Bridal Shower Games

buckeyechik

MIL has asked me to help her plan DH's cousin's fiancee's bridal shower in May (did you get that?).  I'd love to do something different to make it fun, but don't know her all that well, so it's not like I can do something uber-personalized.  What sort of games and things that are different but fun have you done at bridal showers?

Mrs*Pink

MIL and DH put together "Bridal Bingo".  Basically DH found images of a bunch of my favorite things (maybe 30-ish?) and then made bingo boards with different patterns.  But that was pretty labor intensive to get all the boards to be different. 

Honestly that is the only game I remember out of 3 showers!

brandonsgrl

One of the only games I've ever liked was when you have a bunch of questions that the bride and groom answer and have the guests see how many they can get right. Or, since you don't know her well, you can always have her step out of the room and then give everyone a piece of paper and they have to write down everything she's wearing..see who pays attention

OSUfish123

We've always done how well the bride knows the groom.  You get the groom to answer a series of questions (where they met, where their first kiss was, what his first car was as a teenager, favorite color, favorite food, grandmother's maiden name, etc.)  For every answer she gets wrong she has to chew a piece of bubble gum.  It's really funny if you buy the worst hardest gum  you can find!

BuksFan

A variation on the above bingo suggestion is to use regular blank bingo cards (you can print them out), have the guests write in various gifts that they think the bride might receive in the boxes and as the bride opens her gifts they can mark off those spaces until someone gets bingo! I like it because it keeps the guests entertained while gifts are opened. You could also do a fill in the blank/multiple choice about famous couples throughout history (i.e. Brad Pitt and ___________, Romeo and __________), etc. Good luck!

BoB-BrideOnBgt

A fun one that my aunts did for my shower was there were balloons tied to the chairs and each one contained a picture, one of which was a picture of my husband. Whoever found his picture, one the prize.  It was fun popping all of the balloons! lol

BoB-BrideOnBgt

And two that I did for my cousin's wedding:

1.  Take plain white cotton underwear, have the guests get into teams of however many and design a pair of underwear for the bride. My family came up with a lot of funny stuff!

2. Make a build-a-wedding-cake kit with marshmellows, ribbons, toothpicks and other adornments. Have the guests get into teams and design a wedding cake. Guests had a lot of fun with this one also. A lot of people got really into it and were very creative!

hippohat

One of my favorites was a purse weigh-in - my sister brought a small scale, then as each guest arrived their purse was weighed. You can do lightest, heaviest, etc. Along those lines is the "what's in your purse?" game which is always amusing with a room full of ladies. The host has a list of random things that people may carry in a purse (think older women, young moms, etc) and create whatever prizes you want.

I attended a shower where we had to draw the bride-to-be... under the table (or with your eyes closed), dress, earrings, etc. The bride chose her favorite drawing to win a prize.

The bingo game is always fun too - and the blank page version works well (people write in what they think the bride will receive).

My sister did something cool/different for me - for dessert she had several family members each bring a different bundt cake, then had one on each table. She got small silver charms that have a meaning - the flip flop meant you'd travel soon, wishbone was for good luck, etc. She tied a ribbon to each one, and put the charm in the "hole" of the cake, and the ribbon tail went out over the cake and down the side. Each person pulled a ribbon and get a charm/fortune. There was lots of cake for everyone to take a few pieces home, and all different flavors.

Happy shower planning!

YourSong

I was recently at a shower where they bought a 'bridal shower in a box' thing.  It was about $20, but all the suppiles were in it, including the tierra for the bride. 

We also did the toilet paper dress game, divided into about 5 teams.

I'm sorry that you have to plan a shower for someone you don't even know.  That must not be too much for for you.