Baby shower
Baby shower shoe game
The shoe game, baby edition. The parents-to-be raise a shoe for who will change more diapers, who will cry first, and more.
Play it live
Questions on the TV, guests answer from their phones, the reveal and the scores are automatic. Free for up to 15 guests. The live game starts with the first 12; swap in any of the others in the editor.
Set up a live gameFree printable
A print-ready PDF in US Letter or A4, plus matching signs for the gifts, cards, favors and drinks.
How to play
- 1Seat the couple back to back, each holding one of their own shoes and one of the other's.
- 2Read a question aloud.
- 3Guests predict who the couple will pick.
- 4The couple raises the shoe of the person the question describes.
- 5Guests who called it score a point, and the room sees whether the couple agrees.
Running it for your group
- A small group
- In a small room, skip the scoring and just enjoy the arguments when the couple disagree.
- A big room
- At a reception, give the couple a microphone and seat them where the whole room can see their hands. Let guests predict each answer on their phones so everyone is playing, not just watching.
- Guests on a video call
- On a call, the couple needs to be on camera together. Put the camera far enough back to see both shoes.
The 22 questions
1.Who will change more diapers?
2.Who will be the softie at bedtime?
3.Who will cry first in the delivery room?
4.Who will baby look like more?
5.Who will be the fun parent?
6.Who will sleep through the baby crying?
7.Who will take more photos?
8.Who will be more nervous at the first doctor visit?
9.Who is more likely to sing lullabies?
10.Who will spoil baby more?
11.Who will be better at swaddling?
12.Who will pack the better diaper bag?
13.Who will google every symptom?
14.Who will do bath time?
15.Who will be the stricter parent?
16.Who will baby run to after a fall?
17.Who will be first to say “because I said so”?
18.Who will have the messier car once baby arrives?
19.Who will tell more bad jokes?
20.Who will be more nervous on the first night home?
21.Who will fall asleep holding the baby first?
22.Who will want a second baby first?
Questions people ask
- Do both parents need to be there?
- For the shoe game, yes: it needs two people to point at. For a mom-only shower, try the how-well-do-you-know quiz instead.
- Can we play this live instead of on paper?
- Yes. Put the questions on a TV or laptop, guests join from their phones with a QR code, and the answers are revealed on the big screen with scores kept for you. It's free for up to 15 guests.