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Showing posts with label Baby shower games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby shower games. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

baby shower GALOR part #2

Lately, a lot of my friends are having children and I have constantly been going from one baby shower to the next. Here are some of the different foods/recipes and activities




Games:

1. Crap happens: my friend laid out diapers on a table. Each diaper had something a little different in each one. The guests are supposed to guess what is in the diaper without tasting it. You can smell, touch, etc. The guest with the most correct answers wins!

2. Baby stats: have each guest guess how long, the weight, the date, the time, the eye color, the hair color of the soon the be newborn. My friend also added in some fun. The last part of the question was, what do you think the new mom steal from the hospital? Let's be honest! Who doesn't load up on the diapers, wipes, etc. lol! I was even guilty of this! My friends told me it wasn't stealing, more like taking what is yours because they are actually supposed to throw out anything that was left over from the room during your hospital stay.

3.Pacifier Toss Have guests stand in a circle and take turns tossing the pacifier to each other. The person who catches it has 10 seconds to name a baby item -- without repeating one that's already been said. If you repeat an item, or don't call out an item in time, you're out of the game. If you are the last person standing, you WIN!

4. Tinkle in the Pot: Each player puts a balloon under their shirt while holding a ping pong ball between their knees. Player must waddle down the line and drop the ball into a jar. This was actually really difficult for us, and we had a lot of people, so we lined up everyone that made it in the first time to race off against each other, the fastest won!.. But you can run the game however you want, even relay!

5. Rice rice baby!- Blindfolded guests will race to find baby pins in a bowl of rice. The one who gets them all moves on to the next round!

6. mom or dad baby shower game. One person read the questions one by one and we had to try and guess if the question applied to Mom or Dad. For example, the first question was "Who was born with blonde hair?" So if you thought it was Mom then you put on your lips and if you thought it was Dad you put on your mustache. ( I am not going to lie. I lost this game! lol )

7. Guess that baby food! You are better off blind folding the ones who are being fed, this way they can't even see the color of the baby food, which means they can only rely on their taste buds! Also, take the wrapper off so the ones who are feeding don't have any idea either and can also try it out for themselves. But the ones that were feeders for the one I was involved in were too scared to do it!


Clever Ideas:
1. Craving section- dedicate a WHOLE section to everything that the new soon to be mom has been craving during her pregnancy! Genius! That would have made me extremely happy! Make sure to add some tums close by! lol!


Rawkin pink punch-
Ingredients
1 (2 liter) bottle raspberry ginger ale
1 tub pink raspberry sherbet

Directions
1. Add raspberry sherbet to punch bowl then slowly pour ginger ale over top about 5-10 minutes before serving.

They also added pineapple juice which gave it the most amazing Flavor. Seriously the best I have ever had!

Friday, December 27, 2013

Baby Shower GALOR

So many of my friends are getting pregnant and having babies now! I am so excited for them to either join me in the mommy world or adding a new addition to their family. One thing I don't really care for all that much is baby showers. I get the point, it is just like a wedding shower, but more boring because (most of the time) there is no alcohol. (I don't drink, but some times I need one glass to take the edge off of meeting new people!) So I decided to introduce to EVERYONE the new WAYS to throw a FUN and ENJOYABLE baby shower.




First off- I wasn't too smart when I had my baby shower- for one! I rented a bar for the hubbies beer and diapers party, when I should have combined out shower into a BIG BASH!.. Believe me, it would have been a lot more fun for my "close" friends. But not so much for my co-workers, so you may need two separate showers! More people- More love and advice you will get for handling your little bundle of joy!


Are you sick of going to a baby shower and playing the same boring games over and OVER again? I am ... But here are some games that will keep your baby shower some punch!

  • Late Night Diapers (You can lay out diapers on a table with permanent markers. Let your guest write on the diapers, anything they want. The most creative, wins by applause!
    • Examples: isn't it daddy's turn yet?
    • caution open at your own risk
    • only a few more thousand before I'm potty trained
  • Pacifier necklace- you can make this by ribbon and if you google pacifier décor you can find them 12 for a $1 or 48 for $4.25. If you don't have enough time or money you can use clothes pins which you can get at the dollar store or dollar general pretty cheap!
    • who ever says baby loses their necklace
    • the one with the most necklaces at the ends win.
  • Baby shower price is right game- Guess prices for different baby items.
  • "My water broke"- Buy small babies that can fit in an ice tray or you can use those pacifiers you bought for the first game. When your pacifier. baby hits the bottom your guest must be the first one to say "My water broke" wins. You cannot help your ice melt faster in any other way.
  • Decorate a onsie with permanent markers (just like the diapers)
  • Baby libs-
    • My name is __(proper noun)__ and I've known __(name of person who is having the baby) for __(years)__. I __(verb)__ all the way from __(noun)__ to celebrate this day. I am so __(adjective)__ that __(name of person who is having the baby)__ is going to be a mommy! --(Name of person who is having the baby shower)__ is by far the most __(adjective)__ __(noun)__ and I know her mommy skills will be very __(Adjecttive)__ for many years to come. My best baby advice? Don't forget to wrap the baby in warm __(noun)__ after his/her bath. A sure way to get the baby to fall asleep is to sing a loud version of __(Name of song)__. Finally, you should always dispose of dirty diapers in the __(noun)__. I wish you a life time of happiness, and __(adverb)__ __(noun)__.
  • Toliet paper diaper- Split your party into small groups. Give each group a couple rolls of toilet paper. The mommy to be is who makes the decision of which group is to win.
  • Guess the babies birth day- print out a calendar and have your guest write on it, when the baby is born give the winner their prize!


Tips: If you are throwing the party you should help the soon to be mommy get a head start on the thank you cards. Place a box filled with the envelopes for the thank you cards and make a sign that says: Please be so kind, save the parents-to-be some time. Write your name & address on the envelopes inside. I also had an extra box that I labeled Completed Envelopes so my guest knew where to put the envelope they wrote on.

Favors-
  • Blow pops- with a sticker or piece of paper tied to the stick saying" Look who's about to pop!"
  • Set up a candy station that way quests can choice what they want!
  • Puff or loofa with a tag saying "from my shower to yours!"