Test Your IQ Baby Shower Games

Here are some baby shower games that require your guests to put on their thinking caps. You will need to organize these games before the party since they require some amount of work on your part as well. These games are a great way for the hostess to get much-required time outs to lay the snacks or in general take care of things to keep the baby shower running smoothly.

IQ Baby Shower Game #1: Animal Babies

Make a list of animals and what their young ones are called. For example, Cow-calf, Pig-piglet, Goat-kid, Kangaroo-joey, Dog-puppy, Cat-kitten etc. On a large paper mix all the words and list them down randomly. Put the paper up on the wall. Give each guest a paper and a pencil and ask them to put down the mother-child pairs. While all the guests are busy scribbling down their answers the host can organize another game or lay out the snacks. The guests are likely to get most of the answers right but a few may surprise you with their lack of knowledge. It’s great to poke fun at them and tease them about their lack of baby IQ!

IQ Baby Shower Game #2: Ear That Tune?

Get a tape of baby nursery rhymes and popular songs that has only the music or tunes on it. Set up a music box so that all your guests can hear the tunes. Play the tunes and ask the guests to guess which nursery rhyme or song it is and sing along. The guest who gets the most correct answers wins. You can buy a set of instrumental songs and even tapes that have the wordings recorded and make a gift of all the music to the mother to be. In addition, you can even use the music to perk up your party.

IQ Baby Shower Game #3: Baby’s The Word

Give all your guests a pen and a paper. Set a timer for a five-minute limit. Ask the guests to list as many movie names as they can with the word ‘Baby’ in the title. The name can include variations of the word ‘Baby’ like babies or baby’s. The guest who lists the most number of movies wins!

You can also play a variation where you ask your guests to list songs that have the word ‘Baby’ in the chorus. This list is likely to be much longer than the movies list.

In another variation, you can create a set of categories like ‘Movies titles with the word baby in them’, ‘Song with the word baby in the chorus’, ‘Nursery rhymes with the word baby in them’ and the like. Give the guests 1 minute per category to list down as many items as they can. The guest with the maximum number of items wins.

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