Baby shower favors are much more fun when you plan some games and activities that will let guests interact and get to know more about each other.
Some of the games will have competitive character. To stimulate guests, think of some small, fun gifts that will add to the appeal of the activities. These prizes need to be symbolic and entertaining more than being something of significant value. The emotional aspect of it will be much more important than luxury.
Exotic Recipes and Fun Recipe Boxes
Most of the baby shower guests will be female. You can provide game winners with exotic recipes in a beautiful recipe box.
Focus on something atypical. Most people know how to prepare basic meals. If you want to make the prize a really special one, you should probably focus on exotic cuisine. The recipe cards could be decorated to correspond to the type of meals.
Select interesting Indian, Chinese or Arabic recipes. The recipe box could be wooden. Wood can be carved or additionally decorated to correspond to the cuisine you have picked.
Potted Plants or Pot and Seeds
Another very creative and intriguing prize is a potted plant or a bag of seeds and a pot, giving the winner a chance to start the process from the very beginning.
If you choose a plant, it should be something that requires little care. Some people are not that skilled when it comes to gardening. They will have difficulties taking care of a potted plant. A four-leafed clover is a good idea, since it has a symbolic meaning apart from being a beautiful plant.
When you provide the winner with seeds, it might be wise to add an instructions card that explains what type of care the plant requires.
Candles, Key Chains and Fridge Magnets
Candles, key chains and fridge magnets are very typical prizes and gifts. There is nothing special about them.
You can turn these common items into something spectacular and cherished. Get them personalized. The monogram can either mention the winner’s achievement or the name of the mom-to-be and the date when the baby shower was held.
The items can also be selected to correspond to the theme of the baby shower. It can be any baby-related image. Be creative. You can even make such a prize yourself. Candles are very easy to create and fun to decorate.
Homemade Skin Care Products
Anything that you produce at home will be of special value.
Have pampering cosmetic products prepared for the ladies who manage to win the baby shower games. Any homemade skin care product will make the very happy.
It is easy to make a body lotion, a lip balm or a body scrub at home. Various recipes are available online. Apart from being fun to make, such cosmetic products will be entirely organic and made of useful ingredients.
To get guests enjoying the prizes, you need to have fun selecting or making them. Pick items that will please the group. These can be very tiny souvenirs that hold huge emotional value. Several carefully chosen prizes will turn the baby shower into an unforgettable event.
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Practical and Fun Baby Shower Games
If you organize a baby shower, you also need to find some creative ways to entertain the guests. Dancing is not really an option for baby showers, so you need to come up with something different. Games are a great, funny way for guests and the mom-to-be to enjoy the baby shower. You can either buy personalized playing cards for the baby shower or you can simply come up with some games that don’t need any kind of accessories. Here are some ideas about all the fun games the guests can enjoy during a baby shower.
A great game idea is to ask all the guests to write on a piece of paper the name they think the parents should give to the baby and to argument their option. If someone guesses the name or even better, gives a new idea for a cool name to the parents, he or she should receive a prize.
A bingo game is always fun, isn’t it? And, if the bingo cards are themed for a baby shower, it’s even more exciting. You can have a prize for the winner, but you can give to this prize a funny twist. For example, the prize could be two hours baby-sitting whenever the mom needs, during the following 12 months.
You can also have some baby shower themed lottery tickets. You can sell them to the guests and the money will go to a “diaper trust fund” to help the parents, while the winner of the lottery can get a different prize. You can offer to the lottery winner a special prize, like the opportunity to be the first one from your circle of friends and relatives to visit the newborn.
Everyone loves betting. And betting on the day the baby will be born is a great game for a baby shower. The person who gets it right will have the honor to be the one who drives the newborn and the parents back from the hospital or receive some other prize.
You can order online packages with “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girls” playing cards and all the guests will enjoy the games. You can use the cards for any type of games you play with regular cards.
A very special activity for a baby shower would be to take photos of all the friends and relatives from the baby shower and ask them to write a short message for the mom-to-be and the newborn. You can print the pictures and the messages later, in the form of a touching memory book, and give it to the mother. She will certainly treasure the memory book for years to come.
Of course, there are many more ideas about baby shower games: themed scratch off tickets with prizes or baby trivia card deck with questions related to pregnancy and babies. You can even make a contest: who gives to the mom the best tips related to taking care of newborns? Of course, the judge would be the mom, and the winner can receive a diploma certifying he or she knows a lot about taking care of babies.
A very fun idea is to bet on how much the baby will weight when he or she will be born. Of course, it will be a while before you find out who won the contest, but it’s a very entertaining game for a baby shower party.
Jamie Highland writes about events and parties, like weddings and baby showers. To check out some more baby shower games or to shop for some baby shower gifts, visit My Baby Shower Favors.
A great game idea is to ask all the guests to write on a piece of paper the name they think the parents should give to the baby and to argument their option. If someone guesses the name or even better, gives a new idea for a cool name to the parents, he or she should receive a prize.
A bingo game is always fun, isn’t it? And, if the bingo cards are themed for a baby shower, it’s even more exciting. You can have a prize for the winner, but you can give to this prize a funny twist. For example, the prize could be two hours baby-sitting whenever the mom needs, during the following 12 months.
You can also have some baby shower themed lottery tickets. You can sell them to the guests and the money will go to a “diaper trust fund” to help the parents, while the winner of the lottery can get a different prize. You can offer to the lottery winner a special prize, like the opportunity to be the first one from your circle of friends and relatives to visit the newborn.
Everyone loves betting. And betting on the day the baby will be born is a great game for a baby shower. The person who gets it right will have the honor to be the one who drives the newborn and the parents back from the hospital or receive some other prize.
You can order online packages with “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girls” playing cards and all the guests will enjoy the games. You can use the cards for any type of games you play with regular cards.
A very special activity for a baby shower would be to take photos of all the friends and relatives from the baby shower and ask them to write a short message for the mom-to-be and the newborn. You can print the pictures and the messages later, in the form of a touching memory book, and give it to the mother. She will certainly treasure the memory book for years to come.
Of course, there are many more ideas about baby shower games: themed scratch off tickets with prizes or baby trivia card deck with questions related to pregnancy and babies. You can even make a contest: who gives to the mom the best tips related to taking care of newborns? Of course, the judge would be the mom, and the winner can receive a diploma certifying he or she knows a lot about taking care of babies.
A very fun idea is to bet on how much the baby will weight when he or she will be born. Of course, it will be a while before you find out who won the contest, but it’s a very entertaining game for a baby shower party.
Jamie Highland writes about events and parties, like weddings and baby showers. To check out some more baby shower games or to shop for some baby shower gifts, visit My Baby Shower Favors.
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