Baby showers
Baby shower games and ideas that celebrate the mum to be
Baby showers lean on the same printables: guess the bump, nappy races, who knows mummy best on a sheet of paper. The best part is always the stories and the advice. Here is how to make more of that.
Ideas
Four ideas for a baby shower
For a classic shower, a sip and see after the birth, or a relaxed afternoon tea.
Who knows mum best, from real stories
The printable version asks for her favourite food. Ask the guests instead: her childhood dream job, the bossiest thing she did as a big sister, the first time she held a baby. Then make the quiz from that.
Advice for the first year
Ask every guest for one piece of advice for new parents, practical or funny. It's the most read part of any shower, and worth keeping.
Baby photos of the parents
Ask family for a baby photo of the mum or dad to be, with the year. Guessing the year or the place is easy for everyone and funny every time.
Wishes for the baby
One line from each guest to the baby, to read when they're older. Collect them in one place so they don't end up in a drawer.
What to ask for
What to ask guests for
Send these with the invitation. Grandparents and aunts often send the best ones.
- What's a story about her as a child that most people here wouldn't know?
- One piece of advice for the first year.
- Send a photo of her from any age, and tell us when and where it was.
- What do you think the baby will get from her?
- Write one line to the baby, to read when they're older.
Why it works
Why not printable baby shower games?
Printables are about nobody in particular. Hear Hear builds the questions from what the guests send, so every one is about her, the advice and wishes go up on the screen between rounds, and afterwards she has a page of all of it to read while the baby sleeps. Nobody installs anything, which matters when half the guests are grandparents.
How to run it
How to run a baby shower with Hear Hear
Set it up for the shower.
Pick New baby and who is coming: family, friends or a mix. Hear Hear proposes warm rounds that suit an afternoon.
Send the link with the invitation.
Guests send stories, photos, advice and wishes from their phone, before the day or at the door by QR code.
Keep it a surprise if you like.
If she's not in on the planning, you answer the Basics about her yourself, and she sees nothing until the shower.
Run it between the food and the gifts.
About 30 minutes is plenty. Everyone answers on their phone, and the keepsake keeps every piece of advice and every wish.
Setup suggests the General theme for this occasion. You can change it any time, even during the event.
Pricing
Free to try. One price when the AI does the work.
Free
Questions you write, plus the rounds that need nothing sent in. Guests can send things in straight away.
AUD 19.99 an event
The AI turns what your guests send into rounds, with toasts at the event and the keepsake everyone keeps.
The host pays once for the event. Guests never pay. No subscription.
FAQ
Questions people ask
- Do older guests need an app?
- No. Guests open a link or scan the code on the door sign with their phone's camera and type a first name. Anyone who would rather watch can follow along on the TV.
- Does it suit a small shower?
- Yes. It works for eight people at a lunch as well as a full room, and the price is the same either way.
- What happens to the advice afterwards?
- On a paid event it all goes on the keepsake page: every memory, photo, piece of advice and wish, which she can open again and save.
Celebrate her before the baby takes over.
Set it up in a few minutes, try it free, and share the link with your guests.
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