Every good baby shower host understands the importance of having fun baby shower games to play. A baby shower is meant to be a time of celebration and joy, and playing baby shower games is a good way to have fun and celebrate the new life that is on the way. Alternating baby shower games with the gift opening, and eating, and just general socializing can help things flow much better, and make the time more enjoyable both for the mom to be and the shower guests.

An easy way to incorporate games into your baby shower is to pick games that go along with the overall theme of the shower, if you are in fact having a themed shower. There are numerous resources online that offer good baby shower games for themed baby showers, just do a Google search and you will likely pull up thousands of options. For example, if you are having a tropical themed baby shower, you could eat pineapple, play beach music, and have everyone do the limbo.

A popular baby shower theme recently is a diaper shower. In this type of shower, the mom to be of course receives diapers, and often the cake is a baby diaper cake. A good game to play at this baby shower would be to have a baby doll for each participant, along with cloth diapers and diaper pins. Time the contestants to see how quickly they can diaper the baby using a cloth diaper. The fastest time wins the game.

A game that will often get the dads and male family members involved is called the guess it game. You run a pool where guests can place wagers on the birth date, weight, length, time, etc. of the baby, and the winner will take the pot when the baby is born.

No matter what games you decide to feature at your baby shower, you should make sure they will be fun and easy for all parties involved. If you have guests that are reluctant to participate, don't force the issue, as this is likely to make everyone uncomfortable and detract from the event. All participants should be willing of their own accord. If your mom to be is a little on the shy side, it may be a good idea to check with her before you plan games that involve her. A lot of baby shower games involve the mom showing her tummy or doing other silly things, and if the mom to be isn't comfortable, but feels put on the spot, it is going to take away from her enjoyment of the event. It is also a good idea to feature door prizes for the winners. The prizes can be small, just little trinkets to help them remember the day. You may also want to have some small gifts for the mom, so that when someone wins the game, they not only get a gift for themselves, but a small gift for the mom to be or the baby on the way. Things like rattles, diaper cream, wipes, bibs, socks, etc work good for this purpose.