In a baby-shower game, what game uses numbered cards and marks matching gifts as they are opened?

Baby-shower bingo is the game in which guests mark numbered or item-filled cards as matching gifts are opened.

Before the gift-opening portion of a shower, each guest receives a bingo card. The squares may contain likely presents—such as bibs, blankets, bottles, or diapers—or numbers assigned to gifts. As the parent-to-be opens presents, guests mark the corresponding squares, and the first person to complete the agreed pattern wins.

This format adapts the familiar bingo structure to the event. It gives guests an activity during gift opening and rewards players for predicting or recognizing common baby gifts. Hosts often provide small prizes rather than treating the game as a serious competition.

Baby-shower bingo is distinct from “Guess the Baby Photo,” which asks guests to identify people from childhood photographs. It is also different from a diaper raffle, where bringing diapers may provide an entry into a prize drawing.