30 Halloween Baby Shower Games And Activities For A Spooky-Cute Celebration

Planning a Halloween baby shower gives you the perfect excuse add a little spooky twist to the fun with the usual shower games and activities.

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You can lean into cute ghosts, little pumpkins and playful “A Little Boo Is Almost Due” details without making the party feel like a full-on haunted house. Or, if the mom-to-be loves everything spooky, you can bring out the cobwebs, cauldrons and classic Halloween decorations.

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Sure, you could just make the theme Halloween… but if you want to go the extra mile… here are some Halloween baby shower games that genuinely fit the theme, rather than simply putting a pumpkin border around an ordinary quiz.

This list includes easy printable games, lively group challenges and Halloween baby shower activities that guests can dip in and out of while they mingle.

How Many Games Should You Play At A Halloween Baby Shower?

Three to five games is usually plenty for a baby shower.

Try to include a mix of options, such as:

• One easy game guests can play as they arrive
• One seated quiz or guessing game
• One lively group game
• One activity guests can join whenever they like

You do not need to use every idea on this list. Choose the ones that best suit the mom-to-be, the guest list and the amount of space you have available.

Easy Halloween Baby Shower Games

These Halloween baby shower games need very little preparation and can run quietly in the background while guests chat, eat and settle into the party.

1. Candy Corn Count

Candy Corn Count is one of the easiest Halloween baby shower games to set up.

Best for: All shower sizes, arrival time, low-prep parties

What you need: A clear baby bottle or jar, candy corn, guessing cards and pens

How to play: Fill a large baby bottle or clear jar with candy corn, counting the pieces as you go. Ask guests to write down how many pieces they think are inside. The person with the closest answer wins the jar or a separate prize.

You could also use Halloween candy, pumpkin-shaped gummies or orange and black chocolate candies.

For ready-to-print guessing slips, the How Many Candies game in my Big Heart Little Star Halloween Games Bundle for Kids works for this activity too. The bundle is a paid PDF download to print at home; you will need your own jar and candy.

2. Don’t Say Baby

This classic baby shower game can run throughout the entire party.

Best for: Mingling, mixed-age groups, relaxed showers

What you need: Miniature ghost pins, bat clothespins or orange clothespins

How to play: Give every guest a Halloween token when they arrive. Tell them they cannot say the word “baby.”

If someone hears another guest say it, they can take that person’s token. The guest who has collected the most tokens by the end of the shower wins.

3. Who’s That Little Boo?

Turn the traditional baby photo guessing game into a gallery of adorable little boos.

Best for: Family showers, close friends, icebreakers

What you need: Baby photos of the guests, a display board, number labels, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Ask guests to send you a baby photo before the shower. Number the photos and display them on a board beneath a “Who’s That Little Boo?” sign.

Guests write down the name of the person they think appears in each photo. The guest with the most correct answers wins.

4. Halloween Baby Animal Quiz

This is a more unusual baby shower quiz featuring animals associated with Halloween.

Best for: Seated groups, mixed ages, printable game tables

What you need: A list of Halloween animals, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Ask guests to write down the correct name for the baby of each animal.

Your list could include:

• Bat: pup
• Owl: owlet
• Cat: kitten
• Toad: tadpole
• Spider: spiderling
• Crow: chick
• Rat: pup
• Wolf: pup
• Snake: snakelet or hatchling
• Raven: chick

Award one point for each correct answer. The highest score wins.

5. The Price Is Fright

This Halloween version of the traditional price guessing game is easy, practical and surprisingly competitive.

Best for: Mixed groups, seated games, budget-conscious hosts

What you need: Eight to ten baby products, numbered mini pumpkins, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Display a selection of baby essentials such as diapers, wipes, diaper cream, a baby bottle, pacifiers and baby shampoo.

Place a numbered mini pumpkin next to each item. Guests estimate the price of every product and then calculate the total. The person with the closest total wins.

Funny Halloween Baby Shower Games

These games work well when you want the shower to feel playful without putting guests through too much forced fun.

6. What’s In The Cauldron?

This Halloween sensory game is simple to organize and much harder than it sounds.

Best for: Small groups, mixed-age showers, easy group entertainment

What you need: A plastic cauldron, a cloth cover and several baby items

How to play: Place baby items inside a cauldron and cover the opening so guests cannot see inside.

One at a time, guests reach into the cauldron and try to identify each object using touch alone.

Use items such as:

• Pacifier
• Baby sock
• Bottle brush
• Teething ring
• Baby spoon
• Diaper
• Washcloth
• Rattle
• Baby comb
• Jar of diaper cream

Give one point for every correct answer.

7. Witch’s Brew Baby Food Challenge

Baby food already looks a little mysterious, so it works brilliantly as a collection of witch’s brews and potions.

Best for: Adventurous guests, co-ed showers, lively parties

What you need: Several jars of baby food, spoons, numbered labels, paper and pens

How to play: Remove or cover the labels on five or six jars of baby food. Give each one a Halloween potion name, such as Goblin Goo, Mashed Monster or Pumpkin Potion.

Guests taste or smell each mystery food and write down what they think it contains. Award one point for each correct flavor.

Check all dietary requirements and allergies before playing.

8. Mummy’s Diaper-Changing Race

This game makes excellent use of the double meaning of “mummy.”

Best for: Co-ed showers, teams, lively groups

What you need: Baby dolls, diapers, toilet paper or white crepe streamers and a timer

How to play: Wrap each baby doll loosely in toilet paper or white streamers so it looks like a tiny mummy.

Give each player a wrapped doll and a clean diaper. Players must unwrap their mummy, change its diaper correctly and then wrap it back up.

The first person to finish with a correctly fastened diaper wins.

9. Baby’s First Halloween Charades

This version of charades combines classic Halloween characters with the realities of looking after a baby.

Best for: Teams, co-ed showers, guests who enjoy group games

What you need: Prepared charades cards, a bowl or cauldron and a timer

How to play: Divide guests into teams. Players take turns acting out a Halloween baby scenario without speaking.

Prompt ideas include:

• Changing a zombie baby
• Rocking a little monster to sleep
• A baby wearing a pumpkin costume
• Pushing a haunted stroller
• Feeding a hungry vampire baby
• A witch giving a baby a bottle
• A ghost changing a diaper
• Taking a werewolf baby for a walk
• A baby refusing to wear a Halloween costume
• Trying to photograph baby’s first Halloween

Teams earn one point for each correct guess within the time limit.

10. Little Monster Name That Tune

Put together a playlist filled with songs featuring babies, monsters, witches, ghosts and magic.

Best for: Music-loving groups, mixed ages, co-ed showers

What you need: A playlist, a speaker, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Play the first few seconds of each song and ask guests to write down the title and artist.

Choose a mix of songs containing words such as “baby,” “monster,” “magic,” “ghost,” “witch” or “spooky.” Give one point for the song title and one for the artist.

Keep the playlist broad enough to include music from several decades so guests of different ages have a fair chance.

Active Halloween Baby Shower Games

These games are ideal if you have room for guests to move around and the mom-to-be wants the shower to feel more like a party.

11. Ghost Baby Bottle Bowling

Turn empty baby bottles into a row of tiny ghosts.

Best for: Co-ed showers, outdoor parties, larger groups

What you need: Ten empty plastic baby bottles, white paper or paint, black markers and a small soft ball

How to play: Decorate the bottles with simple ghost faces and arrange them like bowling pins.

Guests take turns rolling a small orange or pumpkin-themed ball toward the bottles. Give each player two attempts and record how many ghost bottles they knock down.

The player with the highest score wins.

12. Pacifier Pumpkin Hunt

This hidden-object game runs quietly throughout the shower.

Best for: Drop-in participation, larger parties, guests who dislike organized games

What you need: Miniature plastic pacifiers and one gold or differently colored pacifier

How to play: Hide miniature pacifiers among the Halloween Halloween decor before guests arrive. Tuck them beside pumpkins, behind signs and around the food table, but avoid anywhere unhygienic or unsafe.

Guests collect the pacifiers they spot during the party. The person who finds the most wins. Offer a bonus prize to whoever finds the special gold pacifier.

13. Witch Hat Ring Toss

Witch Hat Ring Toss is quick to set up and easy for everyone to understand.

Best for: Outdoor showers, co-ed groups, lively parties

What you need: Witch hats, glow-stick rings and score labels

How to play: Set out three to five witch hats at different distances. Give each hat a points value, with the hardest hat worth the most.

Guests take turns throwing glow-stick rings over the hats. Add up the points from three or five throws to find the winner.

14. Pumpkin Baby Pong

This is a baby shower version of party pong, with no alcohol required.

Best for: Co-ed showers, younger groups, energetic parties

What you need: Orange cups, a black marker, ping-pong balls and small challenge cards

How to play: Draw jack-o’-lantern faces on the cups and arrange them in a triangle. Place a folded baby or Halloween challenge beneath each cup.

Guests bounce a ping-pong ball toward the cups. If the ball lands inside one, the player earns a point and completes the challenge underneath.

Challenges could include:

• Name three baby items in five seconds
• Act like a zombie changing a diaper
• Sing a song containing the word “baby”
• Name five Halloween candies
• Do your best crying baby impression

15. Wrap The Mummy

This is a fast, silly team game that works especially well at a casual shower.

Best for: Teams, larger groups, outdoor showers

What you need: Toilet paper or white crepe streamers and a timer

How to play: Divide guests into teams and ask each team to choose one person to become the mummy.

When the timer starts, team members wrap their mummy from shoulders to ankles. Leave the person’s face completely uncovered and make sure they can move safely.

The mom-to-be chooses the best-looking mummy when time runs out.

Printable Halloween Baby Shower Games

Printable games are helpful when you want everyone seated for a while or need activities that take almost no explaining.

16. Little Boo Baby Bingo

Baby bingo keeps guests entertained while gifts are being opened.

Best for: Gift opening, seated groups, traditional showers

What you need: Blank Halloween baby bingo cards and pens

How to play: Before the mom-to-be starts opening gifts, guests fill each bingo square with something they think she will receive.

Possible answers include diapers, wipes, baby clothes, a blanket, books, bottles, pacifiers and bath products.

As each gift is opened, guests mark off matching squares. The first person to complete a row calls out “Boo!” and wins.

17. Mommy Or Daddy: Halloween Edition

This game tests how well guests know the parents-to-be and their Halloween personalities.

Best for: Friends and family, co-ed showers, seated groups

What you need: Prepared questions, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Ask the parents to answer the questions before the shower. Guests then guess whether each answer is Mommy, Daddy or both.

Questions could include:

• Who loved trick-or-treating most as a child?
• Who is more likely to choose baby’s first Halloween costume?
• Who watches the most horror movies?
• Who is most afraid of spiders?
• Who eats the most Halloween candy?
• Who had the funniest childhood costume?
• Who is more likely to decorate the entire house?
• Who will take the most photos of baby’s first Halloween?
• Who is more likely to make the baby’s costume?
• Who would last longest in a haunted house?

The guest with the most correct answers wins.

18. Monster Memory Tray

This quick memory game combines baby essentials with Halloween objects.

Best for: Mixed ages, seated groups, low-prep entertainment

What you need: A tray, 15 to 20 small objects, a cloth, paper and pens

How to play: Arrange a mixture of baby and Halloween items on a tray.

You could include:

• Pacifier
• Baby sock
• Rattle
• Baby spoon
• Diaper pin
• Miniature pumpkin
• Plastic spider
• Toy bat
• Candy corn
• Skeleton decoration
• Teething ring
• Baby brush

Let guests study the tray for 30 seconds, then cover it. Give everyone two minutes to write down as many objects as they can remember. The person with the longest correct list wins.

19. Spooky Baby Trivia

Combine surprising baby facts with questions about Halloween traditions, movies and folklore.

Best for: Mixed-age groups, teams, seated games

What you need: Trivia questions, answer sheets and pens

How to play: Divide the quiz into two rounds. The first round covers babies and parenting, while the second covers Halloween.

You could also include a final “Little Monsters” round featuring famous babies and children from family-friendly spooky movies and television shows.

Guests can play individually or in teams. The highest score wins.

20. Match The Halloween Family

Create a printable matching game featuring spooky fictional families and their children.

Best for: Movie fans, seated groups, co-ed showers

What you need: A prepared matching sheet and pens

How to play: List well-known spooky parents, families or characters in one column and their children in another. Guests match each child to the correct family or parent.

Possible themes include The Addams Family, Hotel Transylvania, The Munsters, Hocus Pocus and other recognizable Halloween movies and shows.

Keep the questions fairly mainstream so guests do not need to be horror experts to join in.

Halloween Baby Shower Activities That Aren’t Games

Not every guest enjoys competitive games. These Halloween baby shower activities give people something creative or meaningful to do without scores, timers or winners.

21. Fortune Teller Baby Predictions

Set up a mystical prediction station where guests can make their best guesses about the new baby.

Provide cards asking guests to predict the baby’s:

• Birth date
• Birth time
• Weight
• Length
• Hair color
• Eye color
• First word
• Future personality

Display the cards beside a crystal ball, stars, moons or a friendly fortune teller sign. Save the completed cards in the baby book and see which guest turns out to be the most accurate.

22. Words Of Witchdom Advice Cards

Invite guests to share their best parenting advice on “Words of Witchdom” cards.

They could write down a practical tip, something they wish they had known as a new parent or a little reminder for the difficult days.

Place the finished cards inside a cauldron or keepsake box for the parents-to-be to read after the shower.

23. Decorate A Halloween Baby Onesie

Set up a craft table with plain onesies, fabric markers, stencils and Halloween-themed design ideas.

Guests could create:

• Baby’s First Halloween
• Cutest Pumpkin In The Patch
• Mommy’s Little Boo
• Daddy’s Little Monster
• Sweet And Spooky
• Too Cute To Spook

Slip pieces of cardboard inside the onesies before decorating to stop the colors from bleeding through.

24. Make Baby’s First Halloween Alphabet Book

Give each guest a page featuring a different letter of the alphabet and ask them to decorate it with a baby-friendly Halloween word or picture.

Ideas could include:

• B is for bat
• C is for cat
• G is for ghost
• M is for moon
• O is for owl
• P is for pumpkin
• W is for witch

Collect the pages after the shower and turn them into a simple alphabet book for the baby.

25. Write Late-Night Diaper Messages

Set out a stack of diapers and invite guests to write messages on the back with permanent markers.

Give the station a Halloween title such as “Messages For The Witching Hour.”

Guests can add funny notes, encouragement or little messages for the parents to discover during nighttime diaper changes.

Make sure everyone writes only on the outside of the diaper.

26. Build A New-Parent Survival Cauldron

Ask guests to contribute one small item to a new-parent survival cauldron.

Useful additions could include:

• Coffee shop gift cards
• Granola bars
• Lip balm
• Hand cream
• Dry shampoo
• Chocolate
• Electrolyte drink packets
• Under-eye masks
• Takeout gift cards
• Earplugs

Place everything inside a large decorative cauldron for the parents-to-be to take home.

27. Paint Mini Pumpkins

Set up a relaxed pumpkin painting station using small real or craft pumpkins.

Provide paint pens, brushes, non-toxic paint and simple design inspiration. Guests can decorate pumpkins with ghosts, stars, moons, baby footprints, names or short messages.

The finished pumpkins can become party decor before the parents take a few favorites home.

28. Decorate Halloween Baby Bibs

Decorating bibs is quicker and less expensive than a full onesie station.

Provide plain bibs, fabric markers and Halloween stencils. Encourage guests to keep their designs simple so the bibs remain practical and washable.

This works particularly well as a drop-in activity that guests can complete while chatting.

29. Create A Baby’s First Halloween Time Capsule

Ask guests to contribute a note or small item for the baby to open on a future Halloween.

They might include:

• A prediction about the baby’s personality
• A favorite Halloween memory
• A photo from the shower
• A list of popular songs or movies from the year
• A copy of the shower invitation
• A small piece of Halloween decor
• A note for baby to read when they are older

Place everything inside a decorated box marked with the year it should be opened.

30. Set Up A Little Boo Photo Booth

Create a photo area where guests can take pictures throughout the shower.

Use a simple backdrop with neutral pumpkins, friendly ghosts, fall leaves or a “A Little Boo Is Almost Due” sign. Add a Polaroid or instant camera if you have one.

Guests can stick their photos into a scrapbook and write a message next to them, leaving the parents-to-be with a ready-made baby shower guest book.

Halloween Baby Shower Prizes

Halloween candy is the obvious choice, but prizes can still feel grown-up and worth winning.

Good options include:

• Fall-scented candles
• Coffee shop gift cards
• Gourmet caramel popcorn
• Pumpkin spice coffee
• Luxury hot chocolate
• Mini succulents
• Cozy socks
• Nice hand cream
• Seasonal cookies
• Small bottles of sparkling cider
• Halloween mugs
• Chocolate truffles

Place prizes inside small black gift bags or pumpkin-shaped treat bags to keep everything on theme.

A Simple Halloween Baby Shower Games Schedule

Start with Who’s That Little Boo? or Candy Corn Count while guests arrive. Both games give people something to talk about without interrupting the flow of the party.

Once everyone has settled in, play one printable game such as Mommy or Daddy: Halloween Edition.

Follow food with one lively group game, such as Mummy’s Diaper-Changing Race or What’s in the Cauldron?

Run Pacifier Pumpkin Hunt throughout the shower and leave a couple of creative stations available for guests who would rather make a keepsake than play a game.

Finish with Little Boo Baby Bingo during gift opening.

The result is a Halloween-themed baby shower that feels fun and seasonal without making guests spend the entire party moving from one organized game to another.

Also read: 25 Baby Shower Games That Are Fun, Easy And Not Too Cheesy

For more relaxed entertainment ideas, take a look at 21 Baby Shower Activities That Aren’t Games.