10 Games You Have Got to Play at Your Bridal Shower

Showers are the perfect opportunity for the wedding party and guests to get together to celebrate the bride. Often, this is the first time that friends and family are meeting, so break the ice with a couple of festivities that will get everyone having a good time. (Not sure how you feel about shower games? Read this before you bail...) Here are ten of our favorite games that will definitely get the party started. 1. Read His/Her Mind. Well before the bridal shower, ask the bride's partner a series of questions about her. Then, at the shower, ask the bride to answer the same questions see if they match. This is a fun and light-hearted way to see how well the happy couple knows each other. 2. Memory Lane. Give each guest a blank note card when they arrive, and ask them to write down a memory that they have of the bride. Later, have the bride read each card aloud and guess which of their guests wrote the memory. 3. Two Truths and a Lie. A classic ice-breaker game for guests who don't know each other quite yet. Ask each guest to tell two truths and one lie to the group, out loud. Then, the group will have to guess which is the lie. Often, the responses are hilarious, and always the group learns something new about each person. 4. What's the Bride Wearing? After the bride has arrived at the party and mingled with guests for about 20 minutes or so, ask her to leave the room. While she is gone, hand out pens and paper to each guest and ask them to describe, in detail, every item the bride was wearing. When she returns, have guests read their neighbor's lists out loud - whoever guessed the most correct items wins! 5. Who Am I? As guests arrive, assign each of them one half of a famous couple. They could be real, think: Kate Middleton and Prince William, or fictional: Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Write one of the person's names on a name tag, apply it to the guest's back (without them seeing) and send guests around the room to find their partner. Their job is to ask yes or no questions to try to figure out their own identity. The first couple to find their match, wins! 6. How Old Was She? Find and print out pictures of the bride at every stage of her life, and ask guests to guess how old she was in each picture. The guest with the most correct answers wins! 7. Write a Poem. As the bride opens her gifts, pass a pen and paper around to the guests. Ask each of them to write what would sound like the first line of a poem, and to make the bride the subject of the poem. Once a guest writes a line, they fold the paper over what they have written so that the next guest can't see. After every guest has written a line, the host reads the hilarious results out loud. 8. Wedding Movie Charades. Come up with a list of popular wedding movies and write down the name of each on a notecard. Divide the party into two groups, and have guests act out the movie on the notecards. The team with the most correct guesses wins! 9. Wedding Trivia. Come up with a list of wedding facts and write them on separate pieces of paper. Have the host asks each question out loud, and as guests yell out the answer, give points to each person for a correct response. The person with the most correct responses at the end wins. 10. Celebrity Name Game. Come up with a list of 20 or more celebrities, and put each name into a hat. Divide the room into two teams, and have the first member of the team act out a characteristic of the celebrity. Give each team 30 seconds to guess the correct celebrity - if they do, the next person on their team has a chance. If not, the other team begins their round. Continue in this fashion until all names are out of the hat, and the team with the most points wins! Planning a shower or dreaming of your own? 8 Out-of-the-Box Bridal Shower Ideas Everyone Will Love 10 Ways to Throw a Wedding Shower on the Cheap How to Plan a Beautiful Bridal Shower from Start to Finish [[bundle_id: 99705]]