Mini Price Is Right
Introduction
You ever tried buying baby gear without fainting at the checkout? Yeah, it adds up fast. And unless someone’s already deep into parenthood, most people have no clue what anything costs.
That’s exactly what makes this game so good. You toss out a list of baby items diapers, bottles, that oddly specific wipe warmer nobody really needs and guests have to guess the price.
Closest one without going over wins the round. Which sounds simple until someone confidently says a pacifier costs twenty bucks. (It doesn’t. I hope.)
What You’ll Need
- A short list of baby items. Keep it realistic stuff you’d actually find in a diaper bag or a nursery.
- The current prices (double check online or in-store, because prices jump like crazy).
- Paper and pens. Or go low-tech and have folks just shout out guesses if you don’t want to print anything.
- A timer if you want to add pressure, but it’s not essential.
- And a little prize never hurts snacks, candles, dollar store trophies. Anything works.
How to Play
- Read off each item one at a time. Give a tiny description if needed. Like, ‘a pack of 120 unscented wipes nothing fancy.’
- Each guest writes down what they *think* it costs. Or says it out loud if you’re keeping it casual.
- Whoever gets closest to the real price without going over gets a point. If everyone goes over? No one wins that round. Harsh, but fair.
- Repeat for all the items, keep score if you want, and crown your winner at the end.
- No need to make it super formal the messier it is, the funnier it gets.
Fun Variations
Guess the Total: After all the items, have guests guess the full cart total. No calculators, just vibes.
Dramatic Price Reveal: Read guesses first, then drop the real price with fake shock like you’re on TV. Bonus points for dramatic gasps.
Include a Wild Card: Toss in something weird like a baby-sized tuxedo or a vibrating bouncer seat just to watch people guess way off.
DIY Edition: If you’ve got time, bring the actual items in a bag and reveal them one by one.
Team Trash Talk: Let guests team up and roast each other’s guesses. Keeps the energy high.
Why Guests Love It
- It’s easy. No awkward explaining, no standing up, no pressure.
- The guesses are wild someone always overshoots by like $40 and stands by it.
- You learn stuff you didn’t know you needed to know. (Like, yeah, formula’s that expensive. Sorry.)
- It gets competitive, but not in a serious way. People get weirdly proud when they win by ten cents.
- And mostly? It’s funny. The good kind of chaos that makes baby showers feel like actual fun, not just cake and gift bags.
Conclusion
Mini Price-Is-Right is one of those games you can pull off last-minute, and it still hits. People laugh, people guess wildly wrong, and you get a few surprising wins along the way.
No big setup, no perfect scoring system just a stack of baby prices and a bunch of guesses that make you wonder who thought diaper cream was $18. (Looking at you, Aunt Linda.)
Simple. Fast. Kinda ridiculous. And definitely a keeper if you want a game that gets people actually paying attention.
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