✍️ Best Baby Shower Games Editorial Team · Updated May 2026

The Price Is Right: Baby Edition

Line up 6 to 8 real baby products with the price tags hidden. Guests write their guess for each. Closest without going over wins — and the mom-to-be takes everything home.

✅ Crowd-pleaser
🤝 Low-pressure
🍷 Coed-friendly

⏱ Prep: 30 min+
👥 Best for: 8–30 guests
🍷 Coed: Yes
📹 Virtual: Works on Zoom

What you'll need

6–8 real baby products of varying prices ($5 pacifier up to a $50 baby monitor)
Printed answer sheets (one per guest, numbered 1 through 8)
A pen for every guest
Numbered folded cards (1–8) to label each product
A small table for the product lineup
A small prize for the winner ($20 gift card, candle, or wine)

Before the shower (setup)

About three days before the shower, gather 6–8 real baby products that span a wide price range — a $5 pacifier, a $15 bottle, a $25 diaper pack, all the way up to a $50 baby monitor. Buy them from one store (Target, Amazon, or Walmart) so the prices are consistent. If you don't want to spend cash upfront, borrow items from a friend with a baby or print product photos and tape them to empty boxes.
Look up the current retail price for each one and write it on a master sheet only you can see. Verify prices again the morning of the shower — Amazon prices shift weekly and you don't want to argue with a guest who pulls out their phone mid-game. Stick to one store's pricing for the whole lineup.
Set up a small table near the seating area and arrange the products in a single row. Cover or peel off every price tag. Place a folded card numbered 1 through 8 in front of each item. Print one answer sheet per guest (numbered lines 1–8 with a blank for each guess), add a tiebreaker at the bottom asking for the cart-total guess, and stack the sheets and pens on a side table ready to hand out.

Front-door setup for The Price Is Right: Baby Edition — basket of clothespins and a chalkboard rule sign by the entryway — Set up at the front door so the game starts the second guests walk in.

How to play

Hand out the sheets and pens during the seated portion of the party, right after food. Give the room ten quiet minutes to walk up, pick up items if they want a closer look, and write a price guess for each one. The mom-to-be plays too — most parents-to-be have no idea what baby gear actually costs until the registry hits.

After ten minutes, collect every sheet. Read each product's real price out loud, one at a time. For each item, the closest guess that didn't go over scores one point. If every guess on a product went over, no point is awarded for that product — "closest without going over" is strict on purpose, otherwise people just write a million dollars on every line.

Once all 8 prices are read, ask everyone to add up their points. Highest total wins. If two people tie, use the cart-total tiebreaker from the bottom of the sheet — closer cart-total without going over takes it. Hand the prize to the winner right there, then carry the whole lineup of baby products over to the mom-to-be — she takes everything home.

A hand lifting a clothespin off another guest's shirt — the steal moment in The Price Is Right: Baby Edition — The moment of the steal — someone slipped, someone caught it, pin changes hands.

Variations to try

Cart-total only. Skip the per-product scoring. Guests write one number: the total price of all 8 items added together. Closest to the real total without going over wins. Faster to run — you can read it in three minutes.
Show on a screen. No physical products needed. Build an 8-slide deck of product photos with the prices hidden. Display each on a TV and have guests write guesses. Best for virtual showers, small apartments, or hosts who don't want to deal with returns.
Most expensive vs cheapest. After the prices are revealed, ask one bonus question: "Which item is the most expensive and which is the cheapest?" Bonus points for getting both right. Adds a quick second round and usually surprises everyone.
Generic vs name-brand. Set up pairs — one name-brand and one store-brand version of the same product. Guests guess the price of both. Reveals how much the brand markup actually is. Educational and a bit shocking.

Pro tips from hosts who've actually run this

Pick 6–8 items, not 3 and not 15. Three feels short, fifteen feels like a math test.
Mix wide price ranges — a $5 pacifier next to a $50 bottle warmer. Eight items all in the $15–$25 range gets boring fast.
Verify your prices the morning of the shower. Amazon prices change weekly and you'll lose any argument with a guest who pulls out their phone.
Display empty boxes or photo printouts if you don't want to spend cash up front. The point is the guessing, not owning the gear.
Add the cart-total question at the bottom of the sheet. It doubles as the tiebreaker, no extra question needed.
Carry the lineup of products over to the mom-to-be as you announce the winner. Closes the game and feels like a mini gift moment.

Common mistakes to avoid

Picking 15 products. Guests check out around item six and start writing the same number on every line.
Using only one price range. Eight items all priced $15–$25 makes the scoring boring — you need spread.
Forgetting to verify prices the morning-of. Half of Amazon's prices change every week; a wrong master sheet ruins the game.
Letting guests yell answers across the room as you read the prices. Read silently and let them check their own sheets — chaos kills the score.
Forgetting to hand the products to the mom-to-be afterward. Half the appeal of this game is that nothing goes to waste — don't leave the lineup on the table.

Best prize for this game

A $20–$25 gift card to Target, Trader Joe's, or Starbucks works for any crowd. A nice candle (Yankee Candle, Bath & Body Works), a small bottle of wine for over-21 crowds, or a basket of fancy snacks all work too. Wrap it visibly and place it next to the product lineup — guests play sharper when they can see what they're competing for.

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Our verdict

Genuinely useful — first-time parents in the room learn what baby gear actually costs. And nothing on the table goes to waste: the mom-to-be takes the whole lineup home.

The Price Is Right: Baby Edition — FAQ

How many baby products should I display?

Six to eight. Fewer than six and the game ends in three minutes. More than eight and guests stop caring by the fifth item. Eight is the absolute max.

What if I don't want to buy real baby gear just for the game?

Two easy fixes. Display empty boxes or photo printouts labeled with the brand and product name. Or borrow items from a friend who already has a baby. The guessing mechanic works the same.

Who keeps the products after the game?

The mom-to-be. Everything on the table goes home with her. This is one of the few shower games where guests are essentially building part of her registry.

How do I score it if every guest goes over the real price?

No point for that item. The "closest without going over" rule is strict on purpose — otherwise people just write a million dollars on every line.

Is this game fun for guests who already have kids?

Yes — veteran parents play to flex their knowledge of baby gear prices and they usually win. First-time-parent guests learn what to budget for. Both sides walk away with something.

Can I run this on Zoom?

Yes — use the "Show on a screen" variation. Share a slideshow of 8 product photos with prices hidden, have guests DM their guesses to the host, then reveal prices live during the gifts portion. The mom-to-be can still take photos of the gear she wants.

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Best Baby Shower Games Editorial Team — Party planners, parents & writers. We’re a small team of party planners and parents who’ve hosted — and been guests at — dozens of baby showers. Every game here is sorted by what actually lands in a real room, not by what just looks cute on a Pinterest board.