Extra credit if guests also know the name of the kid! Be sure to have a few extra celeb baby pictures ready as a tiebreaker. Put your celebutot knowledge to the test! Create a sheet with pictures of babes of famous parents and give guests five minutes to write the correct name of the celebrity parents beneath each photo. (Guests who aren’t parents can write what they loved and admired most about their own parents’ parenting.) Have everyone jot down the parental wisdom in a decorative book or on index cards that will later be compiled into a keepsake book with pictures from the shower. Invite people to share valuable advice, a favorite saying or sage words that have guided them as parents.
When it comes to raising a child, it really does take a village. Related: Best gifts for 1-year-olds, according to child development experts 9. Display the masterpieces and vote on the favorite Picasso-inspired work. Give guests scissors, glue sticks and construction paper to cut out traits from each photo - the dad’s nose, mom’s chin - to piece together a single image on the baby face outline. Hand out large color copies of a photo of both the mom and dad (full length or just their faces) and an outline of a baby’s face. Will baby get Daddy’s brown eyes? Or Mommy’s curly hair? Create the perfect mash-up to predict what baby X will look like. The mom-to-be will pick her favorite of the bunch to determine the winner. Help baby's parents find the perfect name: Pass out index cards and pens, and have guests suggest baby names using the first letter of both mom and dad's names (one for each gender if not known).
Pastel M&Ms in pale pink, blue or both are a great options. At the end of the party, give a prize to whoever comes the closest. Then have guests drop their best guess into a bucket. To start you'll need to fill a big baby bottle with candies, making sure to count the number of candies that you use. RELATED: These are the top 20 baby shower gifts on Amazon 6. Decorate a bucket (or paint can with contact paper can be cute) and then have everyone drop in cards with their best idea. Give the mom-to-be lots of ways to make her baby’s first year special. Ask guests to write down the name of the baby animal. Name the baby animalĬreate a list with the names of adult female animals with a blank space next to them. Award a prize to the guest with the most products and also the most questionable item. Give each guest a pen and paper and ask them to list as many baby products as they can in two minutes. Put your guests to the test by handing them a blindfold, doll and diaper - and then race to see who can change a diaper the fastest! If the mama-to-be can change a diaper blindfolded, she’s in great shape. The ability to pull off a diaper change with your eyes closed definitely helps when it comes to middle-of-the-night poop explosions.
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