Couples Baby Shower

If the guys like Poker or any card games, you can have the guys in another room. We had the men bring a package of diapers as their entry fee for the poker game. The ladies were in another room doing the traditional shower and everyone met up to do presents and it was a big success

I have been to and thrown couple baby showers. To be honest, I wouldn't do games. For the most part, the guys will not want to be there anyway and so throwing out games just makes it more of torture for them.

Also, I would make it more of a casual setting. If you make it like a normal girlie shower, the guys will not take too well...they need more food/substance rather than finger sandwiches and salads. You can make fajitas and have margaritas and corona. Make sure you have lemonade for the non-drinkers (I just get the gallons at Chick-fil-a).

Some of our friends threw us a BBQ shower. It was mainly for my husbands guy friends and their wives/girlfriends so we had burgers & dogs, chips & dip, and a cake. It was alot of fun!

HTH

The one that was given for us, we played "Baby" Win, Lose or Draw, and name that nursery rhyme. The W,L, or D we drew cards and had to draw diapers, bottles, bibs, pacifiers and any baby stuff. FOr the nursery rhymes there were phrases from different ones and we had to write down which one it went to.

For ones I have done for friends, I bought about 12 pairs of socks (all different) put them in a basket and guests had 10 or 15 seconds to see how many pairs they could match. The mom-to-be got to keep all the socks for the baby as a gift from the hosts.

Or, you could do the good-ol-fashioned guess that baby food. Peel the labels off, number the bottom of the jars 1 thru whatever, pass the plate around and the guests have to figure out what kind is in each jar. They can smell, taste or just look. They have got some goods ones now that are harder to guess.

Also, Party City has a book that has a bunch of games where you can get the book and make copies out of the book for whatever games you pick.

Hope this helps...Good Luck!

Hi K.,

We did a shower for my Pastor's daughter a few years back & we made it co-ed & had a blast. A couple of the games we did were Dress the Mommy & Daddy....where they had to dress each other with each others clothes, blind-folded & that ended up looking funny. Another one we did was were the men all had to change diapers on the babies. You have about 4-6 baby dolls & 2 diapers for each baby, but one of the diapers has a poopy & you have to race to see who can change them correctly the fastest. We had more fun with this shower than with most of the all female showers I have ever been to. I hope you get alot of ideas & have fun. Good Luck!!!

You know your guests best, and you've gotten a lot of diverse ideas from which to choose. My only additional suggestion comes from my own husband. We went to one co-ed baby shower and, while my husband likes the couple, he wasn't into the shower AT ALL. He was thrilled that the host couple had a nice sized TV so he could watch the Stars, Mavs or whatever team was playing while gifts were being opened since we didn't have children then and he really didn't care about seeing the "oh-so-cute" clothes.

We played a game where two people hold a clothes line and give the players (male or female)a basket of baby clothes, clothespins, a big baby doll (about the size of a baby) and a phone and they have to hang the clothes while holding the baby, while holding the phone to one ear....simulates the juggling a woman has to do all the time. The one who gets the most clothes hung in 2 minutes wins. It's fun for all sexes and gives the guys a new appreciation of the dexterity and stress of balancing all those things at once.

We also played a blind feel & identify game - baby items are put in a box with a lid, and a hole is cut in the side. You can put your hand in and feel the items and write what you think it is on a list. Person with the most things right, wins. (you can also do this by putting things in a box and giving someone 10 seconds to look, and then write them down by memory). Again, this game can be played by both sexes equally (and sometimes gives a guy a lesson on the items babies need - baby nail clippers, medicine spoon/dropper, thermometers of various types, breast feeding equipment pieces (those REALLY throw them off-they have no idea what some of those pieces are).

Hope that helps some!

we've been to a few couple's baby showers and they have all been different. the one given for us was more like a casuel cocktail party (no games) where we just so happened to open baby gifts (most of the guys hung out in the other room during this part). a couple of months ago, i helped throw another couple's baby shower and we had only one game where the dad's had a diaper changing race (4 at a time, single elimination). it actually was really funny and the guys got way more into it than i anticipated since it was a competition, so i would say it was a success. you could do anything you want, it just depends on the couple you are throwing it for.

My sister threw a couples shower for my husband and me and we also played the candybar game where you melt different candy bars in diapers and they have to guess what kind it was. We also played a game where my husband and I stood back to back and each guest had to guess the how big we were around by cutting ribbon, the guest that came the closest to getting their ribbon around us won.
Another GREAT idea and one that the couple will cherish forever: get a large canvas and different paint and have each guest paint a little picture on the canvas. This canvas can be hung in the nursery. Hope this gives you a few ideas

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My thoughts are when it somes to baby showers - Keep it simple! I have been to baby showers where there were a bunch of games and while the women don't protest - most men attend couples baby showers because their wives make them! I would keep it very simple - lots of food and provide alcohol! That at least keeps the men happy for a while! Have fun!

I did one of these for a couple expecting a boy with a cowboy themed room. It was really cute with all the bandana-looking decorations. We did play some games - we had a diaper derby contest for the men where they are blindfolded and had to blind-diaper a couple of my daughter's baby dolls. It was a scream! We also played the standard "don't say the word baby" game where you steal each other's clothes pins if you are caught. The one with the most pins later wins the prize. We gave out a case of beer to the men who won, and candles for the women. The other was an alphabet game. Use flash cards & have the room full of people shout out baby or birthing related items that start with each letter. That person gets the card. The person with the most flash cards at the end wins. For food, we did brisket & beans, etc. It was a total hit. The kids were out in the backyard playing water balloon & water gun games the whole time & stayed out of the way for the most part. Good luck with yours!

Hi K.! My name is V.. I know of a few games for a baby shower! One is you get some diapers and in each diaper you put a different kind of chocolate like reeses, snickers, crunch bar, any kind you want ,as many as you want. I did 7 different ones. You melt it for a few secs in the microwave. You # them 1 through however many you do and each guest has paper and pencil and needs to guess which one has what. Whoever wins wins the prize. It really fun watching everyone pass these diapers around smelling,observing,and sometimes taking a little taste out of DIAPERS!! Anyway, I thought that I would share this one with you. It is always a hit! Need more help? Just ask. I have been to and helped plan alot of showers!

Bye,
V.

I recently held a couples shower for a couple on our co-ed softball team. We had traditional couples, a single person, a lesbian couple, and a teenage girl. Two of the couples were expecting. We played a couple of games and they seemed to go over well with the men. We did the "name that candy bar" game where you take various chocolate types of candy bars and melt them in diapers and people have to figure out which candy bars they are. It went over very well. They smelled and inspected and they all looked around looking at each other smelling and looking at "dirty" diapers. The other one we did was trying to guess the baby food in the jars. It was requested by the mom-to-be because her husband seemed to hate baby food. Now, this was a softball team and we all are competative so winning the game was the goal, that is why the games went over well. We didn't do any that were specifically couples because we had a single person and didn't want to leave her out, but you can easily team people up. Also, we had a tie breaker where the guys had to have a drinking contest. We gave them apple juice (but you could use beer) in a bottle and they raced to see who could suck it out the fastest. A note on that: only put in an ounce because it is hard to suck out and will take a long time if you put any more than that.

We also had the dad-to-be initally open the presents. It's funny to see his reaction compared to what you expect a mom-to-be's reaction to be.

We did do a BBQ, and had on the football game since it was on a Sunday. Deocarations were light and not foo-foo girly. Ask the couples what they would like and try to plan that way.

Hope this helps.

L.

The last couples shower I went too it was too funny when the dad to be had to taste unlabled baby food veggies and identify them. Everyone had a great time with that! good luck!

Hi K.,
The shower ideas really depend on the friends you are throwing it for. Try getting a feel for what their idea is and roll with it. I always hated playing games, but enjoy watching other and cheering them on. We had a coulples shower with no games and it was great! I have also attended some that had games and they were great too! They had different races between the husband and wife. For the most part it is a more relaxed atmosphere. Good luck!

The activity that I have gotten the best response to at baby showers I've given (and that's a LOT) is to have guests decorate onesies and/or cloth diapers (for burp rags) with fabric markers. This keeps everybody busy, brings out people's creative and humorous sides and gives the parents some neat momentos from their friends that they can see every day once the baby arrives. And you know that you can NEVER have enough burp rags or onesies!!

Also, people can visit while they are drawing and you can avoid the dreaded "baby shower games." I'm just not a fan, of the games, I guess. I always feel foolish playing them!

Men and women have enjoyed this a great deal and I always get compliments on how cool it is.