Baby shower party game ideas will allow your guests to get to know each other. Usually not all the guests at baby showers know each other. Even if they do, baby shower games are a chance for them to learn something new they didn’t previously know about each other.

The one thing all guests have in common is that they know the mother-to-be. Coming up with baby shower game ideas centered on her will keep everyone interested and involved.

A lot of baby showers are ruined because the party ends up dividing into “cliques.” People who know the guest of honor from work will stick together. People who know her from school will sit in one corner. Family members will isolate themselves as well. Your goal in coming up with baby shower game ideas is to get these groups of guests to interact with each other. Everyone (especially the mother-to-be) will be a lot more relaxed and enjoy themselves much more.

Baby shower party game ideas don’t have to differ much from regular baby shower games. There is no law that says you have to play Baby Shower Bingo at every baby shower! At every shower I’ve been to the hostess has played the “memory tray” game. This is where she places baby-related items on a tray. We all look at it, and then she takes it away and we all try to list what is on the tray. I’m sorry to everyone this will offend, but that game just isn’t much fun. It doesn’t create interaction between the guests. No one gets up from her seat and no one even speaks.

Baby Pictionary would be so much more fun. Some other baby shower game ideas include regular games that you play at parties and get togethers. They are just as much fun when you turn them into baby shower games. All you have to do is get an oversized sketchpad and a tripod. Maybe even just a dry erase board that you can temporarily put on the wall. Make teams where you mix the “cliques” and watch the fun begin. People are all embarrassed (hardly anyone thinks they can draw). People are yelling out answers, laughing, and having a great time.

Poker is incredibly popular right now. Why can’t it become one of your baby shower party game ideas? Simply pick up a few decks of cards that match your theme (Pooh playing cards, for instance), or some toddler playing cards. Then let everyone play a couple of games of stud poker or Texas Hold ‘Em.

Baby Shower Party Game Ideas don’t even have to be limited to being played in your house. I always wanted someone to have guts enough to have a baby shower at Dave and Buster’s or Chuck E. Cheese. The games (and the food) are already provided for you. Plus it would make a great baby shower theme. The last time for the mom-to-be to be a kid herself!

Randy has dozens more baby shower related articles at Planning your Baby Shower such as What do you need to make a Baby Diaper Cake?.