Wedding Shower Fun!

By Kara Waznis
 

Want to keep the ladies entertained during your wedding shower? Here are a few suggestions on games you can play to keep your guests from getting bored. These are just a few fun thoughts but feel free to think of your own and get creative with it!

 

 
A nice game to start out with is How Well Do You Know the Bride? This is a great game to start the shower with because it really focuses on the bride and it is interesting to see how much all her guests really know about her. Before the shower, ask the bride the answers she would give to the questions. At the shower the winner is the guest who gets the most answers that correctly match with the brides responses.
 

 

Another classic wedding shower game is What’s In Your Purse? While its not centered on the bride it is definitely a great way to keep guests entertained, often bringing out a lot of competitive spirit. Give all the guests five minutes to go through their handbags and check off all the things they have on the list provided. All the items correspond with point values. The guest with the highest number of total points wins!

 

 

Another really fun shower game is Bridal Bingo. This game should specifically be played while the bride is opening her gifts. Its no secret that watching someone else open gifts can get a little boring after awhile (I’m just being honest), but Bridal Bingo makes this process much more lively for guests. Before the bride gets ready to open gifts, tell the guests to fill in their bingo card with the things they predict the bride will receive. Once everyone is done filling out their cards the bride will begin opening gifts and the classic game of bingo will ensue. Whenever the bride opens a present and receives something that is on a guest’s bingo card they can cross it off until they get five in a row. The winner must have five spaces crossed off in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and yell bingo first.

When planning a shower it is a good idea to print out the games before hand. You can use decorative paper, tie them into the color and theme of the shower, and get really creative with it. You can also hand them to guests as they are walking in, or have them waiting on the tables as part of the seating arrangements. As a bridesmaid, maid of honor, or person running the shower, you can decide the flow of the event. It is up to you if you would like to have a set time to play the games. Sometimes it is nice to play them while waiting for the meals to come out but they can also be played at specific times like before dessert or before opening gifts. You could even play one at the beginning, middle, and end of the shower. It is completely up to you!

 

Here are a few cute ideas for shower prizes as well. Sometimes it is a nice gesture to give the winners of the games a cute little token. You can have one winner for each game or do a first, second, and third place. Hopefully these game suggestions will serve as inspiration when planning a wedding shower and help to keep all guests entertained and having fun, including the bride to be!