13 A Little Boo Is Due Baby Shower Games Everyone Will Love

Planning A Little Boo Is Due baby shower games is one of the most fun party jobs around — because Halloween and baby showers are honestly a perfect match.

You get the cozy fall vibes, the cute ghost imagery, and just enough spookiness to make everything feel special without going full haunted house. Whether your crowd is rowdy or chill, crafty or competitive, this list has something for every table.

These 13 games are interleaved on purpose — active games to get people moving, printable sheets to keep things organized, and a few quiet keepsakes the mama-to-be will treasure long after the candy corn is gone. Scroll through, pick your favorites, and get ready for a genuinely fun shower that guests will talk about all season.

1. Mummy Wrap Relay

This is the game that gets everyone off their chairs and laughing within thirty seconds flat. Divide your guests into teams of three or four. Each team gets a few rolls of white toilet paper or white crepe paper streamers.

One person per team is the ‘mummy,’ and when you say go, the rest of the team races to wrap them head to toe. Set a timer for two minutes and let the chaos begin.

The winning team can be the fastest, the most creative, or — the crowd favorite — the one whose mummy holds together the longest when the ‘mummy’ tries to do a little shuffle-walk across the room.

Either way, every single mummy looks absolutely ridiculous, and that is exactly the point. Snap a photo of all the finished mummies before anyone unravels.

This game works brilliantly for co-ed showers because it needs zero preparation and zero instructions beyond ‘wrap them up.’ Pick a small Halloween-themed prize for the winning team — a bag of candy corn or a tiny pumpkin candle works perfectly.

2. Boo Baby Word Scramble

Word scrambles are a classic baby shower staple for good reason — they work for every age and every personality. This Halloween version swaps in spooky-baby hybrid words that are trickier than they look.

Think terms like ‘HCNWITI RUOH’ (witching hour), ‘TGHTHIGIN IFDNGEE’ (nighttime feeding), ‘UATNHDE RNYRUSSE’ (haunted nursery), and ‘LLBAYE GNBUO’ (baby boo). Guests get five minutes on the clock, and the person who unscrambles the most words wins.

What makes this format great is that it doubles as a conversation starter. Guests will lean over to their neighbor, compare answers, and start chatting naturally — especially if some of the terms are playfully tricky. Print one sheet per guest, set out a few pens, and you are completely set.

For the printable, use ghost clip art in the corners and a title that reads ‘Boo Baby Word Scramble’ at the top. Include an answer key on a separate sheet that you keep behind the host table until time is up.

Closest to a perfect score wins a small prize — a Halloween bath bomb or a ghost-print lip balm are cute options that stay on theme.

3. Don’t Say Baby

This game runs silently in the background the entire shower, which makes it perfect padding between the louder games.

When guests arrive, hand each person a small ghost-shaped clip or a plastic spider ring and explain the one rule: if anyone catches you saying the word ‘baby,’ they steal your piece. The guest holding the most pieces at the end of the shower wins.

The Halloween version gets an extra fun layer when you forbid a second word too — pick something party-specific like ‘boo’ or ‘pumpkin.’ Suddenly even the host has to watch herself. Guests start giving each other suspicious side-eyes every time someone gets close to saying it, and the competitive ones will hover near the chatterboxes waiting for a slip-up.

For a Little Boo shower, ghost-shaped hair clips or mini plastic cauldrons work as the token — both are inexpensive and double as a take-home favor for the winner. No prep beyond buying the clips, which you can grab at any dollar store or craft shop near Halloween. Truly the lowest-effort game on the list, and guests always love it.

4. Guess the Baby Boo Food

This is one of the most talked-about games at any Halloween baby shower, and the setup is simpler than it looks.

Buy eight to ten jars of different baby food flavors — aim for a mix of obvious ones like sweet potato and sneaky ones like mixed vegetable medley. Remove the labels and replace them with ghost stickers numbered one through ten.

Set them out on a table with small wooden coffee stirrers for tasting spoons.

Guests move around the table, taste each jar with a fresh stirrer, and write their guesses on a numbered answer card. The reactions alone are worth it — there is always someone who confidently announces ‘definitely peaches’ and is completely wrong.

For an extra Halloween twist, add a tiny cauldron label to one mystery jar that holds a blended mix of two flavors, which almost nobody gets right.

Read the answers out loud at the end and award a point for each correct guess. The guest with the most points wins. A small gift card, a Halloween mug, or a bag of gourmet candy all make great prizes.

This game works indoors with any crowd size and requires zero physical activity, so it is inclusive for every guest at the table.

5. Spooky Baby Predictions & Advice Cards

This one is less a ‘game’ and more a heartfelt keepsake that mama-to-be will reread for years. Set out a stack of Halloween-themed cards — think little ghosts, black cats, or friendly pumpkins — at each table or near the gift station.

Each card prompts guests to fill in a baby prediction (birth weight, first word, future Halloween costume) and a line of parenting advice.

The Halloween spin makes the predictions extra fun. You can add prompts like ‘Baby’s first spooky movie will be ___’ or ‘This little boo will grow up to be ___.’

Guests who might freeze up at a blank card suddenly have plenty to say when there is a funny prompt guiding them. Collect all the cards in a small decorated box or a mini cauldron as guests hand them in.

At the end of the shower, the mom-to-be can read a few favorites aloud — this usually ends in both laughs and a few happy tears. Tie the box with an orange ribbon and it becomes an instant keepsake.

For a printable version, use half-sheet cards so you can fit two per US Letter page and print enough for every guest plus a few extras.

6. Witch Hat Ring Toss

Set up five to seven small witch hats (the stiff plastic or cardboard party-store kind work perfectly) on a flat surface or low table, spaced a few inches apart. Assign point values to each hat — the smallest or farthest hat earns the most points.

Give each guest five rings made from glow-in-the-dark bracelets snapped into a loop, which keeps everything on theme and glows festively under party lights.

Guests take turns standing behind a designated throwing line and tossing their rings one at a time. Tally the points after each person’s turn, and the guest with the highest score at the end wins.

For a co-ed crowd, make it a bracket tournament so the competitive guests can go head to head in a final round. It gets surprisingly intense in the best way possible.

This game takes about ten minutes to set up and costs almost nothing if you already have the hats from decorating. It works great outdoors on a patio or indoors in a living room with the furniture pushed back slightly.

If you want to make it more baby-themed, label the highest-value hat ‘Baby Boo’s Hat’ and give the winner a ghost-themed prize.

7. Halloween Baby Charades

Charades gets a serious upgrade when every prompt lives at the crossroads of Halloween and babies.

Write phrases on slips of paper before the shower — things like ‘changing a diaper at midnight,’ ‘rocking a baby during a thunderstorm,’ ‘a newborn dressed as a tiny vampire,’ or ‘breastfeeding in a witch costume.’

Fold the slips and drop them into a black cauldron or a decorated bowl in the center of the room.

Divide into two teams. One player draws a slip, acts it out silently, and their team has sixty seconds to guess. No sounds, no mouthing words — just pure physical comedy. Swap teams after each turn and keep score on a chalkboard or whiteboard.

The team with the most correct guesses after everyone has had at least one turn wins a group prize, like a bag of Halloween candy to split.

This is hands-down one of the best games for co-ed showers because it levels the playing field — dads and grandmas are just as likely to win as anyone else. The combination of baby topics and Halloween imagery produces some genuinely unhinged acting moments that become the most-quoted stories from the whole party.

8. Guess the Due Date Pumpkin Calendar

This is one of the simplest and most visually satisfying games you can set up at a Little Boo baby shower. Print or buy a large calendar poster for the month or months surrounding the due date.

Set it on an easel near the entry so guests can play it as soon as they arrive. Each guest gets one or two mini pumpkin stickers and writes their name on the sticker before pressing it onto their predicted arrival date.

After the shower, roll up the calendar and give it to the mom-to-be. When baby actually arrives, she texts everyone to let them know who won — and that post-shower check-in keeps the excitement going for weeks.

The closest guess wins a small prize, which you can mail or hand off later. It is one of those games where the payoff happens after the party, which guests actually love.

For the printable version, use a full US Letter page in landscape orientation. Include the month name in large spooky lettering at the top, a clean seven-column calendar grid below, and a small ghost mascot in the corner.

Leave the date boxes large enough that a sticker fits inside with room to read the name written on it. Print one copy, laminate it if you want it to last, and set it out with a sheet of mini pumpkin stickers.

9. Decorate a Mini Pumpkin

Set up a long craft table with one mini pumpkin per guest, plus paint pens, washi tape in black and white patterns, ghost and bat stickers, and small googly eyes.

Give guests twenty minutes to decorate their pumpkin however they like — spooky, sweet, or baby-themed. At the end, everyone votes for their favorites in a few categories: Most Creative, Most Adorable, and Most Terrifying.

The beauty of this game is that it works as both an activity and a decoration. Guests who are deeply engaged can make something stunning; guests who are chatting and half-paying attention still produce something charming.

Either way, the table of finished pumpkins looks incredible and makes for a gorgeous group photo. Guests take their pumpkins home as a party favor at the end of the night — no goodie bags needed.

This activity works especially well spread across the middle of the shower when energy naturally dips between the arrival rush and gift opening. It gives people something to do with their hands while they talk, which keeps conversations flowing naturally.

Buy the mini pumpkins at a grocery store, dollar store, or craft shop in the weeks leading up to the party — they are inexpensive and widely available in fall.

10. Spooky Baby Word Search

A word search is the quietest, most inclusive printable game you can offer — every guest knows how to play, there is no pressure, and people work at their own pace.

For a Little Boo shower, load the grid with Halloween-baby hybrid vocabulary: WITCHINGHOUR, GHOSTONESIE, PUMPKINPATCH, MIDNIGHTFEED, SPOOKYNURSERY, CAULDRON, BABYBOO, HAUNTEDCRIB, LITTLEBOO, JACKLANTERN, BATWINGS, NEWBORN. Hide them horizontally, vertically, and diagonally to give a range of difficulty levels.

Set a timer for eight minutes and award the prize to whoever finds the most words when time is called — not just whoever finishes first, which tends to favor speed over accuracy and leaves slower players feeling rushed.

This format keeps everyone at the table engaged until the very last second of the timer. If you have guests who are not competitive at all, let them keep the sheet to finish at home — some people genuinely enjoy that.

Print one sheet per guest and make a few extras for latecomers. On the back of the sheet, add a fun bonus: a blank line that reads ‘Write your spookiest piece of advice for the new parents here.’ It turns a simple word search into a mini keepsake the host can cut and collect for the mama-to-be.

11. Pin the Pacifier on the Pumpkin

This is the Halloween baby shower version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, and it is every bit as chaotic and hilarious.

Before the shower, print or draw a large pumpkin poster — roughly poster-board size — and hang it on a clear wall or door. Cut out small paper pacifiers, one per player, and write each guest’s name on the back.

Have a sleep mask or scarf ready for the blindfold.

One at a time, guests put on the blindfold, get spun around three times (lightly — nobody needs to get dizzy enough to fall), and try to stick their pacifier as close to the center of the pumpkin face as possible.

The host marks where each pacifier lands with the guest’s name. Closest to the bullseye wins. Watching guests confidently walk in completely the wrong direction never gets old.

This game is especially great for showers that include kids, since children absolutely love both the spinning and the ‘you’re way off!’ reveal moments. It requires almost no supplies you wouldn’t already have on hand, and the whole round takes less than fifteen minutes even with a big group. Keep the poster as a cute piece of shower memorabilia afterward.

12. Baby’s First Spellbook — Bring a Book Instead of a Card

This is a keepsake tradition that has replaced the traditional card at many baby showers, and it makes so much sense.

Include an insert in your shower invitation asking guests to bring a beloved children’s book instead of — or in addition to — a greeting card. On the inside front cover, they write a little message or a line of advice to the baby.

The family ends up with an instant starter library, every book signed and dated from someone who loves them.

For a Little Boo shower, suggest that guests lean toward Halloween or fall-themed children’s books — Room on the Broom, Big Pumpkin, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, or In the Haunted House are all wonderful options.

You can set up a little ‘library station’ at the shower where books get displayed spine-out in a decorated crate before they are collected, which makes for a gorgeous table vignette.

The mama-to-be gets to read every message at the shower while the books are passed around, which is genuinely moving and a lovely alternative to watching someone open envelopes for twenty minutes.

For a printable card to include in the invitation, keep it simple: a ghost holding a tiny open book, with the text ‘Skip the card — bring a book for Baby Boo’s library instead! Write a note inside the cover.’

That is all the instruction anyone needs.

13. Cauldron of Candy Corn — Guess How Many

Fill a glass cauldron, large mason jar, or any clear Halloween-themed container with candy corn before the party. Count exactly how many pieces go in and write the number down somewhere safe — you will need it at the end.

Set the cauldron on the gift table or food table with a small stack of paper slips and a cup of pens. Guests write their name and their best guess on a slip and drop it into a smaller cauldron or bowl beside it.

This game requires zero hosting during the shower — it runs entirely on its own from the moment guests arrive until you announce the winner.

It is the perfect filler game for the transition between activities, since people wander over to study the jar at different moments throughout the party. You will overhear some very passionate debates about volume estimation, which is always entertaining.

At the end of the shower, pull out the winning slip and announce the closest guess. The winner gets to take the cauldron home — candy and all — which is an extremely satisfying prize that guests actually want.

If you want to make it more thematically specific, swap the candy corn for Halloween pumpkin-shaped candies or black and orange M&Ms for a pop of seasonal color.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best games to play at a ‘A Little Boo Is Due’ baby shower?

The best mix includes at least one active game (like Mummy Wrap Relay or Witch Hat Ring Toss), one printable game (like the Boo Baby Word Scramble or Spooky Word Search), and one quiet keepsake activity (like Predictions & Advice Cards or the Bring a Book tradition).

Aim for three to five games total so the shower flows without feeling overprogrammed. Active games break the ice early, printables work well mid-shower, and quiet keepsakes are perfect near the end while gifts are opened.

How do you play the Mummy Wrap game at a Halloween baby shower?

Divide guests into teams of three to four people. Each team gets a few rolls of white toilet paper or white crepe paper streamers. On ‘go,’ the team wraps one member from head to toe in two minutes.

You can award the prize to the fastest team, the most creative mummy, or the one whose wrapping holds together the longest when the mummy tries to walk. It’s completely self-explanatory, needs no supplies beyond toilet paper, and works for any group size.

What is the Guess the Baby Food game for a Little Boo baby shower?

Buy eight to ten jars of assorted baby food, remove the labels, and replace them with numbered ghost stickers. Set them out on a table with wooden coffee stirrers for tasting.

Guests move around the table, taste each jar, and write their guesses on a numbered answer card. For a Halloween twist, cover one jar with a ‘cauldron’ label and fill it with a blended mix of two flavors.

The guest with the most correct guesses wins a small prize.

What printable games work best for an ‘A Little Boo Is Almost Due’ baby shower?

The top printable picks are: a Boo Baby Word Scramble (Halloween-baby hybrid terms), a Spooky Baby Word Search, a Guess the Due Date Pumpkin Calendar, and Predictions & Advice Cards.

Word scrambles and word searches are easy to print at home, work for all ages, and need no hosting once they’re handed out. Sites like Etsy, MyPartyGames, and SmartPartyPlanning offer free and low-cost Halloween baby shower printable packs if you’d rather download a ready-made set.

How do you make a Guess the Due Date game for a Halloween-themed baby shower?

Print or buy a large calendar poster showing the month or months around the due date. Decorate it with ghost and pumpkin imagery.

Set it on an easel near the door so guests can play as they arrive — give each person one or two mini pumpkin stickers to write their name on and press onto their predicted arrival date.

Roll it up and give it to the mom-to-be after the shower. When baby arrives, she texts everyone to reveal the winner.

What are some fun co-ed games for a Little Boo Halloween baby shower?

Co-ed crowds do best with games that don’t require baby knowledge or feel gendered.

The top picks are: Mummy Wrap Relay (physical, team-based, hilarious), Halloween Baby Charades (no knowledge required, just acting skills), Witch Hat Ring Toss (competitive and quick), Pin the Pacifier on the Pumpkin (works for all ages including kids), and Cauldron of Candy Corn Guess How Many (passive, no hosting needed).

All of these level the playing field so nobody feels left out.

How do you play the ‘Don’t Say Baby’ game at a Halloween baby shower?

As guests arrive, hand each person a ghost-shaped hair clip, a plastic spider ring, or any small Halloween token and explain one rule: if someone hears you say the word ‘baby,’ they steal your piece.

The guest holding the most pieces at the end of the shower wins. For a Little Boo twist, ban a second word like ‘boo’ or ‘pumpkin’ to make it harder. No prep required beyond buying the tokens — it runs itself the entire party.

What is the Decorate-a-Pumpkin game and how does it work at a baby shower?

Set up a craft table with one mini pumpkin per guest plus paint pens, Halloween stickers, washi tape, and googly eyes. Give guests 20 minutes to decorate their pumpkin however they like.

At the end, guests vote for favorites in categories like Most Creative, Most Adorable, and Most Terrifying. Guests take their finished pumpkins home as party favors — no goodie bags needed.

It works as both an activity and a table decoration and fills the natural energy lull in the middle of the shower.

What are some low-prep game ideas for a spooky Little Boo baby shower?

The lowest-prep options are: Don’t Say Baby (just buy tokens, zero setup), Cauldron of Candy Corn / Guess How Many (fill a jar and set out slips), Halloween Baby Charades (write prompts on slips the night before), and Pin the Pacifier on the Pumpkin (print or draw one poster).

All of these can be pulled together in under thirty minutes. Printable games from Etsy or free sites like MyPartyGames are also fantastic low-effort options — print, cut, and go.

How can you add a Halloween twist to classic baby shower games?

Almost any classic baby shower game can be spookified with a small change. Cover baby food jars with ghost labels for Guess the Baby Food. Swap ‘Pin the Tail on the Donkey’ for ‘Pin the Pacifier on the Pumpkin.’

Replace standard word scramble vocabulary with Halloween-baby hybrid terms like ‘witching hour’ and ‘haunted nursery.’ Use mini pumpkin stickers on the due date calendar instead of dots. Fill diaper bags with Halloween candy for diaper games.

Even the Don’t Say Baby token becomes more fun when it’s a plastic spider ring instead of a clothespin.

What prizes should you give out at a ‘A Little Boo Is Due’ baby shower game?

The best prizes match the theme without being too expensive. Great options include: bags of Halloween candy or gourmet candy corn, ghost-print candles or bath bombs, mini pumpkin spice hand creams, Halloween mugs, small cauldron planters, or a set of spooky-cute kitchen towels.

For group game prizes, a bag of candy for the whole winning team always goes over well. Budget around $5–$15 per prize — guests appreciate thoughtful and fun over pricey.

Where can I find free printable games for a Little Boo Halloween baby shower?

MyPartyGames.com offers free downloadable Halloween baby shower game PDFs including word scrambles, baby shower bingo, and price-guessing games — all with Halloween graphics. SmartPartyPlanning.com also has free Halloween printable baby shower games you can download and print at home.

For more polished, cohesive sets that match a specific ‘A Little Boo Is Due’ aesthetic, Etsy sellers like Paperie Candy offer instant-download packs with 20+ games for a small fee.

Pinterest is also a great starting point for finding free printable links pinned by other shower hosts.

There you have it — 13 A Little Boo Is Due baby shower games that cover every type of guest and every energy level.

Pick three to five that feel right for your crowd, print the sheets you need, grab a few bags of candy corn for prizes, and you are genuinely ready to throw a shower people will talk about all season.

Pin this list so you can come back to it, or print a few of the game sheets tonight and get the planning party started.

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