Baby shower games

I’m trying to think of what games to play at the shower.  The shower for my first grandson was hosted by his father’s sister.  She introduced a couple of games I hadn’t seen before.  One was to pass a ball of string around and each guest cut off a length that they thought would be the measurement of the mom-to-be’s tummy.  We had some wildly different lengths and we cracked up at the really short ones and really long ones.  The other new game was to take diapers and put a melted or crushed snack size candy bar in each one.  The guests had to determine each candy bar with no tasting allowed.  I can’t even imagine anyone wanting to taste them.  They were pretty realistic looking.  I thought that was so much fun that I introduced it at the next grandson’s shower.  My sister lives out of state, but was able to make it to that shower.  When I explained the game and handed her a diaper she started laughing and couldn’t stop.  And if you knew her laugh……

There is an old standard that was played back in the day that I hated.  The  idea of the game was fun and everyone else always liked it.  First I’ll tell you  what put me off of the game, then I’ll tell you the game.  My sister’s first son loved worms.  He would put them next to him on the swing and was always carrying them around.  He also put them in his pocket.  My sister would find them when she checked his pockets before washing them.  To this day I don’t check pockets.  If you leave it in your pocket, it gets washed.  So you can see, I don’t like to put my hands in places that I can’t see in.  The game was to put baby related items in a box and seal it shut.  Then cut a fist size hole in the side.  Everyone put their hand in for a set amount of time and then wrote down as many items as they knew.  Of course, I always played, but it did send shivers down my spine.