07/25/2021 6:00 AM
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Updated 07/25/2021 6:00 AM
The baby shower was born as a meeting between the women closest to the
future mother
to celebrate the imminent
birth of her baby
.
Today, this celebration is also joined many times by men.
The
baby shower is the
quintessential
themed party
.
Everything revolves around
motherhood
and
babies
.
Diapers, pacifiers, balloons and fake tummies cannot be absent.
When
organizing a baby shower
, certain premises must be followed according to the occasion, such as being a fun party, but it must also be emotional.
Here,
9 games and original ideas.
Baby shower: 9 games and original ideas to have a good time
The celebration of
baby shower
It is also the great opportunity to help future parents to provide themselves with the infinite things that a newborn baby needs, with practical and useful gifts.
Therefore, it requires careful organization by the friends of the future parents.
Today, this celebration is also joined by men, because to share the joy of a new life there is no gender distinction.
"As in every celebration, I recommend connecting from the beginning with the meaning that inspires it," suggests
Gabriela Losavio
from @ceremoniascreativas, an expert in designing rituals for non-traditional ceremonies.
"In the case of a baby shower, the emotions that babies generate -happiness, tenderness, surprise- should be present in everything that is proposed: decoration, souvenirs and games; that activity that undoubtedly evokes the childhoods themselves and it promotes integration from humor ", he explains.
Playing
brightens up any meeting and in a
baby shower
putting together two teams among the guests gives the meeting an extra nice dynamic.
A first game to assemble the teams can be:
1. Crying or laughing baby?
In a box there will be as many pieces of paper as there are participants in the game, if there are ten, five will have the slogans written: BABY LAUGH and another five with BABY CRYING.
Each participant must extract a piece of paper, read it but without revealing what he touched it.
At the command of "Who is on my team?"
all in unison will begin to emit the sound indicated on the paper, be it crying or laughing, and the equals will come together.
In a corner of the place of the celebration you can make video calls or mini events.
2. "I baby"
Each guest will
take a picture of when I
was little with his name written on the back.
Upon arrival you will deliver it to the hostess.
Option 1: all the images are grouped in a box and each guest, seated around the table, receives one (it is not worth spying on the back).
They wait for the warning to observe everyone at the same time and whoever discovers who owns the photo they touched raises their hand and responds.
If you make a mistake, you lose.
If you get it right, you earn a point for your team.
Option 2: On a cord located on a wall as a garland, the photos are hung with clasps (asking that no one comment on them previously).
The honored lady chooses one, takes it off the hook and hands it to a guest so that she can discover who the protagonist of the image is.
If you get it right, you win a point and the photo is separated.
If not, go back to rope.
3. "I did that ..."
It is the classic game of "neither yes nor no, neither white nor black" adapted to the baby shower.
It consists of briefly recounting the greatest mischief that is remembered having starred in childhood, but without using the words in the story: "baby, dad and mom."
Whoever says them loses.
4. Diaper challenge
It is competition between two people, one from each team.
The winner is the one who finishes before changing a doll's baby diaper.
Adding difficulties to it
usually multiplies the grace: that they achieve it with one hand, blindfolded or while dancing bachata for example.
5. How long is that belly?
Each participant must write
how many centimeters
you think you have the belly of the mother.
Then the measure is taken and whoever was closest to guessing wins.
The "shower of gifts" is one of the most anticipated moments of any baby shower.
6. Let's eat!
It is a challenge for future parents.
Dad or mom cover their eyes and try to
feed their partner
with a spoon and a yogurt.
7. Tell me what it feels like
Ideal for men to do, they should tie a balloon under their shirt or T-shirt and try to tie their shoes without exploding.
8. Song war
If the group of people are not very fond of games, karaoke with children 's
songs often have no opposition.
9. The emotional moment
Put together a box with white cards, pens and a poster inviting leave messages to the little baby born.
Let the future mom read them aloud.
Emotion guaranteed!
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