Emoji Birth Announcement Mad Libs
Introduction
Look, everyone loves a cute birth announcement but what if we took that idea, flipped it sideways, added a bunch of emojis, and let your guests fill in the blanks?
Emoji Birth Announcement Mad Libs is what happens when classic Mad Libs meets texting culture. It’s unpredictable, slightly weird, and always hilarious.
Perfect for baby showers, chill family nights, or any moment when you want to laugh about the idea of a baby being delivered by a 🚁 and named after a piece of fruit.
What You’ll Need
- A printed template or digital version of a fake birth announcement with blank spaces and emojis mixed in.
- Pens, pencils, or phones if you're doing a text version.
- A group of humans who are not too cool to giggle at sentences like 'Baby 🥑 arrived at 3:47 ⏰ after a wild ride in a 🚕.'
- Optional: stickers or tiny prizes for 'most dramatic,' 'weirdest emoji combo,' or 'sounds kind of real but still unhinged.'
How to Play
- Hand out the emoji Mad Libs sheets, or read them aloud one line at a time if you’re going full group-mode.
- Ask guests to shout out (or write down) random words to fill in the blanks: verbs, places, baby names, body parts… you get it.
- But here’s the twist: every few blanks have to be filled with an emoji. People can pick their own or draw one from a little emoji card pile if you want to make it extra random.
- Once everyone’s filled in their wild version of the 'announcement,' take turns reading them out loud. Bonus points for dramatic delivery or emoji sound effects. (Someone always commits way too hard and it’s amazing.)
- There’s no winner here, just a lot of slightly derailed storytelling and a few announcements that end with a baby named Pickles being born in a submarine.
Fun Variations
Text Message Mode: Have people text their filled-out Mad Libs to a group chat, so everyone sees them live and no one can pretend they didn’t type ‘Baby 🧻’.
Theatrical Edition: Guests act out their announcement using emojis as cues. Yes, you will see someone act out '🦄 + 🌮 = 👶'.
Emoji Draw: Set up a jar full of emoji cards. Players draw at random and must use that emoji, no matter how weird it makes the story.
Personalized Chaos: Swap the baby’s name with that of the actual mom/dad-to-be for a more ridiculous and slightly emotional effect.
Emoji Oscars: Give out tiny trophies for categories like 'Most Unhinged Birth Story', 'Best Use of Poop Emoji', or 'Sounds Like a Real Hospital Visit (Almost)'.
Why Guests Love It
- It’s creative without being artsy or serious you don’t need talent, just a willingness to be silly.
- Everyone ends up laughing, especially when someone accidentally writes that the baby was born in a 🌪️ during a live concert.
- You get to see how different people interpret the same emojis, which makes every version feel fresh and absurd.
- It’s weirdly bonding by the end, people are trading their stories like they’re bedtime tales.
- And honestly? It’s just plain fun to watch adults try to describe labor using mostly symbols.
Conclusion
Emoji Birth Announcement Mad Libs isn’t just a filler game it’s a guaranteed laugh-generator and a great way to bring a room together.
Even the shy folks usually give in by round two and start throwing in banana emojis like they mean it.
So grab your templates, cue up the chaos, and prepare for a whole new kind of baby announcement one with fewer facts and way more 🌮🌈🦖.
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