15 Baby Shower Games Ideas
Every baby shower has a different vibe. Some parents want low-key games everyone can play from their seat. Others want people up, mingling, maybe a bit competitive. And some want their guests to get creative and create something the baby will use. Whatever your crowd is like, we have compiled games and activities that will work for any baby shower, including a baby guessing game, guess the baby photo, pacifier bobbing, duck hunt, baby food taste test and block or bib decorating.
Guessing Games That Get Everyone Talking
These need almost no setup, work for any group size, and get strangers chatting.
Guess the Baby Photos
Ask everyone to bring a baby photo of themselves. Pin them up with no names, and let guests try to match photo to the adult.
Guess the Baby's Name
Before the big reveal, get guests to write down what they think the baby will be called. Read them out at the end. If the parents haven't settled on a name yet, this doubles as free inspiration.
Scrambled Baby Name
If the name's already picked, scramble the letters, pin them up and see who unscrambles it fastest.
Guess the Baby Lullaby
Play the first few seconds of a few classic lullabies and let people buzz in or shout out the tune. Whoever is fastest, wins!
Guess the Disney Movie by Emojis
Turn Disney classics into emoji strings and see who guesses the movie faster. A few to try (see if you get it):
🕛 👠 🎃 🐭 ✨
🐚 🎶 🦀 🌊 🫧
🪔 🕌 🐒 💎 🌙
❄️ ⛰️ 🦌 ⛄ 💙
🪸 🌊 🐢 🦈 🫧
🤠 🚀 🧸 📦 ⭐
Baby Guessing Game
Guests guess the due date, weight, eye colour, even the time of birth, then find out who was closest once the baby's born. If you want, have everyone chip in £5 when they send their guess to the organiser. You can then decide whether the winner takes the pot or it goes toward a gift for the parents, or a mix of both. Our free Baby Guessing tool handles the entries and works out the winner automatically.
Active Baby Shower Games
These will be fun, chaotic and retold at every family gathering afterwards.
Bobbing for Pacifiers
Like apple bobbing but with pacifiers. Fill a bowl with water and dummies, then time how many each guest can grab in 30 seconds.
Duck Hunt
Hide small rubber ducks around the house or garden before guests arrive. Whoever finds the most throughout the party wins a small prize.
Parenting Advice Jar
Everyone writes down a piece of parenting advice - serious or completely made up - and drops it in a jar for the parents to pull from whenever they need it. Less a game, more a keepsake, but it always gets a laugh on the day.
Who's Most Likely
The parents-to-be sit back to back and answer questions like:
- Who's more likely to sleep through the baby's crying?
- Who'll be the stricter parent?
- Who'll cry first?
Both parents hold up the shoe of the person they reckon the answer is.
Baby Food Taste Test
Blindfold a few brave guests and feed them jars of baby food so they can guess the flavour. Works best with the weirder combinations.
Craft and Keepsake Activities
Slower-paced options for guests who'd rather make something than compete for a prize.
Decorate a Bib or Building Block
Get a few plain bibs or wooden blocks and a pack of fabric pens. Set up a table for guests to decorate away. This is a wholesome activity and creates a useful gift for the nursery.
Alphabet Cards
Each guest decorates one letter with a matching picture, like A is for Apple, B is for Bear, and the finished set becomes a nursery alphabet display, or you can bind them into a book. There will definitely be a few funny ones in there!
Memory Tray Game
Show guests a tray of baby items for 60 seconds, take it away, then have everyone write down what they remember. It’s almost impossible to remember them all if there’s more than 7 objects. A good breather after something livelier.
Gift-Opening Bingo
Bingo cards pre-filled with likely gifts like baby grows, nappies, a soft toy, so guests can mark them off as each present gets unwrapped. First to get a line yells BINGO and wins a prize. Keeps everyone involved during what's usually the slowest part of the party.
Prepare for the Baby Shower
Whether you're organising a shower for yourself or a friend, we hope these give you something to work with. If you want to put together a group gift the parents will really appreciate, you can collect money from friend, colleagues and family through Collctiv. Create a pot in seconds, send the link, and people can pay in and leave gift suggestions. When you're ready, withdraw the money and get them the perfect present.
If you're running the shower and collecting for a joint gift at the same time, you can combine the two. Set up your Baby Guessing Game and gift pot together so guests can place a guess and chip in for the group gift in one go, instead of chasing two separate things. You can even split the pot however you like between the game winner and the present.
