The bridal shower is an opportunity for the women in the future brides
life to honor her with a simple luncheon or get together filled with
good food, fun and games. Many bridal showers feature a series of
games that are not only a great deal of fun but also allow a bonding
opportunity for all of the women at the party and sometimes serve the
purpose of completing a task for the bride to be.
A game that encourages the participants to get to know each other is
always a fun game with which to start the party. One game you can
play is known as the Name Tag Game which encourages guest to mingle
with the other guests. In this game, the hostess writes the name
of each of the guests along with a word related to weddings such as
veil, favors, groom, etc on a name tag. The rules of the game are
that you are not allowed to say the word on your name tag or else you
lose your name tag to the person who got you to say the word. If
you acquire one or more additional name tags you are tasked with not
saying any of the words on either your name tag or any of the other
tags. If you say the word on your tag, you have to relinquish it
to the person who got you to say the word and if you say the word on
one of the other tags, you also have to give that person the tag plus
you have to introduce them to the person from whom you had acquired the
tag. There is usually a pre-determined time limit for this game
and the person with the most tags when time runs out is the
winner.
The Purse Game is another popular bridal shower idea. This is a
simple game where the hostess draws up a list of items likely to appear
in a womans purse and assigns a point value to each item ranging from
1-5 depending on how unusual the item is. For example car keys
might be a 1 on the scale, a mirror a 3 and an eye lash curler a
5. The hostess might also choose to allow 10 bonus points for the
woman who can produce the most outrageous item from her purse.
The woman with the most points wins the game. Another variation
of this game is to have a list of items and call out the items one at a
time. The first woman to find each item and hand it to the person
judging the game wins one point. After the entire list has been
completed, the woman with the most points is proclaimed the
winner.
Another common bridal shower game is the Television Couple Game.
In this game the hostess will read out the first names of a television
couple and the guests try to guess the last name of the couple. A
few examples clues along with the answers are George and Jane Jetson,
Al and Peg Bundy, Ward and June Cleaver. One point could be
awarded for each correct answer or a point system could be established
to award more points to more obscure references. This game is
also sometimes called the Famous Couple Game and includes references to
celebrities or political figures and their real spouses such as Bill
and Hillary Clinton.
Bridal Shower Bingo is another simple bridal shower game. This
game is played just like regular bingo except that instead of using
letters and numbers for the spaces, each space is filled with a word or
words that relate to weddings, love or marriage such as wedding dress,
favors, eternal, true, rings, etc. The host makes up the bingo
cards ahead of time and puts a piece of paper with each word used on
the cards into a large bowl. During the game, the hostess will
draw out a word and read it allowed and each participant will mark that
square on their card. The first person to complete an entire row,
column or diagonal wins the game.
One bridal shower game that can be a real benefit to the bride to be is
a simple drawing. The hostess may purchase a few inexpensive
gifts for the drawing and ask each participant to fill out an envelope
with their name and address to enter the drawing. The hostess
then picks out a name for each prize. This is a fun game because
it offers the participants a chance to win a prize plus it really helps
out the guest of honor because she can use the envelopes to send out
her thank you cards after the party.
The Who Am I Game is another bridal shower game that encourages guests
to interact with each other. In this game, the host prints out
pictures of characters from romantic books or movies and tapes one
character to the back of each guests so that other guests can see the
picture but the person wearing the picture cannot. The point of
the game is to ask other guests questions where the answer is either
yes or no to try to determine who is on the picture on your back.
At the end of the party, each guest takes a guess at who is depicted in
the photo on their back.
The Wedding Jumble is another fun bridal shower game. For this
game the hostess will prepare a list of words related to a wedding day
such as toast, limousine, receptions, and vows. Next the hostess
will scramble each word so that the letters are out of order and
provide each guest with a copy of the scrambled words. The guest
will be given a set amount of time to unscramble the words and the
person who unscrambles the most words wins. If more than one
person gets all of the words correct then the person who did so in the
fastest time is the winner.
The Wedding Day Obstacle Course is another game that can really help
out the bride. In this amusing game each guest is timed
individually on how fast they can complete a series of tasks such as
wrapping a wedding favor, addressing envelopes, filling out a place
card, assembling a centerpiece, or whatever other projects the
bride has in progress that can be incorporated into the game. Not
only is this a game that is both fun to watch and participate in but it
also helps the bride to complete some of the tasks on her list.
The Bridal Shower Memory Game is also very popular. The typical
way to play this game is to have a tray filled with various household
items. Bring out the tray and allow the guests to study the items
for a few minutes and then take the tray away and ask questions about
the items such as, where the spoon was and what color was the
spatula. This game could also be modified to have one of the
guests bring the tray out and then leave the room to take the tray
away. You could then catch the guests by surprise by asking
questions about the person who carried the tray such as what color
shirt were they wearing or on which finger was she wearing a ring
instead of asking questions about the contents of the tray.
The Price is Right Game can also be a great deal of fun at bridal
showers and can serve to benefit the bride as well. For this game
the hostess will purchase about 10 different items that will be useful
for the couple such as towels, soap dispensers, household cleaners,
etc. and have the guests try to guess the price of either all the items
combined or each item individually. This is not only a fun game
but the bride also gets to keep the items which makes it useful for
her.
All of these games are a lot of fun to play at a bridal shower and they
encourage the guests to get to know each other in a casual
atmosphere. Some of these games even serve the purpose of helping
to complete some of the brides last minute projects. The fun of
these games is that they help people to get to know each other better
which is helpful especially if the bride and grooms families don't know
each other well.
» left by Vickie from Washington (2 years 280 days ago.)
I found the suggestions great and used a couple of them at a shower for my daughter-in-law. Respond to this comment
» left by Rachel from Florida (1 year 191 days ago.)
Great ideas!Thanks. Respond to this comment
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