Ideas of a fun-loving kind that keep your dignity intact!
The “Bridal shower” as it’s called abroad may also be referred to as a kitchen tea or the “Hen’s night”, should it lead into the evening or should your choice for it be along the lines of something a little more wild than that of an afternoon of silly fun and games. Arguably, however, these games can get quite wild too! The tradition to make the most of an opportunity to have a good laugh at the expense, though hopefully rather mutual enjoyment of the bride-to-be can be put to best use in some of the following ways:
Getting the groom and his friends involved as well is a potentially hilarious alternative to the strictly “women-only” ceremony that it usually is. Even if for at least just putting them to good use at some point in the afternoon, their presence can be of great help in a game that involves identity classification of sorts.
Here’s what you do: get your hands on a big old sheet, and cut various nose-sized holes all over it. The men will have to be well trained/ prepped in agreeing to remain deadly quiet as they each get to pop just their noses through a hole. Let your bride-to-be exercise her identification skills in recognising which nose belongs to her dearly beloved and have her kiss it, hopefully nothing obscene, she shall either greatly please her man or horribly disappoint him, depending on whether or not she passes the test. Lets hope a particularly distinctive nose may just be a good thing after all!
Involving all of the ladies present is in fact the greatest aim of a bridal shower, much unlike when the men do their “manly” equivalent. Think up a number of all sorts of romantic, as well as completely random words which you place in two different bags from which each lady can chose a word from both bags. After a few glasses of wine, its great fun to all have your respective turn at making up two lines of a poem, which must rhyme, using both words: (An example/or two/or three)-
Using the words “desire”, coupled with “flamingo”:
“While on honeymoon it was my greatest desire,
To see (Bill/Tom/..) dressed in flamingo attire”
Or the unlikely coupling of “passion” with “parsley”
“Shopping all day is my greatest passion”
Much like using parsley has become a great fashion”
Why not “seductive” together with “hairy”
“My dearest husband thinks its seductive to be hairy,
Though really I know he secretly wishes to be a fairy”…
And if he truly does, maybe its time to lighten the mood of shock/horror by playing a different game or opening presents. This must be done by either making the bachelorette first dress herself while blindfolded and with oven mitts on (since she’ll arguably have to be getting used to those) from a choice of dress-up clothes you have placed before her. Thereafter she can be un-blindfolded and proceed with the usual guessing game of what each present is.
Getting the groom and his friends involved as well is a potentially hilarious alternative to the strictly “women-only” ceremony that it usually is. Even if for at least just putting them to good use at some point in the afternoon, their presence can be of great help in a game that involves identity classification of sorts.
Here’s what you do: get your hands on a big old sheet, and cut various nose-sized holes all over it. The men will have to be well trained/ prepped in agreeing to remain deadly quiet as they each get to pop just their noses through a hole. Let your bride-to-be exercise her identification skills in recognising which nose belongs to her dearly beloved and have her kiss it, hopefully nothing obscene, she shall either greatly please her man or horribly disappoint him, depending on whether or not she passes the test. Lets hope a particularly distinctive nose may just be a good thing after all!
Involving all of the ladies present is in fact the greatest aim of a bridal shower, much unlike when the men do their “manly” equivalent. Think up a number of all sorts of romantic, as well as completely random words which you place in two different bags from which each lady can chose a word from both bags. After a few glasses of wine, its great fun to all have your respective turn at making up two lines of a poem, which must rhyme, using both words: (An example/or two/or three)-
Using the words “desire”, coupled with “flamingo”:
“While on honeymoon it was my greatest desire,
To see (Bill/Tom/..) dressed in flamingo attire”
Or the unlikely coupling of “passion” with “parsley”
“Shopping all day is my greatest passion”
Much like using parsley has become a great fashion”
Why not “seductive” together with “hairy”
“My dearest husband thinks its seductive to be hairy,
Though really I know he secretly wishes to be a fairy”…
And if he truly does, maybe its time to lighten the mood of shock/horror by playing a different game or opening presents. This must be done by either making the bachelorette first dress herself while blindfolded and with oven mitts on (since she’ll arguably have to be getting used to those) from a choice of dress-up clothes you have placed before her. Thereafter she can be un-blindfolded and proceed with the usual guessing game of what each present is.
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