How to do baby shower predictions

Baby predictions are the quietest game at a shower and often the one the parents keep. Each guest fills in a card with their guesses about the baby. The parents seal the cards and open them after the birth to see who came closest.

The 8 questions to put on the card

• Birth date. The most popular guess. Ask for the day, not just the month.
• Time of birth. Guests can add AM or PM for a bit of drama.
• Weight. In pounds and ounces or in kilograms, whichever the family uses.
• Length. In inches or centimeters.
• Hair color. Include "no hair at all" as an answer guests may give.
• Eye color.
• Will look like. Mom, dad, a grandparent or "a tiny version of the dog".
• First word. The parents will be checking this one for a year or more.

Leave the baby's name off the card if the parents are keeping it a secret, and skip the sex question if they are waiting to find out.

How to run it at the shower

1. Hand out cards as guests arrive. Leave a basket of cards and pens near the door or the gift table, so guests can fill them in while others arrive.

2. Collect the cards in an envelope or a box. Write the guest's name on each card so you can find the winner later.

3. Open them after the birth. Give a point for each answer that matches, or a point for the closest guess on date, time, weight and length. The guest with the most points wins a small prize, mailed or saved for the first visit.

Keepsake idea

Pair the predictions with an advice card for the parents and a wishes card for the baby. Keep all three in the baby book; years later they are fun to read again.

Printable prediction cards

Our Baby Shower Games pack includes a baby predictions card with these 8 questions, an advice for the parents card and a wishes for baby card, plus 50 different bingo cards, a word scramble, a nursery rhyme quiz and guess the baby food. 59 pages in US Letter and A4.

New to shower games? Read how to play baby shower bingo, or download five free bingo cards.