I am doing a suprise baby shower for my best friend but not until June (and it's gonna be hot) and I figured it would be fun to do a co-ed baby shower since they both have mutual friends. I know it's really early but since I am studying with school and all and having a family of my own, I dont want to be running around at the last minute getting things ready. I just wanted to get some good ideas about some fun games that we could do.
Any ideas?
Thanks ahead of time ladies!
at my co-ed shower, which was wonderful, shout out to my sil! She had beer, hot wings, chips, and a football game on tv. She also had fussy little cucumber sandwhciches, white wine, and plenty of deserts. Everybody was happy! We didn't do a lot of games. Just the how many squares of toilet paper would it take to wrap around my belly thing. That was hilarious. Food, friends, presents. What more could a girl want!
ask each couple to bring their favorite childhood book and write in the front to the baby. we also set up a table of white cloth diapers and fabric paint for guests to make burp cloths. came out really cute!
Get some paper plates and crayons. Everyone puts a plate on their head, chooses a crayon and draws a baby on the plate.....without looking. Let the parents decide whose baby looks the "best" and that is the winner.
At my friend's shower we did the "guess how big around the belly is" game with all the women and the mom-to-be, the one who guessed most accurately won a prize. What made it funny, is once that was done, all the guys played the same game, but with the father-to-be, and the prize was something a guy would want, like liquor. It was hilarious!
I'm going to venture to say games won't go over that well at a coed shower. If you really want to do games, invite only the gals, or only do 1. I know my husband would seriously die if he had to not only go to a baby shower, but play a game. You could do a book of parenting advice...one for moms and one for dads. Have the men write down tips for the new dad and women for the mom. You could do that easily and it would be kind of fun to see the different responses. I would split the paper in half and a do a cute look for the dad section and different one for the mom section but that way both halves of the couple can respond on the same page. Put them all in a notebook and send them home with the presents.
Someone made up a funny Baby Shower Mad Libs an everyone laughed a ton when it was read out loud at the end!
The clothespin game- everyone gets a clothespin when they come in and told not to say "baby"- if you do, whoever catches you gets to claim your clothespin- whoever collects the most wins. You can find the mini-clothes pins at a party supply store. good game for the competitive sort.
Memory game- put out +/- 20 baby related items on a tray, let contestants look for one minute, remove tray, and have them list all they can recall. a brain game.
Dirty diapers- ahead of time, melt a variety of chocolate bars and place inside a diaper, smoosh it up a bit. Label the diapers (1-6 or however many) and keep a secret record of what's in which. Let the contestants guess ( by sight, smell, or taste) what's in there. Even knowing it's only chocolate, its still gross, but funny
Well, I think the poor guys who show up to stave of the guilts might like a game of quarters!
:)
I threw a baby shower recently for a good freind and the games that were a hit were:
"baby task pictionary" (everyone draws on a whiteboard a "baby task"until someone guesses the answer- most right answers wins the game)
"dress the baby"- we made all the GUYS who came race to wipe, powder, diaper, clothes, put socks on and swaddle a doll- while blindfolded! It was hilarious and SO fun! The one who did it the fastest without missing anything won!
"guess how big mom is"- we had each guest try to cut a ribbon to the right length to wrap all the way around the mom-to-be's belly. Whoever was closest won!
My tip for throwing a baby shower---- plan plan plan. Buy decor ahead of time, order food or a cake if you don't have time to cook ahead... and try to make a "schedule" in for how the shower will go. Nothing is worse than a frazzled hostess for making the party uncomfortable!
On the day of the shower make sure you greet all the guests and that no one gets "left in a corner"- that is why it is a good idea to invite a mix of friends and family of the guest so that everyone ideally "knows someone" other than just you or the mom-to-be.
Like tori H. said, If you do have a coed shower, don't overdo the "cutesy" games. Most guys can only tolerate so much before they start turning green. At the shower I threw, we only had that one "guys game" and during the rest of the games the guys all went to another room and played video games. They came back for the food and cake and the gift opening. That kept the guys from getting too bored with the girly stuff... but they weren't totally excluded either!
don't overload the shower with too many games... 3-4 is plenty! Most of the shower should be spent eating snacks and mingling. If it is at the mom-to-be's home, offer to come over a few days ahead of time and "set up" the nursery. Obviously, she may not have a LOT of baby stuff before the shower, but whatever she does have can be put in the room so that it looks nice. One of the first things guests like to see is the nursery, even if it isn't "done"- and it could be awkward to show them a storage closet with a couple of random baby things thrown in. LOL! even if the nursery is just an empty room with a swing and a dresser, if it is clean and "pretty" people will be excited about it!
Have a great shower! Good Luck!
-M.
At the co-ed baby showers I've attended, the favorite game for the guys was seeing who was the fastest at guzzling a baby bottle filled with soda pop or beer ;-)
