Guess the nursery rhyme baby shower game
Test your guest's knowledge of popular nursery rhyme and lullaby lyrics and origins. This is an enjoyable game for guests of all ages. It can also lead to conversations about favourite nursery rhymes of the mum-to-be and other guests.
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Guess the nursery rhyme baby shower game
Use lyrics from popular nursery rhymes for this fun trivia game. You can use the lesser known second verse for nursery rhymes and lullabies to trip up the confident guests.
Use the lines from the popular verse, Monday's Child .
Prep for this game?
Ask the mum-to-be what her favourite nursery rhymes and lullabies were.
What will you need to play this game?
- Question and answer sheet
- Pens
- Magazine or cookbook to lean on.
- Prizes.
- Nursery rhyme book or cd.
- Nursery rhyme and lullaby lyrics.
How to play the nursery rhyme game?
- You can become very creative with this game and play the nursery rhymes without the lyrics.
- You can make this a form of "Do You Know The Lyrics?" by playing a few lines of a nursery rhyme and then stop the CD and get a random guest to sing the next line.
- You can use a prepared list of questions related to nursery rhymes and lullabies.
Free Nursery Rhyme Questions to make preparation easier:
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Q.
Who are the 3 Blind Mice
running after?
A. The farmer's wife -
Q.
In the verse "Monday's Child
" which day of the week's child is full of grace?
A. Tuesday's -
Q.
Which nursery rhyme's lyrics historically refer to the Bubonic plague?
A. 'Ring a Ring o Rosies ' -
Q.
What did the Owl and the Pussycat take with them to see in the nursery rhyme poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat
'?
A. some money and plenty of honey. -
Q.
Who ran away with the spoon in the nursery rhyme 'Hey diddle diddle
'?
A. The dish. -
Q.
Who did the three bags of wool go to in the rhyme 'Baa baa black sheep
'?
A. "One for the master, one for the dame and one for the little boy who lived down the lane". -
Q.
Monday's child was born with what qualities according to the verse Monday's Child
?
A. Fair of Face -
Q.
What did Jack break when he fell down the hill in Jack and Jill
?
A. He broke his crown, before Jill came tumbling after. He then went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper. -
Q.
The nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, referred to which historical figures that came to an untimely end?
A. It is believed Jack was King Louis XVI who was beheaded in 1793 (broke his crown), and his beheading was followed by Jill as Queen Marie Antoinette (hence she came tumbling after...) -
Q.
What grew in a row in Mary Mary Quite Contrary
's garden?
A. Pretty Maids all in a row -
Q.
Whom had the pussycat visited in the rhyme "Pussycat Pussycat"
?
A. He'd been to London to visit the Queen. -
Q.
Red sky at night
is whose delight?
A. Red sky at night sailor's delight , Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning . -
Q.
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
, what will the fine lady of Banbury Cross
have wherever she goes?
A. Music. -
Q.
Who did Simple Simon
meet on the way to the fair?
A. A pie man -
Q.
What happened to the maid while she was in the garden hanging out the clothes in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence
?
A. Down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose.
Gift ideas for nursery rhyme theme include:
Nursery decorations gifts with a nursery rhyme theme. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a popular nursery decoration theme. You can paint a canvas with twinkling stars if you are crafty. Otherwise think about gifts including the gorgeous Twinkle Twinkle Little Star nursery wall stickers to decorate the cot wall, There are several baby clothing options for either sex with the star motif. Including gorgeous white baby suits, t-shirts and bibs with silver stars.
Nursery rhyme books, CDs and DVDs.
More research: Use this good reference site for nursery rhyme lyrics.
