| Baby showers are joyful get-togethers usually including | | | | standard game that's played at most baby showers. |
| four main activities: socializing, playing games, eating, | | | | One simple game is filling a baby bottle with small items |
| and the best one of all, opening all the baby gifts! | | | | such as jelly beans or q-tips and asking each person |
| Planning a baby shower is part of the fun. | | | | to guess how many the bottle holds. |
| Most baby showers last about 2-3 hours, so having an | | | | There is also baby Bingo, baby tic-tac-toe, pin the |
| outline for the schedule of activities is a good idea so | | | | pacifier on the baby, and so many more. |
| that the party does not lag at any time. | | | | If games don't appear appropriate for the group, for |
| Planning Details: The beginning of the baby shower is a | | | | whatever reason, plan a group project instead. When |
| fun time for socializing. The majority of the guests will | | | | the project is finished, it will be given to the honored |
| need to greet each other and talk with the | | | | guest as a way to remind her of this big day. |
| mother-to-be to find out the details of her pregnancy. | | | | Project ideas include scrapbooking, quilting, making a |
| Something to eat is always expected at a baby | | | | video documentary, or making something similar to a |
| shower and it needn't be intricate. It's just got to be | | | | hand-painted floor mat or wall hanging the expectant |
| planned. Finger foods are simplest and guests can eat | | | | mother can make use of in her home. |
| throughout the whole shower, with a special time, | | | | Making an advice book is straightforward. Get a |
| customarily towards the end, dedicated to serving the | | | | notebook full of blank pages and pass it around to |
| cake. | | | | each attendee. On a separate page, each guest |
| Perhaps the most popular activity in most baby | | | | writes down a little bit of parenting advice and signs |
| showers is the game time. Baby shower games are | | | | the page. |
| fun and there is no end to the variety of games, either. | | | | If you are inviting men, plan the baby shower as more |
| Just about any game can be changed to make it | | | | of get-together, perhaps an outside BBQ. The guys |
| suitable for a baby shower. | | | | can cook the food and assemble the baby gifts as |
| Plan on playing a variety of baby shower games if it is | | | | they're opened as the women sit back and have fun! |
| a fun group of people. Just be sure to decide on the | | | | Keeping the Best for Last: Opening the baby gifts is |
| games about 3 weeks prior to the shower so you | | | | definitely the highlight of the baby showers (at least |
| know what games that may be played as the host will | | | | from the mother's point of view). |
| have to make certain she has lots of game pieces | | | | Be sure someone is writing down each gift and the |
| and mandatory supplies. And she'll need to get a prize | | | | giver. Save the bows, too so that when it's all over, the |
| to award the game winners, too! | | | | guest of honor can be topped with a silly bow hat! |
| Figuring out the rim of the expectant mother's belly is a | | | | |