bridal shower ideas

Make A Short Speech
Whether you're her sister, her cousin, or her best friend since the second grade, take the time to tell the Bride you think the world of her. Need ideas? Click here


Quiz The Bride
Put the Bride in the hot seat and quiz her on how well she knows her Groom! Video the Groom's answers before-hand, and get your guests involved by guessing just how many questions she'll get right! Newlywed Game Quiz


Creative Cakes
For a really fresh spin on a bridal shower cake, pick up cupcakes instead...and top each white frosted cupcake with a fresh colorful daisy (plucked from the stem).


Favorite Memento
Any Bride-to-be will tell you one of her favorite mementos from the bridal shower is a miniture picture album filled with a photo of her and each guest (taken at the shower) and a handwritten bit of advice from that guest slipped into the adjoining page.


Water Bottle Labels
Everyone has seen candy bar labels at a shower, but they'll really be grabbing the water if you make a custom label to glue right over the top of each water bottle!


Pin the Boutonniere on the Groom
Enlarge a picture of the groom, and have guests try to put a flower sticker on the groom's vest - right where the boutonniere should be. Don't forget the blindfolds!


Door Prize
As guests arrive, have them write down their name, birthday date and anniversary date. The guest with a birthday or anniversary closest to the Bride's wins the door prize...and the Bride now has a list of birthdays and anniversaries so she can send a card!


Set Wedding Quotes Around the Room
Put the quotes in mini picture frames or fold them like place cards. However you do it, set lots of quotes around the room about love, marriage, and friendship! Definitely a conversation starter.


Host a Theme Shower
When absolutely everything ties together from the decorations to the food and drinks, you can turn an ordinary shower into an elaborate extravaganza -- without any extra effort or cost...just a little planning ahead. For Theme Ideas, Click Here


Wish Bowl
Turn a glass bowl into a Wish Bowl for the couple! Have guests write their wishes for love and life on little slips of paper and place them in the bowl. The Bride and Groom will have wishes and good fortune follow them wherever they go!


Bring a Rose
Ask each guest to bring a single rose for the Bride. By the time everyone arrives, the Bride will have a beautiful bouquet of fresh roses to remind her of all her friends and family - plus a beautiful shower centerpiece!


Play Printable Games
Printable games are easy on you - and the guests just love them! Find something traditional or out of the ordinary, and keep your guests entertained! For Printable Games, Click Here


M&M's Icebreaker
They're a sweet treat, and if you ask each guest to take a few, you can easily turn this into a fun icebreaker. For each M&M a guest takes, have them tell the group something about the Bride and Groom.


Next Bride-to-be
There's an old tradition at the wedding shower to bake a ring or trinket into the cake... whomever gets the ring in her piece of cake is the next Bride-to-be! (Warn guests before they eat to look for the ring.)


Clever Gift Tie
Spice up your gift with a clever gift tie...for kitchen gifts, tie measuring cups or measuring spoons to the wrapped gift.


Decorate with Pictures of the Couple
Enlist the help of friends and family to collect as many pictures of the Bride and Groom as possible. Include photos of when they were first together, all the way up to the engagement and set them around the room for fun decor.


Make a Towel Cake
Surprise the Bride with a cake made out of monogrammed towels! Roll the bath towels like a newspaper roll then tie with a fancy ribbon for the bottom layer. Roll the handtowels and tie them for the second layer, and the washclothes for the third layer. Slip little bath and beauty items into the folds, letting them stick out slightly - and you have a memorable gift, decoration and centerpiece!


The Hostess Who Thought of Everything!
As the hostess, it's your job to think of everything... so don't forget to pick up some blank thank you cards for the bride, in addition to having someone keep track of what gifts were received.