Bridal showers, like baby showers, can be lots of fun, or they can be as fascinating as watching paint peel. As a party planner, you are responsible for creating a party that is fun for the bride and her guests. Lots of of these guests have not met each other just before this point, or have met only briefly. One of the purposes of a bridal shower is to give the guests a chance to mingle and get to know one a different. Like at any other party, the games can play a large role in breaking the ice. Here are some tips for bridal shower games to keep the party fascinating:
*Don't do this:
In this game, the guests are given a clothes pin or other marker when they arrive and are told not to say a certain word or phrase or perform a specific action, such a crossing their legs. If they are caught doing this, the individual who observed them breaking the rule gets to take their marker away. The individual with the most markers at the end of the party wins a smaller door prize.
*Famous couples:
In this bridal shower game, guests are given 1 half of a renowned or identified couple and they should guess the other half. Couples may well be: Sonny/Cher, Brad/Angelina, Tom/Katie, Henry VIII/Marie Antoinette, Robin of Locksley/Maid Marion, Arthur/Lady Guinevere, and so on. You may perhaps also include names of people today at the party and their other halves.
*Herbs and spices:
This is a, thankfully tame, variation on the diaper game from baby showers. In this wedding game, the guests have to identify herbs by smell only. The guest who gets the most right guesses could possibly win a modest prize.
*How properly do you know the bride?
This is a game you will have a hand in producing. Write a list of questions and answers about the bride. Where did she grow up? What is her preferred color? Where did she meet her groom? Pass out the questions to the guests. The one with the most correct answers wins.
*Bride Bingo:
This game goes hand-in-hand with gift giving at the shower. Every single guest is given a sheet with 25 open spaces. They will list an item in every single space that they feel the bride will obtain at the shower. As the bride opens her gifts, they will mark off items on their bingo card. 5 across, down, or diagonally wins.
*Raffle and door prizes:
You may pick out to give away smaller gifts to guests, to be given away as they total the games. You could also have a raffle, giving every single guest a ticket as they arrive and holding the raffle at the end of the party. Gifts may well be: candles, little live herbs or houseplants, bags of candy, or other little prizes. These prizes are not a requirement at a shower, though.
Planning bridal shower games are intended to move the party along. If every person is conversing well on their own and desires to get to the opening of gifts, you may possibly decide on to do that. It is not necessary to get to each game you have planned. The games can basically add fun and irreverence to what is hopefully a relaxing and memorable day for the bride.
