their guesses on how much candy the baby bottle holds. The person with the closest guess wins!
- Forbidden Words Choose a baby-related word that guests can’t utter throughout the shower. The first person to say the word is out.
- Animal Babies Make a list of 10 to 20 animals and ask guests to write down the word for that animal’s baby. Make sure you have an answer key handy—some are quite unusual!
- Baby Bingo Before the party, print out a free baby bingo template online and give one to each guest as they arrive. Then, as the mom-to-be opens her gifts, guests can mark off any items received with a sticker. The first person to complete a row or column wins.
- Baby’s First ABCs Have each guest decorate a page corresponding with a letter. When the shower is over, compile them in a binder or book and use it for years to come!
- Blanket for Baby Have guests decorate a quilt square for the new baby’s blanket. Squares can be filled in with quotes, pieces of advice, or cute drawings.
- Don’t Drop the Egg Baby! Have guests decorate an egg with markers or paint. Then, organize an obstacle course where each guest has to balance their egg on a spoon while completing. Play with hard-boiled eggs to avoid messy breaks!
- Who Knows Mommy Best? For a fun trivia game, hand out printouts like these to each guest. Each person will fill them in and the mom-to-be will provide the right answers when everyone is finished. The person with the most correct answers wins.
- Baby Genius Hand a paper plate to each guest and hand them a different colored Sharpie. Ask them to draw a portrait of the mom-to-be on the back of the paper plate. The twist? They have to keep the plate on their forehead and cannot look at their drawing until it’s done.
- Baby Dec-A-Cake Take a small plastic baby and hide it one baked vanilla cupcake out of a dozen. Pass the cupcakes to your guests and have them decorate it in their own creative way. When they bite into their cupcake, the person who has the baby in their cupcake is next in line for their own bundle of love!
- Diaper Raffle Tell your guests to exchange a box of diapers for a raffle ticket, the winner receiving an awesome prize. This is a great way to make sure the expectant parents are well stocked on much-needed diapers!
- Baby Mad Libs Print off fun baby shower mad libs from the internet or create your own. Give every guest a list like the piece of paper on the right. Have them fill it out and then reveal the mad lib for a bundle of laughs!
- Do You Know Your Cartoon Babies? Hang up pictures of famous moms from the cartoon universe. See who can guess the names of their babies correctly.
- ABC Blocks Buy a bag of wooden blocks and some craft paint from your local craft store. Then, assign every guest a letter and have them paint the blocks with their letter written on each side of the block. Use the blocks as one of your baby’s first toys!
- Nursery Rhyme Knowledge Have one person read off nursery rhymes, pause at a rhyme, and have the rest of the guests try and remember how it goes. The person who can finish off the most nursery rhymes wins!
- Baby Name Unscramble Use the bag of Scrabble tiles to scramble up the letters of your baby’s name. Pass out the letters to each of your loved ones and see who can find out the name first.
- Works of Art Set up workstations at your shower filled with a blank canvas, paintbrushes, and paint in the same color palette as the new baby’s room. Have the guests paint a painting to hang in the nursery.
- Who’s That Mom? Print off moms of famous celebrities and scatter them throughout the venue of the shower. Guests will have to write down their guesses on a slip of paper. The one with the most correct guesses wins!
- Oh, Baby! Divide the guests into teams and hand them a clipboard with a piece of paper attached. Pull out your stopwatch and give them 3 minutes to come up with all the songs that have the word ‘baby’ in it.
- Hang That Diaper! Take a clothesline or a piece of string and hang it between two walls of the venue. Blindfold each guest and hand them a clothespin and a clean diaper. Watch the laughter unfold as each guest tries to hang their diaper on the line!
- Measuring Game Have guests guess how big the mom-to-be’s bump is by taking a bobbin of string and cutting it to the length of their guess. When everyone is done, have the expectant mom try and wrap the string around her bump to see who is the closest.
- Bobbing for Pacifiers Fill a large tub or bowl with water and place it outside or in the kitchen. Take 10-15 pacifiers and have the guests try their luck, bobbing for them with their hands tied behind their back.
- Love Letters Have everyone write a personal love letter to the expectant mom, telling her how she will be a great parent and some words of advice. Have them seal it in an envelope and gather them all in a box to present it to the mom as a gift she can read on her own time.
- The Price is Right! Layout baby essentials like diapers, baby food, baby bottles, and wipes. Guests will take turns guessing the prices of each of the items on a piece of paper. The guest who can guess the correct prices without going over wins.
- Don’t Let the Water (Balloon) Break! Start with a large bucket of water balloons. Have each guest place a water balloon between their knees and run from one spot to another. Create an obstacle course to make it even more challenging.
- Baby Shower Charades Divide your guests into teams and have them take turns, acting out funny baby-related actions like burping or changing a diaper and have other members of their team guess. The team with the most correct guesses wins.
- Because I Said So! Ask your loved ones to write down a piece of advice or saying their parent would always say. Put all the slips in a bowl and mix them up (making sure no one gets their own saying). Take turns guessing who wrote what and if they would say it to their own child.
- Wanna Bet? Start a pool with guesses on the exact date and time the new baby will be born. Write each guess on a calendar and promise to send a prize to whoever guesses correctly.
- Diaper Surprise Heat small fun-sized candy bars in the microwave and smear the mess into a diaper, keeping track of which candy bar is in which diaper. Have guests take turns for a quick sniff test to see if they can identify what is on each diaper. The winning nose takes home a small prize!
- Hit Me Baby One More Time! Have 10-30 second clips of a playlist of songs that have the word ‘babe’ or ‘baby’ in it and have your guests name that tune. The guest to come up with the most song titles wins.
- Mamma Knows Best Before the party, have guests who are other moms write their biggest piece of advice and words of encouragement on slips of paper. Compile them into a scrapbook and give it to the mom on the day of the shower.
- Balloon Belly Twister Have each guest blow up a balloon and put it under their shirt, creating a mock baby bump. Roll out the Twister mat and have the expectant mom flick away at the spinner. The last one to pop their balloon belly wins!
- Baby Sock Hunt Hide 20 baby socks hidden throughout the rooms of the party. Whoever gets the most at the end of the shower, gets a prize.
- What’s In the Bag? Fill a diaper bag with baby essentials and seal it. Have guests sit and circle and pass the bag along. They will each take turns guessing which exact item is in the bag.
- How Old Was She? Ask the parents of the expecting mom to bring in 5 different photos from 5 different times of the new mom’s life. Guests will have to guess how old she is in each picture!
- Spoon Fed Have guests partner up. Have one partner sit on a stool and blindfold the other one. Give the blindfolded partner an open jar of baby food and a spoon. Have the blindfolded partner try to feed the other partner without raising the blindfold.
- Designer Diaper Take a package of diapers and markers and have guests decorate a diaper for the mom-to-be. Encourage to get creative and funny with their creations!
- Baby Food Connoisseur Take off the label of 5 baby foods and have each guest sample it and guess what the main ingredients are. The person with the correct guesses wins.
- Diaper Rush Divide the guests into two teams. Have them construct a diaper out of toilet paper in two minutes. The team that can successfully craft a diaper wins.
- Baby Bottle Chugging Contest Fill each guest a baby bottle with lemonade, water, or iced tea. Set a timer and see who can chug it out of the bottle the fastest. Check out: Best Baby Shower Gifts Yummy Baby Shower Recipes Baby Cakes for Baby Showers
