Baby Shower Prize Ideas: Budget-Friendly, Coed, and Themed Prizes

Friends and family are generously showering the mom- or parents-to-be and their little one with love and support. Show your gratitude, and delight your guests with fun baby shower prizes. The options are endless — no matter your budget or who’s on your guest list.

Check out some of our favorite baby shower prize ideas below. We’ve organized them into three categories: budget-friendly, gender-neutral for a coed party, and prizes that match popular shower themes. But, don’t feel limited! Mix and match ideas for a gift basket, use them as party favors, or find inspiration for a diaper raffle grand prize.

Budget-Friendly Baby Shower Prize Ideas

Design: Sunny July | Succulent Garden Invitation

With these budget-conscious ideas, you don’t have to spend a lot to give great prizes to the winners of your baby shower games. These six ideas also work well as party favors for any type of shower:

1. Baby shower decorations: A creative way to stretch your budget is to let your decor pull double-duty. Use a variety of mini succulents in your tablescape, and then let guests take them home as favors. If you love a DIY project, get stylish vases or terra cotta pots and faux greenery from the craft store to create long-lasting centerpiece arrangements that can be given out as prizes to party game winners.
2. Self-care items: Pamper your guests with bath bombs, nail polish, individual face masks, travel-sized hand lotion, or cozy socks. Choose one goodie to give to everyone as a baby shower favor, or mix and match a few in a gift bag as a game prize.
3. Scratch-off lottery tickets: Scratch-offs can work for any budget since tickets are often available for as low as $1, $2, or $5, or as high as $10, $20, or $50. You can create a lottery ticket bouquet as a larger prize, or give a scratch-off to all your guests as a favor. For a personal touch, place it in a card that says, “I’m so lucky to have you in my life!” and include a hand-written message inside.
4. DIY baking mix: Fill a mason jar with the dry ingredients for cookies, pancakes, or brownies. Then, attach the recipe to the jar. You can make a few different mixes for your prizes. For a coordinating party favor, give out cookie cutters that match the shower theme or season.
5. Stationery: Stationery items — like notebooks, post-its, highlighters, and pens — come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and price points. That makes them good prize options for any budget, theme, or color palette. Tie the stationery together with ribbon or place the items inside a gift bag.
6. Sweet or savory treats: Everyone likes a little snack! Place decorated cutout cookies, candy, nuts, trail mix, or caramel popcorn in cellophane bags. Hand them out as prizes or party favors. You can buy the treats or make them yourself. This works well for showers where the guest list includes people of all ages.

Gender-Neutral Prizes for a Coed Baby Shower

Design: Hudson Meet Rose | Baby Brewing Invitation

Throwing a coed baby shower for the parents-to-be? These gender-neutral prize ideas are sure to be crowd-pleasers:

1. Gift cards: Get gift cards in varying amounts to use as prizes. You can’t go wrong with favorites like Starbucks, local bookstores, restaurants, or DoorDash. Think about gift certificates for local experiences as well, like an escape room, ax throwing, or cosmic bowling.
2. Potent potables: Bottles of wine from a local winery, a six-pack from a microbrewery, or even a set of whiskey or wine glasses make for great prizes at an adults-only shower. You can also order personalized bottle openers from Etsy and hand them out to all your guests as favors.
3. Gourmet olive oil and vinegar: If you have foodies in your crew, nice bottles of olive oil and vinegar will be a welcome prize. Look for high-quality bottles in unique flavor pairings, such as lemon olive oil with cranberry pear white balsamic or rosemary-infused olive oil with pomegranate dark balsamic.
4. At-home barista gift set: Put together an entire coffee- or tea-themed gift basket for a large prize, or pair smaller items together as game prizes or favors. Consider stainless steel tumblers with herbal tea, a coffee mug warmer, a handheld milk frother, or flavored syrups.
5. Movie night gift basket: Give a lucky winner a cozy movie night at home! Fill a large snack bowl with gourmet popcorn, movie theatre candy, popcorn seasoning, glass bottles of soda, and a gift card for a movie rental, like a Fandango At Home card.
6. Backyard BBQ supplies: Ignite your guest’s inner grillmaster with a BBQ-related prize or gift basket. They’ll be ready for their next cookout with grilling tools, a variety of BBQ and hot sauces, dry rub seasonings, or a digital meat thermometer.

Prize Ideas to Match Your Baby Shower Theme

You can also look to your party theme for baby shower game prize ideas. Here are some examples to get you started for showers with a bee, baby in bloom, book, or baby brunch theme.

Bee-Themed Baby Shower Prize Ideas

Design: Sierra Lee Studio | Bee Bee Is On The Way Invitation

Celebrating your little bee-bee’s upcoming arrival with a bee-themed baby shower? Pick prizes and party favors that will complement your digital invitations and decor, including:

1. A beeswax scented candle with a candle warmer
2. Honey straws and a canister of loose leaf tea
3. Burt’s Bees lip balm and lotion

Baby in Bloom Baby Shower Prize Ideas

Design: Jamie Alexander | Dainty Florals Invitation

With a baby in bloom baby shower theme, all things flowers and gardens are the perfect fit. Some theme-inspired prize ideas are:

1. Packets of seeds and gardening gloves
2. Sachets of potpourri or an essential oil diffuser with lavender oil
3. A home decor item, such as tea towels or a night light with a floral design

Book-Themed Baby Shower Prize Ideas

Design: Jen Montgomery | Books for Baby Invitation

A book-themed baby shower is the perfect choice for a mom-to-be who’s an avid reader. Here are a few prize ideas that will be real people-pleasers:

1. A book light
2. A tote bag with a literary quote or pun
3. A blind date with a book

Baby Brunch Prize Ideas

Design: Signature Greenvelope | Brunch Blooms Invitation

If you’re hosting a brunch-style baby shower, food-related items make delicious prize ideas. Here are few fun options your guests are sure to love:

1. A mini waffle maker and maple syrup
2. A wooden charcuterie serving board
3. An assortment of jams

Delight Your Guests with Creative Prizes and Party Favors

You’re gathering loved ones together to celebrate the upcoming arrival of a new baby boy or girl. Giving out prizes at the shower is one way to show your appreciation to your guests. Whether you need baby shower prize ideas for game winners, diaper raffle awards, or party favors, there are options for all budgets, guest lists, and themes.

For more baby shower planning tips, check out our Stationers blog. You’ll also find ideas and invitation design recommendations for all kinds of events, including bridal showers, gender reveal parties, and birthday parties.