Twelve games, every one printable in about five minutes, free, no email and no watermark. Start with free printable baby shower bingo cards, the single easiest game to run for any group size, then build out the rest of your lineup from the list below.
The 12 games
1. Baby shower bingo (guess the gift)
What it is: a bingo card filled with likely gift items, mark a square as each gift is unwrapped. Players: any group size. What to print: one baby shower bingo card per guest. How long: runs the whole gift-opening segment. Every card from the generator is unique, so no two guests can call bingo on the same pattern by copying a neighbor, and it needs zero setup beyond printing, guests just watch the gifts get opened the way they would anyway. If the party doubles as a gender reveal, the same format swaps in “boy” and “girl” guess squares instead of gift items.
2. Gift-opening bingo
What it is: a variant filled with predictions about the gift-opening itself, “says ‘oh my gosh’”, “holds up a onesie”, rather than the gifts themselves. Players: any group size. What to print: the same baby shower bingo generator, typed with your own prediction list, or start from a blank card in the bingo card generator if you’d rather build the whole list from scratch. How long: runs alongside gift-opening, no separate time slot needed. This version tends to get louder than the guess-the-gift version, predicting a reaction is funnier to watch land than predicting an object.
3. Baby shower word search
What it is: a themed word search, bottle, lullaby, stroller and the rest hidden in a grid. Players: any group size, works solo or as a race. What to print: baby shower word search, one per guest. How long: 5–10 minutes. Works well as a quiet opener while the last few guests are still arriving, nobody needs instructions beyond “find the words,” and it fills dead time without needing a host to run anything.
4. Baby word scramble
What it is: unscramble the letters to find the baby-related word. Players: any group size. What to print: the 15 scrambles below, one sheet per guest, with an answer key kept at the hosting table. How long: 5 minutes.
| Scrambled | Answer |
|---|---|
| OTBLET | Bottle |
| PRAIDE | Diaper |
| ALCERD | Cradle |
| TRELORSL | Stroller |
| FRAPCEII | Pacifier |
| LETTRA | Rattle |
| TABLENK | Blanket |
| ISABNEST | Bassinet |
| ENOISE | Onesie |
| OBEMIL | Mobile |
| BRIC | Crib |
| OLITNO | Lotion |
| RODWEP | Powder |
| PIWSE | Wipes |
| ALDWEDS | Swaddle |
5. The price is right, with baby items
What it is: guess the price of five to eight baby products, closest without going over wins. Players: any group size. What to print: a simple numbered answer sheet, no generator needed, just gather the items or their photos beforehand. How long: 10 minutes. Real receipts from the actual purchase work better than guessed prices for the answer key, guests enjoy being genuinely surprised by what things cost.
6. Guess the baby food
What it is: unlabel a handful of baby food jars, guests taste or smell and guess the flavor. Players: works best with 10–20 tasters. What to print: a numbered answer sheet matching the jars. How long: 10–15 minutes. A smell-only round works just as well as tasting for guests who’d rather not put unlabeled jarred food in their mouth, and it runs faster too.
7. Don’t say “baby” (clothespin game)
What it is: everyone gets a clothespin at the start, say the word “baby” and you surrender yours to whoever caught you, most clothespins at the end wins. Players: any group size, runs the whole party. What to print: nothing required, though a small sign reminding guests of the rule helps. It’s the one game on this list that needs no printing at all and no dedicated time slot, just clothespins handed out at the door, so it’s worth running even at the most low-key shower.
8. Baby predictions card
What it is: guests fill in a card guessing the birth date, weight, and time, kept as a keepsake for the parents. Players: any group size. What to print: one prediction card per guest. How long: 5 minutes to fill in, read aloud whenever suits the schedule.
9. Advice for the new parents card
What it is: guests write a short piece of advice or a wish for the baby, collected into a book or jar for the parents to read later. Players: any group size. What to print: one advice card per guest. How long: 5 minutes.
10. Finish the nursery rhyme
What it is: read the first half of a classic nursery rhyme, guests write or shout the ending. Players: any group size. What to print: a sheet with 8–10 rhyme openings and blanks. How long: 10 minutes.
11. Baby animal match (12 pairs)
What it is: match 12 baby animals to their adult counterparts, foal to horse, joey to kangaroo, cub to bear. Players: any group size, works solo or in teams. What to print: a 12-pair matching sheet. How long: 5–10 minutes. Works well as a quiet activity for younger guests too, if children are attending alongside the adults.
12. Diaper raffle ticket
What it is: guests bring a pack of diapers to earn a raffle ticket toward a prize drawing, a practical way to stock up the new parents’ supply. Players: any group size. What to print: raffle tickets, one per diaper pack brought. How long: runs the whole party, draw the winner near the end. Mention the raffle on the invitation ahead of time, so guests know to bring a pack along rather than finding out about it once they’ve already arrived empty-handed.
A 90-minute shower timetable
| Time | What’s happening | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20 min | Arrivals | Don’t say “baby” clothespin game | Runs quietly in the background as guests arrive |
| 20–40 min | Food | — | No game needed, let this segment breathe |
| 40–55 min | Bingo | Baby shower bingo | The main scheduled game slot |
| 55–75 min | Gifts | Gift-opening bingo | Runs underneath the gift-opening itself, no separate time needed |
| 75–90 min | Cake and prizes | Diaper raffle draw | Closes the party on a shared moment |
Swap any slot for one of the other 12 games if it suits your group better, the timetable is a starting structure, not a fixed script.
How many sheets to print
One per guest, plus roughly 10–15% spares for a last-minute plus-one or a torn sheet, so a 20-guest shower prints about 24 of each game you’re running. Bingo needs no extra planning beyond that, free printable baby shower bingo cards come out unlimited and unique, so no two guests can ever share the exact same card, however many you print, and reprinting a fresh batch the morning of the party costs nothing if the guest count changes at the last minute.
Prizes people actually want
Five ideas that cost under ten dollars each: a scented candle, a small succulent or potted plant, a box of good tea or coffee, a phone pop-socket or grip, and a lottery scratch ticket. Skip anything baby-themed as the prize itself, guests already came bearing baby gifts, a prize that’s just for them lands better. Buying five or six of the same small item rather than one item per game keeps shopping simple, and it means nobody feels like they won a “lesser” prize than an earlier winner.
Virtual and hybrid showers
Bingo works best on a video call: guests print their own card at home ahead of time, or mark a shared card on screen while the host calls from a screen-shared list. Word searches and scrambles also travel well, email the sheet or share it as a link a day before so remote guests can play in their own time and compare answers on the call. For the specifics of running a bingo-style game over video, see how to host bingo on a video call. A hybrid shower, some guests in the room and some on a screen propped up nearby, works best when the in-room host reads everything aloud rather than assuming remote guests can see or hear what’s happening on their own, gift-opening especially benefits from someone narrating what’s being unwrapped for the camera. Games that need no physical printout at all, don’t-say-baby, predictions, advice cards read aloud, travel to a virtual guest with zero extra setup, since they only need a voice and a shared screen rather than a sheet of paper in someone’s hand.
Matching your shower colors
Most of the games above print from a themed generator, so the colors follow whatever palette the generator’s currently set to, pick a set close to your shower’s actual colors before printing the full run. (“Colours” for UK, Australian and South African readers, same games, different spelling.)
Games that respect the guest of honour
A quick, kind note: skip anything that measures the guest of honour’s body, belly-measuring string games especially, or that puts melted candy in a diaper for guests to “guess the flavor.” Both are still floating around older baby shower game lists, and both make some guests of honour genuinely uncomfortable rather than delighted. Every game on this list works without either, choose games that celebrate the baby and the parents, not ones that put the guest of honour on display. If you’re unsure whether a specific game crosses that line, a quick rule of thumb helps, if the joke is about the guest of honour’s body or appearance rather than the baby, the gifts, or the general silliness of the day, leave it off the list.
FAQ
What are the best free printable baby shower games?
Baby shower bingo and gift-opening bingo are the two that work for almost any group, low effort to run and everyone plays at once. The full list of 12 above covers quieter and louder options too, so you can build a lineup that suits your group.
How many games should a baby shower have?
Two or three is usually plenty for a typical two-hour shower, one during arrivals, one running quietly under gift-opening, and maybe one more before cake. More than that and games start eating into time guests would rather spend chatting.
Do you need a prize for every game?
No, but a small prize helps, especially for a game with a clear winner like the word scramble. A handful of inexpensive prizes covers a whole shower, see the ideas above.
Which games work for a virtual baby shower?
Bingo works best on a video call, guests print their own card at home or mark a shared digital one while the host calls from a screen-shared list. Word searches and scrambles also work well emailed or shared as a link ahead of time.
Can I print these free without signing up?
Yes. Every game and generator linked on this page prints immediately, no email, no account and no watermark.
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