Games that allow people to create and have some input are some of the best baby shower games or activities. Adding an element of competition to these activities makes them more than just a gathering of people, so it’s still exciting, but it takes the silly element out of the baby shower and makes it all more meaningful.

Most people would like to create something for the baby that is at the center of all the action, and with Sculpting Beautiful Designs your guests can do just that. Think about installing a shelf in the nursery so that you have a place to store and display beautiful designs that are created just for your baby.

How It Works
You’ll need to buy a half-pound or so of molding clay for each of your guests, and that can be as many as you want. You’ll then want to buy several molds, sequins, paint, ribbons, or anything else that you feel you might want to decorate a sculpture with. Then, give these materials to your shower guests and tell them to each create a unique sculpture for your baby. The sculpture can be anything that they would wish, so long as it’s appropriate for a baby.

Give each guest a half hour or forty-five minute time limit so that it’s a competition and each of them really gets as creative as possible. Tell each guest that the person with the most creative sculpture or design will win a prize; perhaps it could be something that the mother sculpted herself. Also allow each guest to choose a spot on the shelf in the nursery for his or her loving sculpture to be displayed.

When a hostess is planning a summer baby shower, often she wants to make the theme connect with the time of year. A great way to do so is to use a floral theme for the baby shower which will please not only the mother-to-be but the guests as well. A beautiful floral theme to use for a baby shower being held in the summertime is a sunflower theme.

Decorating with Sunflower Style
Sunflowers are a beautiful addition to any party, especially a baby shower. Since sunflowers should be the focal point of the baby shower, the best way to do so is to place a sunflower floral arrangement in the center of each table. In order to really bring out the colors of the flowers themselves, the hostess can use yellow, white, and green decorations to spread throughout the room. Balloons which are also comprised of this color scheme can be attached to the mom-to-be’s chair and gift table. Another way to bring out the sunflower theme is to have a baby shower cake shaped as a sunflower in yellow and white primary colors.

Games with a Sunflower Prize
There are a number of great games which can be played at a baby shower. Some of these games include Baby Shower Bingo, the Clothespin Game, and Baby Shower word searches. In order to keep with the beautiful and appropriate sunflower theme, perhaps the best way to do so is to award prizes which revolve around sunflowers. One prize could be a sunflower centerpiece that the winner would be able to take home whereas another prize could be sunflower stationary or photo album with these striking flowers on the cover.

The sunflower theme is a wonderfully feminine and cheerful theme to choose for a baby shower which is sure to please all who attend the party.

Even if you do not want to play the corny games usually associated with baby showers, there are many activities that you can turn into games. Women like babies and they like fashion so why not combine the two for a lot of unique baby shower fun? Baby Fashion Designer is a game that every shower guest will wonder why she did not have such fun games at their own shower!

How To Play
Choose a plain piece of baby sized clothing for each guest, for the best results choose the same item for each guest, as this game really can be played with any number of guests. Baby clothing such as t-shirts, sleepers, and onsies work best for this because you can buy them quite plain, and you can also buy quite a few at a bargain. Then, get fabric pieces, fabric paint, sequins, thread, buttons, yarn, and anything else you might associate with clothing. Then, tell each of your shower guests that they can create an outfit for your child with any or all of the items provided. The mother to be or the hostess will then judge all of the finished products and decide which participant is deserving of a prize!

Ready, Set, Go!
Tell your shower guests that they have to put together the best product they can in twenty minutes, or whatever you decide is an appropriate time allotment. This will make guests get even more creative and will also get their competitive juices flowing. Encourage all your guests to get really creative, and have some fun, you’ll be amazed how many of your friends are baby fashion designers!

Although winter is a usually cold time of year, there are many ways to make a winter baby shower warm and bubbly. If a hostess is planning a winter baby shower, one great idea with regard to a proper baby shower theme is a winter snowflake theme. This is a good idea especially if the hostess wishes to have a baby shower with a winter theme yet avoid any Christmas-type decorations or themes.

Bringing Out the Snowflake Theme via Decorations
A hostess wishing to have a baby shower with this particular theme in mind may wonder where to begin. First, she must decide what colors to use. A great color scheme which will bring out the snowflakes that will be spread throughout the room is a blue, gold, and white menagerie of color. Next, the hostess can either make or buy snowflake cutouts to suspend from the ceiling throughout the room. Another great decorative idea is to purchase snowflake confetti and sprinkle this added detail on each table. Centerpieces which consist of either poinsettias or white winter flowers can be placed on each table and the hostess may wish to put a snowflake insert into the center of each floral arrangement.

Snowflake Games
There are a number of snowflake-oriented games which the hostess can provide for the mother-to-be and guests at the baby shower. A Snowflake Word Search is one type of game which will entertain the baby shower attendees. Another snowflake-oriented game is Guess How Many Snowflakes where the hostess will have a small jar filled with snowflake confetti and the guests will have to guess how many are in the jar. The guest with the most correct answers wins a prize.

A snowflake theme is a wonderful way to celebrate both the onset of winter and the future arrival of a new baby boy or girl.

Give each guest a small piece of paper. On one side, have them write down a common problem or dilemma that new parents often face. They cannot share or discuss their ideas with each other. Ask them to turn their paper face down when they’re done. Now have your guests pass the paper – FACE DOWN – three people to their left. Without looking at the question on the other side, ask your guests to write the solution or answer to their original problem. Read the questions and answers out loud for lots of laughs.