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baby shower games...best and worst?
i'm in search of a baby shower game or two - and i'm looking for feedback on the best and the DO NOT do's! 
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Re: baby shower games...best and worst?
When I was pregnant, I hated the game where guests had to guess how fat you were by cutting ribbon to the length of your belly. There was alot of belly touching involved and alot of focus on my figure. Not really fun for me.
As for the best, I've played a game where guests have to draw a picture of what the baby will look like at age 16. Drawings are funny with the subject usually holding car keys, playing a sport, or with a thought bubble that says something like "I love my aunt!" And the mom picks her favorite and that person gets a prize. Of course you have to have some good sports in attendance who will be creative and fun.
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Best is a relay among guests to make a bottle, diaper, clothe, swaddle and sing a "baby" (stuffed animal) to sleep. Mom gets all the game stuff when you're done. Also best is the classic where you get a bracelet or pin and a forbidden word--"baby" for example. If someone calls you on saying the word, you give up your pin. Whoever has the most at the end wins.
Worst is melting candy in diapers and people stare at it and stiff it to figure out which candy bar it is. Obviously it's not REALLY baby poo but it's still stomach-turning.
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The bottle drinking came was just awkward at my bff's shower.
Most people tolerate gift bingo, and "finish the nursery rhyme".
As a guest, they are all bad.
If you really want to do some type of a game or give little gifts out my thought is to have a timer set it for 5 mins and when it goes off the giver of the gift you are opening gets a prize.
Gift bingo and/or setting the timer to go off and that person wins a prize are always good.
An activity (not a game) that was done at my friend's shower that I really loved was creating an A to Z book for the baby. The host of the shower got 8x8 scrapbook pages (solid colors), and labeled each one with a letter of the alphabet. Then the guests decorated a page with an item that starts with that letter (A is for apple, M is or monkey, etc.). Then the guest signed their name on the page they created, and at the end, the mom to be had a cute, personalized book for baby!
i hate the shower game where you can't say "baby" (or for bridal showers you can't say "wedding")
i've seen showers where guests decorate onesies and that is always cute (but i guess it depends on how creative your friends are!)
I would say activities are more well-recieved than games (usually). Decorating onesies is a good example, or (my personal fave) decorating quilt squares that are sewn together into a baby blanket.
Gift bingo is always fun because it gives the guests something to do while watching the mom open presents (which they normally do anyway, but depending on the size of the shower, this can get old -- FAST. Bingo keeps it interesting).
I don't mind the "Guess the Baby Food" game when it's based on sight rather than taste. Yes, it's harder, but it's not nearly as gross.
The diaper game creeps me out. I don't know why that's popular. It's gross.
This a thousand times over. If you really *must* do something, then do a low risk game like present bingo.
The worst was when I was at a shower and we all sat around in a circle and the host read a story. While she read the story, we were to pass baby bottles around when she said "baby". Then the two people had to suck apple juice out of the bottles. The one to finish first was the "winner". Well, neither person wanted to do it, and it was really awkward for everyone. In the end, one just went for it just to be done. I still shutter when I think of how awkward it was.
I'm of the opposite opinion, I've rather enjoyed the don't say "baby" game in the past.I've only played it twice before and found it fun. I've never played any other shower games.