8 Virtual Baby Shower Games [Just As Exciting As Traditional Ones]

Experts advise not to get pregnant during the COVID pandemic, but still, some people do, whether planned or unplanned. Families and friends of parents-to-be are always excited about the little bundle of joy coming their way. 

The pandemic would not stop families and friends from celebrating with the pregnant couple. Since it is best to practice social distancing, they resort to doing virtual parties, and that includes baby showers. If you are one of them, here are some virtual baby shower games that you could do to celebrate with the parents-to-be. 

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Online games

Make your baby shower games more enjoyable with these online games. What's best is that you could get everyone to join the fun at the same time. 

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Jackbox

The king of virtual party games has six different party packs to choose from, each worth $12 to $20. There is a wide variety of games, so your guests would surely enjoy them. 

Skribbl.io

Use this free online platform and let your creativity run wild. With the virtual crayons, let the other players guess what you are drawing under a time limit. You could customize the words and playing time. Each private room allows 12 participants to join.

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Playingcards.io

Another free to use, the Playingcards.io features basic playing card and tabletop games. You could play go fish, backgammon, crazy eights, checkers, and Cards Against Humanity generic version called Remote Insensitivity. 

Kahoot 

Make your baby shower games personal by creating your own quiz game using Kahoot. You can have ten players at the same time for free, add $10 per month for more players. 

Printable baby shower games

The host of the baby shower usually passes around sheets and pencils to let the guests answer. You can still do this virtually. See the four printable baby shower games so you could still enjoy amid social distancing. 

Baby word unscramble

Have your guests unscramble the letters to reveal the things that babies need. Download the game sheet and answer sheet so you could send them to your guests and have them print them out. 

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Baby animal match up

Offsprings of animals have special names. Written in the game sheet is the list of adult and names of baby animals. Let the players match the mother-baby animal to score points. Get the answer sheet here. 

Emoji Baby Pictionary

Send this list of baby emojis and have the guests guess the word that corresponds to the images, just like the usual Pictionary. If you could not identify the terms, download the answer sheet here. 

Well wishes for the baby

Send everyone's well wishes for the baby by letting them write down on this sheet. Surely the guests you have invited to join in the baby shower want to bless the little one that is about to be born. Their wishes are enough to touch the hearts of the parents-to-be. 

Even though you could not go on with the usual way of playing baby shower games, the virtual games could make the soon-to-be parents happy. They would surely tell their baby when he grows up how special he is for having a one-of-a-kind baby shower.