Free Printable Baby Shower Games (Plus 17 Easy Paper Games)

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1. How many games does a baby shower need?
2. The free printables on this page
3. 17 more baby shower games you can run with paper and a pen
4. Variations for your crowd
5. Prize ideas
6. Where to go next
7. Questions hosts ask

How many games does a baby shower need?

For a two- to three-hour shower, three or four games is plenty. Most take 10 to 20 minutes, and guests also want time to eat, talk and hold the mom-to-be’s attention for a minute each.

A simple plan that works for most crowds: something quiet on the table when people arrive, one group game after food, bingo during gift opening, and advice cards sitting out the whole time for anyone who wants one.

When	What’s happening	Game that fits
First 20 minutes	Guests arriving, finding drinks	Word scramble or find the guest bingo
After food	Everyone seated, full and relaxed	Price guessing game
Gift opening	The longest stretch of sitting	Baby shower bingo
All along	People drifting between rooms	Advice cards

Got a big, loud group that likes to compete? Add a team game from the list further down. A small group of close friends? Two games and a lot of talking might be exactly right.

The free printables on this page

Each game below opens in our Game Maker. Type in the mom-to-be’s name and the date, pick a color theme, then print a PDF on US Letter or A4, or play it on a phone or TV.

Baby shower bingo

What’s on it: 5 by 5 bingo cards filled from 45 common baby gifts (diapers, a sleep sack, a nasal aspirator, a drying rack), each card shuffled differently, plus a calling sheet.

Best for: any size shower with gift opening. Time: as long as the gifts last, usually 30 to 60 minutes.

1. Hand every guest a card and a pen before the first gift comes out.
2. As she opens each present, guests mark any square that matches.
3. First to get five in a row wins. Keep going for four corners and a full card if you have more prizes.

Print one card per guest plus a few spares. Our baby shower bingo guide covers winning patterns, the no-gifts version and what to do when two people call bingo at once.

Baby shower price guessing game

What’s on it: 15 real baby products, from a $2.99 canister of banana puffs to an $89.99 sound machine, with a line for each guess and a separate answer key. We took every price from the product’s page on Target.com in September 2026.

Best for: mixed crowds. New parents think they know diaper prices; grandparents remember them differently. Time: 10 to 15 minutes.

1. Hand out sheets and pens after everyone has eaten.
2. Give guests five minutes to write a price next to each item.
3. Read the real prices aloud, or reveal them one by one in Play mode, which is more dramatic for the big-ticket items.
4. The closest guess on each item gets a point. Most points wins, and the closest total for all 15 breaks a tie.

Store prices move around. If a close finish matters to your crowd, check a couple of prices the week of the shower, or just tell guests the prices are from September 2026. If you’d like, set the actual items on a table so people can pick them up while they guess.

Baby word scramble

What’s on it: 22 scrambled baby words (bassinet, lullaby, swaddle, highchair and more) with an answer key on its own page.

Best for: the first 15 minutes, when guests are still arriving and need something to do with their hands. It also suits quieter groups and older guests. Time: about 10 minutes.

1. Set a sheet and a pen at each seat, or hand them out at the door.
2. Guests unscramble as many words as they can, alone or with the person next to them.
3. Call time after 10 minutes, read the answer key, and give a prize for the most correct.

Print one per guest. For pairs, one per two guests is enough.

Advice and wishes cards

What’s on it: four cards to a page, each with a different prompt, like “A snack to keep by the bed for night feeds” or “My wish for this baby’s first birthday.” There are 16 prompts in all.

Best for: every shower. Nobody wins, so it’s also the one to use if the mom-to-be isn’t a fan of games. Time: guests fill them in whenever they like.

Print enough for each guest to fill in one or two, set them on a side table with pens and a basket, and hand the stack to the parents at the end. They fit nicely in a baby book.

Find the guest bingo

An icebreaker version of bingo where each square describes a person (“was a babysitter as a teen”) and guests collect signatures. It’s printable too, on our baby shower bingo page, and it’s the best of the bunch for a room full of people who’ve never met.

17 more baby shower games you can run with paper and a pen

None of these need a special printable. Most need a pen, a timer on your phone and a few things you already own.

1. Guess the due date and weight

Guests write their predictions for the birth date, weight, length and hair color on an index card, with their name. The parents keep the cards and announce the closest guess after the baby arrives. It takes two minutes at the shower, and you mail the prize later.

2. Diaper bag raid

Guests dig through their own purses and bags for items on a list, scoring points for each one they have. Read the list aloud and let people tally their own scores. These point values are our suggestion; tweak them however you like.

Item	Points
Hand sanitizer	5
Lip balm	3
Safety pin	10
Adhesive bandage	5
A receipt more than a month old	5
A photo of a baby (phones count)	10
A snack	3
Crayons	15
Nail file or clippers	5
Tissues	3
A pacifier	20
A diaper	25

3. Baby animal names

Read out an animal and guests write down what its baby is called. It’s a nice quiet game for a mixed-age crowd. Ten that are right according to Britannica’s list of baby animal names: kangaroo (joey), swan (cygnet), goose (gosling), hare (leveret), turkey (poult), deer (fawn), eagle (eaglet), goat (kid), frog (tadpole) and pigeon (squab).

4. Don’t say “baby”

Every guest gets a clothespin at the door. Anyone who hears someone else say “baby” can take that person’s pin. Whoever has the most pins at the end of the shower wins. It runs in the background all party long, and it gets funny fast.

5. Baby photo match

Ask guests to send a baby photo of themselves ahead of time. Number the prints and pin them to a board. Guests match numbers to names on a sheet. It works best when most guests know each other.

6. Measure the belly

Guests cut a length of string or ribbon they think will fit around the mom-to-be’s belly. Closest wins. Only play this one if she’s happy to have her belly measured in front of everyone; ask her first, privately.

7. Baby food taste test

Buy six to eight jars of baby food, cover the labels with numbered tape, and let guests taste each with a clean spoon and guess the flavor. Include a couple that look alike, like pears and apples, to make it harder.

8. Baby name race

Set a timer for two minutes. Guests write one baby name for each letter of the alphabet. Most letters filled wins. Q, X and Z are where it gets hard.

9. Guess how many

Fill a clear jar with small candies, pacifiers or tiny rubber ducks, count them as you go, and let guests write their guesses. Closest number wins the jar.

10. The melted candy bar diaper game

Melt a different chocolate bar into each of six or so newborn diapers, number them, and pass them around. Guests guess the candy bar by look and smell. Some groups find it hilarious and some find it gross, so skip it if your crowd is on the prim side.

11. Baby bottle race

Fill new baby bottles with juice or water. Players race to empty theirs through the nipple. Use a fresh bottle for each player and keep the fill small (a couple of ounces is enough). It’s loud and good for a coed shower.

12. Baby items memory tray

Arrange 15 to 20 baby items on a tray, let guests look for 30 seconds, then cover it. Guests list everything they remember. Most correct wins, and the tray goes home with the parents.

13. Nursery rhyme drawing game

Write nursery rhyme titles on slips of paper (“Humpty Dumpty,” “Hey Diddle Diddle”). One player draws the scene on a big pad while their team guesses the title before a one-minute timer runs out.

14. Mom or dad

Before the shower, ask both parents-to-be a list of “who is more likely to” questions. Guests guess which parent answered each way. Our he said she said game is built for exactly this, and it prints with an answer key.

15. Diaper changing race

Two or more players race to diaper a baby doll, one-handed if you want chaos. Great for a coed shower, and useful practice for the dad-to-be.

16. Onesie decorating station

Set out plain onesies in several sizes and fabric markers. Guests decorate one each. It’s less a game than an activity, and the parents go home with a stack of one-of-a-kind outfits.

17. Wishes jar

Leave slips of paper and a jar by the door. Guests write a wish for the baby. The parents read them at bedtime some night down the road. Our advice cards above work for this too.

Variations for your crowd

Small shower (6 to 10 guests): skip gift bingo, since the gifts may run out before anyone gets a line. The price guessing game and advice cards suit a small table well. You can also play the word scramble as one team against the clock.

Big shower (30 or more): choose games that run on paper, not attention. Bingo, the scramble and the diaper bag raid all scale. Anything where one person performs in front of the room gets lost past about 20 people.

Coed shower: lean on the loud games. The bottle race, the diaper changing race and the mom-or-dad quiz all go over well with a mixed group. Bingo still works during gifts.

Kids at the shower: give them the baby animal names game (read aloud), the memory tray and a bingo card with stickers. Keep them away from the bottle race unless you’re ready for sticky floors.

Virtual shower: email PDFs a few days ahead so guests can print them. Share your screen in Play mode for bingo calling and the price reveal. Baby photo match and the name race also work on a video call.

Prize ideas

Plan on one prize per game, plus a couple of extras for ties. Small, useful and not baby-themed is the sweet spot, since the winners aren’t the ones having the baby. Think candles, nice hand cream, a bag of coffee, a small plant, fuzzy socks, a cute notebook or a box of good chocolates.

A prize basket saves shopping for each game: fill it with eight or so small things and let each winner choose. Another idea that costs nothing is giving the winner first pick of the dessert table.

You can also let each winner pass their prize to the mom-to-be instead. It’s a sweet gesture, and it takes the pressure off guests who’d rather not win.

Where to go next

Hosting a bridal shower later in the year too? Our free printable bridal shower games work the same way, with bingo, a bride quiz and a word scramble. For more themes and ideas, visit our baby shower games hub.

Questions hosts ask

By the Party Game Book editors. Every game here is free to print for personal, classroom and non-commercial use. How we make and check our games.