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Bridal Shower/Bachelorette Games
Here’s a variety of tried-and-true games that will entertain the guests at your shower or bachelorette party. Some of the tamer games might be better suited to a bridal shower that Grandma Ethel is attending, while the naughtier ones will make for some hilarious stories at a bachelorette party. And as we at WeddingOutlook have discovered, some of the games can be played at any darn party!
Classic BRIDE Bingo
This is probably the most popular shower game of all time. There are two versions:
1) Each guest is given a pen and blank bingo card (usually says BRIDE at the top instead of BINGO), which she has to fill in with the gifts she guesses that the bride will open during the shower. As with regular bingo, the center square is a freebie. In other squares guests might write “towels,” “china,” “lingerie,” etc. Whenever the bride opens a gift that you wrote on your bingo card, you get to cross it out. Whoever gets five in a row yells “BRIDE” and wins a prize. Usually the game continues until the bride has opened all her gifts, so multiple people can win prizes (we recommend you don’t let guests win more than once each).
2) The host purchases pre-filled BRIDE bingo cards and distributes to guests at the shower with pens. Usually the squares are filled with wedding-related pictures, such as a limousine, a bridal gown, or a ring. The host (or a helper) has the “master” bingo card and “chips” that she draws at random to announce the next square, e.g., “B, limousine.” If anyone has a square in the B column featuring a limousine, then they get to cross out that square, until a full bingo is reached and someone yells “BRIDE.”
This game can continue for a while, until several guests have won.
The Honeymoon Memory Game
Here’s a naughty little game that tests guests’ memory. Gather a dozen or more items that the bride will need on her honeymoon and places them in a basket or a tray. Some items might include condoms, whipped cream, aspirin, sexy panties, massage oil, naughty toy(s), etc. Give guests a few minutes to analyze the items in the tray (no writing allowed!), and then hide the items. Wait a least a half hour, then give each guest a piece of paper and pen and ask them to write down the items that they remember were on the tray. Whoever gets the most right wins a prize. You could even give the contents of the tray as a prize, though we like the idea of giving that to the bride-to-be at the end of the night.
Guess the Cocktail Quiz
This game is perfect for any party. So far we’ve never met a lush who’s gotten every one correct! Give each guest a piece of paper and pen. Name the ingredients of a dozen or more cocktails. After each set of ingredients, guests have to write down what they think the cocktail is. For example, the guest says “vodka, orange juice,” and guests write down “screwdriver.” When the list is through, have guests exchange papers and grade each other based on the answers you announce. Whoever gets the most cocktails correct gets a prize. To make the game even easier, download WeddingOutlook’s handy Guess the Cocktail template!
The Panty Game
Prior to the bachelorette party or shower, ask guests to purchase a pair of underwear for the bride-to-be. At the party, set up a “clothesline” and hand all the underwear that guests bring. The bride has to guess who brought which panties!
The Spice Game
Gather several herbs or spices in small ramekins, jars, or baggies. Make sure you create some kind of key for yourself so you know which herb is in which container (e.g., mark a number on each container and keep a master list that tells you #1 = basil, #2 = paprika, etc. Give each guest a piece of paper and pen. Pass around a tray of the spices to guests—they can look and smell (and touch, if you allow it), but they’re not allowed to taste. Guests have to guess what each spice is. Once everyone has made their guesses, have them exchange sheets and grade each other based on the answers you announce. The one who gets the most spices right wins a prize (cookbook, perhaps?).
The Hanger Game
We hate to say it, but this game does not work well with really skinny brides-to-be, who will be able to get the hanger off in a split second! Give the bride-to-be a standard wire hanger and instruct her to get the hanger over her entire body, starting over her head and right down to her feet. She will have to bend the hanger quite a bit! As the bride is performing this endeavor, write down the funny things she says (e.g., “it’s too small!”). Once the bride is free of the hanger, tell everyone that you know what the bride will say on her wedding night, and read off the funny words and phrases from your list.
Word Scramble
Compile a list of wedding-related words, and then scramble up the letters. Print out enough copies of the scrambled words for your guests, and hand them out at the party with pens. Give everyone just five minutes to unscramble the words. Have the guests exchange their sheets and grade each other based on the answers you announced. The person with the most words correct gets a price.
Words Within Words
Hand out sheets of paper that have the bride’s and groom’s names listed at the top, e.g., “Jennifer & Michael” (you can choose to spell out the “and,” but then guests will use those letters as well in the game). Give guests five minutes to write down as many words as they can find in the bride’s and groom’s names. Collect the sheets and see who got the most words, and award that person a prize. (Beforehand you can type all the letters of the bride’s and groom’s names into Scrabble.com to generate a list of all the words that can be created with those letters.)
How Well Do You Know the Bride?
Before the party, ask the bride a questionnaire about herself (e.g., what’s her favorite TV show? What is her shoe size? Where was she born?). Type up the questionnaire and distribute at the party with pens, asking guests to complete it within five minutes. Have guests exchange papers to grade each other while you read the questionnaire aloud and have the bride answer. Whoever gets the most right wins a prize.
Who Am I?
This game is a good icebreaker at parties where guests don’t all know each other. Ahead of time, write down the names of famous people on index cards, e.g., singers, actors, political figures, authors. As each guest arrives, pin the identity to her back without her seeing the name. Guests find out who they are by asking others YES or NO questions. Whoever guesses her identity first wins.
Don’t Say a Word!
This is another great icebreaker. Ahead of time, write words on clothespins (one per clothespins—and there should be enough pins so that each guest will get one). Try to use words that you know guests will have a hard time NOT saying, such as the bride’s name, the word “wow,” etc. At the party give each gets a clothespin and have her wear it in a prominent place, and instruct them NOT to say the word they’re wearing. The guests have to listen to each other to catch whoever accidentally says her word. When a guest catches someone, she gets her clothespin. Whoever has the most pins at the end of the party wins a prize.
What’s in Your Purse?
This game is best played at showers. Every few minutes while the bride is opening her gifts, announce an item and ask if anyone has it in her purse and, if so, take it out. Whoever has it and produces it first gets a prize. Try to make the purse items on the unique side, so that only one or a few women probably has the item in her purse (for example, almost every woman will have a wallet, but not everyone will have a Blockbuster card, a nail file, candy, etc.)
How Well Does the Bride Know the Groom?
Prior to the party, ask the groom-to-be a dozen or more questions. Some ideas for questions:
- What is your favorite personality trait in your fiancée?
- What is your favorite physical trait in her?
- Where was your first date?
- When did you first say “I love you” to her?
- When did you know you wanted to marry her?
- When was your first kiss?
- What is your favorite thing to do together?
At the party, ask the bride to guess what her fiancé’s answer was to each question. For every question she gets correct, she gets a small prize. You can also involve the guests by asking them before you start reading the questions, “Guess how many out of 20 questions the bride will get right?” Whoever gets the number right wins a prize.
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