Baby shower

[WebLady]

I need your help ladies ...

I have a friend that is having a baby and I am helping her mom throw a shower for her. I have been to a couple of baby showers before and they play some pretty cheesy games but I would rather not do an overly cheesy thing here. And when my sister had her shower, we didn't play games at all.

So I need some ideas for some not so cheesy games, and some cheap prizes that would appeal to those with kids and without.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Jenn060306]

Hey...
For cheap good prizes hit up the dollar store, you can find candle holders and candles and stuff. Also bath products would be cool, like the puff thingy and loofas etc. You could also buy fun little crafts for those who have kids. It would be somthing neat for them to take home and do with them.
As for games... i'm not sure, i've only been to one baby shower and that was 5 years ago when my FSiL had her first baby.

[usahgrad]

Pin the pacifier on the baby? (Although I wouldn't suggest spinning around the mother-to-be!)

I second the dollar store...I picked up some MONDO cute baby stationary the other day...they were little baby angels...that would be GREAT for a baby shower. If you have them near you, my personal opinion is that Dollar Tree is the best. It's sad that I'm a connoiseur (?) of dollar stores.

As for games, the last baby shower I went to, we had a list of celebrities' babies names and had to write the name of the celebrity next to them. That was the best game...not all that great...lol. You could always google it!

[WebLady]

Thanks ladies! I do have a Dollar Tree right down the road from my house so I will have to check it out ;)

I like the celebrity baby name thing. Another girl mentioned something about having the new baby's name spelled out and have everyone come up with as many other words from the name as they could. I also heard something about some ongoing game where you couldn't cross your legs the whole time ... and had to suck on a candy pacifier for the whole party.

My friends mom wants to do this game where you get 2 people together and try to change a doll's diaper only using one hand each ... I really don't want to do that, just doesn't sound fun, at least not for me ;) I am gonna look up some stuff online too. I want it to be fun for everyone but also fun for me to ... you know, I will be the only one without kids ... well, at least the only that isn't having any.

[rainbowtreat]

I am going to a baby shower this Saturday. Whenever this family thorws a baby shower they ask the guests to bring a pack of diapers to be entered in a drawing for the door prize. It would be somethign like a gift certifacate for dinner out or a basket of goodies like body spray etc, or filled with candles and stuff like that. I like the idea. My firend ( it's her sisters shower this weekend) had so many packs of diapers that she had to exchange some for bigger sizes as the baby grew. Hope this helped you.

[CindySue]

My sister had a book that had games in it. One was a name game where it descibe something and you had to figure out the name. Ex...Clue: Small bubbling creek - name: Brooke. They had some really good ones but that was the only one I can remember right now. There was some other neat games in there too.

[usahgrad]

My friends mom wants to do this game where you get 2 people together and try to change a doll's diaper only using one hand each ... I really don't want to do that, just doesn't sound fun, at least not for me ;) I am gonna look up some stuff online too. I want it to be fun for everyone but also fun for me to ... you know, I will be the only one without kids ... well, at least the only that isn't having any.

You could always go the other way and play the game with the toilet paper rolls and broomsticks...leaning more towards conception is ALWAYS more fun...unless of course Moms are there...lol. Good luck!

[WebLady]

I am going to a baby shower this Saturday. Whenever this family thorws a baby shower they ask the guests to bring a pack of diapers to be entered in a drawing for the door prize. It would be somethign like a gift certifacate for dinner out or a basket of goodies like body spray etc, or filled with candles and stuff like that. I like the idea. My firend ( it's her sisters shower this weekend) had so many packs of diapers that she had to exchange some for bigger sizes as the baby grew. Hope this helped you.

That sounds like an idea ... I will have to tell them about that one. Thanks :)

My sister had a book that had games in it. One was a name game where it descibe something and you had to figure out the name. Ex...Clue: Small bubbling creek - name: Brooke. They had some really good ones but that was the only one I can remember right now. There was some other neat games in there too.

I like that idea to ... I bet I could come up with some too ;) Thanks!

You could always go the other way and play the game with the toilet paper rolls and broomsticks...leaning more towards conception is ALWAYS more fun...unless of course Moms are there...lol. Good luck!

That difinately sounds more fun to me ;) I will mention it and see what they think.

Thanks again ladies!

[ikkin510]

I don' tknow how cheesy you consider this but at the last shower I was at they played guess the baby food. They would put a little bit out and people had to guess what was what. We also had everyone drink out of bottles and sippy cups instead of the regular "adult" cups.

[StaceyMc]

My mom and I are throwing a baby shower for my sister next month. We're not big "game" people at showers, so we're doing the timer game. Set the timer for a certain amount of time when Mom-to-be is opening gifts and when the timer goes off, the giver of the gift that she is opening gets a prize.

The other ladies are right about the Dollar Tree - Mom got some excellant prizes there. They look great and are inexpensive.

Also, we're doing the sticker on the bottom of the plate game for a nice candle prize and also a drawing for a candle prize as well.

We did the same games above for a bridal shower this past weekend and everyone enjoyed themselves.

[WebLady]

I don' tknow how cheesy you consider this but at the last shower I was at they played guess the baby food. They would put a little bit out and people had to guess what was what. We also had everyone drink out of bottles and sippy cups instead of the regular "adult" cups.

Yeah, I have heard about all that ... not really 'cheesy' persay but not something I would personally like to do. I guess it is that I am not a big game person, plus all that baby theme stuff is just silly to me. So I want to find something that would be fun for all and not make me do anything silly ;)

My mom and I are throwing a baby shower for my sister next month. We're not big "game" people at showers, so we're doing the timer game. Set the timer for a certain amount of time when Mom-to-be is opening gifts and when the timer goes off, the giver of the gift that she is opening gets a prize.

... Also, we're doing the sticker on the bottom of the plate game for a nice candle prize and also a drawing for a candle prize as well.

These sound like great ideas, I am going try to use those! Thanks!

[CindySue]

The only thing with the baby food tasting is that the new mother WILL end up tasting just about every flavor of baby food that she feeds her baby.

[WebLady]

Here are a couple other ideas I found ...

- Introduction Game: When everyone gets there you will want to introduce everyone to one another. Have everyone will stand up one at a time and say who they are and how they know the Mom To Be and then say something funny or unique about themselves as a child. Each person that goes after the first will have to remember something about the person that went before them and re-tell that. *Not really a game here since no prizes are given, it is just sort of fun*

- Guess how big the mom to be's belly is ... Hand out sting to everyone, they will have to cut their string to the size they think would fit around the Mom To Be's belly. The one that gets closest wins a prize.

- Tray of baby items-with a twist: Put several baby items (diaper, bottle, pacifier, comb etc) on a tray. Have the mom-to-be pass the tray around then find a reason to excuse herself. Once she is gone the hostess tells the guests to write down as many things as the Mom-to-be was wearing (color outfit, hair accessories, earrings etc). This will shock the guests because they are expecting the game to have something to do with the items on the tray. They were probably not looking at the mom so it will be tough, but fun.

I had thought of doing the prizes kind of like the old 'While Elephant' thing ... wrap them all in plain paper and then if someone doesn't like the prize they won, then they can trade with someone else or give it to the Mom To Be.

I sent the girls mom an email today with these and some of the other ideas you all mentioned. I hope you goes for some of them so I don't have to do all the silly stuff ;) Do you think I am being bad for not wanting to do the silly stuff if the mother and the mom to be want to? And do I even have to if I am the co-hostess? I volunteered to help and I do want to but I just don't want to do all the silly games with diapers and bottles and baby food. But I guess I shouldn't worry too much with all this right now, the shower isn't until March.

[CindySue]

Another idea, if it would work, is to have the guests bring baby pics of themselves....the younger the better, and put them on a poster board with a number. The guests then try to figure out who is who.

[WebLady]

Another idea, if it would work, is to have the guests bring baby pics of themselves....the younger the better, and put them on a poster board with a number. The guests then try to figure out who is who.

Yeah, I saw that one online somewhere today too, we may do that one ;)

[rainbowtreat]

ok this one i only heard of but never seen done. And it does involve a diaper sorry. You make little diapers out of pink and blue napkins and in only a couple of them you melt a small piece of chocolate. Yeah you get what i am saying. give each guest a diaper as they come in or hang them on a small clothes line or something and in time give every one one of them. Who ever has the diapers with the "melted chocolate " in it wins a prize.

[WebLady]

ok this one i only heard of but never seen done. And it does involve a diaper sorry. You make little diapers out of pink and blue napkins and in only a couple of them you melt a small piece of chocolate. Yeah you get what i am saying. give each guest a diaper as they come in or hang them on a small clothes line or something and in time give every one one of them. Who ever has the diapers with the "melted chocolate " in it wins a prize.

I heard about something like that too ... this is the kind of thing I don't want to do ;)

Thanks though :D

[usahgrad]

hmm...melted chocolate in fake diapers...I wonder what that's elluding too...lol

All of the ideas sound great! I'll have to remember this thread the next time I throw a baby shower; which may not be too long from now with the way my sister's going lately. *shudder*

Anyways, I was wondering if this is going to be a Jack and Jill baby shower or just a Jill? I've heard people always have more fun at Jack and Jill baby showers and it makes even the silly games more interesting. ;)

Of course, that all depends on the Mom-to-be...

[WebLady]

Anyways, I was wondering if this is going to be a Jack and Jill baby shower or just a Jill? I've heard people always have more fun at Jack and Jill baby showers and it makes even the silly games more interesting. ;) Of course, that all depends on the Mom-to-be...

I am pretty sure it will be just the girls. The mom to be is much younger than me, (she is 19 ... I know her from a friend) as I am sure most of the guests will be. And even with the few friends of her mom's that might be there, (who are older than me) I will be the only one without kids and as you know I don't plan to have any either.

I don't mind helping to plan the baby shower, but I just don't want to do the silly games ... it is just not me on so many levels. But I know others enjoy it but I just don't want them to be mad if I don't participate in them ... I don't want it to start some 'attack' on my not having kids.

I told them yesterday (via email) how I felt and that I still wanted to help. I am going to see them today and we'll see what happens.

This wasn't so hard with my sister's baby shower ... but, she didn't want to do the games either.

Oh well, I am sure it will work out.