Baby Bag Bingo

Preparation Time:  2 hours

Duration:  15 minutes

Ingredients needed: Prepared bingo cards, markers

Description: This is your basic bingo game, with a baby shower twist.  Instead of numbers, guests look for various baby items on their bingo cards.  If you like, have the Mommy-To-Be call out the items.  First guest to 5 in a row wins!

How to get ready:  The hardest part of preparing for this game is making the bingo cards.  Print out blank bingo cards and then draw or write in various baby items.  (See other options below)  Don't forget the free space!

Provide magic markers or pens or go all out and buy some cheap bingo daubers for all the guests - they make cute favors!

Helpful stuff:   To make each card different, when you fill out the blank boxes, move one row and then one column each time you start a new card.  Change the row and column you rotate each time also.

Click HERE to find a blank bingo card.

Variations:  There are several variations of this game:

1.   Gift Bingo:  Pass out blank bingo cards early in the shower, and have the guests fill in the blank boxes with items they think the Mommy-To-Be will receive as gifts.  Then, as the Mommy-To-Be opens her presents, the guests cross off the items on their cards.  First guest to 5 in a row wins!  This version makes the preparation much shorter, just print the blank bingo cards and you're ready to go.

2.   Baby Bag Bingo:  Purchase a variety of small baby items and place them in a diaper bag.  Put these items in the blank boxes of the bingo cards.  Have the Mommy-To-Be pull out each item and call it out.  This is a more expensive option, but all the items go to the Mommy-To-Be, so consider it a gift.  Obviously these preparations will take more time.