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>I’m throwing a bridal shower for my sister (I’m her MOH) in a couple of >months and am having trouble coming up with a selection of games.
At my sister’s wedding shower, we played this very silly game where we broke into teams and each team got two rolls of toilet paper and had to use it to make a bridal gown for one of their team members, without using tape or staples or anything but toilet paper. Whichever team makes the best dress, wins. It was actually incredibly fun, especially since we’d all had a few drinks. 
Our grandmother was a fabulous bride. k. Kate Gardner http://weber.u.washington.edu/~katya/wedding/mwtf.html
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>We’re going to do a version of the clothes-pin game where you loose your >pin when you say the word "wedding" and I’m going to do a guessing game >with various unusual foods and kitchen implements, but I’d like to have >one more (or do you think that’s enough?)
[clip] I think that’s enough. Three organized activities (including the gift-opening ritual) is actually more than enough for one party. But I’m generally not into these kinds of games anyway. Have some other things in mind if you want, but make sure you don’t interrupt people who are having a good time talking and eating in order to play an organized game. >I found a game in a book where the guests write out various "Dear Abby" >type questions and answers, which get randomly matched and read out >loud. The book promises hilarious results but I have my doubts.
Did this at my FSIL’s shower. Was sort of funny, but not exactly hilarious. Some of the matchups were cute, others simply made no sense. Got the impression everyone was laughing harder than the joke actually warranted (it was kind of an uptight party for various reasons, and I think we all wanted to convince ourselves we were having a better time than we actually were). Holly (& Ken) 8/25/96
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Mary: Try a couple of these games: 1) Write a wedding mad lib for the bride, and have her offer answers to questions like: your favorite color, your favorite grain, your favorite phrase, your fiance’s favorite phrase, favorite childhood game, favorite number, etc. Then fit those into the story. Our bride had a purple dress, had pasta thrown on her leaving the church, said "No Way!" during her vows (the groom said, "Hey honey, wanna snuggle?"), played 87 (favorite number) games of duck duck goose (favorite childhood game) on her wedding night… you get the idea. Personalize it for the couple, and it will be a riot. If you want, I can post the one my mom wrote for our friend. 2) Another fun clothespin game is a little physical, but a great way to break the ice. Everybody gets a clothespin when they come in, and if they cross their legs, anybody else can take their pin. This can get really funny, with people lunging across the table for other people’s pins. The person who has the most pins at the end of the party wins a prize, in our case, a masculine action figure. Use your imagination, and I’m sure you’ll have fun. Sara
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I am the first of my friends to be married, so I have never attended a bridal shower, but I helped plan a baby shower (unfortunately could not attend due to a car accident right before) for my FSIL with my other FSIL. I made a whole bunch of ‘pictionary’ words that had to do with babies, from ordinary things like diapers to the really weird and hard to draw like breast pump (my fiance–co-ed family shower– got that and didn’t know what it was!). I didn’t see the game, but I heard it was a big hit. You could play a wedding pictionary version, too. I recommend getting a big pad of newsprint so that everyone can watch all at once. Use words like limo, cake, garter, minister, organist, rehearsal dinner, or anything else you think of. The harder to draw, the funnier. Have fun! Stephanie 9/21 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I’m throwing a bridal shower for my sister (I’m her MOH) in a couple of >months and am having trouble coming up with a selection of games. >We’re going to do a version of the clothes-pin game where you loose your >pin when you say the word "wedding" and I’m going to do a guessing game >with various unusual foods and kitchen implements, but I’d like to have >one more (or do you think that’s enough?) >This is a mixed group of women- friends and co-workers, family members >from both families, etc. So we have a variety of ages and a lot of >people who don’t know each other. >I found a game in a book where the guests write out various "Dear Abby" >type questions and answers, which get randomly matched and read out >loud. The book promises hilarious results but I have my doubts. >Any suggestions? >Mary Jensen
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I’m throwing a bridal shower for my sister (I’m her MOH) in a couple of months and am having trouble coming up with a selection of games. We’re going to do a version of the clothes-pin game where you loose your pin when you say the word "wedding" and I’m going to do a guessing game with various unusual foods and kitchen implements, but I’d like to have one more (or do you think that’s enough?) This is a mixed group of women- friends and co-workers, family members from both families, etc. So we have a variety of ages and a lot of people who don’t know each other. I found a game in a book where the guests write out various "Dear Abby" type questions and answers, which get randomly matched and read out loud. The book promises hilarious results but I have my doubts. Any suggestions? Mary Jensen
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Hi, I’m having a bridal shower and I’m looking for a game to keep the guests awake!! Any suggestions? Diane
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http://www.bridalshowerbingo.com/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi, >I’m having a bridal shower and I’m looking for a game to keep the >guests awake!! Any suggestions? >Diane
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Hi, If you are looking for a bridal shower game makes the gift opening process as much fun for the guests as it is for the bride-to-be then check out http://www.bridalshowerbingo.com. It’s Bridal Shower Bingo and it is currently only sold over the Internet or by calling 1-800-983-4321. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, > I’m having a bridal shower and I’m looking for a game to keep the > guests awake!! Any suggestions? > Diane
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>It’s Bridal Shower Bingo >and it is currently only sold over the Internet >or by calling…
Funny.. My 16 year old cousin who doesn’t have access to the Internet or a credit card for ordering over the phone purchsed Bridal Bingo at a party store for my sister’s shower. Looks like you didn’t do your research. Andrea Terese Riechers (OK??)
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ATR, I can honestly say that Im glad to see you are leaving this newsgroups your mean and Catty comments are annoying. You talk about people not being kind, well I think you need to take a look at yourself and do a bit of "research" on how to not be condescending and rude. Kate
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i am hosting a bridal shower… soon we are having a sit down lunch prepared by a friend are planning to watch the anne of green gables series and play board games such as beyond balderdash, scategories, tribond etc but these are all things that everyone invited will enjoy… good luck traci
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>I’m having a bridal shower and I’m looking for a game to keep the >guests awake!! Any suggestions? >Diane
There are several books with general suggestions for shower games. But the easiest way to pick something is to think about the shower theme, if there is one. Tie the shower games or activities to the theme. For example: At a kitchen shower, the host buys 5 to 10 small kitchen gadgets (the more bizarre, the better) and puts each in a lunch sack or similar opaque bag. Guests must reach into each bag, without looking, and guess based on touch what is in the bag. Small prizes go to the best guessers; the gadgets go to the bride. There’s a similar guessing game where you put food or household materials (flour, wheat germ, laundry detergent) in small transparent Tupperware-type containers, and the guests guess what’s in them by sight (without smelling or tasting). If the shower is for both bride and groom, a "newlywed game" type trivia quiz is fun. In fact, you can do that even if it’s a girl shower, by getting answers from the groom ahead of time. If it’s a lingerie/personal shower, how about handing out little slips of paper and asking each guest to make up a "sex and relationship question" that the bride might have on the eve of her wedding, and then write an answer to the question on a separate slip of paper. Mix the questions in one bowl and the answers in another. Then the bride takes one question at a time and reads it aloud and the shower host reads an answer. Not the matching answer, you understand, but a random one. The results can be hilarious. Give a ‘cocooning’ shower (gift ideas: down comforter, his-n-hers slippers, tea and cocoa gift basket, videos) and play board games in front of the fireplace. Give an alphabet shower and play word scramble games (with wedding-related words, of course!). If these kinds of games seem retarded 
you don’t have to use them. Plan other party activities instead, the same kind of thing you’d do if it were not a shower but a housewarming or birthday or holiday party. I co-hosted a shower for some friends with Mexican food and we had a pinata — which was a lot of fun, and totally different from the usual nonsense. We also had more traditional activities: The gifts were done on a ’round the clock’ basis, and the MOH made a game out of having the bride and groom guess what the designated hour was for each gift after they were all opened. (We drew a big clockface on a paper tablecloth and they had to put each gift on the right time on the table.) But the guests got to just watch and comment. Best of luck! Holly (married Ken, 8/25/96)
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I’m looking for a few simple games and prize suggestions. This is the first one I’ve ever done and I’m overwhelmed. thanks!
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I found a website that has more shower games than you care to read about. You should be able to find some that you like. http://www.blissezine.com/games.htm Maria – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I’m looking for a few simple games and prize suggestions. This is the >first one I’ve ever done and I’m overwhelmed. thanks!
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hi there! at one of my showers, the hostess (my aunt moe) made up an "ann & jeff trivia game" where she listed about 20 questions about us to ask the guests… it was a lot of fun, very creative, and great for conversation (you don’t even need to know the answers, because the bride will be there to supply them!) she had questions like: where did ann & jeff go to college, where did they get engaged, how did they meet, when are their birthdays, etc. typical shower favors/prizes: lotions, soaps, bath stuff oil, vineagars, spices picture frames, photo albums notepads, stationery dishtowels plants for another one of my showers, my sister painted little terracotta pots and planted little flowers in them for favors… they were really cute and doubled as decorations… you could also drop votive candles in little flowerpots if you didn’t want to bother with planting. you might also want to consider having a theme shower… have each guest bring a recipe, a kitchen gadget, a teacup, a picture of them with the bride to be… just some ideas! good luck & happy planning!
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Does Anyone have any neat ideas for Bridal Shower games? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
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>Does Anyone have any neat ideas for Bridal Shower games? >Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
We have posted a collection of Bridal Shower games at http://www.desertcom.com/wedding/pot.htm Hope this helps!
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Hi I am new to this room and I need some Game ideas for a wedding shower My siter and I are putting on for our soon to be sister in law! if any one can help me I really would appreciate it! you can e-mail me at Thanks again!!!! BTW the shower is August 10 so need suggestions in the next little while!
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: Hi I am new to this room and I need some Game ideas for a wedding shower : My siter and I are putting on for our soon to be sister in law! if any : one can help me I really would appreciate it! you can e-mail me at : Thanks again!!!! BTW the shower is August 10 so need suggestions in the : next little while! There’s a section of wedding shower games in the "party planning" section of Bliss E-Zine (http://www.blissezine.com). This is a nice little e-zine, even though there aren’t many links to other wedding sites! Jill
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I did a trivia quiz for a shower I hosted where at least 50% of the people were the type who rolled their eyes and gagged at the idea of doing "games." In this case, the theme of the shower was "Months of the Year" where each person brought a gift associated with a month. SO, all the questions had to do with months. Like, What month was the groom born? What month does the rainy season in Hawaii begin (that was the site of their honeymoon). What month did they get engaged? What month is diamond the birthstone for? And so on. But you could do any sort of trivia. Some could be knowledge of the bride and groom, others could be wedding- and love-related trivia. I tried to get a mix of questions that anyone would know, some that were random and you’d probably have to guess, and some inbetween. Some of the questions were easy to compose, the rest I developed from facts out of reference books. I think I only had 10 questions. Probably 10-15 is a good number. Then I read out the correct answers, and I gave the winner a small gift (with a tiebreaker prepared just in case). There was a lot of laughter and discussion and groaning over answers. Get a good "emcee" for reading out the questions, who will ham it up and give some good lead-ins to why each question is being asked. Just one option! Good luck.
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>>Hi I am new to this room and I need some Game ideas for a wedding shower
My siter and I are putting on for our soon to be sister in law! if any one can help me I really would appreciate it! << I just survived my shower two weeks ago, and there was only one game. Before we opened gifts, everyone was given a "bingo" type sheet and asked to write down in the boxes what types of gifts they anticipated I would receive. You were allowed to ask people next to you, and some people passed around the registry list. When they were finished guessing, I started opening gifts, and they put a sticker on each square as I opened that gift. Whoever got "bingo" first won a gift. Then they had alternate winners, like whoever got an L shape, or whoever got all four corners, etc. Everyone seemed to enjoy the game. (Please reply to this address instead of the header address)
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> I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game thing!! > I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been > given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e > directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they will > be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully > start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great > ideas!!
Like everyone else, I thought "TEA TIME!" Not that I have ever had a tea party. Maybe for a different idea, you could buy two nice-looking picture frames. Professional-looking, not too frou-frou. And then in the place where the photo would go, put a saying about how you figure at 2 pm they will be apart (probably at work) so you’re giving them each a matching frame for their engagement photo or wedding photo or other personal photo of the two of them. They can keep it on their desk at work, and when they look at it, they can think of one another–and maybe give the other a call to say "I love you." A more artistic person than me could perhaps compose a short little poem that says that better. Okay, okay, it is corny *ducking tomatoes* but at least it is an alterantive to a teapot (which I’ll bet the 3:00 person is out buying RIGHT NOW). — KZ * * I have a wedding page with a collection of ideas for small weddings, * theme weddings, and destination weddings : * * http://www.umich.edu/~kzaruba/wedding.html *
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> > I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game > thing!! I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) > given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts??
What about monogrammed stationary or engraved pens? You can use those any time, but are more suited for 2pm than 6pm. Jennifer Liang |^/| Philosophy / Women’s Studies II _|| |/|_ Carleton University > < |_|
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Thanks so much, everyone, for all the great ideas!! Sorry for not specifying the time (am/pm). It is 2:00 p.m. (aka 1400 hrs) and tea sounds like a great idea! (for some reason I thought tea time was around 4pm….wrong, I guess!) I did a little shopping today and brainstorming… I think that I will go with the tea idea in some respect. She had registered at Target (why didn’t they have that when I got married!) and had some great items to go with the theme… I really needed some help on this one to come up with a creative and nice gift. She will be my husband’s best from college (we knew each other but not very well–age difference) and they are moving to our town shortly after the wedding! I wanted to make a good impression to hopefully start a great new friendship. You have all helped a lot! Didn’t mean to seem lazy (about sending the e’s to me directly) just thought other’s might not want it cluttering up the NG!! I appreciate all of them–posted here and e’d Have a good one… Melissa
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Hi! A friend of mine went to a shower like this, and I thought it was a great idea. Let’s see what could be happening around 2:00 pm. . . 1. Tea Time — you could get a tea set, tea pot, mugs, different types of teas, serving tray, etc. Even an iced tea maker! Maybe if they’re are not into tea, you could substitute coffee or hot chocolate. 2. Nap Time — pillows, a nice throw or aphgan, a good book, aromatherapy candles, etc. 3. Sports Time — couldn’t tell from your post whether the shower was for a male or female. You could get tickets to a sporting event, sporting equipment, etc. 4. Picnic Time — you could fill a picnic basket with a bunch of goodies for this one! Glasses, wine or sparkling cider, chocolates, candles, etc. Good luck! Barb (& Steve – 5/22/99) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game >thing!! >I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been >given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e >directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they >will >be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully >start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great >ideas!!
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You didn’t say if 2:00pm or 2:00am (yes, I’ve had 2:00am before, it’s MUCH HARDER!!!). I’ll assume 2:00pm… Depending on where you live, there are a few ideas. I’d say ice tea (mint julip, etc) glasses and a pitcher for sitting outside. I’m pretty sure that British "High Tea" is around 2:00pm so you could give a pretty tea cup and tea pot. Or you could think along the lines of Sunday brunch (napkins, placemats, etc). When all else fails, explain that when it is 2:00 your time, it is ?? o’clock somewhere else. Then you get to pick the time you want and can even make it themed to a different place. Hope that helps. — Lyn Fisher – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game thing!! > I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been > given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e > directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they will > be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully > start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great > ideas!!
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Hopefully, I can explain this well in writing… Give each guest something when they come in (a clothespin, ribbon, nickel, something small). When you give it to them, explain this: No one is allowed to cross her/his legs after they sit down. If someone catches you crossing your legs, that person collects your clothespin (or whatever item), along with any other clothespins you may have collected. If YOU catch someone else crossing their legs, you collect their clothespin, along with any other clothespins they may have collected themselves. The person with the most clothespins at the end of the day gets a door prize. Make sense? This game has been played at several showers I have attended. It can drive you CRAZY because it is such a habit for women to cross their legs!! (You can decide on a rule about whether crossing at the ankles counts the same as at the knee.) Tricia remove X to e-mail www.beevy.com/card_search/usa?35-5590
:I was at a wedding shower recently and we played a really cute game. The hostess :cut out about 15 pictures of wedding dresses from a bridal magazine. Then, she :pasted over the heads of the brides, pictures of famous people (George Bush, David :Letterman). It was really funny and some of them were very very hard to guess :even though they were very famous people. It was funny seeing these people’s :heads attached to wedding dresses. : 
yan :
: :> >> My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that :> >> are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the :> >> center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up :> >> with much that isn’t really old (or corny). :> :> I am not sure if this fits under your "old" catagory, but the last shower I :> went to the bride disappeared to the bedroom for a few minutes. After she was :> gone, we were given pieces of paper and to list as many details about her :> appearance that day. The person with the most right answers got a prize. It :> is helpful if the bride knows to dress for this game — wearing more jewelry :> etc. :> Another was everyone wrote down thier birthday, and whomever was closest to :> thier wedding date got a prize… :> May be boring, but if you are desparate.. :> Beep : : : :– yan Crandall :Web Master :Sam Houston State University :College of Criminal Justice :http://www.shsu.edu/cjcenter : :
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>> My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that > are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the > center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up > with much that isn’t really old (or corny).
I am not sure if this fits under your "old" catagory, but the last shower I went to the bride disappeared to the bedroom for a few minutes. After she was gone, we were given pieces of paper and to list as many details about her appearance that day. The person with the most right answers got a prize. It is helpful if the bride knows to dress for this game — wearing more jewelry etc. Another was everyone wrote down thier birthday, and whomever was closest to thier wedding date got a prize… May be boring, but if you are desparate.. Beep
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I was at a wedding shower recently and we played a really cute game. The hostess cut out about 15 pictures of wedding dresses from a bridal magazine. Then, she pasted over the heads of the brides, pictures of famous people (George Bush, David Letterman). It was really funny and some of them were very very hard to guess even though they were very famous people. It was funny seeing these people’s heads attached to wedding dresses. Dyan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that >> are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the >> center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up >> with much that isn’t really old (or corny). > I am not sure if this fits under your "old" catagory, but the last shower I > went to the bride disappeared to the bedroom for a few minutes. After she was > gone, we were given pieces of paper and to list as many details about her > appearance that day. The person with the most right answers got a prize. It > is helpful if the bride knows to dress for this game — wearing more jewelry > etc. > Another was everyone wrote down thier birthday, and whomever was closest to > thier wedding date got a prize… > May be boring, but if you are desparate.. > Beep
– Dyan Crandall Web Master Sam Houston State University College of Criminal Justice http://www.shsu.edu/cjcenter
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I have hosted several showers for sisters/sisters-in-law to be and here are a few games which we found entertaining… 1. Experience game: Everyone in attendance is given a number of pennies or other small item (like around 20). Then you go arounfd the room and everyone says something that they have NEVER done. I.E. never been out of the country, never been married, never had a baby. They can be as specific or broad as they want. the object of the game is to end up with the most pennies or any at the end. The winner is the one with pennies left. You can put a bowl in the center of everyone to drop the pennies in. 2. Love songs – play snippets of songs which have "love" in the title and have everyone guess the title & artist. You can pre-record a tape with all these snippets. Just don’t play a part of the song that actually has the title in it. 3. Info on bride/groom – write out a little quiz about the bride & groom and have everyone answer the questions. Sample questions may be: where/how they met, favorite colors, favorite food, middle names, etc. Another funny thing you can do is to have someone write down all the comments the bride-to-be says while opening presents. Then you read these comments back to everyone with the heading "Things that might be heard on their honeymoon night" -this can be funny because the bride-to-be usually says things like: I know just where to put that, this is fabulous, where did you ever find that..etc. Hope this helps.. > My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that > are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the > center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up > with much that isn’t really old (or corny). > Thanks.
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Here’s a cute game!! Put small items, eg. kitchen items, personal items, etc…(Stick to one subject so the guests kind of have an idea what types of items they would be) in small brown paper bags (maybe about 10 bags) staple bag shut and pass the bags numbered 1 – 10 around to each person at the shower. They have to try to guess what’s in the bag by feeling through the bag. they write their answers down on paper. The person who gets the most right wins a prize and of course the bride gets all the items in the bag. This is great for baby showers to if you use baby things. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that > are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the > center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up > with much that isn’t really old (or corny). > Thanks.
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>I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game >thing!! >I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been >given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e >directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they >will >be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully >start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great >ideas!!
I’ll just post my idea here, if you don’t mind. Something about asking for great ideas but not wanting to go to the trouble of actually reading the responses unless they are sent directly to the help-seeker. . . Just me? Anyway. . . You didn’t say whether the time was 2:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. I’ll go ahead an post for both. For 2:00 p.m., you could get a nice tea pot and some great flavored teas. Some of my favorites are chammomile, lemon zinger, and mint. They’re great in the afternoon. You should be able to fix up a nice assortment that can range anywhere from $20 up to $50, depending on how much the teapot is and how many teas you provide. Also for 2:00 p.m., you could get a breadmaker. If you start making bread at two, it’ll be ready by 5 or 6 o’clock dinner! For 2:00 a.m., you could get some satin sheets or those really neat sheets made out of T-shirt material. 2:00 a.m. could also warrant some sexy lingerie for both him and her. 2:00 am. may also remind one of insomnia, so maybe a bottle of brandy to help one sleep? koa Madison, AL
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> I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game thing!! > I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been > given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts??
To me, 2:00 (and I assume you mean 2PM) represents: * coffee breaks (coffee maker, coffee grinder, set of mugs to match their everyday pattern?) * nap time (nice down pillows, a pretty throw/laprug, one of those aromatherapy eyemasks?) * busy at work (maybe a portable hanging-file boxed filled with organizational stuff for the home office?) * daylight (stuff for the garden–seeds, tools, gloves, length of garden hose?) HTH! Ketchup
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I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game thing!! I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they will be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great ideas!!
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> I have a question for all of you that seem so good at this shower game thing!! > I am going to a shower this weekend ("Round the clock" shower) and have been > given the hour of 2:00!! Any good ideas out there for gifts?? please e > directly!! thanks so much. The groom is my husband’s best friend and they will > be moving here soon. I would like to make a good impression and hopefully > start a great new friendship. Thanks!! i can’t wait to hear all the great > ideas!!
2:00 am-could be some type of food for late night cravings or lingerie or something for the bed (sheets, throwpillows, etc) because you would normally be sleeping 2:00 pm-coffee break items, afternoon tea items
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > NNTP-Posting-Host: s23-pm43.snaustel.campus.mci.net > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 > Xref: akron5.neo.lrun.com alt.wedding:121927 > Hopefully, I can explain this well in writing… > Give each guest something when they come in (a clothespin, > ribbon, nickel, something small). > When you give it to them, explain this: No one is allowed to > cross her/his legs after they sit down. If someone catches you > crossing your legs, that person collects your clothespin (or > whatever item), along with any other clothespins you may have > collected. If YOU catch someone else crossing their legs, you > collect their clothespin, along with any other clothespins they > may have collected themselves. The person with the most > clothespins at the end of the day gets a door prize. Make sense? > This game has been played at several showers I have attended. It > can drive you CRAZY because it is such a habit for women to cross > their legs!! > (You can decide on a rule about whether crossing at the ankles > counts the same as at the knee.) > Tricia > remove X to e-mail > www.beevy.com/card_search/usa?35-5590 > :I was at a wedding shower recently and we played a really cute > game. The hostess > :cut out about 15 pictures of wedding dresses from a bridal > magazine. Then, she > :pasted over the heads of the brides, pictures of famous people > (George Bush, David > :Letterman). It was really funny and some of them were very very > hard to guess > :even though they were very famous people. It was funny seeing > these people’s > :heads attached to wedding dresses. > : > yan > : > : > :> >> My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She > wants games that > :> >> are more centered around the bride (her sister…she > doesn’t like being the > :> >> center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and > couldn’t come up > :> >> with much that isn’t really old (or corny). > :> > :> I am not sure if this fits under your "old" catagory, but the > last shower I > :> went to the bride disappeared to the bedroom for a few > minutes. After she was > :> gone, we were given pieces of paper and to list as many > details about her > :> appearance that day. The person with the most right answers > got a prize. It > :> is helpful if the bride knows to dress for this game — > wearing more jewelry > :> etc. > :> Another was everyone wrote down thier birthday, and whomever > was closest to > :> thier wedding date got a prize… > :> May be boring, but if you are desparate.. > :> Beep > : > : > : > :– > yan Crandall > :Web Master > :Sam Houston State University > :College of Criminal Justice > :http://www.shsu.edu/cjcenter > : > :
I did a shower for my future sister in law this weekend. I was in charge of the games. The best one was we split the group except for the bride into groups of 3-4 people. Gave them each 4 rolls of toilet paper and sent them into different rooms of the house and had them design a bridal gown. They choose 1 person out of the group to be the bride and made the dress and headpiece for her. They were not allowed to use any tape or pins, only toilet paper. Each group was called into the main group, one at a time and the bride was the judge for the best gown and headpiece. The winning team each got a small prize. It was really funny!! Hope this helps
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My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up with much that isn’t really old (or corny). Thanks.
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Mike, I’m having the same problem, although I can’t find anything on the web, period, let alone old or corny. What were some of the old or corny ideas that you found? I’m desperate – I need a game for a shower TOMORROW! One game suggestion I received was to ask the groom for his list of likes and dislikes, and other facts that might be obscure to everyone but the bride, such as his most embarrassing moment, his age at his first date, etc. With each correct answer from the bride, she gets to open another present. This idea won’t work for my friend’s shower, since it’s impossible to get in touch with her fiance for the actual research, and there will be lots of people at the shower so opening gifts could take all night. But I do see this idea working for a smaller shower. Hope this helps. Does anyone else have any shower game ideas? I need games for a shower TOMORROW – ARGH!!! Thanks in advance. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > My wife is looking for some innovative shower games. She wants games that > are more centered around the bride (her sister…she doesn’t like being the > center of attention). We’ve searched ALL over the web and couldn’t come up > with much that isn’t really old (or corny). > Thanks.
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Thomas, Here are a few ideas you may be interested in: 1. clothes pin game: Everyone gets 5 clothes pins that they wear somewhere on their body. If that person crosses any part of their of their body (ie. hands arms, legs) and someone see’s them then that person looses a pin. Person with the most clothes pins at the end of the shower gets a prize. 2. Make bridal dresses out of toilet paper Break into even number groups 5 0r 6. One person is the bride for that group. The group designs a dress out of the paper which the bride must model for everyone. 1 person can sit out to judge. Give small gifts to members of the group with the best dress design. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Any ideas for bridal shower games?
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: Any ideas for bridal shower games? Check out the party planning section at www.blissezine.com. There are a ton of games listed there. Jill
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Any ideas for bridal shower games?
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I just had my shower this last weekend, and we played a few games. I am sure that someone will know about these, but I thought I would post them for someones that don’t 1. Jennie (my MOH) brought in about 15 or 20 small gifts, already wrapped (there were 12 people there). The first game: everyone gets a number (except me, cause I got to go last!) #1 gets a gift and unwraps it. #2 unwraps a gift, but can switch with #1 if she likes that one better. #3 can switch her unwrapped gift with #1 or #2. . . etc etc until I get my gift (and these were like $2 from the discount store–fridge magnets, gift boxes, stationery, etc.etc–and I can have my pick of all of them! :) 2. We played the clothespin game that was suggested on an earlier thread: everyone gets a clothespin when she enters. If she crosses her legs (ankles didn’t count for us) or says "bride" in any form, the person who catches her gets her clothespin. At the end of the shower, whoever has the most clothespins wins another of the gifts that we used in 1. __sidebar: another friend, who was responsible for giving out the clothespins, explained it this way: "and you can’t say the B word–I mean the B word with an I in it–I mean the one that YOU are–I mean the one with a long I!!" :) We had a good laugh over my friend of nearly 15 years calling me a bitch! :) 3. We played "help Shannon pack her suitcase" Everyone got a piece of paper. We had to list things that conceivably I would pack–some were pretty silly, and some were just downright funny!!–and after the 5 mins was up, each person had to read the list off. If someone else had thought of the same thing, they both had to cross it off their lists. The person with the most un-crossed things wins. (This is along the same lines as scattergories) Some of the funnier answers: Vaseline (this from my GRANNY no less), ginseng (we explained this to granny: in case Jeff runs out of energy!) and a detailed first aid kit that included crutches and knee braces (this from the same friend that inadvertently called me a bitch above–who has a neon pink cast from ankle to thigh, and is glad that the bridesmaid dresses are kind of long!! ;) Well, I hope this helps you all out some. We had a blast. I only had/am having one shower (all I wanted) and I am glad that the one I had went the way it did. P.S. make sure the shower invitations get sent out in time. Jennie sent the invitations out on 5-9 for a 5-21 shower. She is about 2 1/2 hours away, drive time. My family in New England (more a courtesy invite than anything else) got theirs by 5-12, but some people around where I live are still getting theirs. Mild downer, because I know a couple more people would have come if they had known in time, and we couldn’t get hold of everyone in time. (there was an rsvp) But it was still loads of fun! also: I got to unwrap all the leftover gifts from the games! Since I graduated from GMU that morning, and everyone was nice to me all day, I felt pretty good. Yay. :) — Shannon who is OUTTA HERE! and who is probably not supposed to be using her account any longer, but couldn’t refuse the opportunity.
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I am looking for some games to play at a Bridal Shower. If anyone knows of any , could you please write me back. Thank you, Lisa
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> I am looking for some games to play at a Bridal Shower. If anyone knows of any > , could you please write me back. > Thank you, > Lisa
There two games that come to mind: 1) A questionairre about the bride and groom. Such as where did they meet, when, where did he proposal, what kind of car does he drive, etc…. 2) Put things in separate paper bags. And have the guest guess what they are as they are passed around. You can get very creative with the items in the bag. If you know what I mean.
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>I am looking for some games to play at a Bridal Shower. If anyone knows of any >, could you please write me back. > Thank you, > Lisa
One good idea for the shower is to have small "gifts" for the guests… Have a timer set for a minute or two…whoever’s gift you are opening when the timer goes off gets a small gift. This is great because the other people don’t get bored while the bride-to-be opens all the gifts. Gift ideas may be picture frames, kitchen things, etc. Have fun… -nicole
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>I am looking for some games to play at a Bridal Shower. If anyone knows of any >, could you please write me back. > Thank you, > Lisa
A fun one that I’ve played , the hostess puts 20-30 items on a serving tray, ie. toothbrush, condom, housekeys, phonebill, bobby pin, red socks (you get the picture) any household items will do. (Also works for baby showers using baby items). Each guest is given a pen and paper, then are told there are 26 items or however many you have. The tray is passed to each guest who get to study the tray for 20 seconds. When all have had a chance, the tray is hidden and with a 2 minute timer, everyone must write down how many things they can remember. Whoever gets the most correct wins a prize. At one shower the person who won got everything that was on the tray. Suzette
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I can’t show my face in public without anticipation of the next moment. I came home crying – felt like i had just been through a hold-up, a rape, and a storm – stress wise. tx a lot. Squiggles 
hugs, Georgie — f3as3