I haven’t been to a lot of baby showers lately, not since I was a kid and it was my mother getting the invites. But that’s okay, I don’t remember baby showers as being a whole lot of fun anyway. Quite boring in fact, when one remembers the old baby games I’d been forced to play. As if accepting an invitation and offering gifts makes us obligated to eat jars of baby food while blindfolded. No thank you. I went to the internet and began the search for a better baby shower game.
Pregnant Man:
First, gather the men of the group.
Gather them up, sit them in chairs side by side, tell them to blow up a balloon, tie it off. Then (while they try to figure out why we women are untying their shoes) inform them that the purpose of the game is for them to stuff the balloon under their shirts; and then, without lifting their shoes off the ground, they must re-tie them without popping the balloon. The first guy to accomplish this wins a prize!
Sounds simple but it’s worth a lot of laughs for all involved! Don’t forget to get it on tape.
Baby Shower Relay:
This is another game that can be played entirely by men, and is in fact almost more fun to watch if it is exclusively men. Immagine it…
Assemble these items on a long table, one per participant; a blindfold, asmall baby bottle filled with liquid of your choice, a cloth diaper, a diaper pin, a baby spoon, a jar of baby food (a kind flavor please!)
Blindfold the men, make them relay race each other for a ‘manly’ prize of your choice. First, they must drink the little bottle of apple juice or what have you, then they must (remember they’re still blindfolded) diaper their balloon without popping it. Then they must eat their container of baby food for the win!
Personalized Baby Trivia Questions!
Here is the first draft of the trivia quiz I’m going to try and get out at the Baby Shower for Me and Jason’s friends and family, the ‘correct’ answers are dashed and italicized.
How big is a baby’s head in relation to its body after it’s born?
A. 1/18 the size of the body
-B. one fourth the size of the body
C. 1/2 the size of the body
02. What is Leah’s Due Date?
A. December 1st
B. December 3rd
-C. November 24th
03. What are the Boy/Girl Middle Names picked out for Jason and Leah’s infant?
A. George/June
B. Leason/Jaseah (a combination of Jason’s and Leah’s names)
-C. Responsible/Buttercup
D. Thomas/Anne
04. What did the mama-to-be do six hours before she found out she was pregnant?
A. Go to Six Flags and ride the Raging Bull, the Viper, and Batman: the Ride, twice.
B. Accidentally drank almost three red solo cups of spiked punch at an office party.
-C. Fall down the stairs.
05. What is the age on record for the oldest woman to be pregnant on earth?
A. 71 years
B. 88 years
-C. 66 years
06. What is the scientific term for when an egg and a sperm unite?
A. lucid transmittance
-B. zygote
C. prokaryotic
07. What is the weight of the heaviest baby ever on record?
A. 19 pounds 2 ounces
B. 24 pounds 2 ounces
-C. 23 pounds 12 ounces
D. 36 pounds
08. How many months before an infant’s eye color is fixed?
-A. 6-9 months
B. 2-4 months
C. 5-7 months
09. How many bones does a newborn have?
-A. 300
B. 306
C. 289
10. When do babies typically begin to recognize themselves in the mirror?
A. within the first three months
B. between 5 and 15 months of age
-C. between 9 and 24 months of age
11. Which sense is developed first in newborns?
-A. hearing
B. touch
C. taste
D. smell
12. When does a baby start to smile socially?
A. after one year
B. 2-5 months
-C. 4-8 weeks
D. 7-8 months
13. Excluding medical cost, how much does it cost on average to raise a child for the first year in the USA?
A. $10,000
B. $3,000
C. $15,000
-D. $7,000
14. How long does it take on average for a man to change a diaper on a newborn?
A. 45 seconds flat!
B. 2 minutes
-C. 1 minute 36 seconds
D. What? Change a diaper? Nooo thank you.
15. What is the essential ingredient in a diaper cake?
A. lavender chocolate
B. Sour Cream
-C. diapers
D. Seven Up
16. Newborns don’t have this body part:
-A. Kneecaps
B. skull
C. elbows
D. hipbone
17. From What Book did Jason First Read to His Unborn Kiddo?
A. Peter Pan
-B. Tales from Edger Allen Poe.
C. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
18. What Did Leah’s Mother (Barbara) tell Leah’s Grandmother (Rita) she was going to name Leah?
A. Sugar
-B. Prometheus
C. Honey
D. Andromeda
19. Which oldies music group came up with the the hit song “Baby Love?”
-A. The Supremes
B. The Ronettes
C. The Chantels
20. What color, until the 1940s, was the defining color for boys/girls?
A. Black for both
B. Yellow for both
-C. Pink/Blue
D. Blue/Pink
Your Turn:
Leave your favorite game to play or a game you would like to play at a baby shower in the comments section below. I would love to get some new and creative ideas for next time.