October 2010 Weddings
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Games at Bridal Shower
I am hosting a bridal shower this weekend and need some assistance coming up with a couple of games to play. I personally hate games so I am drawing a blank. They don't even have to be "games" just something that we can have the guests do to pass some time and give the bride memories from the shower. TIA!!!
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Re: Games at Bridal Shower
I personally loved "what's the bride wearing?"
I was at a shower this past weekend, and the groom attended and they had them do a really cute game where they sat back to back. They each exchanged a shoe (so each of them had one of each of their shoes). Then the MOH asked things like "Who is a more picky eater?" "Who sleeps in the longest?" etc and they raised the shoe of the person who they though did those things. It was really cute to see what the matched on and what they didn't. The only thing is that the groom has to be there.
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That would be so cute, but he isn't going to be there
whats in your purse. make a list of random things people tend to keep in there bags and each item is worth so many points and the more random things such as a condom is worth more point. and who ever has the most points wins...
we did one at mine were everyone got a piece of paper, book, and a pen. they had to put there name on the back of the paper then put the paper on the book and then book on top of head and hold it with one hand while they had 3 min or so to draw a picture of what they thought the bride would look like on her wedding day...then the bride-to-be got to pick the best drawing. lol they were bad drawings, but it was fun to see the out come of head drawings
At mine the girls did a "purse game" like this:
http://www.bridalshowergamesatoz.com/product/details/things-in-the-brides-purse?gwo=1
And a how well do you know the bride quiz similar to this:
http://www.bridalshowergamesatoz.com/product/details/who-knows-the-bride-who-knows-the-groom?gwo=1
Also just remembered, we played this at the shower I hosted for my BFF. Everybody got five clothespins at the start of the party and weren't allowed to say the name of the groom. The person who catches the person saying it gets the pin and at the end of the party the person with the most clothespins wins a prize.
I also found a wedding story mad libs (found here)that I put in a shutterfly photo album guestbook for the wedding and had the guests write words for the spaces on a sheet of paper and then copied it into the book and read it aloud.
All the games we played with the exception of the purse game that PP already mentioned were ones played throughout the party and were icebreakerish taking a huge amount of time from mingling and hanging out. I do think some of the games can be really lame, but they also are a good way to get people talking and can be useful especially if there are guests who don't all know each other.
Does the bride like games? My MIL threw my shower (in place of my SIL, who was MOH and lived out of town), and she kept trying to push for games, but I was NOT having it. I really dislike them, and I know my friends do as well. They would have participated, but they wouldn't have been happy about it. And everyone had a really good time without them - my friends were sitting next to my husband's aunts and my great aunts, and they all got along and found things to talk about pretty easily.
Just playing devil's advocate!
She doesn't care either way. I am going to do "words of wisdom/advice" type of thing and then I think we will either do the purse game or put a bunch of utensils on a tray and then tell them to memorize whats on the tray but then when the bride leaves the room they have to write down what she is wearing instead.
I have also done this before and loved it! I loved it so much I requested it for my shower
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This one is so much a game, but it is cute. I have a friend who has this story type of thing that she makes up using different cleaners for the kitchen, bathroom, etc and gets each item to give to the bride.
For example (pardon how terrible this may sound!):
We ALL (laundry detergent) are so excited to finally see (bride's name) getting married to her prince charming that we practicially SHOUT (stain remover) for JOY (liquid dish soap).
Anyways. You can be as corny or serious as you want to be. The more corny and the more funny. I think you get the point. If you are interested I can get ahold of her and see what she has done in the past.
Here are a few!
http://wedding.theknot.com/bridesmaids-mother-of-the-bride/bridal-shower-ideas/articles/a-complete-guide-to-bridal-shower-games.aspx