Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2005

Just wanted to say that I *love* the teacup idea!  Great for a bride that
has already set up house or doesn't need help getting the stuff they need.
I wonder if you can get some sort of permanent marker that will allow each
guest to sign the teacup they bring?

What about asking each guest to bring a scrapbook page?  Maybe with photos
of their family or of the bride/groom as kids or with the guest's family?

Great ideas...sounds like a bridal shower I'd actually want to go to!

Amy

I'm guessing by cheesy you mean the kind where people take it in turns
seeing how many pegs they can get on a line, whether they can drop a coin
into a bottle from between their knees, creating a wedding dress out of
toilet paper etc etc
A few other ideas (you can decide on their level on cheesiness!!) -
Prepare a questionaire about the bride, some funny questions, some serious
which everyone fills in and then read out the answers - obviously the bride
does one herself as well if questions are appropriate eg - which actress
would play her and why, what animal is she most like and why, what are her
best qualities, what is her favourite food, middle name etc - This can be
really fun when you read the things out.
Another word game (might fall into cheesy category, but I dislike the peg
kind, but don't mind this kind so up to you) - everyone has 30 seconds to
write down as many items they can think of  that the bride will take with
her on the honeymoon.  Bride also does it - then bride reads out answers -
you get a point for each one you wrote that she did and see who gets
closest.
Not specifically bridal activities, but a couple of dice games which are
good for groups are the chocolate one, where everyone takes it in turns
rolling a die and when they roll a 6 there is a block of chocolate they have
to try and eat as much as possible of - only allowed to use a knife and fork
though, and they keep on going till someone else rolls a 6 and so on
Another dice game, if you know exactly how many people are coming you pick
up little gifts, just very little things, could even be a bag of soaps etc,
but also a couple of booby prizes, we always used Grandma sized undies etc
and as people roll 6s they get to take a prize, however main game starts
when all prizes are taken, including undies, and if at that point you roll a
6 you get to swap your prize with someone else - so you end up having the
undies go round and round to different people until it finishes (you might
have a time limit set - number of rounds etc) to make it go quicker you can
change these games to if you roll, 4, 5, or 6 etc.  And also a good idea to
have a substitute to give the person who won the undies at the end so that
they don't secretly feel miserable - some people do.
You could somehow try to theme these games if you wanted, to make them more
bridal showery.
Probably bit late to organize this as well, but one that I went to involved
us all being in a limo (was lots of fun, but you could do a few car pools)
and going to all the spots that were significant in the brides life if
they're not too far away - ie school, first job, place went on first date
with fiance, first kiss etc.  This takes lots more organizing though, and if
you want to surprise the bride you'd have to know her extremely well.
Hope this gives you a few ideas