The left right game is the baby shower game that needs no answers and no pens: everyone holds a wrapped prize, someone reads a story, and the prizes travel round the circle at every LEFT and every RIGHT. The printed stories online are the same for every shower. This one has the mom-to-be’s name in it, and a line for every guest you type.
How to play
- Sit in a circle and hand out the wrapped prizes.
- One person reads the story out loud, at an easy pace.
- At every LEFT, pass your prize to the left. At every RIGHT, pass it to the right.
- When the story ends, the prize in your hands is yours.
What is in the story
The day of the shower, told the way showers go: balloons tied to a chair, a diaper cake too heavy to lift, a ribbon cut far too long for guessing the bump, a baby food tasting and bets on the birth date. The long version adds the onesie decorating table, the jar of baby name ideas and the last slice of cake, saved for the mom-to-be. Every LEFT and every RIGHT is printed in bold so the reader cannot miss one, and the page counts them all.
What it costs
Nothing. No account, no watermark, no email. For the next game, baby shower bingo prints a different card for every guest, and the left right game has the Christmas and gift swap stories.
Questions
How do you play the left right game at a baby shower?
Guests sit in a circle and the host hands out wrapped prizes, one to each guest or a few around the circle. One person reads the story out loud; at every LEFT, everyone holding a prize passes it to the left, at every RIGHT to the right. When the story ends, whoever is holding a prize keeps it.
Can the mom-to-be's name be in the story?
Yes. Type it, and the story is about this shower: the guest of honor arrives right on time, asks about the cake, and gets the last line of the story. Leave it empty and the story says the mom-to-be. Each guest name you type gets a line of its own too.
How many prizes do you need?
As many as you like. With one prize for every guest, everyone goes home with something; with three or four, the circle keeps watching who ends up holding one. The page tells you how far each prize travels, for example 2 places to the left of where it started.
How long does the story take to read?
About two minutes for the short story and about three for the long one; every name adds a short line. The page shows the time for your story.
Are the names uploaded?
No. The story is put together in your browser, and the file is made there too. Closing the tab erases it.