The Baby Shower Game That Doesn't End Up in the Recycling
A baby shower activity guests actually enjoy: each person colours one alphabet page, and the finished set becomes baby's first ABC book. 26 printable pages, A4 + US Letter PDF. Under $5.
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Why guests actually like this one
Most baby shower games ask people to perform. Guess the belly size, smell the nappy, race to name the celebrity baby — fun for four minutes, awkward for the shy aunt, and in the bin by Monday.
This one asks nothing of anybody. It sits on the table while people talk, and anyone who wants something to do with their hands picks up a pencil. Guests who hate games colour a bunny in peace. Children who came along have a job. And nothing gets thrown away: at the end of the afternoon you’ve got 26 pages, each signed by the person who coloured it, that turn into a real object the parents will read to the baby.
How to run it on the day
- Print one page per guest — plus a few extras of the easy letters for any children
- Set them out with coloured pencils, not markers — pencils photograph better and won’t bleed through
- Ask each guest to sign their page when they finish
- Collect and bind — two hole-punches and a ribbon is genuinely enough, or slide them into a folder
Put the welcome page beside the pens so nobody has to ask what they’re meant to do. It explains the activity in one glance, which saves the host repeating it thirty times.
The pick
Perfect for
- Baby showers where half the guests dread the games
- Gender-neutral showers — the artwork carries no colour of its own
- Sprinkles and second-baby showers that need something lower-key
- Long-distance guests — post a page out and have it coloured and mailed back
- Last-minute hosting — download, print tonight, done
What you’ll want on the table
Better than markers for printables — no bleed-through onto the table.
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The single biggest upgrade to a printable. 65 lb for activity sheets, 110 lb for cards and signs.
View on Amazon →Cardstock is the one upgrade that matters here, because these pages are meant to last. A 65–110 lb white cardstock gives the finished book real weight and keeps pencil from denting through. Ribbon through two punched holes turns the stack into a book in about a minute.
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Need more to fill the afternoon? Our 11-game baby shower bundle covers the rest of the table.
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