Bridal shower and bachelorette social distancing and covid precautions?

You can always offer a "zoom" option for those that want to be there, but are afraid to.

Masks and hand sanitizes are a great idea. If it's outdoors, pending the location, SPF lotion to avoid sun burns?

I feel like you are planning my bridal shower lol. I have thought of that too and honestly for my MOH I have 3 lists which I am afraid to email people early. List 1 - very few closest friends under 10 ish people maybe 12 including us but easier to social distance and list 2 - 15 and list 3 - 20 (the extra 5 are people I am inviting because I kind of feel like I should. I would suggests that you space the seating out. It is hard because everyone needs to be unmasked to eat and drink but maybe do spaced outside seating and encourage mask wearing when getting the food. It is hard bc you want people to enjoy themselves but this is the reality of things. No open punch bowls or nothing.

I would make it easy for people to attend virtually by a Facebook live-stream or zoom call! I'd also not have a ton of buffet-type appetizers/dessert, where everyone is grabbing food in one area if that makes sense? It might be good to have sanitizing wipes available in a few areas if you want to wipe an area down with high traffic too.

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Another thing is one of the bridesmaids said we should ask everyone to wear masks if they can.

but the MOH that's hosting it at her house, said she's gonna make it optional to wear masks and thinks not a lot of people will wear masks anyway due to the heat.

so i guess it's just kind of like even if i am wearing a mask, i have no clue how many people won't be.

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Ah that's another thing - so we wanted to have a photo wall taking area with photobooth props. obviously it's gonna be impossible for me to wipe down the props every time, so i guess i should just leave some wipes by stations like that

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Yeah that's a great idea! I'd have wipes & sanitizer by the station, then if people want to hold something they can clean it but they also can just smile.

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Yeah I am stuck because I want people to be safe but honestly I do not want it to be stressful either. That is why I am thinking to keep it small to a few close friends because I am looking at September. I want it to be fun and relaxing which is hard during this time but I would feel horrible if anyone got sick at my party. I was going to do finger foods but should I do prepackaged?

My step sister hosted Father’s Day brunch and bought wooden spoons for each household. They acted as separate serving utensils and a favor we could take home at the end of the day. You could do something like that for each person who attends the shower,

I think masks and a lot of strategically-placed sanitizer would be a good place to start! If food is set up as a buffet, have a bottle of sanitizer at the beginning of the line for people to use before grabbing anything or touching any serving tools. Try to minimize the number of people who go through at a time to allow spacing. Masks worn while getting the food. If there is a drink station, a bottle of sanitizer to be used before touching anything. Photo props are hard because they are typically held near the face. Are there any apps that could digitally add “props” once a pic is taken (think Snapchat)?

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As someone so pale I blend into paper... please have extra sunscreen or shaded areas.

As everyone else said, lots of wipes and sanitizer.

If it's outside and everyone had an assigned chair they could move around, that'd be great.