Shower and party games

Baby Shower Games

Coworkers, in-laws, grandparents and old friends all play the same round, each on their own phone, with the baby questions already loaded.

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By the Herd Games team · Updated

A baby shower is usually the most mixed room of the year: the parent-to-be’s coworkers, both sides of the family, school friends, and a few partners who were promised it would be short. The classic games, like guessing the size of the bump or unscrambling baby words on a printed sheet, suit the handful of guests who know the parents well. Everyone else holds a pen and waits.

Phone games level the room. Each guest answers privately at the same moment, the answers go up together, and the reactions come from everyone at once. Nobody has to stand up and perform, and nobody has to add up scores. Groups finish more than 4,500 games a month on Herd Games, and the questions below were written for a shower.

Baby Shower Scattergories on a phone: round 1 of 3 with the letter T, 118 seconds left, and eight categories such as a children's book, something you do at bath time and something with wheels, each with an answer box
Baby Shower Scattergories on a guest’s phone. Everyone gets the same letter and two minutes to fill in eight baby categories.

How it works

  1. 1

    One person starts a room

    Pick a game and press Create. You get a room code and a link to share.

  2. 2

    Everyone joins on their phone

    Each guest opens the link or types the code. No app, no download and no account.

  3. 3

    Put it on the TV if you like

    Most games can go on a TV. In the lobby, press "Put it on the big screen" on your phone, then open herdgamesonline.com/tv on the TV and type the code your phone shows.

The best baby shower games

The first three start with baby shower questions loaded, so there is nothing to set up.

1. Herd Mentality

Best for a room that has never met

Everyone answers the same question, like "Name a popular baby name" or "What do new parents miss most?", and scores by matching the most common answer. There is no right answer to know, so the coworker who has never met the grandparents is as likely to win as the best friend.

Play Baby Shower Herd Mentality

2. Would You Rather

Best for getting the parents talking

Change every diaper for a month, or do every night feed? Ask the parents-to-be to vote out loud first, then see how many guests side with each of them. It takes ten seconds to learn, and anyone who arrives mid-game can join when you press Play again.

Play Baby Shower Would You Rather

3. Scattergories

Best for a competitive family

One letter, two minutes and a list of baby categories, like "Something in a diaper bag" or "A word for a grandparent". Answers only score if nobody else wrote them, which is where the arguments start.

Play Baby Shower Scattergories

4. Team Trivia

Best for “How well do you know the parents?”

Write ten questions about the parents-to-be, like how they met or which of them will be the stricter parent, each with the right answer and a couple of wrong ones, on the custom questions page, with Team Trivia picked. Run them as a live quiz with a leaderboard on the TV, and let the parents give the real answers.

Play Team Trivia

5. Say Anything

Best once everyone has relaxed

Each round one guest is the judge and picks a question. Everyone writes an answer, and the judge picks a favorite while the rest bet on which one it will be. Add your own baby questions, like “What will the baby’s first word really be?”, on the custom questions page, with Say Anything picked.

Play Say Anything

Every baby shower question, ready to play

These are all the questions in the three baby shower packs. Use them as a printable list, borrow a few for your own game, or press the button under a list to play them on everyone’s phone.

30 baby shower Herd Mentality questions

Guests score by giving the same answer as most of the room, so the funniest rounds are the ones where the room splits.

  1. Name a popular baby name
  2. What's the first word most babies say?
  3. Name something every new parent needs
  4. What's the best lullaby?
  5. Name a classic children's book
  6. What do babies cry about most?
  7. Name a pregnancy craving
  8. Name a baby animal
  9. What's the hardest part of being a new parent?
  10. Name something you'd find in a diaper bag
  11. What's the cutest baby outfit?
  12. Name a cartoon character kids love
  13. What do new parents miss most?
  14. Name a nursery color
  15. What's the best baby food?
  16. Name a baby toy
  17. What's the best piece of parenting advice?
  18. Name something babies put in their mouths
  19. What's the worst time for a baby to wake up?
  20. Name a nursery rhyme
  21. What do people always say to a pregnant person?
  22. Name a famous TV family
  23. What's the best baby shower gift?
  24. Name something that keeps a baby busy
  25. What's the first milestone parents celebrate?
  26. Name something in a nursery
  27. What do grandparents always do?
  28. Name a kids' movie everyone has seen
  29. What's the best way to get a baby to sleep?
  30. Name something you'd find in a baby's bath
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24 baby shower Would You Rather questions

Good for the parents-to-be to answer together. Count how often they agree.

  1. Know the baby's name now, or pick it after meeting the baby?
  2. Change every diaper for a month, or do every night feed for a month?
  3. Have a baby who sleeps all night, or have a baby who never fusses at mealtime?
  4. Have a baby who looks just like you, or have a baby with your partner's personality?
  5. Get eight hours of sleep once a week, or get six hours every night?
  6. Push the stroller up a hill, or carry the car seat across a parking lot?
  7. Have a nursery full of stuffed animals, or have a nursery full of books?
  8. Name the baby after a grandparent, or pick a name nobody else has?
  9. Have your baby's first word be mama, or have it be dada?
  10. Read bedtime stories every night, or sing lullabies every night?
  11. Have a quiet baby, or have a giggly baby?
  12. Baby-proof the whole house, or watch the baby every second?
  13. Have unlimited free diapers, or have unlimited free babysitting?
  14. Have a beach babymoon, or have a cozy cabin babymoon?
  15. Have a baby born on a holiday, or have a baby born on your birthday?
  16. Have your baby walk early, or have your baby talk early?
  17. Have the grandparents live next door, or have them live a plane ride away?
  18. Dress in matching outfits with the baby, or dress the baby as tiny animals?
  19. Throw a gender reveal party, or throw a meet-the-baby party?
  20. Have a baby who loves bath time, or have a baby who loves car rides?
  21. Have breakfast made for you for a month, or have your laundry done for a month?
  22. Have a newborn in summer, or have a newborn in winter?
  23. Decorate the nursery like outer space, or decorate it like a jungle?
  24. Have a class clown, or have a teacher's pet?
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30 baby shower Scattergories categories

Pick a letter and use eight categories a round. A baby name that starts with Q is worth the whole game.

  1. A baby name
  2. Something in a nursery
  3. A baby animal
  4. A lullaby or kids' song
  5. Something soft
  6. A children's book
  7. A baby food
  8. Something in a diaper bag
  9. A toy
  10. Something with wheels
  11. A cartoon character
  12. Something tiny
  13. Something that makes a baby laugh
  14. A word for a grandparent
  15. Something you do at bath time
  16. A color for a nursery
  17. Something a baby wears
  18. A baby's first word
  19. Something sticky
  20. Part of a bedtime routine
  21. Something at the playground
  22. A breakfast food
  23. Something that makes noise
  24. Something round
  25. A kids' TV show
  26. Something a toddler says
  27. A fruit
  28. Something you pack for the hospital
  29. A famous mom or dad
  30. Something that comes in pairs
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The classic baby shower games, on a phone

  • How well do you know the parents? Team Trivia with your own questions, scored for you, with the answers revealed on the TV.
  • The baby name game. Baby Shower Scattergories has “A baby name” in it. With a random letter it gets harder than it sounds.
  • He said, she said. Would You Rather, with each parent calling out their pick before the votes come up. Then see whose side the room takes.
  • Baby predictions. Write your own Herd Mentality questions, like “What color hair will the baby have?”, and the room’s favorite answer wins the round.

Planning the games around the parent-to-be

The guest of honor is often tired by mid-afternoon, so short, seated games work best. Most games can go on the TV, so the parent-to-be can follow from the sofa and play on their phone without getting up.

A 45-minute plan that fits between the food and the gifts:

  1. While people finish eating (15 minutes): baby shower Herd Mentality.
  2. The parents quiz (15 minutes): on the TV, with the parents giving the real answers.
  3. While the gifts are brought out (10 minutes): a fast round of baby shower Would You Rather.

Games for every kind of baby shower

Co-ed baby showers

Partners and friends who would never sign up for a shower game will play a phone game they can win. Scattergories and Herd Mentality bring out the competitive ones.

Office baby showers

One round of Herd Mentality fits into a lunch break, and colleagues who are working from home join with the same link.

Long-distance family

Grandparents or siblings in another city play in the same game from their own phone. Put a laptop on a video call at the end of the table so they can see the room.

Sprinkles

For a second or third baby, a smaller “sprinkle” needs less planning. One game of Would You Rather with the older siblings joining in is plenty.

Big showers

A free room holds 20 guests. For more, the Host plan holds 50 for $4.99 a month, and the Event plan 250. See games for large groups for more ideas.

Tips from showers that went well

  • Ask a friend to run the games. The parents-to-be should be playing, not hosting.
  • Make the room when the games start. Some games close a room a couple of hours after the last round, so send the link to the group chat on the day, not with the invitation.
  • Pair up anyone without a phone. Two people can share one phone and play as a team.
  • Give a prize the winner will use. A coffee voucher, a plant or the first slice of cake.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best baby shower games for a mixed crowd?

Games nobody can lose by not knowing the parents well. Baby shower Herd Mentality scores you for matching the room, so a coworker and a grandmother start level, and Would You Rather is just a vote. Save the quiz about the parents-to-be for after those, once everyone is warmed up.

Can we play baby shower games on our phones?

Yes, in the phone’s web browser. The host starts a room, and guests open the link or type a short room code. There is no app to install and no account to make.

Are there baby shower games that are not embarrassing?

All of these. Nobody tastes baby food, measures the bump or has to perform in front of the room. Guests answer privately on their phone and only the answers go up on the screen.

How long should baby shower games last?

About 30 to 45 minutes in total, usually after the food and before the gifts. Two or three short games keep the energy up without tiring out the parent-to-be.

How many guests can play?

A free room holds up to 20 guests. For a bigger shower, the Host plan holds 50 for $4.99 a month, and the Event plan holds 250, from $19 for a single month.

Can family who live far away play too?

Yes. Send them the room link and they play on their own phone from home, in the same game as the guests in the room. Keep a video call open on a laptop so they can see the reactions.

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