UNFORGETTABLE BRIDAL SHOWER FUN: GAMES TO AMP UP THE CELEBRATION!

So your job is to plan a memorable pre-wedding celebration for your best friend. The food, drinks, location and music are all organised. You have a couple of activities up your sleeve. But what about the games? Games for the bridal shower range from sweet to hilarious - meaning there's a little something to suit every bride and her shower perfectly! Check out our favourite options below...

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​Fun Bridal Shower Games

BRIDAL DRAWING
For the group seeking a good laugh and a dash of creativity!

Preparation:
Come up with a list of wedding-related words. For example, wedding dress, bridesmaids, first dance and romance. Once you have your list, write each word onto its own individual piece of paper. Fold these up and place them in a bowl.

How To Play:
Divide guests into two teams. These teams will take it in turns to have one of their members pick a wedding related word from the bowl and attempt to draw it (all whilst their team members try to guess what the drawing is, using pictures alone). Set a time limit for the drawer (such as 1 minute) to make the game even more fun!

Related: How to Play the Bridal Drawing Game
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​LOVE STORY

★Click here to view a selection of fun ‘Love Story’ game cards★

Tell the REAL story of how the happy couple got to where they are today! This sweet game can be played in two different ways – with both options resulting in hilarious stories your best friend can treasure forever!

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How To Play - Pass the Love Story:
Find some paper and pens. Starting with the words ‘Once upon a time’, the first guest writes one sentence about how the bride and groom met. The paper is then passed to the next guest, who adds their own sentence to the growing story.

​One by one, guests add one sentence each (these can be as crazy, ridiculous or as realistic as they like), and, in turn, play their part in telling the story of how the couple met and fell in love. Once everyone has had a turn, finish the story off with a sentence of your own and then read the love story out loud. Cue laughter!
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How To Play - Love Story Mad Libs:​
This option takes a little more work (or, if you don't have the time, there are lots of printable options available on Etsy). Mad Libs are basically fill-the-gap stories; meaning each guest will differ in their responses (resulting in a range of different love stories!).

For example:​
When Bec met Daz it was _______ at first sight. Daz couldn't believe his ______. Bec was looking ______ in a ______ and smelled just like his favourite ______. 

Write up and print enough of these 'fill the gap' playing cards as there are guests at your bridal shower. Collect the different stories after a certain amount of time and have your bride-to-be award her favourite with a special prize!

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​​Sweet Wedding Shower Games

DESIGNER GOWN
Let’s get those creative juices flowing. Show your bride-to-be just how amazing she will look on her wedding day in an array of wonderfully drawn dresses!

Preparation:
On a computer, paste a picture of the bride-to-be's face at the top of a blank page. This will become your ‘Designer Gown Game Card’. Print off enough game cards for each guest attending the celebration (plus a couple as backup... just in case).

How To Play:
Hand bridal shower guests a game card and grey lead pencil.

To kick off the game, explain that everyone is going to design a bridal gown for their beautiful guest of honor. This is done by letting their inner artist out - drawing a dress, veil, shoes, arms, legs and body to go along with their bride's (currently) floating face!

Drawing skills, dress-sense and humour makes this game hilarious! ​Best dress, as chosen by the bride-to-be, wins.

Handy Tip:
​You could also award a prize to the funniest dress, most unique dress, etc. if you wish. You could also stick each drawing in a special keepsake book for your bride-to-be to look back on (guests could write a sweet message next to their masterpiece).

​ALTERNATIVE WAY TO PLAY:
Rather than designing a gown for the bride, ask guests to draw the dress they think she will actually be wearing on her wedding day.

Click here to view a pre-made 'Guess the Dress' game card.

THE MR & MRS GAME
No matter how many times I’ve played this game over the years, it never gets olds. The answers are always fun, sweet and real – unique to that particular couple. It’s so nice hearing these cute insights into the lovebirds relationship.

Preparation:
A few weeks before the Bridal Shower, ask the groom to answer some questions about his fiancé, himself and their relationship. Questions could be about their first date, first kiss, or even fun quirks!

How To Play:
At the actual event, sit your beautiful bride-to-be down and, one-by-one, make your way through these very same questions. The catch is, your guest of honour has to try and work out what her soon-to-be hubby’s thoughts were and answer the same way.

Make this game even more fun by filming the groom’s reaction and answer to each question. You can then follow each of your bride-to-be’s answers with a short video of the groom – telling the group whether or not she was correct.

TIME CAPSULE
Help the happy couple celebrate their first year of marriage with a thoughtful time capsule prepared especially for them!

Preparation:
Before the party, ask guests to do one or more of the following:

• Bring a gift to the bridal shower (something that’s thoughtful and fun)
• Date night ideas (that can be completed during their second year of marriage)
• Memories (e.g. your memory of that day when the bride and groom met for the first time)

How To Play:
Have a special box set up at the celebration, waiting for guests to fill it with their goodies.

At the end of the shower, seal the box and keep it hidden for the next year. When the happy couple's first anniversary rolls around, gift them the time capsule along with a bottle of their favourite wine, cheese, biscuits and choccies (date night ready!).

A thoughtful present at the time that will become a treasured keepsake for the rest of their lives together.

​Related: Tips for Creating an Epic Time Capsule

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​Unique Bridal Shower Games

BRIDAL EMOJI GAME

★Click here to view an example ‘Bridal Emoji’ game card★

​A fun twist on the Bridal Drawing game; where instead of sketches it's emoji's telling the story.

Preparation:
Come up with approximately 10 different words or phrases that can be broken down into emjoi form (e.g. bridal shower could become an emoji of a bride next to an emoji of rain). Create a playing card that has each of your words or phrases in emjoi form only and print them off.

Click here to view example cards.

How To Play:​
At the party, hand one playing card to each guest/team, and ask that they try to decipher what the emojis are saying. The person/team with the most correct answers wins.

Click here to view ↑ these ↑ game cards by 'Picture This Parties'

CAPTURE THIS
A great icebreaker game that will result in lots of fun photo memories!

Preparation:
​Come up with a list of categories. Some examples include ‘The first time I saw you’, ‘Our first date’, and ‘The proposal’.

How To Play:
Break guests up into small teams. Assign each team one of the categories from your list.

On ‘Go!’, teams have 2 minutes to create a photo or selfie that relates to the category they were given. Using ‘The proposal’ as an example, my team could have one member proposing to another, whilst the remaining team members stand around clapping. When time’s up, teams get another 30 seconds to go through the pictures they took and pick a fave; which is then presented to the bride.

​Once your bride-to-be has received one photo from each team, she picks a winning image (i.e. her favourite photo). That team receives one point (or, if you’re only playing one round, is crowned the overall winners!). 
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Related: How to Play 'Capture This'

TRIVIA
There’s nothing more unique or personalised than a trivia game dedicated to the beautiful couple!

Preparation:
​To organise, ask your bestie and her partner to give you some fun, cute and sweet details about their relationship. This could be anything from the date they became 'official', their favourite holiday destination and what they think will create a good marriage to their favourite wedding traditions. 

​Turn these bits of information into questions and then section them into rounds (e.g. when they first met, wedding bells, etc.).
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How To Play:
When it's game time, separate guests into teams and, one-by-one, make your way through the questions; awarding one point per right answer. Play a couple of mini games between rounds (such as 'corners') and award extra points to the winners. The team with the most points at the end of the game

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Classic Bridal Shower Game Ideas

A TO Z
This fun bridal shower game can be as sweet (or cheeky) as you wish!

Preparation:
Start by preparing some game cards by putting together a page that lists each letter of the alphabet, along with writing space. Click here to view an example for inspiration. 

How To Play:
Hand out your 'A to Z' game cards, along with some pens/pencils. Explain that, on 'GO', each person/team is to write as many wedding related words as possible.

The catch? Each word has to start with a different letter of the alphabet (e.g. B for 'Bride', G for 'Groom', etc.).

The person/team to have the most answers after a set amount of time (e.g. 4 minutes), wins!

​Related: How to Play the A to Z Game (Naughty or Nice!)

↑ Click here to view/download this 'A to Z' game card! ↑

FORBIDDEN WORDS
Are you ready for conversations to become quite the competition? A classic game that's both easy to organise and play; 'Forbidden Words' will get all of the bride's friends and family members mingling from the get go!

Preparation:
Pick a few words that guests won’t be able to say for the duration of the bridal shower. When coming up with your list, make sure you pick words that have a high chance of coming up in conversation (for example, the groom’s name, the word ‘wedding’, popular catch phrases amongst your group, etc.).

How To Play:
At the Bridal Shower, hand each guest a fun prop (this could be anything from a ribbon tied around their wrist like a bracelet, to funny dress up props you’ve scored from the local op shop!). Let guests know that whilst they are encouraged to mingle and chat, there are a few cheeky words that cannot be mentioned. And every time one of these banned words happens to be used, that particular guest must pay the price!

Now, the price isn’t a bad one. It’s simply giving the ribbon (or costume prop) to the guest who caught them out. The guest who has the most ribbons (or who is the most decked out in costume) by the end of the party wins a prize! ​

DIY GOWNS
Because who doesn’t love wearing a wedding dress... even if it is made out of toilet paper? Right?!

How To Play:
Split guests into teams (each with at least 3 members). On ‘Go!’, teams come up with their own designer wedding dress using rolls of toilet paper ONLY! This is achieved by dressing one member (i.e. the model) with toilet paper – wrapping it, throwing it, twisting it, etc. until it resembles something of a wedding dress. With 10 minutes on the clock, this isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Once the time is up, the models from each team can then put on a hilarious catwalk event – strutting their stuff (and their outfits) to fun music tracks such as ‘I’m Too Sexy’ by Right Said Fred. As they glide past, guests can ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ at the craftsmanship and imagination behind each design.

When every model has shown off her new outfit, the judge picks best dress, awarding the team with some fun prizes.

​FUN ADDITION TO THIS 'DIY GOWNS' GAME:
Have a ‘speaker’ from each team describe their creation as their model walks down the catwalk. Hearing the hilarious description whilst their model attempts to move in a toilet paper getup just makes this game even more memorable!

FIND THE GUEST
A great ice-breaker game for the start of your bridal shower – ‘Find the Guest’ will have everyone mingling in no time!

Preparation:
 Start by putting together a page that lists at least 10 different statements, along with writing space. Click here to view example game cards for inspiration. Print enough of these beauties off as there are guests attending your party.

​How To Play:
Explain that each game card contains written statements, and these statements match at least one party-goer in the room. It is therefore every individual's mission to link the right statement to the right guest. The twist? You can only use each person's name once.

The first person to match all of the statements correctly will be your winner.

Alternative:
Play 'mingle bingo' instead by placing the statements into a bingo card (as pictured below)!

↑ Click here to view/download this 'Find the Guest' game card! ↑

​HE SAID SHE SAID

★Click here to view beautiful 'He Said She Said' playing cards★
A game that’s not only interactive, but also gives you a fun look ‘behind the scenes’ of the couple’s relationship!

Preparation:
Come up with some ‘he said she said’ questions. Some examples include ‘Who wins the arguments?’, ‘Who is the most adventurous?’, and ‘Who proposed?’. Print these questions off and ask your favourite couple to answer them truthfully.

Once you have the answers in your hot little hand, print off as many question cards as there are guests attending the bridal shower (find example question cards here).

How To Play:
Hand each team/individual a question card and a pen. Slowly read out each question to the group as a whole, and then pause - giving party-goers time to select their answer (i.e. circle or tick either ‘he’ or ‘she’). Once all of the questions have been read out, it’s time to give everyone the actual answers. One point is awarded for every correct answer. The person/team with the most points at the end wins!
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Related: How to Play He Said She Said

​↑ Click here to view/download this 'He Said She Said' game card! ↑

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE BRIDE?
A game where fun facts about the bride-to-be are revealed to the group. Some may be known, some may come as a surprise – either way, it’s a great ice-breaker that gets guests mingling and sharing!

Preparation:
First of all, you will need to have a chat with the bride-to-be. Find out some fun facts she’s comfortable sharing (these could be anything from weird little habits she has all the way through to moments in her relationship). Some examples include, ‘what is [bride] most afraid of?’, ‘how old was [bride] when she first met [groom]?’ and ‘what is [bride’s] weirdest habit?’. Type up and print off these questions and answers ready for the big day.

How To Play:
Ask guests to get into teams (if you’re using this as an ice-breaker game, maybe help with the team selection so that guests are definitely placed with people they don’t know). Hand each team a piece of paper and a pen/pencil.

To start the game, read the first question aloud to the room; giving guests enough time to talk through different answers before settling on one and writing it down. Continue doing this until you have read each and every question on your sheet.
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Now, have the bride-to-be go through each question and give the real answer. She could even tell the funny story that goes alongside it.

WHAT AGE WAS THE BRIDE?
An oldie but a goodie! This game provides guests and hen alike with a sweet walk down memory lane. Amongst other things, prepare for lots of cooing at old baby photos and giggles at awkward high school images!

Preparation:
Print off at least 5 fun photos of your bride-to-be from different points in her life. This could include the baby stage, kinder, primary school, high school, and now. Alternatively, you may choose to go with just one phase of her life (e.g. focus on her childhood) or go a bit rogue and concentrate on the different milestones in her and her groom’s relationship instead.

Once you’ve made your selection, record how old she is in each photograph (and keep this info somewhere safe – this is for your eyes only!).

​How To Play:
Display your selection of photos by bluetacking them to a wall, creating a collage, pinning them to a pinboard, or even pegging them to bunting/twine (using those cute miniature wooden pegs). Make sure each image is labelled with a number (e.g. if you have 5 images, label them 1 through to 5).

Leave some pens/pencils and paper (or game cards) nearby so that guests can have a crack at guessing the bride’s age at the time of each photo. They do this by writing down the image number (e.g. image 4) and their guess (5 years old). The person who gets the most right wins!

 ​↑ Click here to view/download these 'How Old' game cards! ↑

WOULD SHE RATHER
Break the ice whilst learning some new facts about the bride-to-be!

Preparation:
First of all, you will need to create some 'Would She Rather' playing cards. To do this, put together a list of questions (these can be about sport, food, holidays, drinks, etc.), type them up and print them off.

Some examples to get your started include: Would she rather tea or coffee? Summer or winter? Making a phone call or sending a text? Driving the car or being the passenger?

​You can find more question inspiration by clicking here.

​How To Play:
Each guest or team fills out their game card by circling the option they think the bride-to-be would prefer. For example, If she'd rather tea over coffee, you would circle tea.

The team or person with the most correct answers (according to the hen herself) wins a small prize!

↑ Click here to view/download this 'Would She Rather' game card! ↑

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​Frequently Asked Questions About Bridal Shower Games:

Sometimes wrapping your head around all things 'bridal shower' can be quite overwhelming - especially when it's your first time planning such an event! To help, we've answered some of our most frequently asked questions about bridal shower games below. Check them out and, if we haven't answered your question (or you would like us to explain in more detail), please don't hesitate to get in touch by clicking here!
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​WHAT ARE BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES?
Put simply, they are games that you play at a bridal shower. These games range from those that are typically only seen at bridal celebrations (such as the options mentioned above), through to everyday games that your bride-to-be loves playing (there's no reason you can't whip out her most loved game of all time - twister, for example - for her special day!).

​HOW MANY BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES SHOULD WE PLAY?
As a rule of thumb, we like to stick to one or two organised games (i.e. bridal shower games that require the guests to participate as a group); plus a couple of 'optional games' (i.e. games that can be set up on a table, such as 'advice for the bride' cards, and guests can participate if and when they please).

You don't want to go overboard in the game department as it may feel excessive, meaning enjoyment levels won't be as high. That being said, it can be a great idea to have a few alternative games up your sleeve just​ in case they're needed. You never know, those guests of yours may be screaming for more - and having a couple of extra options organised means you can deliver without any added stress!

WHAT STORES SELL BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES?
There are many online stores who sell both printable and pre-made bridal shower games; a quick Google search will provide you with lots of options! We have our own store if you wish to download printable signs, games and personaliesd products (click here to view our range; or join our member's area and grab yourself some free printable bridal shower games!). 

Speaking of freebies, you don't have to purchase games. For instance, the majority of options listed in this article are DIY, often just requiring a pen and paper to complete. You should definitely keep this in mind when organising your celebration - and especially when you have a budget without much wriggle room!

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And That's it For Bridal Shower Games Ideas... For Now!

Phew! That was a lot of games for bridal showers to go through! But hopefully it will make your planning a little bit easier. I'll add to this article as more bridal shower games come to mind. Likewise, if you have any fun options that aren't on the list, please don't hesitate to share them below or via our socials (AUS Facebook Group | Worldwide Facebook Group | Pinterest).

Cheers to a wonderful Bridal Shower full of awesome games!

Much love, keep smiling - Bec x
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