Try these fun party game ideas at baby showers

Having the right party game ideas can turn your baby showers into spectacular successes. One the guests won't forget. A big reason for including fun activities is that many of the guests might not know each other and maybe the only person in the room they know is the expectant mother. So the right party game ideas will provide the perfect excuse to start lots of interaction with everyone and share laughs. Even if most people know each other, these activities transform baby showers into real celebrations.

Let's look at a few party game ideas that you can use right away. These have been successfully used at baby showers. But the very best route is for you to come up with original games. Or variations on existing ones. Then you will have truly unique activities that everyone will be playing for the first time - and congratulating you on!

So try to use the party game ideas as a starting point for your brainstorming session. Of course, you're certainly welcome to use them directly as given below at your baby showers.

Guess mommy's story : Let's start with the first of a few party game ideas. Pick a topic in the mom-to-be's life - say, how she first met her husband, or a holiday she went on, or anything at all. Write a short story about it. Then remove key names, phrases, and words from the story. In their place, put numbers. At the baby showers, don't read the story out to the guests, just ask them, 'what does number 7 stand for?', etc. Now the guests have to choose a word, name or phrase to fill in the blank numbered spaces. For e.g., nos. 12 and 13 stand for 'Peter's house'. Finally, fill in the blanks with the words they have selected - and read out the full story! You'll have everyone laughing till they hurt!

Speedsters: There are great party game ideas for co-ed baby showers as well. Here's one. Take several small baby bottles and fill them with water, fruit juice, soft drink etc. Pour equal quantities into each. Get a stopwatch. Now the guys compete to empty a bottle in the minimum possible time! The fastest one wins. For an added incentive, announce a prize for the fastest drinker - pick something that will appeal to the guys.

Of strings and stories: Here's one of those 'crooked' party game ideas for baby showers. Ask everyone to cut a length of string for a ball you've provided. Most will think it's for measuring mom-to-be's waist, so they'll select appropriately. Now tell them that they have to slowly wrap the string around one of their fingers while talking about themselves and how they know the mom-to-be! Plus, they can give her advice while they do so!

Pearls of wisdom: One more neat party game idea for baby showers. Hand over a 3" by 5" card to each guest. Ask them to write out a question relating to baby problems. An example could be: what do you do when the baby starts crying at 2:00 in the morning and you have an important meeting at 8:00 am? And so on. Collect all the cards and shuffle them thoroughly. Then distribute them again, at random. Ask each guest to write the answer to their original question on the reverse of the card, without referring to what's written on the other side. Now read out the questions and answers on each card! You know what the result will be!

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