Classic 01

Baby Bingo

⏱ 10–15 minutes (during gift opening)  |  👥 Any group size — best for 10+ guests

Baby Bingo uses a 5×5 grid in which guests fill in their predicted gifts before the shower begins — which means the game requires zero interruption of the natural flow of the celebration, because it plays out during the gift opening that was going to happen anyway. Setup: distribute printed bingo cards and a pen at each place setting or at the welcome table; guests fill in their grids with predicted gifts before the opening begins; as each gift is opened and announced, guests cross off matching squares; first to complete a row wins. The design decision that most determines whether Bingo reads as a designed game or a photocopied filler: the card quality. A bingo card printed on warm ivory card in the invitation’s illustration style, with the baby’s name or a small theme illustration in the centre square, reads as part of the celebration. A card on bright white paper with clip art reads as an afterthought. The Bear Theme collection carries warm, illustrated stationery in the honey and oatmeal palette — the most appropriate palette for a bingo card that reads as cosy, considered, and beautifully designed.

Classic 02

Don’t Say Baby

⏱ Passive — runs the entire shower  |  👥 Any group size; especially effective with 15+ guests

At arrival, each guest receives a small token — a hair clip, a small pin, a paper tag on a string — with a rule: do not say the word ‘baby’ for the duration of the shower. If another guest catches you saying it, they take your token. The guest with the most tokens at the end of the shower wins. This is the only game that requires zero setup, zero instructions beyond a single sentence, zero interruption of the celebration, and zero scheduled game time — because it is simply the ambient condition of the shower for its full duration. It also produces some of the most genuinely funny moments of any shower, because ‘baby’ is the word that everyone is naturally inclined to say approximately once every three sentences at a baby shower. The token design is the aesthetic decision: a small printed tag in the shower’s illustration style reads as an intentional favour item; a safety pin reads as a prop.

Classic 03

Baby Price Is Right

⏱ 10–12 minutes, simultaneous  |  👥 8–30 guests; works for any group size

Four to eight baby products are displayed (or their photos shown on a card or screen) and guests write their guess for the retail price of each item on a printed card. The guest whose total guess is closest to the actual total retail price wins. The most important host decision for this game: curate the product selection to include items that genuinely surprise guests. A basic baby wipe packet (under-guessed) beside a quality white noise machine (over-guessed) beside a designer nappy bag (wildly over-guessed by half the room) produces the specific combination of reactions that makes this game enjoyable. Items all priced between £10 and £30 produce no genuine surprise. The product printed card should be in the shower’s palette and illustration style — a printed card with the product photos, their numbers, and a clean price-guess format reads as a designed game card, not a printout.

Prediction 01

Baby Stats Predictions

⏱ Complete before arrival or at the start of the shower (5 min)  |  👥 Any group size; scales to any number

Guests predict the baby’s birth statistics: due date, birth date (if not yet born), birth weight, birth length, time of birth, hair colour, and eye colour. The guest with the most accurate predictions across all categories wins — which means the result is announced after the birth rather than at the shower, which creates a pleasant ongoing connection between the host, the guests, and the new family in the weeks following the celebration. The most effective format: a small printed card in the shower’s illustration style with one prediction field per line, a space for the guest’s name, and a small envelope for collection. When the baby arrives, the host distributes the cards to the winning guest (or shares results in a group message) — which produces a moment of delight weeks after the shower that would not have existed without the game. The Baby in Bloom collection carries the most specifically beautiful floral botanical illustration for a prediction card that guests will want to keep as a memento.

Prediction 02

Guess the Baby Food

⏱ 10–12 minutes, simultaneous  |  👥 6–25 guests; most effective with 10–18

Six to eight baby food jars (labelled only with numbers, the brand label covered) are passed between guests, who taste each one and write their flavour guess on a printed card. The guest with the most correct identifications wins. The setup decisions that most determine whether this game reads as well-considered: use a clean spoon per jar rather than guests sharing spoons (one small spoon per jar, changed between guests or a new spoon at each setting); choose six flavours rather than eight for a group of fewer than 15 to keep the tasting time under 10 minutes; and include two or three genuinely surprising flavours (sweet potato and apple is a common correct guess; parsnip and pear is not). The flavour selection should include warm, savoury, and fruit-based options in roughly equal numbers — a selection of six fruit flavours produces less varied reaction than a selection that includes one green vegetable flavour that half the room will not identify correctly.

Prediction 03

Mommy or Daddy Quiz

⏱ 10–15 minutes, host-led conversational format  |  👥 Best with 8–20 guests; conversational format

The host asks ten to fifteen questions about the soon-to-be parents — each question has the form ‘who said X, or who is more likely to Y?’ — and guests hold up an ‘Mummy’ card or a ‘Daddy’ card (or write M or D on a printed sheet) for each answer. The guest of honour then reveals the correct answer. The wording tone of the questions is the most important element of this game — warm and celebratory rather than embarrassing or competitive. ‘Who will be first up at 3am?’ is warm. ‘Who cried more during the pregnancy?’ is potentially embarrassing for a guest of honour who may not want her emotional life narrated in front of the group. The question pack should be written and tested by the host in advance, reviewed against the criterion: would the guest of honour find every answer to every question genuinely funny or warm, rather than awkward or invasive? The Safari Theme collection carries the warmest and most celebratory illustration register for printed Mummy/Daddy cards.

Activity 01

Advice Cards Station

⏱ Passive — available throughout the shower  |  👥 Any group size; most effective at 12+ guests

A small dedicated station (a warm wood surface, a rattan basket, a linen pouch) with a stack of pre-printed cards and pens, positioned at a point where guests naturally pause — beside the food table, near the favours, or at a side table adjacent to the guest seating area. The cards carry printed prompts on one side: ‘The best advice I ever received about sleep is…’; ‘The thing I wish someone had told me before becoming a parent is…’; ‘One thing I know for certain about this baby is…’. Guests complete cards whenever they choose, with no announcement and no structured time slot. The host collects completed cards and presents them to the guest of honour at the end of the shower in a small envelope or box. The advice card station requires one design decision beyond the card itself: the station display. A small handwritten or printed sign that says ‘Leave a note for the new parents’ positioned at standing height at the station is the single element that most determines the completion rate. The Sea Animals collection carries a light, playful, and warm illustration register appropriate for advice card prompts that feel friendly rather than formal.

Activity 02

Wishes Jar

⏱ Passive — available throughout the shower  |  👥 Any group size

A glass jar or rattan vessel at a dedicated station, filled with blank tag cards and pens, with an invitation for guests to write one wish for the baby and drop it in the jar. The tag format: a small printed tag in the shower’s illustration style with ‘My wish for [baby name] is…’ on one side and a blank reverse for any additional note. The jar display: a small card sign identifying the jar and its purpose, and a pen on a string or in a small holder beside the jar so it is clear that the pen belongs to the station and does not need to be sourced from a bag. The parent of honour keeps the jar as a decoration and opens the tags over time — immediately after the shower, in quiet moments during the first weeks of parenthood, and occasionally in the years that follow. The wishes jar is the activity with the highest long-term emotional value of any game or activity at the shower, because it produces an ongoing source of warmth and encouragement that the new parent returns to independently of any special occasion.

Activity 03

Onesie Decorating Station

⏱ Passive activity — runs throughout the shower  |  👥 Best with 12–30 guests; scales to any size

Plain white or ivory onesies in a range of sizes (3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months) displayed at a fabric decoration station — alongside fabric-safe markers, iron-on transfers in the shower’s palette, and small stamp sets in the theme’s illustration style. Each guest chooses a onesie and decorates it at the station whenever they choose during the shower. The host collects completed onesies at the end and presents them to the guest of honour in a basket or flat-lay display. The setup decisions that most determine the quality of the output: include multiple onesie sizes (so the baby wears them across more months); provide fabric-safe permanent markers in the shower’s palette colours rather than a generic pack (so the designs are visually cohesive); and include a small display card at the station showing one or two example designs that guests can reference without having to invent from scratch. The Fairy Theme collection provides the most specifically magical and most creatively inspiring illustration register for a decorating station that invites guests to make something genuinely beautiful.