Keep guests at a bridal shower active with entertaining games.
Bridal showers give friends and family a chance to shower the soon-to-be newlyweds with a variety of gifts. When planning a bridal shower, plan active games that will get the party guests up on their feet. Bridal shower games keep everyone involved in the gathering, as well as give guests a chance to earn prizes. Awarding prizes like gift cards and candles to game winners will entice guests to play along. Does this Spark an idea?
Easy Games
Create a few easy, active games to get the party guests moving. Wrap a fancy candle or gift card in a box with several layers of wrapping paper. Ask the guests to sit in a circle and pass the gift. When you say "Stop," the player holding the gift can open one layer. Keep playing until the last layer of wrapping paper comes off. The player who unwraps the last layer wins the gift. Alternatively, have two or three gifts going around the circle at a time. Another idea is to use only one gift at a time but play two or three times.
Funny Games
Games with toilet paper are funny and get the guests moving. Divide the guests into groups of three or four and give each team two rolls of toilet paper. Each team has 10 minutes to make a wedding veil on one of their teammates. Award prizes for the best and funniest veils. For another idea, give each team three or four rolls of toilet paper and 20 minutes to make a complete wedding dress. Allow the bride-to-be to select the winners.
Hunt Games
Prepare a bridal scavenger hunt indoors or outdoors. Hide items like a pair of pantyhose, red lipstick, a wedding veil, a garter, a set of house keys, mirror compact and a hairbrush all over the party area. Have the guests search for the items. The player who finds the most items wins the game. Another idea is to give each guest a list of all the hidden items (at least 30 items). The first guest to find 10 of the 30 items on the list wins the game.
Other Games
Plan a few active games using cotton balls for the shower guests. Have a guest sit in a chair and have someone hold a bowl on her head. Blindfold the guest and give her a spoon. Place a bowl of cotton balls in her lap. She has two minutes to scoop up as many cotton balls as she can and place them in the bowl on her head. The player who transfers the most cotton balls wins the game. For another game, have the guests take a dab a petroleum jelly and rub it on their nose. Give them a cotton ball to stick to the end of their nose. Have them race from a starting line to finish line with the cotton balls on their noses. If the cotton ball drops, they must go back to the starting line. The first player across the finish line with the cotton ball on her nose wins the game.
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