The 5 Best Baby Shower Games (That are Actually Fun)

If you’re planning a baby shower, you know that games are a crucial element to the party. If you’ve been to a baby shower, you know that cheesy games are the absolute worst. The whole point of having games there is to get people talking, and liven the mood — and nothing kills the mood like a cringe-worthy activity.

Fun Games to Play

We’ve seen and played a lot of games out there and, honestly, we weren’t loving them. So, we decided to make our own set of free baby shower games that give this tradition a unique, modern twist and, most importantly, are actually fun to play.

Printable Baby Shower Games

Check out each game below. You can pick and choose, have different games at different tables or just play them all. Since we know there's no one-size-fits all baby shower these days we designed each game to fit any theme: boy, girl, gender neutral and even co-ed baby showers. We hope you  them as much as we do!

Baby Trivia 

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How to Play:

1. Create a game packet by stapling all three pages of the printout together with page 1 (the one with the numbers) on top and page three (the one with the questions) on the bottom. 
2. Place one packet at each table and ask your guests to designate 1 host and 1-4 contestants per table.
3. When a contestant chooses a category and number, the host should lift the top page and read the corresponding clue on page 2. 
4. The contestant should answer the clue in the form of a question. 

Baby Charades

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How to Play:

1. Cut along the dotted lines. 
2. Put fold each square so you can’t see what is written on it.
3. Place the squares into a bowl.
4. Divide all players into two teams.
5. Each player should take a square from the bowl, read what’s on it, but not show it to anyone else.
6. When it comes time to play, each player should act out what’s on their square without speaking. The point is to get your team to guess what was written on your square. (Mouthing of the words for lipreading, spelling, and pointing are against the rules!) Each player has 2 minutes to act.
7. Use a notepad to tally the teams' points: one for every correctly guessed answer and one for every answer the opposing team failed to guess within the allotted time.
8. Play until each player has acted. At the end the team with the most points wins.

Guess the Baby Book

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How to Play:

1. Place a printout at each table setting with a pen.
2. Players should use the emoji clues to guess the popular baby book.
3. The correct answers are at the bottom of the sheet, if you would like to reveal the answers yourself, you can cut that part of the sheet off.

Baby Word Scramble

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How to Play:

1. Place a printout at each table setting with a pen.
2. Players should unscramble the letters to guess the baby-related word.
3. The correct answers are at the bottom of the sheet, if you would like to reveal the answers. yourself, you can cut that part of the sheet off.

Make Cents?

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How to Play:

1. Prepare for the game by looking up the average price of each items listed and create your own answers sheet. It works best if you round to the nearest dollar.
2. Place a printout (without the answers) at each table setting with a pen.
3. Once everyone is finished guessing the price of each item, read the answers aloud.
4. The player with the most answers that are closest to the average wins