My son is getting married and I have been put in charge of coming up with a bridal shower game for the shower for our side of the family. There will be mixed ages there from young 10 to older 70's. Any suggesetions for shower games that aren't too off the wall? Thanks.
At my shower my SIL had the other girls use toilet paper to make bridal veils. The kids that were there had fun helping the adults. We also played a wedding version of scatagories, hearing the answers was pretty interesting. I've been to showers where they also used toilet paper to make wedding gowns.
At my bridal shower my best friend made a list of my husband's favorites like....favorite movie, food, color, etc. and then ask me at the shower what I thought his answers were. It was a lot of fun! The more creative of the question the more fun it is!
I have done both of the previous suggestions. With the toilet paper one, we had to give a piece of advice to the bride to be for each square. The one where you ask the groom questions, the bride had to eat a piece of candy or something like that for every wrong answer. You can also google bridal shower games and get a lot of ideas that way.
You can split into groups, about 4 to 5 people, and have them build a wedding dress out of toilet paper. That's fun for all ages.
the most memorable fun game I played at a Bridal shower was using toilet paper to make a wedding dress. You break up into teams and each team member picks someone to model and they make a dress out of toilet paper on the model then the bride to be picks the dress she likes most. It is amazing how creative they turn out and was fun for all involved.
An easy one that can be done while opening gifts, eating, etc. is to hand out a clothes pin to each invitee at the beginning of the shower. Then everyone watches each other to see if someone crosses their legs and calls them on it. The one with the most clothes pins at the end "wins" a gift the hostess has provided and passes it on to the bride.
I found a list of celebrety marriages online and I listed all of the wives and folks had to guess who she was married to. It can be fun - usually sparks up some celebrity gossip as well. You can find actors from age 20 to age 70 - so everyone can get involved!
Depending on how good a sport she is this game is a lot of fun. Ask your son 15 questions and get his answers to them (he can't let her know about it). At the party hand her a jumbo pack of gum. For each question she answers incorrectly she has to put a piece of gum in her mouth. It doesn't sound that hard, but sometimes the men will give answers that surprise you. It's kind of like the newlywed game!
I saw this one done at a baby shower, but it would work at a bridal shower as well, with a slight change of one or two things. This takes a little prep work, but it is so much fun. First you would get a tray togeteher of items, such as things that the newlyweds would need on their honeymoon, like trial size shampoo, conditioner, a bar of soap, a brush, a comb, a pack of gum, any little items that you could fit on the tray and have the tray covered with something like a towel. To start the game, you would need everyone's attention, you would tell them that you are about to take the towel off the tray and have the bride-to-be walk the tray around to all of the guests and they had to remember what is on the tray and write down as many items as they could once you started the timer, but not until everyone has had a chance to see the tray. Then, have the bride-to-be stand at the front of the room one more time for everyone to see the tray again, and then have her leave the room with the tray. Then, instead of setting the timer, tell everyone that instead of writing down items from the tray, they have to write down the details of the bride-to-be, afterall the shower is about her. Have a list of questions about details from what she is wearing, the color of shirt that she has on, what kind of jewelry she has on, what the wedding color(s) are, how many bridesmaids is she going to have, does the couple plan on children and if so how many, etc? But, you don't let the bride-to-be back in until you have asked all of the questions and have her reveal the answers. It really stumped my family the first time I did it at a baby shower, but they all said that it was fun and refreshing, somthing that you weren't expecting and they got to learn things about the event that they didn't know before.
I did the games for a bridal shower last year. Two fun ones were a "getting-to-know" the bride trivia game (the groom was our side of the family, so no one really knew her) where I asked her some questions ahead of time and made up a multiple choice quiz and handed it out to the guests. It was a good way to get to know a few things about her and engage her in a party she was the focus of but where she didn't really know anyone. Also we divided up into teams and each team had to construct a wedding cake on a paper plate out of large-size marshmellows, ribbons and gumdrops - this one was really fun and noisy! The team with the best cake won. I've also been at a shower where teams had to make a wedding dress on one team member from toiletpaper or tissue paper.
We've done this at bridal and baby showers. Take your future DIL's new name and everyone has to come up with words using the letters of her name. We give them 5 minutes, seems like a long time but isn't, and the one who came up with the most ligit names is the winner. The bride can play too.
Then we've taken a garbage can or a can of some sort and filled it with 10 - 20 small items that the bride/groom will need as a new wife/husband. Keep it covered so no one can see what is inside and then give everyone a 30 seconds to look at the items. The items are then recovered and everyone must write down what they saw. They are only given a minute or two to remember what they saw. The one who gets the most right wins. Congratulations on gaining a new daughter and Good luck and God Bless to you and your son and his future wife.
My best friend and I hosted a bridal shower for my daughter in law and my friend was in charge of the games. She did a Price is Right game where she had various cleaning products and other items a bride might need and we guessed the prices. At the end of the game she gave a prize to the winner and the bride got all of the products to take home. She also did a game where she had a list of normal and somewhat unusual items that we might have in our handbags (washcloth, emery board, specific year coin, candy bar, etc).
Hope you get good suggestions and have fun!
I think the best game to keep people paying attention to the opening of gifts is Bride Bingo...have blank bingo cards and instead of "Bingo" have "Bride" at the top - and a picture of a big diamond ring for the free spot. All of the attendees would then fill out thier bingo card with what they think she will recieve. (this way people dont talk through the gift opening and they are paying attention to the most important person there...the bride!) Have enough prizes to hand out to multiple winners. YOu could use M&M's the color of her wedding for the covers on the cards.
Hi! I have taken on the task of throwing showers many times. One of my favorite games to do is the string game. For a bridal shower you would take a clotheline rope and measure it to be anywhere from 10ft to 13ft then you tie kitchen utensils and house hold items onto the rope.Give the guest a pencil & paper.You tell the guest to take a good look at the rope. you have a couple of attendants (this is great for kids to do) walk around and let everyone get a good look at the rope and its contents. The guests think they have to remember what is on the rope. You then take the rope out of the room and ask them how long the rope was. Its great! who ever is closest in inches get the prize. Dont forget to measure your rope ahead of time though! Hope this will be work for you! We have used it alot. And you can use it for baby showers too just substitute baby items on the rope.
Marjorie - I just went to a bridal shower not too long ago, and the hostesses did something that was very fun. They had "interviewed" the groom prior to the shower, and they asked the bride the questions. She had to give the answer that she thought the groom had given. For example, one of the questions was, "What was Jason's baseball jersey number in high school?" They had 30 questions. Everytime she got one wrong, she had to put a piece of bubblegum in her mouth. She ended up missing 11! Can you imagine 11 pieces of bubblegum??? It was hilarious and especially fun for us since we just got to sit and enjoy!
Best of luck!
Missy
my favorite was always making a wedding gown or head piece/viel out of toilet paper....fun for younger guests, you can split into teams or for the more frugal all help decorate the bride to be = )
Have fun
Betsy
My mom did a great game for my baby shower, but you could easily do one for a bridal shower, as well. She made up a Mad Lib (a fictional account of what the labor/birth experience would be like) and had each table of guests fill in about 8 words. Then she read the story, and I had to read the fill-in word. Everyone was in tears we were laughing so hard! She is very creative so she was able to make up a good story, but there may be similar things online where you wouldn't have to make it up if you didn't have the time or story-telling ability. It could be about how the bride/groom met, the proposal, and/or an account of the wedding and reception. Congratulations and good luck!
I went to one recently where the host asked the husband to be questions about the bride (favorite movie, food, where they met, etc.). She printed out the quiz, had the guests take it as well and then had the bride answer the questions out loud after the guests were done. It was pretty funny to hear the groom's answers. Good luck with the shower!
My fave is BRIDE bingo as already mentioned. I also went to one where we each got to pick as much toilet paper as we wanted from a roll on the table. Then we had a certain amount of time to make something for the bride out of the tp. Then the bride got to pick which one she liked the best. At this shower, we had lots of flowers, bows, & rings, but the bride chose a strapless bra that someone made. Too cute!
Jessica