Bridal Shower games?

[kelownagirl]

My daughter's shower is next week and her sister and I are trying to think of something for everyone to do during the shower. I haven't been to a bridal shower for 20+ years. Anyone know what activities are popular now?

[SouthernBelle]

Are games necessary? Can't people just socialize?

[shootingstar]

Well, this might be educational. Like you kg, I haven't been to a bridal shower..well even longer..probably 1/4 of a century.

Since I live thousands of kms. away, I even missed out on my sister's bridal shower. She got married 2 yrs. ago..she's 39 now. An intelligent woman with her own home even prior to marriage...so she wouldn't have tolerated mindless bridal games.

Maybe a short interesting DVD movie to watch together instead..that's kinda of chick oriented.

What does your bride-daughter like to do with her friends?

[BlueVet11]

Try www.theknot.com I'm pretty sure thats where the bridesmaid who threw my shower got her ideas from.

We played a couple games but mostly socialized. One "game" was who's brithday was closest to mine and another was who had known me the longest excluding my mother.

The last game-- she put 10 household items in a pillowcase (like a whisk, potholder, ice cream scoop, candle, etc) and you had umm 30 seconds I think to memorize what was in the bag. Everyone got a look, then you had something like 2 minutes to write down what you could remember. Person with the most items wins. I could be totally way off on all the timing though :) I don't really remember.

Every game had a little prize.

Good luck!

[colby]

Thinking back to the few bridal showers I've been to in the last couple years, I honestly don't think much has changed in the game department... ;)

I think most of them were stolen from the internet. These ones sound pretty fun, and not totally cheezy:
http://weddings.about.com/od/theweddingparty/a/ShowerGames_2.htm

Depending on your crowd, you could go with the "just socialize" method. One of my friends had one of those "chocolate fondue fountain" thingies and that was an amusing talking point. ;)

[kelownagirl]

Are games necessary? Can't people just socialize?

That's what I said to DD... :)

[SouthernBelle]

That's what I said to DD... :)

I always hated those games. :p

[kelownagirl]

I always hated those games. :p

Me too. Especially hated to wear a paper plate hat with all the bows stuck to it. But then I'm probably dating myself...

I like one of the games I saw - I set up a bunch pics of Angie that everyone has to guess how old she is in each one. I have some pretty funny pictures....

[Trek420]

That's what I said to DD... :)

To which she replied ....? :rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

How about everyone just preparing a nice meal together and then eating it?

Maybe watching some of those funny 1950's teen Hygiene Class movies on the 'Dangers of Petting'? :D

[wolfak]

How about everyone just preparing a nice meal together and then eating it?

Maybe watching some of those funny 1950's teen Hygiene Class movies on the 'Dangers of Petting'? :D

Dangers of petting! That's so funny!

My aunts threw my shower and we played a few of the corny traditional games - smell the spices, purse treasure hunt, coming up with words from the happy couple's names, and the stupid clothespin game! That one was the worst. Basically you had three clothespins and if someone caught you crossing your legs they took them from you.

I would suggest the spice game. Just get a spice rack with spices, number the bottles, take off the labels and make everyone guess what they are, but of course, the bride gets to keep the spice rack in the end.

Also, if you have prizes for games, try and pick things the bride would use/want/need. In my family, it's super huge to give the game prizes back to the bride. I ended up with five candles because that was the prize for each game. I don't know how they didn't notice that.

Ohh, but my best shower thing was the quilt. My aunts picked out the fabric and got one of my cousins to piece it. At the shower, everyone took turns tying it. Between the shower and the wedding, it was bound around the edges. It was like the best thing ever!

[KnottedYet]

I like the quilt idea! Very cool and meaningful.

The only game I know of is the "make a wedding dress out of TP" game, and only cuz three people at work did it.

[Trek420]

Maybe watching some of those funny 1950's teen Hygiene Class movies on the 'Dangers of Petting'? :D

Like this? ;)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVY89QMogVM

it's a little to late for dating advice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhLcONtNkew&feature=related

[uforgot]

How about everyone just preparing a nice meal together and then eating it?

Maybe watching some of those funny 1950's teen Hygiene Class movies on the 'Dangers of Petting'? :D

Or you could watch MST3K's short "How to go on a date". As for games? Please don't subject the people attending to those. They truly don't want them. Trust me.

[bmccasland]

I'm one of those wet blankets that despises shower (bridal or baby) games. But BlueVet's things in a pillowcase sounds like fun. And Wolfak's spice game sounds like fun too. And if you could find them, the 1950's and 60's films would be amusing.

And if there's going to be an underwear modeling, it better be by the Chippendales.

[kelownagirl]

The shower as a success tonight. We skipped the majority of the games although we couldn't resist a version of the toilet paper wedding dress. It turns out the bride had a meltdown this afternoon when she tried on her wedding dress and it was a disaster that likely can't be repaired (long story). But by the time the shower began, she had refocused her mind and was ready to go with a new dress plan (that includes skipping work tomorrow to shop all day). Not surprisingly, a lot of the conversation during the evening revolved around the wedding dress. Ultimately, we had the bride herself create a toilet paper wedding dress on her Grandma and we decided it was good enough to be able to a backup on the wedding day if she can't find anything else. :D

The most successful "activity", and one I would recommend to others, was when we secretly had one of the bridesmaids write down many of the phrases the bride said while she was opening gifts. "What is this?", "Oh, it's so soft!", "Pass this around and feel the fur", "He isn't allowed to touch them" etc... And then at the end, the bridesmaid read them aloud to all of us as if they were the things the bride would say on her wedding nights. There were gales of laughter on that one.

Thanks again for all the ideas and advice. :)

[Grog]

she's 39 now. An intelligent woman with her own home even prior to marriage...so she wouldn't have tolerated mindless bridal games.

You wouldn't believe how tolerant a bride has to be of things she couldn't care less about!!!!! :eek:

This being said, a "fun" game at my shower was that nobody could say a wedding-related word (dress, groom, bride, wedding, cake, whatever could be remotely related to the wedding) so it forced people to talk about other things. Everyone had a clothespin on their clothes, and if they were caught talking about something weddingy the pin was taken from them (and then they could talk wedding all they wanted to try to get others to lose their pin). Person ending with the most pins wins.

I'm glad you had a good time, I hope the wedding is wonderful with a new dress even prettier than the first one!

[FlyingScot]

This being said, a "fun" game at my shower was that nobody could say a wedding-related word (dress, groom, bride, wedding, cake, whatever could be remotely related to the wedding) so it forced people to talk about other things. Everyone had a clothespin on their clothes, and if they were caught talking about something weddingy the pin was taken from them (and then they could talk wedding all they wanted to try to get others to lose their pin). Person ending with the most pins wins.

I played this at a baby shower and nearly got killed by the woman who was the clear leader. She mentioned the forbidden word and about ripped my face off when I busted her. It wasn't worth the scented candle or whatever "prize" they were offering. I was like "Oh, sorry. My mistake". She had really scary eyes!!!!:p

[kelownagirl]

You wouldn't believe how tolerant a bride has to be of things she couldn't care less about!!!!! :eek:

This being said, a "fun" game at my shower was that nobody could say a wedding-related word (dress, groom, bride, wedding, cake, whatever could be remotely related to the wedding) so it forced people to talk about other things. Everyone had a clothespin on their clothes, and if they were caught talking about something weddingy the pin was taken from them (and then they could talk wedding all they wanted to try to get others to lose their pin). Person ending with the most pins wins.

I'm glad you had a good time, I hope the wedding is wonderful with a new dress even prettier than the first one!

She just called me form the mall. She found a dress she loves, for about $100. It's on hold until tomorrow. (She meets with the dressmaker tonight to see if she can salvage the first dress.)

[Grog]

She just called me form the mall. She found a dress she loves, for about $100. It's on hold until tomorrow. (She meets with the dressmaker tonight to see if she can salvage the first dress.)

Wow! That's cool. Who said one had to paid thousands for a wedding dress?

[shootingstar]

[QUOTE=Grog;350551]This being said, a "fun" game at my shower was that nobody could say a wedding-related word (dress, groom, bride, wedding, cake, whatever could be remotely related to the wedding) so it forced people to talk about other things. Everyone had a clothespin on their clothes, and if they were caught talking about something weddingy the pin was taken from them (and then they could talk wedding all they wanted to try to get others to lose their pin). Person ending with the most pins wins. [QUOTE]

Sounds like a good game when people at the shower can include those who are married, coupled or single. Particularily for the single, unattached folks..they can talk happily about other non-wedding/non-marriage topics also.

May the wedding go well..and may the marriage be forever.

[tulip]

Best wishes to your daughter!