Thursday, September 5, 2013
Activity: Photo Booth
I love the idea of photo booths! I think that they're fun and they get good, funny pictures of the attendees. I wish I had one at my wedding! Not sure exactly how it would have to work since I'm certainly not a photographer and we would need someone to "man" taking pictures at the booth. Whatever the theme is you can incorporate it into the props for pictures.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Favor: S'mores & Soap
So I have a slight obsession with s'mores. I don't know if my sister agrees, but I think that they are the BEST thing. So this might be a fun favor idea! It's certainly original!
Another idea is cute, scented soaps. My aunt makes soap... I wonder if I could buy some from her. Plus they are organic!
Another idea is cute, scented soaps. My aunt makes soap... I wonder if I could buy some from her. Plus they are organic!
Game/Activity: Present Passing & Prayer
A comment at the bottom of antoher post (link below) had some good ideas.
1. Hand someone a gift at the beginning of the time when the mom opens presents. You can use different words, but anytime anyone says “aww”, pass the present to the right. Anytime someone says “cute,” pass the present to the left. Whoever ends up with the gift at the end of the present time gets the prize.
2. Prayer time for baby. Pass out cards for people who are willing to pray out loud with various things to pray about for the baby- safe delivery, health, sleep, for the mom, etc. This takes up about 20 minutes and is a great way to lift up the mom and give her a little encouragement before the baby arrives.
Personal Note: I don't think it would have to take 20 mins, but I think that it would be really neat to do this for the mom-to-be and baby in some way. Whether it be at the end of the night when close family and friends are there or maybe at another time... but I think that this would be amazing to do with her.
http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/10-non-awkward-baby-shower-games-and-activities/
1. Hand someone a gift at the beginning of the time when the mom opens presents. You can use different words, but anytime anyone says “aww”, pass the present to the right. Anytime someone says “cute,” pass the present to the left. Whoever ends up with the gift at the end of the present time gets the prize.
2. Prayer time for baby. Pass out cards for people who are willing to pray out loud with various things to pray about for the baby- safe delivery, health, sleep, for the mom, etc. This takes up about 20 minutes and is a great way to lift up the mom and give her a little encouragement before the baby arrives.
Personal Note: I don't think it would have to take 20 mins, but I think that it would be really neat to do this for the mom-to-be and baby in some way. Whether it be at the end of the night when close family and friends are there or maybe at another time... but I think that this would be amazing to do with her.
http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/10-non-awkward-baby-shower-games-and-activities/
Games: More Ideas
A baby shower games post by babyshower101.com. I like numbers 12, 13, & 15. The others are fun too but some of them are too "baby shower-ish". Good ideas though.
1) Guess Mom's Tummy Size: (Materials- String or yarn and scissors) Have each woman pull the yarn to the size they believe would fit perfectly around the Mother-To-Be's center of her pregnant tummy. After everyone cuts their string, compare the results to the Mommy-To-Be's actual tummy. Give a prize to the woman who is the most close! This is a baby shower favorite.
1) Guess Mom's Tummy Size: (Materials- String or yarn and scissors) Have each woman pull the yarn to the size they believe would fit perfectly around the Mother-To-Be's center of her pregnant tummy. After everyone cuts their string, compare the results to the Mommy-To-Be's actual tummy. Give a prize to the woman who is the most close! This is a baby shower favorite.
2) Never say "Baby": (Materials- baby safety
pins or another type of baby object you can place on a string for each woman at
the party as well as string or yarn, enough for each woman to wear as a
necklace). Have each woman place the necklace with the baby safety pins around
her neck when she gets to the party. The rules for this baby shower game are
given out at the beginning of the baby shower that whenever someone says the
word "baby" during the shower, any woman who calls it out gets a pin from the
other woman who stated the word. At the end of the baby shower, the woman with
the most pins wins a prize.
3) How Many Baby Items Can You Name:
(Materials- pad of paper and pen for each woman). Have each woman write down as
many baby products as they can name (bottle, blanket, pacifier, etc) within 5
minutes. Sure it is easy at the beginning, but towards the last few minutes, the
women will start racking their brains for more :) Give a prize to the woman who
gets the most baby products named!
Personal Note: I don't think that it should be 5 minutes! that's a long time!
4) Who Can Make The Mother-To-Be's Baby:
(Materials - Baby magazines, Scissors, Glue, Paper). Have the women group up
into teams of 3 and give each 3 baby magazines. Have them cut out pieces of
different baby qualities and put together a picture of what they think the
Mother-To-Be's baby will look like. Have the Mother-To-Be pick which baby would
possibly look like hers the best! Give prizes to the winning team! One of the
top baby shower games!
5) Pin The Sperm on the Egg™ -
(Materials: Click
Here to Order) - Check out this hilarious game, the original, Pin the Sperm
on the EggTM Game. A reminder of the old game of pin the tail on the donkey,
this fun, animated version will thrill your friends and family at your next baby
shower!
6) Guess How Many Safety Pins: (Materials- Safety
Pins and Jar). Pass around a jar full of baby safety pins. The one who guesses
the closest wins a baby shower prize. A baby shower game
favorite!
One of our visitors, Lynn, stated that
she filled a clear plastic container (about 50 qt size with disposable diapers)
all the same size (size 1) and had people guess how many diapers were in the
container. Of course, container and contents go to mom since, as we all know,
you can never have enough diapers. This baby shower game is very functional for
the mommy-to-be!
You can find great baby shower
decorations to help with the baby shower games as well as to decorate your
party!
7) How Well Do You Know Mommy-To-Be:
(Materials- Pre-Printed Form and pen for each woman). Have each women guess what
features she wants most on the baby from either her or her husband
(Daddy-To-Be). An example of this idea is found below:
| Attribute | Mommy | Daddy |
| Eyes | X | |
| Ears | X | |
| Nose | X | |
| Legs | X | |
| Hair | X | |
| Smile | X | |
| Intelligence | X | |
| Humor | X | |
| Other | X |
Select 25 attributes and ask everyone
to fill in the form from what each woman feels the "mommy-to-be's" point of
view" will be. After everyone checks off the list, have the mommy-to-be state
her preference. The one with the most correct match to the Mommy-To-Be wins a
prize. This is a great baby shower game!
8)
Place The Baby On The Mommy:
(Materials- Cutouts of a baby with tape and blindfold). Another one of our
favorite baby shower games is the baby shower version of Pin The Tail on the
Donkey. Blindfold each participant and then give them a paper baby to then
approach the mom and place the baby as close to the tummy as possible. The one
who gets closest to placing the paper baby on the pregnant tummy
wins.
9) Baby Shower Trivia Game
- (Materials: Paper, Pens) - Have someone from the baby shower look up some
great baby shower trivia prior to the party. Questions like: "How many babies
are born a year", "What is the most common color used in a baby's room?", "What
is the average weight of a baby?". Look up some great facts and have a ball
playing this great baby shower game with your friends and family!
10) Baby Bingo: (Materials- Pens, Pre-Printed Bingo
cards that use the numbers of how many people attend the baby shower) Prior to
opening the baby shower gifts, number each gift on the box starting with one. If
you know that 15 people will be attending your shower, pre-print bingo cards
with numbers 1 through 15 and randomly place them on 15 cards. When the
mommy-to-be's decides to open the presents, she grabs the present she wants to
open and reads the number out loud. As soon as someone receives bingo, they win
the baby shower game and the baby shower prize.
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11) Baby Trivia: (Materials: Click for More Information) - Even the biggest baby
know-it-alls will be stumped by questions such as "How many diapers does a baby
use in one year?" and will get a kick out of this collection of outlandish and
surprising facts! Brought to you by the Funsational Shoppe™.
*12) Guess the baby item: (Materials- any baby
products and blindfold). A bag of baby items are placed in front of the
mother-to-be for her to take one item out at a time blindfolded and tell her
baby shower guests what item she has in her hands. This is really fun baby
shower game when you choose some crazy baby toys or products.
*13) Finish the Baby Rhyme: (Materials- baby rhyme game or a book containing the rhymes). Have the host read out loud a part of the rhyme to be finished by the other women. Let's see how many Baby Shower Guests can finish the following Rhymes we have all grown up with:
1) Mary had a little lamb, it's _____________ was white as snow.
2) Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any _____________?
3) Mary, Mary, quite _____________, how does your garden grow?
4) Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, and how do you think ____________ _____________ ____________?
5) Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, _________________ ________________!
6) Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner, eating his ______________ pie;
7) Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her ________________ and _______________.
8) Peter Piper picked a peck of ____________ _____________.
9) One, two, buckle my shoe, three four, _____________ at the door.
10) Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, had a wife but couldn't ____________ her.
11) Old Mother Hubbard, went to the _______________.
12) There was an old woman, who lived in a _______________.
13) Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no ___________.
14) Hey diddle, diddle, the ____________ and the fiddle.
15) Rock-a-bye baby, on the __________________.
Here are the answers below to the questions. It is great to give the winner a baby shower small gift for participating. Read the answers that people have put out loud since you will have some funny ones.
*13) Finish the Baby Rhyme: (Materials- baby rhyme game or a book containing the rhymes). Have the host read out loud a part of the rhyme to be finished by the other women. Let's see how many Baby Shower Guests can finish the following Rhymes we have all grown up with:
1) Mary had a little lamb, it's _____________ was white as snow.
2) Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any _____________?
3) Mary, Mary, quite _____________, how does your garden grow?
4) Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, and how do you think ____________ _____________ ____________?
5) Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, _________________ ________________!
6) Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner, eating his ______________ pie;
7) Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her ________________ and _______________.
8) Peter Piper picked a peck of ____________ _____________.
9) One, two, buckle my shoe, three four, _____________ at the door.
10) Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, had a wife but couldn't ____________ her.
11) Old Mother Hubbard, went to the _______________.
12) There was an old woman, who lived in a _______________.
13) Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no ___________.
14) Hey diddle, diddle, the ____________ and the fiddle.
15) Rock-a-bye baby, on the __________________.
Here are the answers below to the questions. It is great to give the winner a baby shower small gift for participating. Read the answers that people have put out loud since you will have some funny ones.
| 1) fleece | 2) wool | 3) contrary | 4) they got there | 5) Baker's man |
| 6) Christmas | 7) curds, whey | 8) pickled peppers | 9) knock | 10) keep |
| 11) cupboard | 12) shoe | 13) lean | 14) cat | 15) treetop |
To print out this game, turn
on your printer, click here, when the checklist comes up, click the
"File --> Print Option" in your browser).
So simple; no fuss, no extra props 75 Printable Baby Shower Games with Answers.
14) Guess the baby pictures: Ask for
everyone's pictures prior to the baby shower. Have all the pictures in a collage
and make lines for people to fill in who they think the babies are out of the
girls at the baby shower. If most women don't know each other, just have the
pictures of the mother, mother-in-law, sisters, and mommy-to-be. See how many
people guess right. You can make copies of the baby picture collage to see how
many can guess right!
*15) Baby Scrambler: Another fun baby shower game is to choose around 25 baby related items and scramble the spelling. For instance, pacifier can be changed to reiifpca. Have the women unscramble the words. The one who gets the most right in 5 min receives a baby shower prize.
*15) Baby Scrambler: Another fun baby shower game is to choose around 25 baby related items and scramble the spelling. For instance, pacifier can be changed to reiifpca. Have the women unscramble the words. The one who gets the most right in 5 min receives a baby shower prize.
Other: Thank You Card
Cute thank you card. We could have them pre-printed and then let my sister sign the back or the bottom.
Game: Guess the Name
This would be a fun idea if the mom-to-be didn't have a name picked out! You could also do guess the baby weight.
Game: Guess the Onesie
Each guest brings a onesie (that describes herself) and the mom-to-be has to guess who it is from. Cute game that's not lame! This would be a little hard when everyone brings a Xfit onesie :)
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