Let the Bridal Shower Fun Begin

Bridal showers are always a fun way to celebrate getting married. Whether they are "girls only" or co-ed, there are many fun games you can play to help make your shower memorable for you and your friends. Here are a couple of suggestions to help your bridal shower be a day that will be great fun.

Memory- While this game may invoke memories of child hood play, there was a modified version of it that I played at another shower (it was a baby but it could certainly transfer over to a bridal shower). What you do is type out phrases and words that are related to marriage; engagement ring, bouquet, veil, etc. Paste them with a cover sheet on a poster board. Then have your guests try to match the pairs. You can give out prizes for correct answers. At the baby shower where this game was played, they tried to give out prizes that correlated to the words, such as "engagement ring" --"100 Grand" candy bar. It will be fun way to get your guests laughing and having a good time.
*Note: Obviously use happy words with this game. Avoid words such as "pre-nuptial agreement", "counseling", and (of course) "divorce".

The Price is Right--Yet another game that was played at a shower I attended. Put up pictures of items associated with weddings such as veils, wedding dresses, tuxes, and the such. Have everyone bid on what they think the retail price is and whoever gets the closest to the actual price wins a prize. The prizes here can be really fun an inexpensive. For example for a wedding ring price you could give out one of those diamond shaped paperweights. For tuxes, a Ken doll tuxedo outwit would cause a laugh. This was a great game to play and everyone enjoyed it.

Wedding Night Laughs--At some point during the party, the honoree (be it just the bride or the bride and groom) will open presents. Have one of the hostesses write down the first thing that is said upon opening the presents. When all the presents are opened have the guests mingle for awhile before calling them back. Then tell everyone what you did during the opening of the presents and tell them "This is what might be said on the wedding night after all that excitement and build-up". This is a hilarious game as it is some form of mad libs and will cause everyone to laugh. Plus, this is a sneaky game as no one will know what you are writing. More likely than not that will assume you are writing down who gave what gifts to make a list for "Thank you" notes.

Rice Game--This is a fun game and challenging. Put a bunch of rice in a bowl along with a bunch of safety pins; the type doesn't matter although you may want to go with gold just for helping with the whole wedding band idea. One of the hostesses walks around with the bowl to every party guest. They hold the bowl above their heads and the guests use one hand to try to find as many safety pins as they can in one minute. It would be helpful if the hostess was also holding an empty bowl to put the found safety pins. Whoever finds the most win. There doesn't really need to be a "themed" present for this. Hand lotions are always a safe bet as a prize.

How Well Do You Know the Bride/Groom--A question answer game. Gather obscure trivia about the happy couple (even if both aren't present you can still get information about the two of them) and give everyone a piece of paper and quiz them on knowledge about the two. Such questions can be "Who was the bride's second grade crush?" or "How old was the groom when he got his first kiss?" You want to make sure to ask questions not one person would know the answer to (think of siblings) so be sure to get a wide variety of questions from the two people getting married. Also if there are going to be older family members invited you may want to avoid the risky questions just to avoid embarrassment on both sides.

These are just a couple of ideas for your bridal shower. Whether you play this or other games you may come up with, you are bound to have a good time. And congratulations on your impending nuptials!!