Coed baby shower games and activities

This game is great for large groups, and it is always a lot of fun. Every guest will get a balloon and then they are split up into teams of four or five. Then the rest of the team takes their turn. After everyone has a baby balloon bump, they have to figure out how to pop them. The first team to pop all their baby bumps wins. It is always fun to give men a chance to see what it is like to be pregnant, and baby bump twister is sure to make them have a bit more empathy and it is likely going to get a lot of laughs.

The game involves everyone playing a normal game of twister, but they have to do it with a balloon up their shirt, which will make it not so easy but hilarious. Since both parents are going to be at the party, it may be the best time to do parent trivia. According to First Cry Parenting , guests can all take a shot at seeing how well they know the two people who are about to be parents.

The fastest one to tie both of their shoes is the winner. The mother-to-be will LOVE watching them do this! This game can be great as a couple game. Give all the guys baby bottles filled with juice, milk, or even beer to make it more interesting. If you want to play the original game, have the guys be babies and have someone feed them, holding their bottles for them. Remember to give each guy a baby bib to put around their neck!

Watch this hilarious game being played at a Baby Shower the guys have to find original ways to drink from the bottle without holding it with their hands :. Crush each candy bar up inside each diaper and even put each diaper in the microwave for a few seconds just so that the chocolate melts a bit. Put the diapers in a row and assign a number for each diaper.

The guys and gals pick up the first diaper, look and smell it and then begin passing it around to the others. They mark the number of the diaper next to the candy bar name. At mama Megan Kopf Stackhouse's gender-neutral baby shower brunch , for example, the stylists decorated with giant white balloons anchored in cubes filled with white jellybeans.

Instead of typical shower fare like dainty cucumber sandwiches, offer heartier eats that men and women alike will enjoy. Take a cue from State College, Pennsylvania-based creative services company Pie Collective , which threw a casual backyard barbecue for a soon-to-be mom and dad of three. The summertime shindig featured lots of grilled goodness and picnic-inspired decor, with just a few baby-related items.

When planning a co-ed baby shower, make sure to offer a variety of beverages that appeal to teetotalers and drinkers alike. Though the mom-to-be may be sticking to festive mocktails , beer and bubbly should flow for the rest of the party crowd.

Placing bottles in silver buckets with some on-theme decor makes it easy for guests to serve themselves. Looking for fun co-ed baby shower games? Incorporate activities that involve both partners—and that both male and female attendees will want to play. Kertzner had guests at the co-ed shower she planned face off in "Baby Bottle Chug. Whoever finishes first is declared the winner. Another gender-neutral activity option is a quiz. At the Stackhouse shower, guests played a game answering pregnancy-related questions that could apply to either of the soon-to-be parents, such as, "Who gained more weight during pregnancy?

Though Britt and Megan, who's vice president of public relations for NBC's "Today" show, had expert interviewers Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales running their game, amateurs can totally pull off this activity.

Games need to be fun for both sexes, agrees Ara Farnam-Levinson, owner and creative director of event design and styling firm Rock Paper Scissors Events. A crossword puzzle like the one guests filled out at Savannah Guthrie's baby shower, which Farnam-Levinson's team designed, is something guests can work on together. After researching, I discovered awesome baby shower games that could be played at a shower of any size, co-ed or not.

Here are 10 fun games that will help other ring-leaders run the show. A personal favorite of mine, this game is for people who have a competitive edge. Players line up on either side of the clothesline that can be taped or tied to walls or pillars. Each player holds a cell phone in one hand and a baby doll in the other.

When the game begins, each team must pin up as many of the baby clothes from their team basket as they can while holding the baby doll and cell phone at the same time. Whoever pins up their entire basket of clothes first, wins! Pregnant women tend to pee a lot. This game pokes fun at the mommy-to-be, but it's a great way to get people laughing and interacting.

Start by splitting guests into two teams and give everyone a blown up balloon to put under their shirts and a ping pong ball to put between their thighs. When the game starts, each team must race to drop their pong balls from between their legs into the jar -- relay style -- and race back with the balloon still intact to tag the next player to go.

The team with the most balls in their perspective jars, wins. The "Who Did It? Here's a fun way to find out about the parents-to-be: Cut out speech bubbles and put them on the wall or a poster board. Have the future parents tell you things about their childhoods before the guests arrive.

Without revealing who said what, write the facts in the speech bubbles and have the guests try to guess if the quotes apply to mom or dad. This game may sound gross, but it's fun to see how well family and friends know their baby food flavors.