When planning a baby shower keep in mind that it has to be fun in order for it to be a success. One essential piece of the fun is playing games. Keep your guests entertained with classic games such as Diaper Pin or Candy in a Bottle.

Diaper Pin

As each guest arrives, pin a diaper pin to them. Each time someone says the word "baby", the guest that catches them, gets the other person's baby pin. The person with the most diaper pins wins.

Announce a category of names with a particular ending such as "en", "y", "er", "ie", "a", "ine/een/ene". Set the timer for two minutes for each name ending. Each guest should write down as many names as they can think of in that time. You may give prizes out for each category or for the total cumulative score.

Have the guests guess the number of pieces. Whoever is closest wins. After the game is over, give the bottle to the new mother.

Material Needed: large baby doll, 1 cloth diaper, 2 diaper pins, 1 pair of mittens, stopwatch or watch with second hand.

Guests take turns diapering the doll while wearing mittens. Hilarious! Whoever is fastest wins.

Material Needed: 2 dice, baby bottle, empty plastic baby wipe container with the top off, wrapped prizes in the center of the room.

Games is timed for ten minutes. Everyone sits in a circle and takes turns shaking the dice in the bottle and throwing them into the baby wipe container. If a guest throws doubles, they get a prize from the center of the room.

After all the prizes are gone, dice winners take prizes from the other winners. When the ten minutes is up, whoever has a prize gets to keep it

Material Needed: a full roll of toilet paper.

Tell each guest to tear off as long a section as they want without telling them what it is for. Ask the Mother of Honor to stand up and hold the toilet paper as you roll it around her waist measuring the circumference.

Compare the length of mom and baby to the toilet paper length of all the guests. Whoever is closest wins.

Wrap the present in many layers of pink and blue gift paper. Have the guest assemble into a circle. Have some lullaby music in the CD player. Have the guest start passing around the present.

As each lullaby ends, the guest holding the present should open up one layer of wrapping paper. Whoever opens the last layer wins and gets to keep the present.

Material Needed: Gather 15 to 20 baby items such as a pacifier, nipple, Q-tip, rattle, bottle. Also, get a tray, cloth, paper, pencils, magazine or something to write on.

Place all the items on the tray and cover it with a cloth. Everyone gathers around the tray. Uncover it. Set the timer for two minutes and have each guest memorize what is on the tray.

They are not allowed to make any notes. Cover the items back up and have each player write down as many of the baby items as they can remember. Whoever remembers the most wins.

Variation:
Instead of the tray, fill a pillowcase with the baby items. Pass the bag around to each guest and give them 30 seconds to feel what is in the bag. Then, they should write down everything they think they felt in the bag

Purchase oversized paper napkins for each guest. Fold them diagonally and place a few chocolates in each napkin. Fold the corners up and tie with a pretty bow.

Microwave just one of the packages for a minute to melt the chocolate. Add all the "diaper" napkins to a basket for the guests to pick from. One lucky guest will get the "messy" one!

Prior to the guest arriving, place a cute baby sticker underneath one plate or saucer.

After everyone is done with refreshments, tell them to look underneath their plate. Whoever has the sticker wins.

As each guest arrives, ask them the month and day of their birthday. Whoever has the birthday closest to the baby's due date (or actual birth date if the baby has already been born) wins.

In the case of a tie:
If two or more guest tie on a game, but there is only one prize to give out, have them pick a number between 1 and 100. Whoever is closest to the number you are thinking wins.