Bridal Party Gifts

We gave our wedding party members their gifts at the rehearsal dinner! It seemed to work out pretty well. I love the idea of giving the gifts at the rehearsal dinner, and then giving a handwritten note on the morning of your wedding!

Are these robes and pajamas just gifts for them? Or are these props for your getting ready pictures? If they are truly gifts, you could give them whenever you choose. If they are props you are expecting them to wear for your getting ready photos, then I would give them the morning of; because I doubt they are going to want to wear pajamas and robes to drive over there and walk through a public hotel. Plus then you run the risk of someone forgetting to bring something.

We gave our gifts the night before at the rehearsal dinner. For the girls, their main gift was I was paying for their hair. I also gave them a bag that had a few things in it they could use regularly, plus a robe for the getting ready pictures which I don't really count as a gift since it was more a prop for pictures.

View Quoted Comment They are for the morning of, yes! I'm also paying for makeup and I bought their dresses as well. So I feel like there's just so much gift giving, I just want to know what logically feels right for all the robes and pjs

View Quoted Comment I think giving them morning-of makes more sense, since they are expected to wear them at that time. otherwise you are just hauling gifts to your rehearsal dinner, which your wedding party will then have to pack into their vehicles to haul home, then they will have to Haul them to the hotel the next morning to get ready. It makes more sense for them to only be transported once (by you to the hotel). Plus, like I mentioned earlier, I doubt anybody is going to wear them out of her house to drive to the hotel, then walk through the hotels public space and rose in pajamas.

Also, if you have them at the hotel to gift them that morning, you don’t have to worry about anyone forgetting and showing up without the items (which would ruin the aesthetic of your photos, or at the very least mess up the HMU and/or photography schedule with them having to drive back home to get them

Also, I am not a fan of giving gifts to some people and not others. Would every person at the rehearsal dinner be receiving a gift?

View Quoted Comment You make so many awesome points, I really appreciate it! As for who all will be receiving gifts at rehearsal, I suppose their plus ones wouldn't be getting them, and I can see that being awkward. Super good aspect to consider

No rehearsal dinner presented gift the night before so brung it with them toasted. And gotten ready for the wedding

Ooh I’m looking for this

Yes we are. Proposal gifts are not done in our social circles and we feel that a thank you gift is appropriate for the time/energy/money they are contributing to participate. Another thing not done in our circles is the current trend of giving jewelry/attire/anything for the wedding day pictures being considered the main thank you gift because they are for you at the end of the day.


What we are gifting is something that each person will enjoy as if it was a birthday gift based on their everyday interests. One bridesmaid is a dj and bunny mom, another loves hockey, another loves Star Wars and so on.