There are many baby shower game ideas.  Some of my very favorite include games that involve the history of the Mom, provide more items for the Mom to take home to welcome baby, and involve guests when the Mom is opening gifts! 

Guess the Baby Game
In your invitation ask each guest to bring a picture of themselves as a baby. You may want to remind the guests before the shower to bring the photo with them because without the photo they can't be involved in the game.

• Take the picture from each guest as they arrive and lightly pencil on the back a number, being careful not to damage the photo.
• Make a list so you can tell later which photograph corresponds with each guest.
• Give each guest a piece of paper and pencil, show all the guests a photograph and tell them the number. 
• The guests write down whose photograph they think it is. Do the same with the next photograph.
• The guest who identifies the most photographs is the winner.

Don't Say 'Baby' Game
The object of the game is not to say “baby.”

• Give each guest a diaper pin when they arrive and ask them to pin it to their clothing. 
• If a guest hears another guest say the word baby then they can claim their clothes pin.
• The guest who collects the most clothes pins is the winner.

You can set a time limit of 30 minutes so that people can relax after that.  

Information about Mom

• Ask the mom to give you a total of twenty interesting pieces of information about herself. These questions could revolve around anything, but facts about the Mom when she was a baby or a kid would be particularly fun!
• Use these answers to hold a quiz to guess the correct answer to these questions.
• Whoever gets the most questions right, wins!

The Price is Right

• Get 10 to 20 items relating to babies and list exactly how much each item costs.
• Lay these items (numbered) around the party room with price tags labeled to each one.  The price tags can either be the exact price, or a mock higher or lower price.
• Guests browse the table of items with a pen and paper and place numbers that correspond to the items on the paper. 
• They then consider if the “price is right” or if it is lower or higher.  They mark this next to each number.
• After everyone has reviewed the items and listed if the price is right, higher, or lower, go through each item to learn the correct prices.
• Whoever gets the most prices right, wins!

TIP: It may help the guests to figure out the price if you tell them which store each item was bought from.   

Baby Bingo
Materials Needed: pens and pre-printed Bingo cards that use the numbers of how many people attend the baby shower, i.e. if you know that 10 people will be attending your shower, pre-print bingo cards with numbers 1 through 10 and randomly place them on 10 cards.

• Prior to opening the baby shower gifts, number each gift starting with one.
• When the Mom decides to open the presents, she grabs the present she wants to open and reads the number out loud.
• As soon as someone receives bingo, they win!

c. 2008, Lisa Kothari
Lisa Kothari, author of Dear Peppers and Pollywogs: What Parents Want to Know About Planning Their Kids' Parties, has organized hundreds of creative and unique kids’ parties in Washington, DC, New York City, and Seattle, WA. She believes that no matter the budget or the amount of time a parent has, a great kids’ party can always be planned. Her passion is helping parents achieve this with minimal time and effort.