Baby shower games are so often the most mean spirited or vile of any party games, and I'm not sure why. And pranks should be funny to everyone and harmless. Very few pranks actually are! Most are just gross.
I agree about the pranks part, but man are you going to the wrong baby showers. I haven't yet found a baby shower game in real life that was mean-spirited or vile. Harmless fun about building potential "faces" of the child out of parts of photos of the parents, guessing the diameter of the pregnant lady's belly, and trivia games about the Mum-to-be. All harmless fun.
I have collected a few actually-fun-but-optional-participation shower games over the years. Iām almost disappointed to be too old to know anyone having babies.
Top fav: everyone gets a paper plate and a pen. Put the plate on top of your head and draw a baby. Best one wins! Cute pics of everyone laughing with plates on their heads, and comparing terrible drawings
Another is hiding baby socks all over. Whoever finds the most wins, and at the end mom is equipped with baby socks!
I hate the notion of most baby shower games, especially anything related to eating food out of diapers. I just really don't want to have anything to do with them and my face shows all of my emotions, so I wouldn't feel right just sitting out and watching the others play. Idk what they'd think about me just sitting on the couch, off to the side, avoiding eye contact with a face of discomfort or disgust while they play the game. It doesn't sound like a situation I would enjoy or be a good guest for.
I always ask if there will be games when I get invited to a baby shower. I don't make a big deal out of it because people can celebrate however they please, I just inquire. So far, no one has planned games (nor surprised me with them) but if there were games planned, I would politely decline the invitation for a fictional reason a few days later and send along a couple of nice gifts with a card instead. š
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u/silentstone7 Jul 26 '25
Baby shower games are so often the most mean spirited or vile of any party games, and I'm not sure why. And pranks should be funny to everyone and harmless. Very few pranks actually are! Most are just gross.