What you need
Ice cube trays
Plastic Dolls
Water
Small plastic plates or napkins (for option one)
Small prizes for the winner(s)
Timer or stopwatch (optional)
Instructions
The Water Breaks Ice Cube Race is a fun and interactive baby shower game that adds excitement to your celebration. This quick and easy game can be played in multiple ways, making it suitable for any baby shower theme. The objective is simple: participants wait for their ice cube to melt, simulating the breaking of water, and the first one whose ice cube completely melts wins a small prize. In this tutorial, we will outline two variations of the game, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your preferences.
Instructions:
Option One: Water Breaks Ice Cube Plate Race
Prepare the Ice Cubes:
a. Fill the ice cube trays with water and place them in the freezer.
b. Allow the water to freeze completely, ensuring that you have one ice cube per participant.
Game Setup:
a. Once the ice cubes are frozen, carefully remove them from the ice cube trays and place them on individual small plastic plates or napkins.
b. Arrange the plates in a circle or a central location where everyone can easily access them.
Playing the Game:
a. Explain the rules to the participants: Each person will receive an ice cube on a plate, and they must wait for the ice cube to melt completely.
b. Instruct the guests to keep an eye on their ice cubes and observe them closely as they start to melt.
c. The first person whose ice cube fully melts and “breaks their water” is the winner.
d. Award the winner a small prize and congratulate them on their victory.
Option Two: Water Breaks Ice Cube Hand-Holding Race
Prepare the Ice Cubes:
a. Fill the ice cube trays with water and place them in the freezer.
b. Allow the water to freeze completely, ensuring that you have one ice cube per participant.
Game Setup:
a. Once the ice cubes are frozen, give one ice cube to each guest.
b. Instruct the participants to hold the ice cubes in their hands until they completely melt.
c. Make sure to provide napkins or towels for the guests to wipe their hands if the ice starts to melt.
Playing the Game:
a. Explain the rules to the participants: Each person will receive an ice cube and must hold it in their hands.
b. Instruct the guests to keep their hands closed around the ice cube, applying heat from their hands to expedite the melting process.
c. The first person whose ice cube completely melts, simulating the breaking of water, is the winner.
d. Award the winner a small prize and congratulate them on their victory.
Tips and Suggestions:
To keep the suspense and excitement, consider using a timer or stopwatch to see how long it takes for the ice cubes to melt.
Personalize the game by adding baby-themed decorations to the ice cube trays, such as small plastic baby toys or confetti.
Ensure that the ice cubes are small enough to fit comfortably in participants’ hands but large enough to allow for some melting time.
Conclusion:
The Water Breaks Ice Cube Race is a delightful baby shower game that offers entertainment and friendly competition. Whether you choose to use small plates for a plate race or have guests hold the ice cubes in their hands, this game is sure to bring laughter and joy to your baby shower. Enjoy the festivities and celebrate the winner with a well-deserved prize!
This game sounds kinda lame
What we did was outside everyone stands in a circle and we had a water bomb filled and what you do is throw it to each other around the circle once you catch it take a step back and throw to next person and so on till the water bomb pops and they yell my waters just broke hahahaha
This was a fun game at my cousin’s baby shower!
Good idea
That would really be funny if there was more than 1 pregnant lady in the room to see whose water really broke first.
We put them in the punch as each guest took it and a lot of them sucked on cubes to make them melt faster, great idea and funny when 70. Yr old yells my water broke!