18 Baby Shower Games Nobody Has to Say the Word Baby

These baby shower games dont say baby free printable sheets turn one simple rule into a full afternoon of competitive fun. Every game on this list is desk-safe, works at a table, and keeps the no-saying-baby pressure running from the first guest through the last gift.

The printable pack has 10 ready-to-print sheets covering bingo cards, call lists, trivia, predictions, a candy-bar decoder, and more. Print them on cardstock, grab pens, and you are set. If you want even more options to mix in, the full free printable baby shower games collection has extra sheets that pair well with this lineup.

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1. Don’t Say It Card Deck

Don’t Say It is the anchor of the whole shower. Each guest gets a card printed with one rule: do not say the word ‘baby’ from the moment you walk in until the host calls time.

Along with the card, every guest clips on a clothespin at the door. The card serves as a quick reminder they can glance at and share with latecomers so the host is not repeating the rule all afternoon.

Print one card per guest on cardstock and cut them apart. Set a basket of clothespins right at the entrance next to the card stack. When a guest says the forbidden word, the first person to catch them takes their clothespin.

The guest with the most pins at the end of the shower wins. Pull the guest of honor aside before the party starts so she knows she is exempt, otherwise she will be biting her tongue at her own shower.

The game works because it runs in the background without any hosting effort once it starts. It fills every gap between seated games, keeps guests alert during gift opening, and creates a running joke that ties the whole afternoon together. Add a second forbidden word like ‘mom’ or ‘pregnant’ if you want to raise the difficulty for a competitive crowd.

2. Lullaby Name That Tune

Lullaby Name That Tune is a listening game where the host plays 8 to 10 short clips of well-known lullabies and classic children’s songs. Guests write down the song title and, if they can remember it, the artist.

Play about 10 to 15 seconds of each clip, then pause and let the room scribble their guesses before moving on to the next one.

Build a playlist in Spotify or YouTube the day before. Mix familiar classics like ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ and ‘You Are My Sunshine’ with a few harder picks like lullaby instrumental covers of popular songs.

Use a Bluetooth speaker loud enough for the whole room to hear clearly. Hand out a numbered answer sheet or just have guests number a blank sheet of paper from 1 to 10.

A point for the correct title, a bonus point if they also name the original artist.

Music games work especially well as a transition game between seated activities because everyone participates at the same time and the reveal moment generates a shared reaction. The clips that stump the whole room always get the loudest laughs. Keep a printed host list of the correct answers so scoring is fast and undisputed.

3. Nursery Rhyme Scramble

Nursery Rhyme Scramble gives guests a sheet of 12 well-known nursery rhyme titles with the words in each title jumbled out of order. Every title is printed as a string of scrambled words and guests have five minutes to unscramble as many as they can. The person with the most correct unscrambles wins.

Print one sheet per guest. Set a timer on your phone and announce it clearly before anyone starts, because the time pressure is what keeps the energy up. Keep an answer key for the host only so scoring is quick.

Read the answers aloud at the end so guests can check their own papers, which doubles as a fun moment when someone confidently wrote down the wrong rhyme.

This game works at a seated table with no supplies beyond a pen, making it one of the easiest to run. It also pairs well as a companion to Lullaby Name That Tune since both lean on the same childhood-music knowledge.

Guests who do well at one tend to do well at the other, which creates a mini rivalry that carries energy across the two games.

4. Bump It Forward

Bump It Forward is a seated pass-it-on game. Each guest starts with a card and writes one piece of genuine advice, a favourite product, or a funny truth about the first few months of parenthood.

When the host says go, everyone passes their card one seat to the right. The next person adds a second note, then passes again. Cards keep circulating until every guest has added something and each card comes back to its starting owner.

Keep a stack of index cards and pens at the table so nothing needs to be printed beyond a simple instruction card for the host.

The only rule is that you cannot write a note you already wrote on a previous card, which forces variety and some creative thinking as the round progresses. Allow about 90 seconds per card so the pace stays brisk.

At the end, the guest of honour reads a selection of cards aloud. The combination of practical wisdom and absurd humour that naturally ends up on the same card always lands well. She gets to keep all the cards as a keepsake stack she can actually use, which makes this one of the more genuinely useful games at a shower.

5. Price Check

Price Check is inspired by the classic TV pricing game. Guests receive a sheet listing 10 common newborn products and write their best guess for the retail price of each item next to it.

The guest whose total is closest to the real combined price without going over wins. Because prices shift, the host verifies current prices from one retailer before the shower and fills in the answer key the morning of the event.

Print one guest sheet per player and one host answer key for scoring. Set the actual products out on the table if you have them available, or simply print the sheet and let guests rely on memory.

Mixing obviously cheap items like a single pacifier with surprising big-ticket items like a video monitor makes for the best spread of guesses and the most conversation when answers are revealed.

Scoring is quick: reveal each price one by one, let guests correct their own sheets, then add totals. Anyone who went over is eliminated regardless of how close they got, just like on TV.

That one rule creates a dramatic final reveal when several guests are close to the real number and one person squeaks through by a dollar.

The host answer key on this sheet is blank-ruled so the host writes in the verified prices before printing copies for guests.

6. Baby Photo Bingo

Baby Photo Bingo uses the guests themselves as the content. Before the shower, the host asks each attendee to text or email their own childhood photo.

Number the photos privately, print them small enough to display one per slide on a screen or phone, and build a call list from the numbered set. Each bingo card has a 5×5 grid filled with a random selection of guest names.

When the host calls a number and reveals a photo, guests identify whose photo it is and mark that person’s name on their card.

Print six unique bingo cards per sheet so you use one sheet of cardstock per six players. Print a separate call list sheet for the host that matches each number to the correct guest name. Keep that list hidden until each photo is revealed.

Guests use M&Ms or small candies as markers so the game has a snack built in. First to cover five in a row wins.

This game rewards people who know the guest of honour’s circle well and gives everyone a reason to study the faces around the room.

The funniest moment is always when a guest cannot identify their own childhood photo because their card only shows the number, not the name. Allow a few seconds of genuine guessing before the reveal so the room has time to debate.

7. What Did Baby Wear

What Did Baby Wear is a memory game played during or just after the gift-opening portion of the shower. While the guest of honour opens clothing gifts, guests pay careful attention to every onesie, sleeper, and outfit.

Once gift opening ends, the host covers the items and hands each guest a blank sheet. Guests have two minutes to write down as many clothing items as they can remember, including colour and any detail they recall.

No printing is needed for guests. The host keeps a simple tally list while gifts are unwrapped to use as the answer key. Give one point for each correctly named item and a half-point bonus for accurately naming the colour.

The person with the most points wins. Because it runs during gift opening, it keeps the whole room engaged rather than watching passively.

The variation that consistently gets the most laughs is asking guests to also write down the brand or the animal printed on the item.

Almost nobody retains that level of detail, so the gap between what people think they noticed and what was actually on the onesie is usually wide and funny.

It also gives the guest of honour a chance to hold items back up so everyone can see them again.

8. Prediction Game

The Prediction Game gives every guest a sheet with 12 fill-in questions about the arrival: due date, birth weight, length, hair colour, eye colour, who the little one will look like most, first word, and a few others.

Guests write their predictions in the blank spaces, sign the sheet, and hand it back to the host. The host seals all completed sheets in an envelope and gives it to the guest of honour to open after the birth.

Print one sheet per guest. The questions are open-ended, so there is no answer key and no winner at the shower itself.

That is part of the appeal: the payoff happens weeks later when the parents read through every prediction and see how wildly off most guests were.

Include a line for each guest to write a short message to the new arrival so the sheet is also a small keepsake.

Because this game produces no winner on the day, pair it with a faster competitive game nearby on the schedule. Hand it out during a natural lull such as when guests are eating so it does not feel like a pause in the energy. Keep a pen at each seat so nobody has to hunt for one.

9. Diaper Decoder

Diaper Decoder is the candy-in-a-diaper game, served desk-safe. Before the shower the host melts a different chocolate or candy bar into each of 8 numbered disposable diapers and records which candy is in which diaper on a private answer key.

Each guest gets a printed decoder sheet with 8 numbered rows and a list of the candy bar names used.

Guests look at, smell, and optionally taste each diaper as it travels around the table, then write their guess for the candy in each numbered row.

Print one decoder sheet per guest and one host answer key. Pass the diapers around the seated table one at a time or set them in a row and let guests rotate through in order.

Give guests the printed list of candy bar names so they are matching rather than guessing from nothing, which keeps the game moving without making it too easy. Reveal answers diaper by diaper so the room reacts to each one.

The reaction this game gets is consistent at every shower: a genuine mix of laughing and mild horror that makes for the most memorable five minutes on the schedule.

Use a variety of textures and fillings so the diapers are actually distinguishable: a smooth milk chocolate bar, a nutty bar, a caramel-filled bar, and a minty one read as completely different even without seeing the wrapper.

10. Gift Bingo

Gift Bingo runs during the gift-opening portion of the shower and keeps every guest in the room engaged while the guest of honour unwraps.

Each card has a 5×5 grid filled with common shower gift items: onesie, swaddle blanket, diaper bag, white noise machine, nursing pillow, and so on. As each gift is revealed, guests mark the matching item on their card.

First person to cover five in a row calls it.

Print six unique cards per sheet so one sheet of cardstock covers six players. Print a separate call list sheet for the host showing all 24 gift items used across the card set.

This is not a traditional bingo call list where the host reads from it in order: it is a reference the host uses to confirm a winning card is valid once someone calls bingo.

Guests mark their own cards in real time as gifts are opened.

Keep a small prize on hand for the first winner, but consider running the game until two or three winners have been called so more guests stay engaged through the full gift opening.

Candy pieces work as markers and double as the prize for the table: everyone at the table with markers gets to eat them once the game ends.

For more bingo-style games you can mix into a longer shower, the baby shower card games collection has several table-play options that run on the same seated format.

11. Baby Item Charades

Baby Item Charades runs exactly like standard charades except every word or phrase is a baby product, nursery item, or parenting milestone. One player draws a card from the host’s deck and acts out the item silently while the rest of the table guesses.

The team that calls the correct answer earns a point. Items range from easy picks like ‘stroller’ to more entertaining ones like ‘swaddle wrap’ or ‘burp cloth’ where the acting gets genuinely creative.

Write 25 to 30 item names on individual index cards before the shower and keep them in a small bowl or box. Divide guests into two teams and alternate which team acts. Set a 60-second timer per turn.

If the team does not guess correctly within time, the other team gets one free guess. This rule keeps the pace fast and prevents a single difficult card from stalling the whole game.

Desk charades at a seated table works because players stand beside their chair to act rather than needing floor space. It is one of the most reliably loud games at a shower because everyone is guessing simultaneously rather than taking turns writing.

Pair it after a quiet printable game so the energy shift feels intentional rather than jarring. For more ideas in this active-game style, the coed baby shower games list has several that work just as well for an all-adult crowd.

12. Rhyme Time Race

Rhyme Time Race gives each guest a sheet listing the first half of 14 nursery rhyme lines with the final rhyming word or phrase blanked out. Guests have four minutes to fill in every blank from memory.

The person who completes the most correct rhymes in time wins. Because the answers are fixed lines from actual rhymes, there is a host answer key printed at the bottom of the sheet so scoring takes under a minute.

Print one sheet per guest. The sheet works best on cardstock so it feels sturdy to write on without a hard surface underneath. Call time firmly at four minutes: the pressure of the clock is what creates the excitement.

Trade papers with a neighbour to self-score as the host reads the answers aloud, which generates commentary when someone fills in a plausible but wrong line.

The lines on this sheet mix very familiar rhymes with a few that most adults half-remember but cannot quite complete under pressure. That gap between ‘I know this one’ and actually writing the correct words is where all the fun lives.

Because this is a timed paper game, it naturally calms the room after an active game and sets up a good moment for the host to distribute the next activity.

13. Nursery Rhyme Charades Warm-Up

Nursery Rhyme Charades Warm-Up is a fast 10-minute game where players act out a nursery rhyme title for the table to guess. No speaking, no props: just silent acting at the seat.

The host draws names from a bowl and the chosen guest stands beside their chair for up to 45 seconds. Guests call answers aloud the moment they think they have it. Correct guesses earn the guesser a point, not the actor.

Prepare 15 to 20 nursery rhyme names on folded slips of paper in a bowl. Mix obvious ones like ‘Jack and Jill’ with trickier ones like ‘Rub-a-Dub-Dub’ or ‘Wee Willie Winkie’.

Keep rounds short: if nobody guesses in 45 seconds, reveal the answer and move on without awarding a point. That rule keeps the pace tight and prevents any single round from dragging.

Running this right after the Nursery Rhyme Scramble printable creates a nice contrast: guests who just spent five minutes thinking hard about rhyme titles now have to use their bodies instead of their pens.

The shift in mode tends to produce energy because it forces the whole room to watch one person rather than stare at their own paper.

It also works as a natural way to get guests who have been sitting for a while to stand up briefly without requiring any floor space.

14. Baby Shower Trivia

Baby Shower Trivia puts guests’ knowledge of pregnancy, newborn development, and parenting firsts to the test with 15 multiple-choice questions printed on a single sheet.

Questions cover things like average length of a full-term pregnancy in weeks, what the white coating on a newborn is called, which sense is most developed at birth, and a few pop culture questions about famous TV and movie babies.

Guests work alone and hand sheets to the host for scoring.

Print one sheet per guest. Include four answer choices per question printed directly on the sheet so guests circle their answers rather than writing them out. The host answer key is printed on a separate sheet that does not go out to guests.

Read answers aloud after all sheets are collected so guests hear the correct information even for questions they got wrong, which gives the host a natural few minutes of content to fill.

Trivia works best placed mid-shower when energy has settled and guests are seated comfortably. It is one of the few games where prior knowledge genuinely determines the winner, which creates a fair and satisfying result.

Keep the question mix balanced between hard science questions that stump most guests and easy pop culture ones that give everyone at least a few correct answers so nobody feels completely out of their depth.

15. Due Date Derby

Due Date Derby is a fast oral betting game. The host writes the official due date on a folded slip of paper and keeps it sealed until the end of the shower.

Every guest states aloud their prediction for the actual birth date and the host writes all the guesses on a visible notepad at the front of the room.

Guests can also bet on whether the birth will be before or after the due date, earning an extra point for that prediction if they are right.

No printing is needed. The host simply needs the official due date written down privately before the shower and a visible surface for recording guesses.

A whiteboard, a large notepad on an easel, or even a shared note on a phone projected to a screen all work.

Announce the real due date at the end of the shower so guests can see whose guess was closest, and designate the closest date as the winner of that round.

The conversation this game generates while guests are stating their guesses is the whole point. Everyone has a theory and most people want to explain their reasoning, which naturally gets the whole room talking.

Because the actual birth result is not known until after the shower, the host can text the winner once the arrival happens, which gives guests a fun reason to stay connected after the day.

16. Baby Gear True or False

Baby Gear True or False is a rapid-fire oral quiz where the host reads a statement about a baby product and every guest simultaneously holds up a thumbs up for true or a thumbs down for false.

Statements include things like ‘A convertible car seat can only face rear’ (false), ‘White noise machines are recommended by paediatricians for infant sleep’ (true), and ‘Wipe warmers are considered an essential item’ (false). One point for each correct answer, tracked on a personal tally sheet.

Prepare 15 to 20 statements before the shower and keep the answer list on your phone. Read each statement clearly and give guests about five seconds before everyone shows their hand simultaneously.

Simultaneous reveal stops guests from copying the most confident person in the room, which is the main thing that kills the competitiveness of oral quiz games. Keep a tally pad moving around so guests track their own scores.

This game works well right before gift opening because it primes the whole room to think about baby gear, which makes the gift-opening portion more interesting. Guests who have children tend to do well, but the counterintuitive answers catch everyone off guard at least once.

Ending on a genuinely surprising false answer is the best way to close the round on a high note.

17. Midnight Feed Relay

Midnight Feed Relay is a timed desk challenge. Each guest gets a doll or a small stuffed animal, a cloth diaper square, and a small empty bottle.

On the host’s signal, every guest has 60 seconds to swaddle the toy snugly in the cloth, then ‘feed’ it the bottle, then put it down flat on the table. The host judges whether the swaddle stayed on and the bottle was held correctly.

Guests are scored on speed and whether the swaddle holds when the host gently tugs a corner.

Buy a pack of inexpensive cloth squares from a craft store and enough small doll bottles or toy bottles for one per guest. Soft stuffed animals work as well as dolls and are easier to source in bulk.

Set everything at each seat before guests arrive so the game can start the instant the host calls it. One trial round to demonstrate keeps everyone on equal footing.

The game is funnier than it sounds because swaddling a soft toy on a table under a timer while people around you are also racing is genuinely chaotic. Guests who have swaddled a real newborn often discover their technique falls apart under pressure.

For a competitive finish, run a single-elimination bracket with the two fastest accurate swaddlers from the first round competing head-to-head for the win.

18. Name That Baby Animal

Name That Baby Animal flips the trivia format into a fast spoken-word game. The host calls out the name of an adult animal and every guest races to shout the correct name for that animal’s offspring.

A calf for a cow, a foal for a horse, a joey for a kangaroo: easy enough. Then the host moves to trickier ones: a pup for a shark, a cygnet for a swan, a leveret for a hare.

First person to call the right answer gets a point.

Prepare a list of 20 to 25 animal pairs before the shower. Front-load the obvious ones to warm the room up and build difficulty gradually toward the back half so the competitive tension increases. Keep the list on your phone or a notepad.

A simple tally on a whiteboard or notepad shows a running score so guests know where they stand.

This game works as a quick energy burst between two printable games because it requires no materials, no setup time, and produces a lot of noise in a short window.

It also lands as genuinely themed to the occasion since all the answers are baby animal names, which is the kind of elegant connection that makes a game feel chosen rather than generic.

End with one truly obscure answer as the final round so the winner earns it and every other guest learns something surprising.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the don’t say baby game work at a shower?

Each guest gets a clothespin when they arrive and clips it somewhere visible on their clothing. The rule is simple: do not say the word ‘baby’ for the duration of the shower. If another guest hears you say it, they take your pin.

The guest with the most pins when the host calls time wins. The guest of honour is typically exempt so she can talk freely at her own party.

How many free printable games are in this pack?

The pack includes 10 sheets: the Don’t Say It card deck, Nursery Rhyme Scramble, Price Check with answer key, Baby Photo Bingo cards (6 per sheet), Baby Photo Bingo call list, Prediction Game, Gift Bingo cards (6 per sheet), Gift Bingo call list, Diaper Decoder with host key, and Rhyme Time Race with answer key.

Do I need to buy anything to run these games?

Most games need only printed sheets, pens, and cardstock. A few active games need low-cost supplies: clothespins for Don’t Say It, a Bluetooth speaker for Lullaby Name That Tune, disposable diapers and candy bars for Diaper Decoder, and small stuffed animals with cloth squares for Midnight Feed Relay. Everything else runs on what you already have at home.

What is the best order to run these games?

Start with Don’t Say It the moment guests arrive since it runs all day in the background. During the seated portion, alternate printable games with active or speaking games so the energy stays varied.

Baby Photo Bingo and Gift Bingo both run during gift opening, so keep those for that portion of the shower. End with something light like Due Date Derby so guests leave on a fun social note.

Can these games work for a co-ed baby shower?

Yes. All 18 games on this list work for a mixed crowd. Baby Gear True or False, Baby Item Charades, and Name That Baby Animal in particular tend to draw in guests who would otherwise check out during more traditional shower activities. Diaper Decoder and Midnight Feed Relay are consistently popular across co-ed groups.

How far in advance should I print the sheets?

Print everything at least two days before the shower so you have time to reprint anything that cuts off or prints incorrectly.

The one exception is the Price Check answer key: verify current prices and fill in that host key the morning of the shower since retail prices shift frequently. Print on 110lb cardstock for a sturdy sheet that holds up to handling during the party.