Baby shower ideas for adopted baby, when the baby has already been brought home?

Question

My Aunt has been trying to adopt a baby for years now, and finally she got to bring her son home from Guatemala about a month ago. Now we're throwing her a baby shower, but what kind of fun "shower" things can we do considering she's not pregnant and the baby is already here (and 14 months old at that)? Normally it's like "Guess how big her belly is" games or something, which we obviously can't do, haha...

Answer 1

My son was the "Star" of my baby shower!  My mother threw my shower after I welcomed my son home so I must admit, there wasn't much time for games - everyone wanted to hold my son!  

But I have been to baby showers for adoptive families, and I recommend the clothespin game that someone mentioned above.  Another one is baby bingo - where you give everyone a blank bingo card and ask them to fill in words of items that they expect the mother to receive (i.e. diapers in one block; onesie in another, etc.).  As she opens the gifts, if you have the item on your list, you cross it off.  The first one to reach bingo wins.

Good luck!  And have fun!

Answer 2

http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/badop...

Try this website for help! Good luck!

Answer 3

Maybe you can think of something having to do with the fact that the baby was PICKED by the parents  - like maybe picking veggies from a garden or smoething.

How many jelly beans are in the jar - pass the 'dirty' diaper - tasting baby foods blindfolded - and how many ways can you prepare an apple (sliced, sauce, pie, etc)  are just a few games you can try

Answer 4

Please remember to celebrate with your aunt.  My first child was adopted and having a baby shower for her was wonderful.   You will have to be more imaginative for the games, but there are still some you can do.  You can still do the memory game where you have to remember what is on the tray.  Just make the items for a toddler instead of a baby.  Your aunt will also need all kinds of clothes and safety locks, and toddler items for gifts.  Serve "toddler Friendly" foods like Goldfish Crackers, Cheerios, and juice for fun.  Everyone can be a kid again for the party!

Answer 5

I hate that guess the belly size game anyway!

Try this site:

http://showers.adoption.com/ideas/shower...

For our shower when we adopted the girls my friend had us play the game where different baby items are brought on a tray and shown around briefly then the guests try to list as many of the things as possible.

It would be a blast to have a trivia game about the child's birth country, too!  You could Google Guatemala & come up with all kinds of great factoids to quiz on!

Answer 6

We had the same exact problem lol. we played a game where you guess the baby food just by looking at it in the jar (without the lable on it of course). we also guess how much we weighed (on the day of the shower lol).

we also played this really fun game where everyone got a safety pin to put on their shirt when they first got the shower.... you lost you safety pin when you said the word BABY! whoever heard you say BABY took you pin and whoever had the most pins at the end of the shower was the winner.  it was great.... try going to a baby shower without saying the word BABY lol.

well good luck and congrats with the new one!