Printable Baby Shower Games: 10 You Can Make Yourself
August 19, 2026
Every printable baby shower game is really just a title, a list and a line for a name — so here are ten of them with the actual contents written out: the bingo words, the scrambles and their answers, the quiz questions, the prompt lines. Copy what you need into a blank document, set the page to two cards per sheet, print on cardstock and cut. Fifteen minutes of work, no downloads, no email address, and the wording is yours to change. Let’s make the game table, friend!
Before you copy anything: the page setup
Cards play best at half a page or a quarter page, printed two or four to a sheet. Set your margins to half an inch, put the game title at the top in a bigger size, the content in the middle, and a name line at the bottom.
Print on card, not paper — flimsy cards curl in a warm room and can’t be written on in a lap. A pack of 65 lb cardstock is the right weight, and the settings that stop your layout shrinking on the way to the printer are in how to print party printables at home. Print one test sheet before you commit the whole stack.
1. Baby shower bingo
A 4×4 grid, and guests fill their own squares before gifts are opened with things they think she’ll unwrap. Give them this word bank to choose from: onesie, bibs, blanket, diapers, wipes, bottles, pacifier, socks, hat, sleepsack, books, bath towel, teether, burp cloths, monitor, stroller, car seat, toys, gift card, lotion, mittens, high chair, diaper bag, nursing pillow.
Cover a square as each gift appears. Line wins, blackout wins bigger.
2. Guess the price
Eight real items on the card, a blank beside each, closest total wins. Use: a pack of newborn diapers, a can of formula, a pacifier two-pack, a baby monitor, a crib sheet, baby wash, a stroller, a car seat. Buy or price them yourself the week of the shower and keep the receipt as your answer key — prices move, and made-up ones get argued with.
3. Wishes for the baby
One card per guest, three prompts:
- I hope you always…
- I hope you never…
- When you’re eighteen, I hope you know…
Collect them in a basket and tie them with ribbon for the nursery shelf. This one gets read at every birthday for years, and it’s the card the mom-to-be keeps.
4. Advice for the new parents
Same format, gentler prompts: the thing nobody told me was…, a rule worth breaking…, call me when…. Add a line for the guest’s name so she knows who to ring at 3 a.m.
5. Baby word scramble
Ten scrambles and the answers, ready to copy: LRTSLREO (stroller), ICPFAIER (pacifier), TETLBO (bottle), IDRPEA (diaper), YRRSNUE (nursery), TBLKNAE (blanket), GNICKOR CIHRA (rocking chair), TTALER (rattle), TIBHTAME (bathtime), LUALYBL (lullaby). Two minutes on the timer, most correct wins.
6. Nursery rhyme finish-the-line
Eight openers with the answers in brackets for the host’s copy only: Hush little baby, don’t say a word… [Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird]; Twinkle twinkle little star… [How I wonder what you are]; Rock-a-bye baby on the… [treetop]; Humpty Dumpty sat on a… [wall]; Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the… [fiddle]; Mary had a little… [lamb]; Row, row, row your… [boat]; Little Miss Muffet sat on a… [tuffet].
7. What’s in your bag
A point list on one card, played from wherever people are sitting: phone 1, lip balm 2, hairbrush 3, snack 4, hand sanitizer 5, coupons 6, receipt older than a year 7, a child’s toy 8, safety pin 9, a photo in a wallet 10. Highest total wins, and the bags get funnier the longer it runs.
8. Don’t say “baby”
Not a card at all — a bowl of clothespins by the door and one instruction sign: clip one on. Say the word “baby” and whoever hears you takes your pin. Most pins at the end wins. Cheap, silent, and it runs for the entire party without you.
9. Late-night diaper notes
Hand out plain diapers and markers with a card that says: write a message for a 3 a.m. change. Anything from “you’ve got this” to a truly unhinged joke. Parents find them over the following months, which is the whole point.
10. Baby predictions card
Four blanks: date of arrival, weight, length, hair color — plus one for “one word to describe this baby.” Collect them, seal them in an envelope, and open it at the first birthday. If you’re already running a diaper raffle at the same shower, the insert wording that goes on those tickets is in diaper raffle wording.
How many to actually run
Three games, maximum. One as guests arrive, one loud one in the middle, one that runs quietly all afternoon — that’s the shape that works, and the reasoning behind it (plus co-ed and virtual options) is in our full guide to baby shower games everyone actually wants to play.
Print roughly one card per guest plus five, keep pens in a jar on every table, and put the prizes somewhere visible. Prize pressure is real, and a visible candle or a bag of good coffee makes people play properly.
FAQ
Do I need to print baby shower games at all?
No. Bingo squares can be written on index cards, and the clothespin game needs nothing but clothespins. Printing just makes the table look intentional.
What size should baby shower game cards be?
Half a page (5.5 × 8.5 inches) for anything with writing, quarter page for short guessing games. Two or four cards per sheet keeps the cutting simple.
How many baby shower games should you play?
Three. One arrival game, one group game, one that runs in the background. More than that and the afternoon starts to feel like a class.
What paper works best for shower game cards?
65 lb cardstock. It writes well, doesn’t curl, and cuts cleanly with a trimmer. Regular copy paper is fine for the answer sheets nobody sees.
What prizes should you give?
One decent prize per game beats a pile of tokens: a candle, good chocolate, a bottle of wine, a plant, a gift card. Wrap them so people can see there are prizes at all.
Copy the lists, print a test sheet, cut everything the night before while something plays in the background — and then put the scissors down. The shower does not need a fourth game, I promise you.
